Good afternoon f, my name is johnny arengo and ive been a resident in the city for the last 15 years and im here in support of the healthy San Francisco for the following two reasons, i work in a downtown restaurant for more than 11 years with no medical benefits of any kind, the Restaurant Owner made sure i got less than 30 hours per week to be ineligible for my kind of medical benefit, my dental and vision care went from 2 thousand to 3 thousand dollars a year, my one year doctor visitors went from 1 thousand to 2 thousand dollars a year considering the fact that i havent had major illnesses in the past year, my partner was admitted in the emergency room, the doctors said if he hadnt been taken to the emergency raoment, that his condition was worsening, he wouldnt have made it through and died in a matter of hours, hes a healthy man again and doesnt have to worry about medical bills, thanks to the benefits of healthy San Francisco in emergency medical situations. These two examples i
On the other hand, healthy San Francisco is an affordable option for our workers who work less than 30 hours per week at the city post minimum wage. I want to remind you that restaurant workers are the face of San Francisco in the sense that we take pride in the services we provide to rez densest and tourists by means of entertainment and pleasure. I assure you that restaurant workers are happy with the benefits of the healthy San Francisco program, we will make our economy a healthy one. Im going to read a couple more names. reading speaker names . Next d supervisors, my name is connie ford and im one of the vicepresident of the San Francisco labor council, you can tell by the color of my hair that ive been around for a while, i know that san franciscans Love Good Health care and health care for all of our citizens, back in the 90s, we passed six initiatives to Better Health care for our citizens, we know the single payer or many of us is the on the answer and in 94 or 96 that the sta
The editor from sibyl man, the assembly men say that they understand the two laws are compatible and complimentary and told readers, dont take our word of the City Attorney, we did, this suggests they reviewed the City Attorneys legal analysis and what anyone had to do is ask for it. At least as of tuesday, they had not responded. The City Attorneys written analysis has not been provided to the public. Im surprised that this analysis who should be noted is no longer a client of the City Attorney should be made available to the public. The Key Stakeholders has all the information to move forward as quickly as possible, the written analysis be provided to the public as part of this hearing. Thank you, next speaker. Good afternoon, my name is rob black, im here on behalf of the golden gate restaurant association, we share mayor lees goil that implementing the Affordable Care act is top priority for san sa ns and we look at participating in the Health Care Council to ensure all workers wil
Thank you. Thank you. Im going to call a few more names. calling speaker names . Next speaker. Hi, supervisors, my name is judy and im a resident of the easier neighborhood and im part of the chinese progressive association, i parent panted in klektsing surveys and presenting our recommendations to the Health Care Services Master Plan Task force. As was said earlier, a lot of companies are cutting their employees hours because they dont want to pay for health care, thats not fair and i dont want that to happen in San Francisco, our local law limits employers to do this because they have to put aside for their Workers Health care based on each hour the employer has worked and my family cant afford private insurance, this is a lot of the case of other Health Care Workers in San Francisco who work in restaurants or retail, they need Health Care Security ordinance so everybody can have access to Affordable Quality Health care. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, next speaker, please.
calling speaker names . Next speaker. Hi, supervisors, my name is judy and im a resident of the easier neighborhood and im part of the chinese progressive association, i parent panted in klektsing surveys and presenting our recommendations to the Health Care Services Master Plan Task force. As was said earlier, a lot of companies are cutting their employees hours because they dont want to pay for health care, thats not fair and i dont want that to happen in San Francisco, our local law limits employers to do this because they have to put aside for their Workers Health care based on each hour the employer has worked and my family cant afford private insurance, this is a lot of the case of other Health Care Workers in San Francisco who work in restaurants or retail, they need Health Care Security ordinance so everybody can have access to Affordable Quality Health care. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors, my name is wayne lee, ive b