partnership that is going to be enhanced to reach out. we connected to hundred seven people to services 3 of we want to keep the program going and address some of the issues. i am watching some of the commercials, and i am living in a parallel universe. we did a little objectives have finding. the district attorney, whose core services are maintained in this budget, had the highest rate of felony convictions. 5700 felony cases, the highest rate of convictions since 1995, and she deserves a round of applause, and i do not want to

see that rolled back. she should continue to have the resources to do that could work. people have a right to their opinion. here is another set of facts that is missing, and 80% increase since 2003 of the number of people sentenced because of the work she is doing. the va office is substantially protected, because i do not want to roll back the success of her work and the programs she is committed to. michael harris has been here a long time, and he has put his time in as a city. i am started to appreciate it.

it was a treat working with him as well, because he is willing to be creative, and he has been hard-headed. over time will be reflected in this year's budget. the jail but it is stabilized so we can redirect some of the resources of the sheriff's department. he is willing to try different things in terms of his commitment to security and for food service, and he should not be criticized for being open- minded to this, including general health, and i know how controversial this will be. i respect his willingness to be supportive under the circumstances, and just the jail

house service program will save $11 million annually. think about where that money can go. i appreciate the commitment. i want to thank the poa. i understand why it is confusing. i have been doing this too long as well, but i want to thank the union for saving jobs for men and women in uniform. they stepped up with a consequence of their w concessions. there will be no police officers laid off.

all of us know how much we need to do. $3.3 million in i.t. enhancements in the police department budget, which i think is important. because there is no layoff, we will meet the criteria, and that graduating class will largely be on the streets over the next fiscal year. how many cities can lay claim to know police officers being laid off and significant concessions from the bargaining units? i am very proud of that. i will defer a little bit more,

but the budgets are maintained as a baseline for last year. now i know there is some concern about caseloads and a need for enhancement, and we can have that debate over the next few months, but there were no significant cuts. juvenile and adult probation, we all know we have a significant challenge, and we are leveraging more federal dollars. she was in my office multiple terms, so we are holding the line there, the same as juvenile probation. i know all of us agree. it has been difficult the last few years.

we want to get this thing rolling, and i want to thank the chief for his part in getting this forward. we saved some money on salaries, some debt reduction. fire department, we maintain staffing, so most firefighters are being laid off -- so no fire fighters are being laid off. wage concessions from firefighters, $7.9 million. fire fighters stepped up to the plate. like our police officers, they deserve credit. they also found new ways to generate crevenue. one of the revenues services is taking over the $1.6 million enhancement.

it just works out because of the way we are staffing that we will generate new recovery efforts in that. we know we need to make some improvements to the crime lab. there is not a human being in this room that does not recognize that. this year's budget includes $5.9 million in enhancements to the baseline funding in the crime lab. working with the district attorney, working closely with the public defender and others. we have to prioritize the following. eight additional new staff for public defenders to make sure they are doing everything they can and have the resources to update and reorganize that. $2.6 million to eliminate the

backlog for controlled substances, focusing on the backlog end outsourcing. i want to get this done. this needs to get done. she is fighting for this top priority in the budget. we do the same thing. we make enhancements, and we fund the backlogs. we put $2 million at the crime lab. things large and small. there are substantial enhancements there. resources will not be our excuse for not modernizing the crime lab. i want to thank you every but a

for working together -- everybody for working together to make this a world-class crime lab that will be a model to others, because i am convinced that the end of the day that will be the outcome of this difficult process commo, and ths because we will make these commitments to right the wrongs and make this crime lab the priority that all of us recognize it should bee. the department of public health. 1.4 $4 million budget. at the end of today common -- at the end of today, the general fund is reduced. let's put that in perspective. 1.5% reduction in the budget. the operating budget actually

goes up. it is because his team and all the good folks in my budget office got aggressive arms budget revenues. $80 million was new revenue. without that would be cut off. what city is fully funding universal health care? san francisco is fully fund universal health care in this budget. we got some enhancements. folks in this room know a lot about that. do not worry about it. $12 million in mental-health funds. a significant portion of the target was done for new revenue

and not through cuts, so here are the cuts. i told you about some of itthe prop j. i will take that any day to a mental health cut, but that does not deny the fact that even with that we have to make tough choices, and in that budget there are some tough choices. our priority is residential drug treatment, and not only is it prioritized -- is substantially invested. if you work at progress -- it is substantially invested. the cuts we have heard about our $2.5 million less. there are no cuts to the residential program. we are working on investing in

residence. i believe in residential. based upon a lot of research and analysis. the cuts we propose, and the board will engage in a spirited discussion, and even if we had all the money in the world, we should not be wasting money on programs that are not working, because there are some programs that do not work, and i do not know i had to figure out a way to balance the budget. we had to cut some of the outpatient programs. those are not insignificant, they are different than last

year. we've looked at offsetting those with a huge enhancement of supporting pachmann housing. there is a real narrative here. i hope you spend time with members of the board to see the connection. we had some tough love moments in the budget. it is so much easier not to make these cuts. i hope we have an honest debate about some of these programs. let's put it in perspective, this is 242 million. they propose to cut less than 2%. i know that you will hear dramatic devastating cut.

