i should point out that payment for all professional contracts exceeded the lbe goal, the c m d set lbe goals. with one exception t branch project had a 9 percent lde spent for the quarter. the project most of the lbe work was done early in the project and right now they are supporting the construction. they are basically on call to work with the construction contract and answer questions and solve problems so they don't use much lbe on that. overall they are at 22 percent. they have currently met their goal on that it's where you are on a project , the lbe will go up and down on that. local hire for construction projects. local hire is a new program for about a year overseen by the economic development. we had representative from that office come down and give a formal presentation from that program. we were hoping to do it at this time but we couldn't align our schedules. we will schedule something soon and have them come down and give you a formal presentation on the project. the program went into effect of on march of 2011. it requires a specific percentage of work house by san fran

i am looking at how much lbe credit they have done. how much lbe they are putting on that particular cso. >> cso is? >> contract service order. each time we ask them to work, we ask them to issue a contract service order. and that's the process. i am looking at that, and if i am not around, simbar is around and will review those as well. >> and cmd and rh are? >> contract monitoring division, which is kind of what the human rights commission, the enforcement portion of the human rights commission for a lack of better word was spun off into the contract monitoring division. >> i think that's great. but i think what i am trying get at, i think we do a great job of monitoring and hoping to make sure they meet and exceed the goals. but sometimes they don't. i want to be sure that we are not continually giving firms the opportunity that are not meeting their goals. i don't know if there is something to do in this process. >> it's something that we can look at. >> also add, when the respondents coming in with their proposals. they will have

and myself many moons ago going through the program and representing a disadvantaged community the lbe program is probably the single most agency or program that works in san francisco. it's the one that really, really bridges the gap. what i learned and the contracts i was able to achieve through the lbe program really just light years put my business at the time light years in advance. it would have taken 20 years to gain a contract without the program so i am concerned there is about a 40% decline in women lbe's that you mentioned and anything that we can do on the commission and i know we want to be there because i mean when you guys do on the program it's amazing so we want to help if we can. >> i also wanted to recognize that really the success -- we had to take the village mentality and i understand commissioner o'brien's comments and it's the hardest working but look at why the women businesses are declining it's not they're tired and not going to get up but they have child care obligations and i heard over and over again that is one of the biggest barriers. i notice i regularl

the process, and connect with the city agencies who are doing the programs, what we classify as an lbe, we are only able to classify as a small business, but not a minority or woman- owned business. to talk about what kind of contract you would be able to engage in, we also have a unique feature in that we hear some of the issues that businesses are experiencing and doing business with in san francisco, and so can help work with our policy makers, our legislature and the mayor's office to help change policy that will benefit small businesses as well. with that, i think i will turn it over to budget solutions, but just note that -- i mean, opportunity fund. excuse me. but just know that our office, we are in city hall in the tax and treasurer's office, and our office is www.sfgov.org/osb. we have some information on that. if you did not get one of our small business booklets and you want one, please take my card, e-mail me, and we will mail you one as well. immigrate. thank you, regina. for those of you looking to contact these organizations, you can find their contact information in th