i do want to let you know that not every lafco, especially medium sized lafco are supportive of this structure because some will be hit harder than others and they think the calculation is unfair. it's a rather complicated issue. i do believe however that it's important to support calafco. a lot of the issues it works on doesn't directly relate to our work, they did step in a big way during our transition and during my on boarding. they are also on the front lines in sacramento when there are continuous efforts to curtail local control. i also learned a great deal from pamela, not a full time employee. i'm supportive of the increase. i think calafco does a great job of advocating on behalf of all lafcos in california. i was going to ask you to appoint me as a delegate to attend the calafco conference, but we have been made that the hyatt regency in sacramento is on an active boycott list by unite here. for that reason, and it's not in my memo, i recommend that we honor the boycott and not attend the conference. pamela miller did talk here and explain to the membership that the confer

there is not an action to be taken by lafco. madam clerk, please call number 4. >> an update on lafco's study and survey on demand workers in san francisco. >> thank you. -- they also interviewed a number of experts that conducted similar studies and surveys, like michael wright at b.c. berkeley. and at the ucla labor sense who are did a survey of ride-hailing drivers in los angeles. and really many of the top experts worldwide who were studying the gig economy. and they also conducted three focus group because the survey is designed by on-demand workers themselves. and they did interviews with bike couriers who are doing delivery. and one of the focus was on arabic. they recruited for the focus groups and going out to the hotspots for ride hailing and delivery. and they handed out these cards, gig study work and offering folks a $50 gift card for their participation in the focus groups. so they were able to get some really valuable feedback from those platform workers that led to the design of the current methodology and survey