one is that was introduced by assembly man tom amiano to give san francisco a choice in how it does itsnergy cca programs. unfortunately that bill died in the local government committee. they had some concerns about t the forces on the other side that didn't want to see it said it violated the city charter but we said it didn't but the bill did not move forward. the other bill we're monitoring is the brad ford bill 2145 which would change cca programs -- it and the bill would get through the committee. it's now sitting at appropriations committee where it will get a hearing next week. should it go from there to the assembly floor and pass that to the senate side so we're monitoring that. i believe ms. miller on behalf of chair avalos and sent that and i will keep you up-to-date as the legislature moves forward on the process and on the final one i will talk about here on the list is the -- as the three of you know since you're on budget committee and approved by the board unanimously this tuesday was they're looking at how do we potentially join marin as an option to our program. one of

francisco, we have the health and security ordinance, which is a brilliant law that was authored by tom amianond with the help with so many people in this room that created an employer spending requirement that mandates that the businesses with 20 employees or more must spend the money toward employee healthcare, and the ordinance is helping thousands of san francisco workers gain meaningful access to health insurance, however in the reason that we are here is that there continues to be a loophole in this ordinance that has for the last number of years prevented more than 26,000 workers from using money that is required to be paid under the employers spending requirement, for the purpose of buying insurance. and these are the workers whose employers meet their spending requirement, through the use of what are called the health reimbursement accounts and while in the past, many of these workers, 26,000-plus have used money and health reimbursement accounts to purchase the insurance, the affordable care act has made it impossible to them to use money in these accounts for these purchases, this l