john osaki, jcyc and i'm here as a very proud member of the community coalition and i'm going to make this very brief because i just want to speak very specifically on one issue, and that is i think even before

john osaki, jcyc and i'm here as a very proud member of the community coalition and i'm going to make this very brief because i just want to speak very specifically on one issue, and that is i think even before today, but hopefully especially from today's public comment you can really appreciate the unmet needs that exist here in our city. you can appreciate all the transitional age youth who came here to speak, to talk about their needs and how urgent they are. and the one point that i wanted to make to you all today because there's been a lot of talk about a phase-in with regards to the increase and we do appreciate your consideration for the increase. the one thing that i want to urge you all to do is to not make them wait. it's to make sure that they don't have to wait because their needs exist now. there are families on wait listses for child care now. there are young people on wait lists for the jobs that my organization provides right now. i want to urge you to make sure that we don't have to wait because the one thing i want to make sure that we do in addressing these unmet ne