or go to? i go to gallileo. i go to isa. thank you. lastly, i want to call up ann jung to share with us. thank you for the opportunity to allow me to speak here today. the great recession was a game changer for many. many people became homeless for the first time. i am one of many that lost their job and home. i would like to ask respectfully if you would please do something to make the shelter reservation system easier. [applause] things are getting better now implement-wise. i have lost two jobs each time when my shelter reservation ran out. one can only get a reservation for four months. to get a new one, one has to spend an incredible amount of hours to get a new reservation. in the meantime, you lose your job because of the prejudice and stigma attached to the homeless. the assumption still is that one is homeless, in a shelter, because you are lazy, stupid, or crazy. to just be a normal person trying to get your life back from the great recession has not quite m
i would like to ask respectfully if you would please do something to make the shelter reservation system easier. [applause] things are getting better now implement-wise. i have lost two jobs each time when my shelter reservation ran out. one can only get a reservation for four months. to get a new one, one has to spend an incredible amount of hours to get a new reservation. in the meantime, you lose your job because of the prejudice and stigma attached to the homeless. the assumption still is that one is homeless, in a shelter, because you are lazy, stupid, or crazy. to just be a normal person trying to get your life back from the great recession has not quite manifested itself. so if you could possibly make it easier to just get a new reservation. i am one of many people. if i could get a new reservation, i would do the rest. i hope something can be done. i am speaking on behalf of many people. also, just to get a 90-day reservation, you spend half the night standing outside
around. the best way to think about it is, for the last few years, and many of our households, many of yours possibly, you have not gotten a raise. income has not gone up. at the same time, the cost of gas is going up, the cost of rent is going up. all those things that you have to pay every year are getting more expensive, so you have a disconnect between the amount of money coming in and the money that has to go out. this year, as you can see on the third chart is the gatt. we are trying to solve a gap of $170 million. the second year we are trying to solve a gap of $320 million. over all, what is our path? it is my job to listen to you tonight, to hear about what your priorities are, and as the mayor said, our focus in our budget this year is how we invest in our cities priorities? how do we make sure we innovate so that government is more effective so that it is more efficient, and finally, how do we involved and include all the community in that process? that is the basi
any lights, without anyone to supervise the community, the parents do not even want their kids to go outside. if children are not going outside, involved in something positive, and then they do not really get to explore life. believe it or not, the children are your future. you have to invest in the children. you have to invest in these internships and jobs, and you have to invest in education. you can work on everything right now, the issues facing your community right now, but you have to work on what will be facing you in the future. we are the one that will be replacing you later on in the future. we will be running your community, thank you. i agree with ashante. i feel like we should have more funding towards youth education and jobs. jobs such as youth works and other programs really give students a chance to gain experience, and that benefits the future. it also lets students figure out what they might be interested in. they could be involved in their community. ano
another issue that i am concerned about is the budget cuts. teachers are being laid off. student tuition fees are increasing. i just feel like it is harder for students to get the classes they need in college. i feel like we should work out these issues because it is happening right now and we should find solutions to these problems one step at a time. fix it somehow. thank you. [applause] can you so much. there has been a request to know what high school you went to? or go to? i go to gallileo. i go to isa. thank you. lastly, i want to call up ann jung to share with us. thank you for the opportunity to allow me to speak here today. the great recession was a game changer for many. many people became homeless for the first time. i am one of many that lost their job and home. i would like to ask respectfully if you would please do something to make the shelter reservation system easier. [applause] things are getting better now implement-wise. i have lost two jobs each