[inaudible] and we don t do that by making, i think, unauthorized stretch against any part of san francisco that we work very closely with. so i m just going to be bold about it and tell you from my heart, i think we go in a different direction. i think we maintain that special relationship we ve had with labor. they are partners and we will work this out and when it comes to pension reform, li be honest, let the numbers speak to us. not political positions. and the numbers are saying, we ve got to do things better and those numbers will be there for we ll correct this and make sure the pension doesn t eat away at all the services. that s what i m here to say and do and i m just being very honest with you and i m not jumping off i ll be here, i ll be here as part of self help. the way my salary is going down, i ll be in those lines, too. dd that will have to be the last question in response. if you didn t get a chance to ask your question, you can fill out the yellow card
the second half was tougher. that really did eat into services. we re very grateful today that some of those services have already been restored, the nutrition services for seniors. our target is to preserve and protect the core services, food, jobs, income security, housing, and basic services to seniors and the disabled. denise, do you want to good afternoon. my name is denise chung. i m with the office on the aging. we provide services to seniors and adults with disabilities. we contract with about 49 contractors, and among them is we provide a lot of services to the seniors and adults with disabilities, which include nutrition program, senior center services, naturalization, case management, and many others, about 20 of them. i m very grateful to hear mayor lee today that all-be restoring the nutrition services. thank you very much. we still have cuts on the other almost all the programs attached, and we re waiting still for the final decision from the mayor s off
it s great to see all of you here today, great to see district 3 represented and the full diversity of our district. first let me welcome you to this town hall. as i ve done in the last three years, every three to six months we go to different neighborhoods to have a conversation with our neighborhoods about issues that are concerning us. what we want to do today is to have a conversation on whatever people want to talk about, but in particular about the budget. i think all of you know that this year, which is similar to what we ve experienced in recent years, we have another structural budget deficit that we need to balance. almost every year for the past 10 years, the city and county of san francisco has worked toward balancing our budgets. over the past two years, i ve had the opportunity to do that with mayor gavin newsom. last year, the year before, we had a budget deficit in each of those years around a half a billion dollars. this year, fortunately, the budget deficit
good afternoon, everybody. it s great to see all of you here today, great to see district 3 represented and the full diversity of our district. first let me welcome you to this town hall. as i ve done in the last three years, every three to six months we go to different neighborhoods to have a conversation with our neighborhoods about issues that are concerning us. what we want to do today is to have a conversation on whatever people want to talk about, but in particular about the budget. i think all of you know that this year, which is similar to what we ve experienced in recent years, we have another structural budget deficit that we need to balance. almost every year for the past 10 years, the city and county of san francisco has worked toward balancing our budgets. over the past two years, i ve had the opportunity to do that with mayor gavin newsom. last year, the year before, we had a budget deficit in each of those years around a half a billion dollars. this year, for
full diversity of our district. first let me welcome you to this town hall. as i ve done in the last three years, every three to six months we go to different neighborhoods to have a conversation with our neighborhoods about issues that are concerning us. what we want to do today is to have a conversation on whatever people want to talk about, but in particular about the budget. i think all of you know that this year, which is similar to what we ve experienced in recent years, we have another structural budget deficit that we need to balance. almost every year for the past 10 years, the city and county of san francisco has worked toward balancing our budgets. over the past two years, i ve had the opportunity to do that with mayor gavin newsom. last year, the year before, we had a budget deficit in each of those years around a half a billion dollars. this year, fortunately, the budget deficit number is smaller it s roughly $280 million, or minus a little bit. of balancing this