and miles lockner appearing in his individual capacity, and gig workers rising., of course, from lots and lots of folks who have come out to speak during public comment. we want to thank you for coming to share your stories. first, supervisor mar, i think you have some comments as well. >> thank you so much, supervisor mandelman for calling for this hearing. i wanted to offer some brief introductory remarks. this public conversation is both timely and extremely important, given the explosive and disruptive growth of businesses, many headquartered here in san francisco, relying on non-regular employees, relancers, contractors, temp workers. it allows them to dramatically lower their labor costs by 30% or more since they are not responsible, as supervisor mandelman has pointed out for gig workers' health benefits, social security, unemployment, or injured workers compensation, lunch or rest breaks, overtime, disability, or paid sic sick, holiday, or vacation leave. a 2016 study found that more than one in three workers, 53 million americans, are now gig workers. ot