and this included many different people, in order to accomplish this. there is the super based -- supervise project release. they are trying to identify a larger group of people. we have the supervision of the sheriff, of course. and there are six months of potential problems. this will be a population that will impact the jails. the sheriff has no authority on us. they are waiting on the court order to do something. they will see this there as well. i will answer your questions. >> i want to thank you, very

much for a very thorough report. thank you to the sheriff's department, this is very much appreciated. i would like to thank anyone else -- if you have public comment. another any comments that you would like to make? >> we have all been meeting. you have the majority of the situation. we are starting to engage. >> according to what was said earlier, this was found with the partnership consortiums.

>> this is up -- this is evolving very quickly. >> i appreciate this update. this is deeper than a snapshot, and i would like to open up to public comment? and if there is any public comment, please step forward. >> i am linda connely, the leader of a community-based organization and i have been providing this in san francisco for 30 years. over the last three decades, we have seen a lot of changes in criminal justice. the jail programs have been unique, for the whole country. we entered the council, bringing together the different stakeholders that touch the

lives of the offenders. and revitalizing -- the new chief is bringing in other factors that we all need to look at. the bottom line is that we still have a big problem. and we're talking about how we will address this. this is a golden opportunity to make substantive change. the tendency is to rely on incarceration because this is the easiest thing to do. and yet, there are so many good, community-based organizations in san francisco, that i hope that we will take a big picture about what we're going to do for all of the criminal justice probation. i would like to include them at the table, including the councils will be working on these plans.

we're very committed to making a successful system in san francisco. it is important to get the maximum return for what we spend on developing this system. i am happy to help in any way. >> very much appreciated. police stepped up. -- please step up. >> looks like she ran out of money. jail looks like they too khk her friend. that county again. he stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time. the county is changing or maybe it just stopped trying. but it feels like its too late.

though you really tried hard to make it. then the money died. and all you want is money. in san mateo county. there are things even more important. how perfect can you get. and if you see me walking down the city street. walk on by. walk on by. make believe that you don't see the tears that are in my eyes. and i wanted to make it in this city. >> thank you. next public comment.

>> my name is wayne garcia. vice president of programs for walden house. he made a statement about needing to get ready. we are ready. we have overseen criminal justice for well over 20 years. now she is in san francisco with a female offender program, we are very concerned. we have set up the state -- prison for women, and we are concerned about public safety, and about the resources for the population. i doubt that they will get the $200 that was brought up earlier. desperate times call for desperate measures.

you do not have the resources or the shelter, the resources to change the life. we have the san francisco sheriff's department and an excellent program, where the females would have a share scroll. this was something to consider. and the individuals coming into treatment, this would change the size of the caseload. they are not running around the streets looking for the parolees. the systems are designed or every couple of hours, we're checking to see that the individual is there. we did tell county probation if they are not there. the system is intact. with monitoring bracelets, -- we

have the curriculum and the evidence-based practices. we welcome this. the san francisco sheriff's department called us. we are the first to respond and we want to provide hope for this population. >> i would like to talk to you after this hearing. and is there any other public comment? public comment is closed. i want to thank everyone from the city family, and from the network that is here. thank you. supervisor, what do we not continue this? do you have anything further? >> i know that we will return to this topic in the not so distant

future, for all the reasons that have been articulated, and we look forward to having a more refined report. the meeting is adjourned. >> we're going to get started now. thank you. good afternoon, everyone. welcome. we have commissioner maufas with us. supervisor avalos. [inaudible]

thank you. madam clerk, could you read the agenda for today? yes. can you speak into the microphone? we can [inaudible] >> it is 110443 [inaudible] >> thank you. i think we have city staff that is going to present for us today. our city librarian. >> good afternoon. first and foremost, you are probably wondering what this is all about. i am very proud of the fact that today, i spent part of my day at argon elementary school to read poetry to youngsters from first graders through fourth graders, and i had the pleasure of having the general manager of the

recreation and park department join me for that, so it was terrific. i mention that because it emphasizes the relationship that we established with the school district in terms of forging a very strong relationship, but today, i'm also here to ask for your support and endorsement of our literacy -- information literacy program that we have. in a nutshell, we are wanting to have 100% participation and ownership of a san francisco public library card for all kindergarten and first grade children. we have begun that effort by having the great collaboration of all the 500 classroom teachers literally issue out the applications. we will be reporting that back to our library and staff so that we begin by emphasizing the importance of having every youngster had a library card.

