i believe education is instrumental, especially in crisis. we offer services [inaudible] please come to the mission campus. thank you. [applause] supervisor campos: 90. i m going to be playing a little bit of oprah tonight, so please bear with me. thank you. we are going to give you a brief this description about the budget process and how that works. [speaking spanish] thank you, all the families with children who are here. this shows how much this really matters to you. [inaudible] and hearing about what matters to our community. [speaking spanish] everybody, in our own homes, we have to budget. on one side, how much do we learned? how much do we earn? on the other, what are the expenses we have to meet? [speaking spanish] working families in san francisco know it is hard to live here. who can find an apartment for less than $1,500 a month? one bedroom. [speaking spanihs] [speaking spanish] when we look at the city s budget, it is not that much different from how
violence. it is something we are very mindful of. we have taken every step we can to ensure the safety of our neighborhood. we re working closely with the mayor and chief of police. we re working closely with the police department to make sure that there is a police presence in the community. we recognize long term that is not sufficient. we have to work with the community itself and community- based organizations doing excellent prevention work. that funding and the services need to be protected. we need to ensure that something as important as our parks and recreational areas are protected. when it comes to public safety, it is not just our police department that keeps us say. it is having those programs so that young people have something to do. [applause] to the extent that you hear from all of us in district 9, i want to emphasize that we share your vision and objectives. in fulfilling that mission, we hope you understand our perspective of what it means to be safe and s
safety is not just the typical sense of what we talk about such republic safety public safety. the police and fire department play important roles. safety is not just about law- enforcement. safety involves a number of things that include protecting the safety net that makes sure every san francisco ian is takig care of. [applause] i know that nearly shares in that vision. he has made that clear. we in district 9 and the mission have been going through a tough time. there has been an increase in violence. it is something we are very mindful of. we have taken every step we can to ensure the safety of our neighborhood. we re working closely with the mayor and chief of police. we re working closely with the police department to make sure that there is a police presence in the community. we recognize long term that is not sufficient. we have to work with the community itself and community- based organizations doing excellent prevention work. that funding and the services need t
a tough time. there has been an increase in violence. it is something we are very mindful of. we have taken every step we can to ensure the safety of our neighborhood. we re working closely with the mayor and chief of police. we re working closely with the police department to make sure that there is a police presence in the community. we recognize long term that is not sufficient. we have to work with the community itself and community- based organizations doing excellent prevention work. that funding and the services need to be protected. we need to ensure that something as important as our parks and recreational areas are protected. when it comes to public safety, it is not just our police department that keeps us say. it is having those programs so that young people have something to do. [applause] to the extent that you hear from all of us in district 9, i want to emphasize that we share your vision and objectives. in fulfilling that mission, we hope you understand our p
when we look at the city s budget, it is not that much different from how we budget in our own homes. on one side, we have the income that the city has. we have the state and federal dollars that come into the city. in terms of the expenses, they are broken down by the non- general fund, which is what we have to spend, and the general fund. we are here to talk about the general fund where there is some flexibility. the non-general fund comes with specific targets on how the money has to be spent. about 40% of our money goes into public protection. 20% goes to human welfare. about 20% goes into health. 4% goes and recreation. those decisions are part of what we want to hear you weigh in on. [speaking spanish] next slide please. [speaking spanish] the problem we are trying to solve tonight is looking at ways to balance the budget. we are looking at the city s expenses next year, and they are much greater than the income we have. by law, we have to balance the budget. [speaking