david filpo. i support the continuing amendments, including the amendments offered by chair peskin as they were read and subscribed. i understand there is a meet and confer under way. i look forward to additional amendments at the hearing in three weeks. i still think that we should find a way to eliminate the friends of city department groups. i think that just continues to provide more -- i think that there are benefits at this point -- ie benefits at this point are outweighed from the negatives that have arisen from those entities. so i think we should find a way in practice or legislation to move on past them. thank you, chair peskin, supervisor haney, attorney attoy attorney, and anyone else for making this legislation better and better again. thank you for the time. >> chair: next speaker, please. >> hi. this is debbie lernman from the human services network. and i want to thank you for your continued efforts to get this legislation right and as said before, this is nuanced stuff and it can