we're almost there. we have some interesting proposals. this will save $7.4 million. we will put it back again. the chair will love this, i hope that he has a smile on his face. we did not touched this version. we look forward to working with you on this. looking at some other cuts, i could not do it. hiv and aids, we think we are in a margin where we can substantially manage this. there are some other prevention dollars that are worth having

this. this is in a march and we can't work together. we have big contracts that will save $7.7 million. there is a new contract that will save $1.7 million. we restored a couple of the outpatient programs that you did hear about. we have enhanced the despite a million dollars. i appreciate that feedback and support. i believe this is in the budget. that we can advance it. their budget, six and a $62 million.

again, substantial new revenues. we do not cut in home support services, we do not increase the copay. there is not a city that can claim that and i hope that we can get a thank-you card because i do not always get those not that i am looking for them. this costs money and it comes out of these other things that they are all criticizing. we want to prioritize this. no domestic cuts. no cuts to women's programs. none. [applause] we have some controversial cuts

in nutrition programs. people can disagree. that will be controversial. this is the top of my list. here is in number. i am really proud of this. 4027. this is really amazing. my party has always been homelessness. that is what i care about most. we would like to reduce the

population 39.5%. this is a number i am proud of. we are increasing support of housing this year by housing -- hundreds of units. now we have in our portfolio 4027 supportive housing units. thousands and thousands of human beings have to radically changed and this enhances the support of housing commitment in the city. i am proud of that. that is where we are. in many ways, i am in a lot better shape than many people predicted lots of hard work, a

budget that was not balanced in the last few weeks but it has been balanced in the past 11 months. extraordinary leadership from our department heads. if everyone can give a round of applause? this is amazing. thank you. no one has worked harder than the budget director. thank you. [applause] we will see if you continue to say that after you see the details. our deputy budget director, thank you. [applause] thank you to the budget team. thank you for your support.

the controllers team, thank you for all of your hard work, wherever you are. and to steve it is loves spending all that time with you, no one could do it better. [applause] who did i forget? also to mickey callahan and the entire team in the department of human resources. thank you for all of your hard work and commitment. [applause] to the great work of our assessor. you actually did something that

was important. i talked about the great work of my favorite treasure. thank you for the support. you should see all the letters that i get from supervisor dufty. we have done a lot of work in the last couple of years. [applause] to our supervisor and the solar incentive and the work force training, the green financing.

i really appreciate that. supervisor tchu, thank you for your hard work and your storage shipped. everyone that is coming in your office for help. i know how difficult it is to be president of a board. there are a lot of good grade of ideas. i look forward to working with you. i encourage you on the budget

camteam. [applause] to carmen, a lot of the changes were because of your stewardship and the hard work and your commitment. this was a great decision that you made to reappoint avalos as the budget share. to have what he was able to accomplish last year and to know that he will be here this year, i know how difficult it is. i know the calls and the pressure you get.

i know how difficult this will be. i want to thank you in advance for being willing to commit to this process and know that you have an open door and i am fully committed to working with you and doing what we can. i know that there is a lot that will be asked of you. thank you as well. >that is enough of me. to all of you for your patience, once again sitting through a long winded budget presentation, i get excited about these things. i hope that you can sense a little bit of that. i am very proud that we got through this rocky road.

contrast this to big cities all across the state of california, the contrast this budget to the other cities. i am proud of san francisco, i am proud to be mayor of the city. i am proud to work with all of you to put together a budget that under the circumstances we can be proud of. thank you. [applause]

. >> forgot no. 2. silver is nothing. there is no having made it and so we beat foreman. i love the competition. . >> american made has really taken it on themselves to green american cities. >> we have a new organizer for the city and county of san francisco. oh, mayor as well. yeah, that's part of the job description. yeah, mayor of san francisco. >> the city is extremely concerned about the emission of green house gasses and making san francisco a sustainable city.

>> we need to find other ways to create energy without harm to the environment and this is one source. >> we have over 2 megawatts of solar on various city buildings. we are looking at tidal power and we're beginning to look at geothermal power. >> we're on the roof of the moscone center of san francisco and we have 2500 panels that power the center. >> here we are using real energy, energy from the sun, free energy from the sun coming in right here. this converts directly into electricity. >> all these technologies cost money. they don't make economic sense. solar never made economic sense. bio fuels never made economic sense. it's when it was adopted that it started making sense. >> some of them have

challenges, that take a long time to prove out, but there's no reason that the challenge of where we will get tomorrow's energy in the united states should not produce a very, very large. >> san francisco is unique in the united states because we serve our own power needs. >> the city of san francisco is well positioned in that we are perfectly located to take advantage of any renewable category. >> we tend to be the last one to figure it all out. it's real people that are saying, enough's enough. . >> the answer is going to be in renewable. the sooner we do something about it, the easier it will be it resolve. >> we're not just talking about what a city can do, we're doing it. >> san francisco has set very aggressive goals for greening the city. >> i'm not just naively

optimistic, i am pragmatically optimistic that we