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Employers and not going to the health needs of workers, that is definitely it is shocking but it is not surprising given that we have known about it for many years and i hope that today we can move this forward so that we close this loophole and insure that everyone can be covered and from what miss tran said on behalf of assembly man amiano we are removing barrier to many Vulnerable People and children and to having access to affordable healthcare is the critical goal and i am very pleased that...

Office retail and the restaurant sectors we will be having those created in spanish and chinese and those are currently in the process at the moment and so we are hoping to complete them shortly and as wells the second thing that we are working on further is the businesses work very hard to receive this recognition and to achieve, the high Environmental Standards of the program and so we created a video to help the businesses market their green recognition to the clients and customers, so they u...

In the city, economically and environmentally. And so, over the course of one year, our greens and businesses have reduced over 36 Million Pounds of co2 and diverted 1. 6 pounds of waste by composting and waters through the greening measures that we asked them for undertake because that makes sense by using less water and less energy you will save those as an Environmental Impact because if you use this you will have less utility costs and that helps a businesss bottom line. So with the program,...

Fewer than 100. In the coming year, our program is focused on enhancing our business collateral and improving the material to provide more robust information to employers about options for a complete Transportation Program including commuter benefits but also the other Transportation Programs that we offer. We are also focusing more on enforcement of the ordinance, to insure that all businesses that are required to offer benefits to their employees, understand the requirements and are working in...

We felt that we did raise awareness around a local neighborhood area. In the coming year, we do hope to move forward with another campaign to increase awareness of the program. The program was able to connect with the Hotel Council of San Francisco and we are able in the partnership to put on a Green Business forum to put on hotels of San Francisco and their partners and the forum was very well received by the council and so we are actually moving forward with a fivepart workshop series to assis...

At electric works in San Francisco. Nice to see you today. Thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. My pleasure. How long has electric works been around . Electric works has been in San Francisco since the beginning of 2007. We moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. We do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. We will look at all of that as we walk around. It is incredible to me how many ...

Is there any Public Comment well close Public Comment on to finance committee adapt the state Legislation Commission this is a action item. Questions or comments. Public comment is open well close Public Comment and call a role vote supervisor avalos. Supervisor breed. Supervisor campos absent. Commissioner chiu. Supervisor cowen. Supervisor farrell. Supervisor kim. Supervisor mar absent. Supervisor tang. Supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee. This item passes great neck item, please and item 6 adap...

With us. And during a partnership of the office of economic and workforce development, smart will be conducting the out reach specifically targeted to businesses with neighborhood commercial corridor and this out reach will focus on commuter programs and also electric vehicle programs. And finally, the regional ordinance will be taking effect later this year, and that will effect the businesses with 50 or more employees in the 9 county bay area. And the San Francisco commuter benefits ordinance ...

Received it. And, to conclude, the San Francisco Green Business program does offer many benefits to businesses in San Francisco. We as a program do strive to help the businesses go green and take advantage of the many free resources, services, audits and rebates offered by the city here. And so, from myself, and my colleagues, gabby and sue ellen thank you for having us here and we will take any of your questions if you have any. Thank you very much. Do we have any questions . I just want to tha...

Themselves so this is a very industry specific out reach that we are trying to do here. And other items that the program is moving forward with, is a set of translated checklists for the Office Retail and the restaurant sectors we will be having those created in spanish and chinese and those are currently in the process at the moment and so we are hoping to complete them shortly and as wells the second thing that we are working on further is the businesses work very hard to receive this recognit...