the p.l.a. ordinance. we would also like a trade union to open up their membership and document to the city how they are recruiting long-term local residents who are women cap who are people of colour back and who are immigrants. we would also like that to be documented for the city to have. i am for the l.b.e. it works for me. thank you. [applause] '. >> hello supervisors. i am a local women-owned business. i'm certified l.b.e. i've been doing business for 17 years. construction trucking. i work on the local road. with this p.l.a., it will severely hinder my ability to continue to work and provide trucking to contractors. ultimately, i think this will make me shut my doris and i will no longer be able to have a business in the city. i oppose. thank you i am a small business woman owned company. i provide trucking services on many city projects, and i oppose the p.l.a. 's. >> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am a small business and a resident in san francisco. i oppose the p.l.a. i've

the p.l.a. thank you. >> hello my name is eric murphy. i'm an apprentice. i am a third-generation san franciscan, and without the opportunities of membership provided to me i probably would not be able to work here. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello my name is serena. i am a local sex electrician third year apprentice. as one of the many, many trades women in the fields, it has been my. >> thank you. >> hello, i am here with the committee for equal rights. i received a letter from the golden gates business association calling for the legislation to refer to the business commission which has not yet had an opportunity to review or speak up in regards to this matter. >> thank you so much. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is sabrina. i am a resident of san francisco. i am a 30 year member of the union. i started out as an apprentice myself, as many of my brothers and sisters behind me. i serve as a business representative and compliance representative. i would like to ask you to pleas move for

the motion to advance the citywide p.l.a. ordinance to a full board vote this should not be fasttracked under the tenure of an appointmented care taker mayor, mayor farrell was placed until san franciscans were able to a nct mayor. rushing through legislation that will touch on billions of contract dollars is undemocratics and violates the due process that should be granted to the smaller minority and women contractors. it will leapfrog the process of committee hearings, not conducive to i a meaningful workesg with minority contractors to find the right minimum threshold to ensure that we and others have an opportunity to get their foot in the door. we respectfully ask you to take action that will allow them to participate fully in the legislative process. as currently drafted we are highly concerned the proposed ordinance will result in harm to communities of color. we ask for due process and fair consideration for the interests of minority, women and small contractors. lastly i just want to point out there's a current compla

the p.l.a. doesn't restrict l.b. contractors from bidding to work, doesn't require that they're no longer eligible to bid this work. it's in the law. we have to do that. local hire is not under threat by this p.l.a. local hire is a success because of the building trades unions in san francisco. based on the slides you just saw from alex, northern california abc who was helping to coordinate this misinformation campaign can't in half of one of the most populous states in the country cannot match the numbers we do in 49 square miles because they don't have a complotmemitm women. they don't have a commitment to african-american -- [applause] >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervi supe. thank you for moving this forward. i'm a life-long resident of san francisco. i'm also a representative of liner workers local 377. unfortunately, i'm here about myself because all of our apprentices and journeymen are working. i represent over 3,000 members in the bay area, hundreds of apprentices and journeymen in san francisco. i urge

i am not doing public works right now because there's language that's written into the p.l.a.'s that prevents me from bidding. although they will tell you that i'm bidding. why is it okay for you to use all of your small business services everyday? we build your homes. we do your repairs. and then we can't bid on your public works. that's discrimation. we are not your underground economy as the unions try to tell you, we are your economy. so when you discriminate against us, you are discriminating against all the services and all your businesses here locally that you use. please do not fast track item 28. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker? >> good afternoon. supervisor, president breed. colleagues, supervisors, staff, members of the public. leland francois, on behalf of world environment day, today june 5th. and it's been this way since 1974. let me share with you a couple facts within the allotted couple of minutes. products, what you see before you, i decided to bring it before you today rather than post my world ronmen activity online. i want to bring i

it's a tribute to your staff, in large degree, but also to the p.l.a. maybe some of you never knew, but it was achieved at a very difficult time in the labor movement, when there was a major division, when carpenters and labors were professional alliance and the others, building. and nevertheless, we were able to coalesce and putting to a functional agreement and an agreement that succeeded so well, as harlan said, we have willed it over for more work in the sewer system improvement program. one of the real delights for me, in discussions early on, your staff recognized the opportunity in other parts of the jurisdiction that your project -- the area your project would cross to reach into communities, to give opportunities for individuals in those communities that might not otherwise have found their way into the trades, to use this project as leverage to get them into the trades. for a project that was involved in strengthening pipelines, it did one of the things that i preached ever since i took my position as secretary/treasure on april fools' day, 200

defense and industrial bases to facilitate the construction of a national infrastructure connecting the p.l.a., state-owned defense research, development and government agencies under the state council, universities and firms. they have well supported beijing's rapid modernization. what are the possible long-term consequences? well, while the most immediate and visible effects may be related to particular military technologies, the long-term consequences could be much broader. a decline of the u.s. advantage in key technology could affect our ability to set global norms and regulations for technology, control access for military purposes and reap the economic benefits we derive from commercialization. if the u.s. were to lose its technological edge, the associated loss of influence would have far-reaching implications beyond scientific disciplines to include security dynamics. within odni, we're facilitating the information exchange among the organizations responsible for the analysis of technology transfer because this issue is global and reach in nature. we collaborate closely among the com