commission with you. we get really important information from 311, our call center, i thought i would share that for both districts eight and nine the kinds of calls are very similar. about 32 percent of all calls into 311 are related to street and sidewalk cleaning issues; about 19 percent are related to graffiti. those numbers are consistent for both of the two districts, it would be great to hear those are issues important to you. we are also interested to hear about things that 311 we not be able to capture.with that i would turnover back to larissa. moderator: i want to point out that if you look at that wall there are great charts that illustrate what kate was speaking about. if you have an iphone or smart phone take a picture. excuse me? it s also on the city s website, sf.org. we will now move on to community presentations, starting with district 8, first we will welcome matthew o grady of the parks alliance. i m sorry i want to say one quick thing, leo, please st
he is our timekeeper today. he will show you cards to show that we are moving along. good morning. i m executive director of the san francisco parks alliance . we are the independent partner to all of you, all of the city departments in all of us residents in san francisco for everything having to do with arcs, recreation and open space in san francisco. mr. mayor, yet seen a number of statistics, supervisors you have seen them, department heads, but many of you have not been many of the research statistics produced in the last year or so about just how much we love our parks. two thirds of us visit a park at least weekly; 90 percent of us believe that our parks are essential to the quality-of-life in san francisco; we use them so much and we love them to death. since 2005, into the city s general fund has grown by 20 percent we have cut the funding to those parts by more than 26 percent, moving in the wrong direction and has been for years. as supervisor wiener pointed out
cut the funding to those parts by more than 26 percent, moving in the wrong direction and has been for years. as supervisor wiener pointed out, the greatest weaknesses are in the areas of gardening and patrols. we want to show you some beautiful spots but also some of the places that have been all but abandoned because maintenance has been so referred because we don t have enough gardeners . to get out there and take care of that part the same is true for many parks across the city because we don t have enough gardeners. and we also would take you out to dolores park, and the beautiful new helen dillard playground open a year ago between public and private partnership between the city and us, through the bond funding, and private philanthropy, one of the most beautiful playground in the country and yet we are having trouble there with vandalism and damage caused in part because we don t have park patrol officers out there monitoring our parks; same thing is the case all acros