Level and we occupy and operate the Recording Studio of africanamerican art and culture complex. We could stay up here all day and talk about our list of accomplishments. We are a musicking Programming Program in a safe environment that the africanamerican Cultural Center has provided for the youth. This is a small fraction of us here but i wanted to speak on behalf actually we were requested by the District Attorneys Office to write the theme song and we performed it today on the steps here and we have been operating for the last year on a shoe string budget and any other cuts will disable what were doing anyway. Veronica who is one of our stars, one of the team leaders wants to speak of what we do at the center also. Thank you. Hello i am veronica. I just kind of want to talk about project level as an organization. Its not only just music. Its a family base where somewhere you feel comfortable where youre out of the difficults that our teenagers and young people are going through, an
Place to congregate off the streets for the elderly poor of the tenderloin. We serve about 100 clients each day and the numbers keep growing. We are a Secular Organization governed by a board of directors that volunteer, a volunteer board and financial officers. Volunteers serve our clients each and everyday. We have two part time employees that assist us. These employees like those before them are economically disadvantaged individuals who are graduates of the st. Anthonys recovery program. Our annual budget is approximately 100,000 of which only 41,000 is paid in salaries. St. Francis living room is very efficient in the riewses of funds because it focuses on volunteers. We provide a lot for people in need and do a lot with the dollars we receive from the city. The st. Francis living room contract will exspire june 30. We didnt make a submittal for a new contract and funding will cease july 1. We respectfully request that you consider the plight of the people that we use and use your
I rise to oppose the gentlemans amendment but i appreciate his persistence in trying to find an offset. I share the gentlemans support for Smart Investments in our nations Water Resources infrastructure. As i have said on a number of occasions, the corps of engineers was and really one of our primary priorities inputting our bill together. The total Program Level is 50 million above the budget request d 150 million above the postsequester level. The Flood Control and emergencies account specifically, its at the president s request. These funds will go primarily to training and response activities. If repairs to projects are necessary due to storms, the corps has previously appropriated unobligated Flood Control and coastal emergency funds which could be used for these purposes. On the other hand, the bill is hash has already reduced funding for fossil fuels by 16 reduction and we took another substantial reduction. Research conducted within this program ensures that we use our nations
Today and something the president himself highlighted at the Press Conference. Take a listen. I think a lot of his views are going to be shaped by his advisers, the people around him, which is why its important to Pay Attention to these confirmation hearhearings. This is a job of such magnitude you cant do it by yourself. You are enormously reliant on a team. How you put a Team Together to make sure that they are getting you the best information and they are teeing up the options from which you will ultimately make decisions. Thats probably the most useful advice, the most constructive advice ive been able to give him. Personnel is policy, in other words. Especially for a Chief Executive who for the first time in the history of this republic has zero experience in Public Service of any kind, not the government nor the military. With policy positions all over the map, even changing from one day to the next, its nearly impossible to predict just what
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