i'm a representative with opeiu local 3. and i'm privileged to represent the majority of the homeless service workers in san francisco, the folks who work at all the big shelters, you know the names, m.s.c. south, the woman's place, next door, the sank tchueary, the folks who work on the homeless outreach team. all these good people you will hear come up today and talk about, as they've already begun to do, their clients, the communities they serve, the fears they have for the folks they care about should their programs end, and what i'd like you to hear as they're speaking is that what they're not telling you and what i haven't heard so far is save my job, be concerned about me. so i'd like to ask you to take a second to do that. because one thing i've not yet heard today but i know is true is that several of the people who come before you today come up here with a layoff slip in their back pocket. so as vulnerable as those clients are and as crucial as those services are, and as important as the work these people do is for