. >> my name is patricia hernandez, i work for -- >> can you speak into the microphone, please. >> my name is patricia hernandez, i work for local 87, i'm a janitor. >> ( speaking through interpreter ). >> i want to thank supervisor wiener for thinking of this legislation. if this would have been in law 20 years ago when i had my child, it would have helped me. i have problems when i had my child and medically and my husband almost lost him job because of the constant times we had too go to -- to go to the hospital. it's very important for all the men and women who have their children and especially that are local, thank you, supervisor wiener. >> thank you very much, next speaker. >> ( speaking spanish ) ( speaking through interpreter ). >> so, my name is jose orosco, i worked as a janitor for several years, i want to thank supervisor wiener for thinking of us and to support. >> thank you, next speaker. >> thank you, supervisors, my name is [inaudible] i'm the political employee of the janitor's union, we're in the front lines often treated as the lowest on the totem pole in terms of