that we accept an amendment of the whole for this legislation and we have deputy city attorney ronald flynn, perhaps he he can explain just the main parts of this, the new amendment of the whole. >> deputy city attorney ron flynn. the amendments of the whole concerns primarily section 2 which deals with the prevailing wage provision. as originally written, it was to expand prevailing wages to construction projects that would take place on property that is owned by the city and county of san francisco. as amended, it is going to cover a different category of construction projects that they're all public works projects defined by the state which is a requirement under sb 7 that we pass such an ordinance if we want to be able to be eligible to continue to apply for and expand state money on construction projects beginning on january 1st, 2015. the sb 7, there are narrow differences between the prevailing wage law now and prevailing wage law defined by the state. this ordinance would close the gap on those differences and allow us to be in compliance with state law and continue to apply for sta