my name is danny campbell and delegate of the san francisco building construction trades council and i'm here today because the affiliates of the building trades council wanted to bring forward to you some ideas, some concepts to ponder when b this framework. the building trades is fully supportive of this framework. i want to make that clear right here. and we're really excited about the city wanting to utilize public parcels to build more workforce housing. our city's housing crisis must be addressed and this framework one is of the many actions that should be taken to keep middle-class families parts of san francisco. in this summary of community benefits that is in this document, we noticed that there is a few that aren't talked about and we wanted to bring it to your attention. that is good middle-class jobs for the construction workers that are ultimately building these projects and career opportunities for local residents. the developers are going to purchase or lease these parcels at market rate will potentially have no obligation to use local construction workers, offer care

here in west texas danny campbell's company is contracted out to explore new spots for drilling. with oil supply exceeding demand he says he is being forced to cut his business in half. >> we have been running four weeks most of 2014 we have already dropped one and gone to three and we will be in the process in late february early march and go to two. >> reporter: because oil prices are the lowest they have been since 2009 profit margins for most energy companies are shrinking and that means pink slips. >> we will see a decline in jobs. i think our estimate is about 140,000 jobs. >> reporter: that is in texas alone. this week british petroleum said it will lay off an unspecified number of workers in houston. the week before baker hughes announced combined reduction of 16,000 positions. wide spread layoffs expected in oil producing states like wyoming, north dakota oklahoma and louisiana. economists say there is a silver lining that people are spending less on gas they have more cash to burn elsewhere. >> thank you. >>> next in the grapevine political correctness rears its ugly or