my name is tom pullman. i am a contractors association member and financial officer. i will probably be able to answer some of the questions that have come up recently with in this hearing about some of the reasons why it is difficult for the electrician trade to meet the threshold requirements. a little introduction about the association. we have been around since 1909. we are an association of electrical contractors, sometimes referred to as an electrical sub contractors. 35 of local members -- i also represent contractors from the greater bay area when they worked in san francisco. these contractors in good years, such as 2006 and 2007, provide upward of $550 million of electrical installations. in a bad two years, roughly $260 million. we have a large stake in local construction and will be directly impacted by this ordinance. i have previously submitted letters to city officials, have met with many employees from the mayor's office of economic and work-force development. they have been generous with their time. we have problems with for see in our industry, speci