This hearing of the senate foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Administrator power, thank you for coming before the committee to testify the administrations proposed budget for usaid. We look forward to your testimony, getting a better understanding for your vision of operationizing your Budget Request. Let me start by saying for the first time in a few years im pleased to see the budget restores the principles of defense, diplomacy and development, the three ds as equal elements critically important to the success of u. S. Foreign policy. As we know Foreign Assistance, Development Aid and humanitarian relief are not charity programs. Usaid programs around the world are concrete manifestations of american values and the partnership of the american people. Aid personnel in the Field Work in tandem with local partners and communities bidding sustainable programs to promote health programs, private Sector Development, governors reforms and desperately needed relief. This work
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Sfgovtv. Org. Two minutes to speak. Comments are available by calling 14156550001, again, 14156550001. Meeting i. D. , 1879338769. Again, thats 1879338769. Then pound and then pound again. When connected you will hear the discussions but muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes in, star three to be added to the speaker line. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, Radio Or Streaming device. Alternatively, you may submit public committee by emailing my send, the clerk at brent. Jalipa at sfgov. Tv. It will be forwarded to the supervisors and part of the official file. That concludes my announcements. Supervisor ronen can you please read Item Number one . A little housekeeping, Chair Ronen, if we can have a motion to excuse Supervisor Melgar from this meeting. Supervisor ronen absolutely. So moved. If you could take a Roll Call Vote. [Roll Call Vote taken] thank you so much. Now can you read Item Number one . Absolutel
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About 462 million in Fema Eligible expenses. We have submitted claims at this point for roughly the first quarter of the fiscal year. We have only received about 23 million. We have a growing Balance Subject to some level of timing and approval risk. It doesnt affect Budget Planning at this point but represents a growing Cash Flow Problem for the city. Im happy to answer questions on response but we are reporting surpluses in several funds of note, the childrens fund, public education fund, open Space Fund and Library Fund is showing improvement. A lot of that is being driven by the net improvement of Tax Revenue. They share in that good news. We see revenue shortfalls in other special revenue funds but mostly offset by operating. Various hotel funds and arts funds. And the airport mta. There are no significant changes to reserve levels since the last report. No significant withdraws from the reserve and no significant deposits to them. The list of open issues and risk starts to climb