six, jim blacksten to seat nine, and marvin beetle to seat ten of the i.h.s.s. public authority. >> i wanted to echo supervisor mar's sentiments and say i had a chance to meet with home care workers in my district to have a conversation about what the work they are doing, and working hard to support them and say thank you for your service. this is very important and we appreciate you stepping up to serve. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. i want to echo the sentiments of my colleagues. last year supervisor fewer and i worked very, very hard to get a small but significant wage increase for i.h.s.s. workers because they are doing some of the most critical and important work in our city with, you know, exploding senior population and the cost of living skyrocketing, having i.h.s.s. workers who are allowing seniors and people with

any one here to represent jim blacksten, or is jim here? perfect. >> good morning, supervisors. i take it i'm speaking to the three of you. i am jim blacksten, i've made application for seat number nine, i think it is, for the governing body board of i.h.s.s. i am an advocate in the field of disability. in particular, when it comes to working with people who are blind. currently i'm a, i've been appointed to the metropolitan transportation commission m.t.c. to represent persons with disabilities here in san francisco. so, all of the outreach i do actually stems from that. as you know, i'm currently a member of the mayor's disability council here in the city. i am one of the two co-chairs. i was appointed by the late mayor ed lee. the years escape me, back 2015 in march and work as a mentor in the i.h.s.s. area. so as i said, i do a lot of work in the field of disability, i'm an adviser when it comes to business matters and insurance-related situations. so, this is my last work. i'm really, where my passion lies. so, i hope you will consider my application accordingly. thank you.