Had a reoccurring theme that say Family Friendly balance. Like the juvenile Station Department had male officers who were concerned about childcare and did you want probation had a program and it saved them money theyve been doing this for 10 years been tell commuting. One of the themes was Work Life Balance. So to understand battery what this meant we conducted a study and 41 city and county departments responded to that study. Here its on our website id be happy to give you a copy. Before we got started on that study it was a different environment. The city had a structured 8 to 5 you kind of view. We actually lost one of our best analysis people she had a child and left. We were also met with tremendous resistance from the City Attorneys Office to do this study. That was pre911 when tell culminating what is a dirty word. In particular one of the things we found is those are the benefits. There werent a lot of people that were using it. There was a stigma. This was the response from
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Desperation of the abuses they suffered at the hands of the chinese government. If it was not for this commission, nobody would know how the buddhists are being persecuted in tibet. In short, the commission has been and with passage of this legislation will continue to be the voice of the marginalized, oppressed and persecuted people who dare to worship, who dare to worship, according to the dictates of their conscience. The commission can be relied upon to consistently give the unvarnished truth, as mr. Smith said, about the true religious freedom in countries around the globe, whether they are strategic allies or adversaries. The commission is unhindered by the bureaucratic mores a that stymied the state department during democratic and republican administrations alike. Given the state of religious Freedom Abroad today, the sobering reality is that the commissions voice is as needed more now than ever before. I urge unanimous passage of this and yield back the balance of my time. The
Sorry one more. So good afternoon, supervisors. Im really thrilled to be here today. When i first heard about this legislation being introduced i had a strong emotional reaction this issue this be flexibility issue it is important ive been here 19 years and theres no way i would have lasted without this flexibility. Ive personally benefited. In the last few years i found out my husband had cancer and it was stage iv so i economy that was going to be difficult. I was given the opportunity to take a leaf and adjust my scheduled during the four months and knowing that i have a job to come back to and knowing that i had a Supportive Office again made all the difference so this kind of flexibility it critical. Im also a single mom with a kid in college. Ive been raising him for the last 20 years so i started out working part time and ive always worked parliament and had a lot of flexibility. Im a child of the 60s so ive had the ability to be there and watch him grow up and still he work a p
Had the ability to be there and watch him grow up and still he work a professional line of work. So thats kind of the introduction. I dont a usually talk about myself and thats where this legislation came from. You have with you im sorry theres legislation already on the book. In 1998, 15 years ago San Francisco adopted the human rights treaty for womens and girls that San Francisco has funded and adopted. Part of the legislation actually calls for paid leave which we did in 2003 by giving paid leave to parents with when they have a child and this legislation specifically mentions family to where possible fund the Work Life Balance. Part of what were doing it fulfilling the dream of the seed a statute from 15 years ago. The last 15 years of work theres a timeline that outlines the work weve done on the issue including some of the work in the city. Part of our seed a outreach weve department the guidelines for city departments to do a gender analysis of their policies. And when we did t