we went before the library commission. they endorsed it unanimously. also had the pleasure of having great support at the school district. they also passed a resolution, but i am really excited about being here today because it emphasizes that relationship between a school district board as well as the board of supervisors. i wanted thank the great support we have had from the school district from superintendent garcia. they have worked with our staff, and i want to introduce our lead staffers from the library side. our deputy city librarian, our chief of children and youth services, so again, i just ask for your support of this. it really is important to have the policy -- policy makers and stakeholders understand how important it is for us to serve our youth. last year, we had 81,000

children receive library instruction at our neighborhood libraries. half of those are in the elementary area, so again, we want to continue the important portion, it does, to making sure that in san francisco, we have a policy-driven initiative to endorse everyone having a library card. thank you. and we are here answer any questions you may have on the program. >> colleagues, do you have any questions? commissioner norton, please. commissioner no.: i just wanted to thank the library -- commissioner norton: i just wanted to thank the library. my daughter was so excited to get her first library card through this program here also, a wanted to thank you for going too far gone today. i was there as well. it was wonderful.

-- a wanted to thank you for going to argon. supervisor avalos: i just wanted to apologize for not giving our books back in a timely manner. i guess i am wondering, how do we help families, let them know -- lessen the stigma they might sense. it could be a barrier that is there. >> absolutely. one of the things we take great pride in, we're still working on this, is eliminating barriers to access and checking out materials. i do not know if anyone is aware, but we do not have funds for children, so any of those can be returned readily, no questions asked. but we want to encourage

youngsters and families in particular to excess materials and books and borrow as many as they want. i think that it is an ongoing effort to make sure that we work with families as well to use different language, different approaches to folks that may not be familiar or have a tradition of the free public library we are so accustomed to in this country. i did not know if that answers your question. >> pretty much. we are well aware that there is no fine, but we are still late. >> you and i have to have a conversation about that. commissioner maufas: it is good to see you again. i just wanted to acknowledge that i have visited my local library at bartlett and 24 with my granddaughter, who is just an infant, but at my surprise, rediscovering the library myself, but also, when i pulled

up with a stroller, there was already a line of strollers for folks in my neighborhood who already know about the many activities that are available there for young families. i just think that this is such a great introduction to the library again, i have rediscovered my local library with my granddaughter, which i, sort of thought that she needed to be around kindergarten or first grade, but that introduction to reading and activities and visiting the library can happen much earlier, and i am very excited to be able to go with her on a saturday or thursday afternoon when they have those programs. i think that is a great addition the i had never experienced at the library, but i can also share that with my granddaughter and tell my own child that there are programs there for young the ones before they get to school, but it is the great introduction into the library as a supplement and to school activities. so thank you very much. >> absolutely.

to that point, we have a very engaged early literacy program. we have been working with child care providers, head start, and you are absolutely right. it is getting to them for those early literacy skills before they go in for the formal education program. we have met with wonderful response from the community, but also, it has been a proven program that has had success, so thank you for acknowledging that. the other piece i want to mention is that we also have ancillary programs. we have a free museum pass that provides access through the library to about 16 different museums throughout the city and that in its first year has seen almost 85% capacity, and that is free for families -- residents of san francisco, so we are very proud of playing a part in the as well -- in that as well.

>> thank you. i would like to now open up the floor for public comment. is there anyone who has any public comment? when any member of the public like to comment? ok, public comment is officially closed. will you read the second item for us? >> thank you. >> it is item 110-471, and that is the budget update for fiscal year 2011 [inaudible] >> thank you. i think we have a staff presentation. welcome.

>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm the director of budget services for the san francisco unified school district, and we do have a presentation. this is my first time here, and i'm going to try to be at the microphone as well as try to get the slides moving forward. hopefully, we will give you a brief presentation. we have a powerpoint that was presented at our recent principles and administrative meeting for the school district, and it is an update of our [inaudible] very high-tech. on the budget situation, both for the state of california and how it impacts our school district.

