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Alternatively you may make Public Comment in the following ways, to myself, the clerk at alinza wong sfgovtv. Org. And if submitted by email it will be included as part of the official file. Finally itemmings acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda of november 3rd unless otherwise stated. Chair fewer thank you, madam clerk. Call item number 1. Clerk ordinance amondaying the administrative code to require employers of employees covered by the Quality Standards Program at the San FranciscoInternational Airport to provide Family Health insurance to such employees, or to make contributions in the employees behalf to an account established under section 14. 2 of the administrative code. To give Public Comment call 1 415 6550001 and then press pound twice. And press star 3 to line up to speak. A system will indicate that you have raised your hand. Wait until youre unmuted and you may begin your comment. Chair fewer thank you very much. Colleagues, you may remember that this was continued from last week and we had a substantive amendment and so we have heard the daily report and we have had a conversation about this and discussion about this item. Supervisor mandelman is the only speaker on the queue today but we have people from the airport and the usww, and united here local 2, to answer any questions that you may have. So supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair fewer. We spoke quite a bit about this last week and we heard i think very compelling personal histories and accounts of the experience from workers at the airport. I think that this that the current pandemic has made more real and immediate and necessary the reality of dealing of Getting Health Care to workers that are at our airport and their families. So i think that this is important legislation. I thank the committee for accepting the amendments last week. I want to thank my cosponsor who has been there working with me on this from the beginning, supervisor walton. And i want to thank you, chair fewer, for your cosponsorship as well. And as you said we have Kathy Widener and s. F. O. If theres questions for s. F. O. We work very closely with the unions who represent the workers at the airport, and so if it is useful jay martin and lauer an powell from local 2 are also here to address any questions about aspects of the ordinance. So i hope that we can forward this to the full board with positive recommendation today. Thank you. Chair fewer thank you very much, supervisor. Supervisor walton. Supervisor walton thank you, chair fewer and i want to just again say that this legislation is very important for equity and to make sure that all of our folks who work at the airport are able to cover themselves and their families. They are essential workers going into work every day. And they do not have the luxury as some of us to work from home or work remotely. And it is very important that they are also protected. And so i am excited to work on this with supervisor mandelman as well as labor and all of the workers at the airport and i do appreciate you as well, chair fewer, for your cosponsorship and im looking forward to moving this forward. Chair fewer thank you very much. We have heard the daily report last week and i just wanted to say that after hearing a lot of testimony last week, but also speaking to my staff and also speaking to workers, yes, i am happy to im honored to sign on as cosponsor to this legislation. I understand that this is a big list for the airlines but, quite frankly, the last 10 years have been very profitable for the airlines. You know, when theres an industry that makes over 50 billion, i actually think that this is the time to till lie stipip. And so because the emergency calls for it and its about our own moral compass. So having said that, i see no one else in the queue and lets own it up for Public Comment. Clerk let us know if theres callers that are ready. For those on hold wait until the system indicates that you are unmuted. Let us know if theres callers to comment on item number 1 . I will queue the first caller. Caller thank you. Can you hear me okay . Chair fewer we can. Caller okay, thank you. Good morning, chair fewer and Committee Members. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Paul Francois and im with the San Francisco travel association. We are a Nonprofit Organization that markets San Francisco as a Global Destination and we saw indiscernible at the musconi senator. Were working to restore San Franciscos number one economy tourism. The timing of this measure is very problem a problematic as tm industry is decimated by the covid19 pandemic. And tourism was hit first and will take the longest to recover. This ordinance targets the travel industry significantly and increases the costs which will result in the additional job cuts, decrease services and increase the costs to businesses. Its hit s. F. O. Particularly hard 59 today to compare to 49 nationwide. This is in an industry working to bring visitors back and to stimulate the San Francisco economy. The Economic Impact will be felt throughout San Francisco, the majority of businesses that benefit from tourism are Small Businesses, and many of which remain shuttered due to the lack of visitors in our city. The recovery from covid19 pandemic will take years, the travel industry is not expected to recover until 2025 at the earliest. And please work with us to help to recover as a city and to safely bring back jobs and our visitors and to bring our most important industry back online. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning, i am josh dover, with Government Affairs. I wanted to reiterate the Important Role that small carriers at s. F. L. Play in providing muchneeded competition and choice for travelers in the bay area. One of the top factors that are our network team and other new carriers that look at when planning where to position our easily movable and finite resource that is our aircraft at the cost of doing business at an airport. As s. F. O. Airport director, theres a letter to the board with the cost of doing business at s. F. O. Will be greatly impacted by the proposed healthy workers ordinance, with estimates that the Health Care Costs could double. The importance of keeping operational costs under control has increased during the current covid crisis. We want to see s. F. O. Rebound to prepandemic flight numberings as soon as possible. Yet proposals that drastically increase the costs is a major disincentive for new entrants and smaller carriers and ultimately will lead to less competition and less choice for the bay area consumers. Again, i appreciate you taking the time to listen to our concerns. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hello, supervisors. My name is kelly powers and im the director of the Hotel Council of San Francisco. And the u. S. Airline industry is in the most fragile and vulnerable position in the history of aviation, and with s. F. O. Losing more flights than most other airports since the pandemic began, the healthy workers ordinance will add unsustainable Cost Increases on the Airline Businesses serving our airports. The ordinance will have dire consequences, which will very likely include large job losses and an impact on the hotel and the tourism industry. Our hotels depend heavily on the business and the Leisure Travel driven by our airline and airport partners. Policies which further harm our already financially devastated airline will have a negative Ripple Effect they dont just hurt airport jobs but they have a negative ripple impact throughout our local economy. Less airport related jobs can mean fewer hotel jobs and restaurant jobs at a time when our economy can least afford to lose more jobs. If the healthy worker ordinance passes it will also amend the citys existing Health Insurance coverage mandate by eliminating an existing 20hour minimum bar that is applicable. So that anyone who works any number of hours at s. F. O. Is subject to the benefits of the mandate. Again, we urge you not to approve the ordinance before you today. Thank you for your time, supervisors. