more for the americanized, american-born people. there are people who come through our doors that do not come from that. we re trying to get them jobs, too. it is a difficult task with less manpower and money to do it. we aske you to consider our plae and what we do on a daily basis. thank you. [applause] supervisor campos: thank you very much. i do have one question. on the way here, i ran into someone who pleaded with me to ask this question. we have a very diverse community in the mission and throughout the city. the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transistor transgender committee has specific services. some of those will be cut. i am wondering if there is some thought to that. what is the message to the lgbt community about the protection of those services? it may be hiv prevention or other related services. the executive director s have come together as a group. i will be meeting with them shortly about that as to how we will maintain services for this community. i think it
to expand their power, particularly in the national security area. this reaches domestic policy as well as foreign affairs. it is very difficult for them to give those powers up. there have not been the rash of signing statements where there has been a reference to the unitary executive theory that we are cranked out under the bush-cheney presidency. there have been states in this presidency, the obama one, but nowhere near what happened during the bush years. i don t see it as a problem. you know, it is a theory. it is an explanation. there is some truth to the power of the presidency, particularly his ability to remove a lesser officials and to have control over the policy in that regard, but it really isn t something that the modern white house, the democrats i ve noticed don t sit around and think about how they can expand these powers. so i don t see it as a lasting concept. it has been sort of a concept to use to deal with situations that the republicans have decided th
difficult because of the way the budget process works. many of these organizations are on the chopping block every year. in a given year, they do not know if they will be around. it is important that we look at the long term. it is important to create continuity. we recognize a lot of these organizations are doing a lot with very little. they are doing things with that dollar that other agencies probably could not do. it is a balance. we look forward to continuing that discussion. next question? [speaking spanish] [applause] good evening, everybody. i work in the collective for women. [speaking spanish] [applause] it is difficult to hear about the budget cuts for the youth, families, housing. [speaking spanish] the immigrant population will be very effective affected. [speaking spanish] how can we work together with the organizations so the budget cuts do not affect the immigrant families? [speaking spanish] [applause] [speaking spanish] [applause] super
they want to recognize the work the supervisors have been doing to work with the community. she wants to make sure and emphasize that we have to work together to make sure we are tackling these very important budget issues. supervisor campos: thank you. gracias. the general question to department heads who have not had a chance to speak. how do you decide how to cut? how you approach where to begin? what are your priorities? how does the process work, if you are a number of the public trying to understand how the process works? of the juvenile probation department, we start off by developing our guiding principles to develop our budget. we have to look along at the law, the welfare and institution could that guides the operations on our basic, primary responsibilities related to the processing, guidance, and direction of youth and families that find their way to the juvenile probation department. we focus on our basic principles and services that we must provide to comply
we have organizations in spanish and english. of the last two years, our budget has been cut by 50%. we re working with less manpower to do the same job. we re always thinking outside of the box about how to do that. we are asking you to think about that and have consideration for that. we talk about safety. i believe that jobs keep people off the street. [applause] my father always said that. with that being said, we have to continue to provide that avenue for people to come through our doors. today alone, i placed three people myself and got them off the street. we have a great program through city college with the construction admin training program that is very vibrant right now. the last thing i want you to consider is the limited english that come through our doors. a lot of services are geared more for the americanized, american-born people. there are people who come through our doors that do not come from that. we re trying to get them jobs, too. it is a difficult tas