discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national originateen in the operation of public employment erp public education or contracting. the grants are considered public contracts. >> mr. wong can i ask do you think there is preferential treatment based on the big 6 organizations? >> no i do not. i can see that point, but i don't believe it is preferential >> in looking at race, gender, ethnicity and national origin preferential treatment to me might not mean if you change the funding formula to make sure that large size versus smaller and medium organizations get a fair shake and i'm trying to ask you to think out of the box and not use prop 209 every time different dissempowered communities try to raise a question of justice, but that is just my urging to you to think out of the box and not hide behind 209 >> i take that point. >> mr. chair, through the chair i wanted to add to that because it really bothers me when this issue comes up consistently as it relates to these grants, but this wasn't a issue when we talked about lgbt housing and how