for him to return before we take those motions. he is currently on another item at gao, so if we could sit these two items and call items 6 through 8. >> item 6, hearing to review the mayor's proposed budget, fiscal year 2011-2012. item seven, ordered its appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures for selected departments of the city and county of san francisco as of may 2, 2011, for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012 and june 30, 2013. item eight, proposed annual salary ordinance enumerating positions at the annual budget appropriation or that it's for selected departments of the city and county of san francisco for fiscal years ending june 30, 2012, and june 30, 2013. supervisor chu: thank you. these items to come before us

before we have heard many of the enterprise department budgets already. at the first week hearing, the san francisco international airport had not yet come to an agreement with our budget analyst in terms of cut recommendations, said that is the reason why we are hearing the budget again today. items six through eight will have to be continued to the call of the chair so that it has time -- or the rest of the budget has time to catch up with it before we forward out all of these items to the full board. with that, if i could ask mr. martin from the airport, to come to the podium and reflect on any progress that has been made with the recommendation. >> the airport has reached agreement with the budget analyst on budget cuts. supervisor chu: thank you very much to the budget analyst. i know in our report, we do see reflected changes that both the budget analyst in addition to the airport have come to agreement with. is that your understanding as well? >> yes, that is correct.

supervisor chu: ok, wonderful. if there are no other questions from the committee at this point, would we like to take the motion to accept the budget analyst with the recommendation? ok, we have a motion to accept the budget analyst recommendation, and we will do that without objection. then, colleagues, on items 6 through 8, can we continue these items to the call of the chair so that the rest of the budget has time to catch up with it? we have a motion, and we can do that without objection. thank you. let's return to items four and five. if i could ask mr. young to contact our president and let him know that we are returning to it for the evidence that he would like to propose. meanwhile, i will speak to some of the amendments i am proposing for this.

colleagues, before you, i believe these items could be put in and would not require a further continuance. the items that i would like to propose that we amend has to do with item two, that you see on your first sheet, which talks about asking the comptroller's office to provide to us a regular review differ changes and decisions that we make. five-year financial plan is only as good as the decisions we have made and the assumptions we have put in. to the extent that we passed certain policies or change certain things, whether it is approving labor contracts or other things that impact expenses and revenues going forward, that by-your manager plan ought to be updated to reflect the best information that we have. some of the amendments being proposed today reflect a desire

to make sure that that five-year plan stays current and stays relevant as we go forward. one of the amendments that i would like to make, which is item two, would require or would insert at the end of the section called control, wage, and benefit costs of the plan, which is on page 20 -- the part that would be inserted would read, " the controller's office shall report on projected employee wages as a costs compared to the strategy adopted in the financial plan." this is intended to make sure that as we are proving mou's going forward for labor contracts, that we adopt key significant changes, for example in the pension reform package that will be coming before us, that we will be updating the plan to show this differences. the other amendment that i would like to make is on the back of the sheet that i passed out to you. it really is to acknowledge that there could be variance in the future your economic assumptions with the financial plan.

again, as the controller's office relate, the revenue projections that we relate -- for example, if we had better than expected revenue -- really does alter and change what our five-year financial outlook looks like. the proposed amendment would really speak to that and said that there could be differences in what we actually see in the future based on what our actual economic situation turns out to be. it is really making sure that there is variability in the economy and what really comes to be and also making sure that we are controlling and capturing potential big changes in the plan. those are the amendments that i would like to propose. supervisor chiu: thank you. in addition to what our chair just propose, and number of other amendments came out of our conversation last week. we have circulated a couple of these to you. the three additional amendments

i would like to make would be to insert at the end of the strategy is to restore fiscal stability is section, to require the controller's office to issue reports advising us on changes to the long-range financial outlooks that are assumed in the plan as well as progress about that in the annual budgets toward those financial strategies. that is the first amendment. the second would really be to do similar types of review with regard to our additional tax fees and other revenues. again, requiring the office to report on the various projected revenue increases compared to what we have adopted in the financial plan. the third amendment i would like to offer would be to think about how we move forward with the consideration of not using one- time solutions so that we are really implementing structural changes that will force or will help us not have to come up with one-time solutions every year. the language would say that the

board of supervisors' request that the controller research and develop financial policies to achieve the strategy is to really help phase out onetime solutions. this is obviously a topic that is not an easy one but one that we all understand if we do not do this, we will continue to see structural budget deficits for years to come. supervisor chu: thank you. we have two combine motions that would reflect multiple changes that would add additional reporting to update the plan and keep it a relevant plan. we would ask the controller's office to provide additional policies, and also of knowledge that there is variability in what we see in the economy compared to what we see in the plan. can we take these without objection? ok, we will do that without objection. we have items four and five before us. can we entertain a motion to file item four, which is a

hearing? ok, we have a motion for that. and to send item 5 forward with recommendations as amended? we can do both without objection. thank you. ok, do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned.

>> i get really concerned one ip -- hear people say the payroll tax is a job killer. maybe in some industries the payroll tax might be a disincentive on business going forward, but i would not be surprised if we came out of the whole discussion about remaking our tax for next year that it involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross

receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service

the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organization supporting kids and families, working for labor. i got to see how city hall could be an effective tool to create change. i looked at running in 2007, 2008, and somehow i made it. i have been in politics for so many ways, doing work around central america, supporting people in central america against u.s. imperialism, their right to live, self determination. i did a lot of work on that on campus when i was in college. a bit of work on apartheid when i was in college as well.

>> i never got involved in supporting a candidate. i never thought a candidate was someone that i would support. then when tom ammiano ran against willie brown, i got inspired. i thought, someone with integrity and honesty, if they can run for mayor, maybe i can be somebody who represents what is true about our people. that is what inspired me to run and be a candidate. one thing this year that i really tackling, and i expect to for a long time, looking at me and how it operates in my district. san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot if transit is not very well thought out in places away from downtown. my district is where we need to create better options. all the way down to randall

street, there is no accessible boarding areas for the church. there is a woman that lives in a wheelchair on santa rosa. she has to go across to glen park to get out transit. >> those new stations, those are the ones that we are going to have to depend on. >> along balboa park station, near geneva, i have been pushing hard to get ramps for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street. i want to insure the department of parking and traffic is painting lines on alemany street. beyond that, we need to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars go speeding through. sidewalks are not convenient for people. >> i am the supervisor for district 11, the debt -- the best district in san francisco. this year, we get to show how

great district 11 really is. >> we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. it is inevitable that we will make painful cuts. so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact on every day san franciscans? >> i really appreciate what you're doing here. you are a really patient gentleman, and i appreciate that. >> our parks are often cut first. how do we maintain our safety net, public health services, security services? all of these are critical decisions that have to be made. >> i have seen many people come forward today who i know whose lives have changed because of the services we are providing. that is something that we can be proud of and have a as a goal at the budget process to make sure that we can turn lives around and create a liveable communities.

>> if we do not resolve the pension issue, we will have to cut. we will see fewer options for muni. we will see the parks deteriorate. i think the tide is rising. we have to figure out how to swim very quickly.

>> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis

from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has

kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural.

>> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the

air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play!