as you may be aware, in january, usually, the governor comes out with a proposed budget for the year -- the upcoming fiscal year. which is what governor brown did sometime in january and projected a $26.7 billion budget deficit for the state and a proposal on how to bridge that gap. a crucial part of the proposal was to extend those temporary tax increases that have been put in place two years ago. if you recall, those were an increase to the state sales tax and the legal license fee and a couple of other items, as well as identify some cuts to be made outside of k-12 education. so he acknowledged -- the

government acknowledged that education in the past has borne the brunt of most of the cuts every time the state had a deficit, and he made a pretty valiant attempt to keep these cuts away from schools, k-12 education for the upcoming budget year, but a lot of it hinged on having these tax extensions approved, which would have meant having to slash three of the legislature approved to put the tax extension measure on the ballot in june and there being a majority of the voters approving the extension. as we now know, the legislature has fallen short of approving those tax extensions. time had run out on putting those extensions on the june ballot, and while the governor is still trying to convince some

republican members of the legislature to support the tax extensions, at this point, the june ballot is absolutely not feasible. when we -- all school districts heard the governor's proposal in january, we started preparing our schools for in a worst-case scenario which would involve a significant cut. the status quo scenario would be not funding and facing $19 for 88 funding reduction fundingfor ada funding reduction. the worst case would be $349 for ada cut, which for our school district translates into a little over $16 million. because now the june ballot for the tax extensions is no longer

feasible, we are actually now looking at the worst-case scenario. many in the state are actually speculating that things could get even worse for education than just the $349. how bad could it get? now, increasingly, there is talk in the legislature of an all-cut its budget, abandoning any exploration of potential revenue augmentation or increases. and all cuts budget would mean a $4 billion or $5 billion cut to education, which translates into $825 per ada instead of the current $349 we are facing. this would require a suspension of proposition 98, which would need 8 2/3 majority in order for

the legislature to implement, but it has been done in the past, so we are not entirely ruling that out. if this were to happen, rules would likely have to change for schools. we would be facing less talk about reducing the instructional time by a full month, making some currently restricted programs a little more flexible so the the district could have greater discretion in spending the money. removing restrictions on class sizes for kindergarten through grade three. and if this were not done, to mitigate this huge, devastating cut, many districts would require a bailout from the state, which pretty much defeats the purpose of cutting k-12 education. california schools have been in crisis for a long time, but things could keep getting worse.

what happens next in sacramento? some speculate it is still possible to improve the -- approve the tax extension legislatively but not by voter approval, by the beginning of the fiscal year, july 1. why is this significant? if the legislature can act on, at least legislatively, approving the tax extension and then go to the voters on a special exemption may be in november, it would still be considered an extension of taxes, and otherwise, if this was allowed to last, and then put on the ballot, it becomes a ballot to increase taxes, which, as we all know, nobody has an appetite for. in the meantime, economic changes could also cause a revision, of words or downwards. we're getting some numbers of tax collections from individual

income taxes, which although it is up, it is by no means going to resolve this $25 billion gap that the state basis. the governor will release his next plan based on updated revenue projections in mid-may. we all plan to attend that conference. considering the possibility of new taxes in current-year revenues. our school district plans -- we are currently facing our projections on the worst-case scenario, which is the $349 cuts is a reality. this is tied to the january budget that the governor proposed, and although there is speculation about a higher cut to education, there is currently no proposal out there by the governor or legislature, and all the advocacy agencies do

not believe that we should at this time attempt to speculate that any new number until the governor announces his plan. increases in our costs bring the projected shortfall for our school district for the 2011- 2012 budget year up to $25 million, or about $485 per ada. this is even after accounting for the federal jobs funds, which we had decided to put in reserve for the current year and utilize in the 2011-2012 budget year. we should know more by the may revision at the latest, and remember that these cuts are on top of the ones that we have identified for 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 when we were attempting to close the

shortfall we were facing, and we had implemented a number of proposals to close that $113 million gap already. we have utilized to the extent possible revenues. we have drastically reduced our summer school program. we have reduced generalize transportation. we utilize a gain to the extent possible without devastating programs, the flexibility afforded by our categorical funding. we have tapered down support to our staff schools. we have cut essential services, and we have reduced the of the general uses. the next slide is a multi-year projection that we put together based on the government's current budget scenario, and

based on where district finances are when we filed our second interim report in march. if you look at the third column of numbers from the left, the 2011-2012 projected and the last column, 2012-2013 projected, and zoom down to the bottom line, we project for both years 8 deficit ending fund balance, $7.5 million in 2011-2012 and $66.8 million in 2012-2013. however, this deficit gets to be higher because we have to have some certain fund balance reserve designated both for economic uncertainties and for other designations like prepayments to the health service system ao