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the first year an additional 190 fewer jobs in 2013. clearly, again, the industries where we feel the employer impact would be felt the worst, which is the accommodations, food services, and retail trade industry -- accommodations and food services together will lose between 170 and 240 jobs over the next two years -- supervisor campos: my apologies. i wonder if you could speak up a little bit. i know that some folks are having -- the sound system is a little strange here. >> a cake, i will just reiterate that what we found was an excellent job loss of 290 fewer jobs citywide in the ...

when i found out about it and went to use the money, it had already expired. it was the use it or lose it option. i had over $900 from prescriptions that i needed to use, which i had to pay out of pocket. this loophole needs to be closed, so that people like myself can use the money that this ordinance has put in place to use. it is just kind of a hardship on me, someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, to have to pay that money out of pocket when it is supposed to be a benefit supervisor campos:. supervisor campos: thank you. i do want to thank the workers there are coming out, shari...

that i keep hearing, it is impossible for restaurants and businesses to comply with this and still survive. what is your reaction to that? how do you do it? >> when i waited tables, i believe restaurateur's had the hardest job ever. that is not true. it is the dishwashers. i think you can do good and still do well. i have never made as much as i do in my lifetime, and i have been in restaurants for 25 years. i also never had health insurance until i took over. i do not hold the party line and do not believe we cannot make it work. with the help of san francisco and our customers, who...

this year alone, i have been working part-time. this health care is really beneficial. it would be much better to close this loophole. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. we are here to support the closing of the loophole. the chinese workers association have been serving the chinese community for 40 years now. our members have high rates of poor health because they are working long hours. i have heard of some people working 17 hours a day, sweat shop conditions. low wages lead to bad housing conditions in sro's, and that leads to bad heal...

you agree with the conclusions in mr. egan's impact report? >> my reading of it is that there would be potentially thousands of jobs lost in san francisco. supervisor campos: 270 the first year, 105 in the second year. >> that is a minimal impact. furthermore, his analysis did not take into account, to the best of my understanding, at the restaurant industry has passed on the cost of the increased expenditures to consumers. that would further mitigate the effect and further reduce his estimates. thank you. next speaker please. -- supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. >> ...