cannumb and joseph bryant, and very, very special thanks to the president of the labor council, rudy gonzales, for having been there since day one, fighting tooth and nail for what's right and for all workers in the city. it was an honest pleasure working with all of you. and then finally to sandra lee fewer, a pleasure to work with you always, not because, not only because of your righteous moral clarity where you are here in this building and why you have decided to accept this job and accept being elected to the board of supervisors, to fight for your constituents and the people and the issues that you believe in. but for always doing it with so much humor and fun, it's so -- it's such a pleasure working with you all the time. so, thank you supervisor fewer, and then also to beth reubenstein and carolyn gusen who have held this together from day one, and working nonstop to make this happen, thank you so much. we rely so much on these work forces to make up the social safety net of this city and during this time not only of unbelievable wealth and inequality in the city, but a worsening cri

thank you. >> good afternoon, rudy gonzales, with the san francisco labor council. represent over 140 unions in the city, many have delegates here. calling out injustice is the first step. i commend the committee, supervisor fewer here today on your leadership to do that. i'm not talking at you, but you represent an institution that has executive management that are in control of some of these systemic problems. you are hearing about the symptoms. people are speaking out, people are rising up and together as a union, seiu 1021, and other groups and collectives, they have some -- we will hold the people accountable. we don't have all the power. don't have the power of the mayor's office. don't have the power of the board of supervisors and that's why these types of hearings, they may be frustrating and may be difficult to face some of these realities, we have to take this first step, and we have to take it further. because we have heard about recruitment, heard about hiring today, and while some of these measures, when you compare them to our own past here, may seem