this file was originally introduced by our former colleague, supervisor jeff sheehy in march, 2017. and it was to give a phased-in increase to our brothers and sisters working for our for-profit city contracts and these are specific to the employees working at the airport, sfo airport. over the last 18 months, this legislation has been duplicated, amended, and continued 10 times while the city negotiated with a greater coalition around wages for a broader group of public authority and for nonprofit workers. we have now reached an agreement, which is why we're here today to vote. we've reached an agreement with not only the labor coalition to move forward and an agreement with the for-profit workers, who unfortunately have incurred limited fiscal impacts on the city, the costs are born out of the contracts of employers, so meaning that the -- the impetus to move this forward is urgent. this ordinance will move employees for property city contractors to an hourly wage of $17 an hour, up from the local minimum wage, which at the airport is only $13.50. so as you can imagine, that's a p

and cannabis activists working together to rationallize the drug laws and hiv positive supervisor jeff sheehy who spoke about medical cannabis saving his life and the lives of countless others and though his body may have died earlier this year, dennis paron's spirit is strong in my district and must remain true to that legacy. given that, and given my

and cannabis activists working together to rationallize the drug laws and hiv positive supervisor jeff sheehy who spoke about medical cannabis saving his life and the lives of countless others and though his body may have died earlier this year, dennis paron's spirit is strong in my district and must remain true to that legacy. given that, and given my strong belief it is long pastime to bring cannabis out of the shadows and eliminate the stigma attached to its use, and notwithstanding my great respent for chinatown and personal affection for the author of this legislation i cannot support it. with or without this legislation, neighbors will still have the opportunity to oppose proposals for particular cannabis businesses, and that is as it should be. but i simply cannot vote for a blanket ban on such businesses in any portion of this city even very, very special portion of the city like chinatown. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor mandelman. supervisor yee. >> supervisor yee: thank you, president breed. >> president cohen: cohen. ok, old habits die hard, it's ok. >> supervisor yee: i