clubs help me. i was not thinking of going to college, because i thought that they would cut the budget. taking everything away from me, and when no one believed in me, they believed in me. thank you. i will call another group of speakers. we have about five more minutes. i will call these names. henry carnilowitz, scott piper, daniel landry, jaela anderson, and john mark johnson. good evening. i would like to thank jane kim for making this happen. south of market as we know, small businesses are the economic and cultural engine of a city. this needs fuel to keel to keep running. the organization i speka of ak of is urban solutions. i would urge you to make the funds available. particularly in areas like sixth street and bayview and tenderloin. i urge you to set funds aside for that. and one last thing, good to see you here. one speaker said, the police station. we would like to see it happen. thank you very much. hello. i am john mark johnson, and i work in district
you who have not only all of you who have come here today, but those from city government, in particular are city officials. this is the second annual budget town hall, something we started in mayor lee s first year. in the first meeting i had with mayor lee after he was sworn in as our interim mayor last year, i asked him and other supervisors asked him for ways to make our budget process more collaborative and more transparent. and the budget team and mayor lee in the board of supervisors, we thought that this format of budget town halls in many districts around the city would make a lot of sense, and i think it has been a very good way for us to have feedback. without further ado, i would like to introduce my co-host for tonight, who is my neighboring supervisor from across the van ness, supervisor mar farrell. it is great to have you here in district 3. [applause] thank you, supervisor chiu. i also want to quickly thank everyone the for coming out tonight, especially
your community leadership and let you know that you re taking part in a very, incredibly important part of our city governance. i thing many of you know that the budget is the most important set of decisions that we make every single year. the budget reflects our priorities as a city and reflects our values. and many of you probably also know that in recent years, every year since i have been in office, we have had a budget deficit. so we have to make some very, very difficult choices. i want to thank not only not of you who have not only all of you who have come here today, but those from city government, in particular are city officials. this is the second annual budget town hall, something we started in mayor lee s first year. in the first meeting i had with mayor lee after he was sworn in as our interim mayor last year, i asked him and other supervisors asked him for ways to make our budget process more collaborative and more transparent. and the budget team and mayor l
hour, to $4.50 an hour. we are looking for a $1 increase on the weekends, from fort dollarsto $5 from $4 to $5 an hour. we have always paid at the performing arts garage just down the street, figuring that that patronage is similar to the patronage attending newseum functions. our daily maximums will remain the same at 25 and $28 for weekday and weekend. we have eliminated the early bird rate because nobody was using it. and our monthly rate will remain the same. if you have any questions, i would be happy to answer them. supervisor chu: this is a question, perhaps could go to either the controller or to the department. with regard to the history of this car rides, generally, paid for by issuing debt, a private fund-raising, to create the parking garage. it is currently operating as a nonprofit organization that pays rent to be parks and recreation department and we receive tax revenue from that parking garage at the moment? correct. supervisor chu: when does the server t
we are here to commemorate all that it signifies. at each anniversary the leaders meet to prepare for the next great quake. bob welcome everybody to the anniversary. i got to say, the mayor gets it done. gooa round of applause for our e chief s wife. you look terrific. do we have sydney close five? close by. we will pass the microphone to the mayor for a couple of quick words. we have a fire chief and the police chief. good morning, everyone. 106 years since our earthquake. we do have a grandson? she was with us in 2009. goopublic works is here. this reminds us of the 3000 people but passed away in 1906 from the devastating earthquake, but the rebirth of our city is with us. i have been in all of these other positions where we are always prepared. and we are already engaged in recovery efforts. we were there with a whole staff. we have six we assure you that when the next big event happens, that water system will be there for us to deliver water with that 24 hours. a huge