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good afternoon, i am Melanie Frank lynn, a managing director at United Airlines. Im here to speak in strong opposition to the healthy workers ordinance. S. F. O. Is now estimated that the a. W. O. Becomes the law the potential costs to airlines and other businesses at s. F. O. Could go as high as 163 million per year. This figure is five times higher than what the b. L. A. Submitted to you last week. This is a huge discrepancy and i strongly urge that the chief economist revisits this issue and assesses the economic damage to the city before this legislation is advanced. U. S. Airlines are projected to lose a staggering 44 billion in 2020 alone. As i said last week, United Airlines has already furloughed approximately 3,000 employees at s. F. , and 30,000 nationwide. Experts predict that it will take years to recover and even more time to pay off all of the debt that we have occurred. If this is happening, it will lead to efficient job loss and make s. F. O. Uncompetitive. Our highly unionized workforce cannot take another significant hit during these uncertain times. As you navigate through this crisis, we continue to care about our workers greatly and compensate them with generous benefit packages. We must continue to safely encourage more travelers and tourists to the bay area. The local economy is already in a deep hole and less travelers to s. F. O. Means less revenue into the general fund of San Francisco. United is extremely proud of our s. F. O. Hub and we want to continue to see it grow and flourish. This legislation will undoubtedly set back our plans for future growth at s. F. O. And the spirit of cooperation with the city, i with my colleagues, want you to consider this. We hope to have a constructive dig log with the committee moving forward in the days ahead. Thank you for your attention. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning. My name is jack mccain and im the director of Government Affairs at United Airlines in the western united states. Im speaking about the potential impact of this proposal. Last week this committee was presented with a report that estimated the cost impact of this proposal is around 33 million annually. An already staggering cost. However, San Francisco has the costs exceeding 163 million annually. And San Francisco airport has a much clearer perception into the holistic financial impact, more so than any other organization. The incredible difference between these two analyses requires that we take time and carefully consider the widereaching impacts of this ordinance as opposed to taking a ready, fire, aim approach. Rushing the process that has the potential impact of not just my own airline but the industry and the airport and the city, is not a recipe to get it right. The Airline Industry cannot sustain such a large cost impact without there be extraordinary consequences to employment and Overall Economic activity in the region. Already capacity is down nearly 60 and we continue to evaluate the future as we plan to go to 50 of our airline, with long haul reduced. And worst of all our team have 30,000 fewer people than when we entered this pandemic. The airport is an economic engine for San Francisco and it is not immune from the impacts of vastly increased costs, coupled with the demand. And we are proud to serve s. F. O. And we work to find solutions, however, this ordinance will hinder the industry and the city recovery. We ask you to reject it. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, good morning. I am dayna debell for delta airlines. Im speaking to oppose this proposed ordinance. As i stated in my prior comments last week, Airlines Continue to lose money due to the coronavirus outbreak and were far from out of the woods. Delta is losing 18 million per day at the end of q3. The proposed changes in this ordinance would increase the cost of operating at the San Francisco airport significantly. The b. L. A. Report significantly underestimated the costs for this proposal and have it at 33 million and its lower than up to the 163 million annually that the s. F. O. Airport estimates for the proposal. At a minimum, the city should not move forward with this proposal until the b. L. A. Report is revisited and the numbers refectified. And its impacted by the Economic Impact analysis should be completed before moving forward. As we continue to try as airlines and to bring the service back to the flying public, we are all operating with aircrafts that are smaller and the profits that are difficult to come by, if at all. Service for all airlines at s. F. O. Is 53 of what it was just a year ago. When the Airlines Make decisions where to put new flights into the decision its based on the cost of operating that flight against the projected revenue. We will always look to deploy the airplane at the location where we can generate the most profit or the greatest difference between cost and revenue. And dramatic increases in operating costs such as those represented here in this proposal, hinder the return of flights to s. F. O. And by extension the return of more jobs to the airport. In fact, this proposal as others have stated could result in a loss of additional jobs in the market as the future growth goes to other airports and the aircraft are pulled from s. F. O. We request that you adopt the amendment proposed by and communicated to you earlier by United Airlines and hold off on any further action in the proposed ordinance until the Economic Impact is fully understood. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning. My name is indiscernible and over 83 of Southwest Airlines workforce is unionizeized and covered by collective bargaining agreements that apply across the country. Rather than having different agreements for each location like most employers. And it offers extremely Health Care Coverage provisions that already extend to the family members. Southwest plays host to half a billion dollars in raises and benefits in the bay area alone, and is workin one of the most recognized companies in the world and one of the best places to work as said by forbes magazine. I want the supervisors to understand the unintended consequences of passing this proposal. Recently the airport sent communication to the board clarifying the financial impacts of this ordinance. Based on the assessment, the proposal would cost employers at the airport 163 million. A number much higher than previously recorded by this board and projected by the airline. Given the discrepancy in numbers we respectfully ask the committee to delay the proposal until a thorough Economic Impact analysis is completed. Otherwise, the net Economic Impact in San Francisco could very well be negative, and reducing the staff, causing thousands of people to lose their jobs and not have any Health Coverage at all. Thank you for your consideration. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hello, supervisors. Chair fewer, and vice chair walton and supervisor mandelman. This is Sharkey Laguna and most of you know me as the president of the Small Business commission but im also the president of the American Rental Association which represents 98 of all rental