will obtain from this pilot program. we would come back and feed you the numbers and information of what works and did not work and see how we can tweak things. we are looking for partnerships outside of the scope of service providers and to be in a situation where we can serve more than the 60 of the 65. we are in agreement. i am grateful we have this opportunity to serve that particular district. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> madam chair, board of supervisors, and trustees from the board of education, i am a member of the chc. the doctor wanted to send her best to all of you. we are excited. we finally got this thing going. we have had it 2.5 years. we have finally kicked off the pilot.

we are trying to -- i know you are the supervisor in that district. we are reaching out to visitation valley, public housing, the horseshoe around west point,, and we even went as far as down by the old boys' club and the new boys club. other christopher was there to distribute applications. we are hoping we get the pool of kids that never get touched by other people to get an opportunity, so they can get involved, get some work experience, get themselves out of trouble, and be ready for the fall semester. we definitely appreciate your support in bringing this to everyone's attention. it has been our little thing out in the neighborhood. it is definitely something that is going to benefit all of district 10.

hopefully this will carry on. i know there was a conversation about more money if everything else goes well. we are hoping that goes well. we definitely look forward to your response -- to your support. if there is anything i can respond to it -- commissioner maufas: i want to ask for verification. this is a different program but comes from the same pilot money. this is employment. they will get paid every two weeks? >> is the same structure system as the current program. this is an extension, an add-on. we are hoping we capture a lot of the kids, a lot of the youth, that do not normally flow into the line. not belonging to a click, not association by affiliation.

we'd know these are some of the kids who need this service. commissioner maufas: i appreciate you acknowledging that. a lot of times there are youth that know the system and how to navigate it. they get in quickly every time. that you are going to locate those young people who may be do not know the system and help them, i appreciate that. >> i appreciate your thoughts on that. we are looking at diversity. the kill is not all african- american, all agent -- the hill is not all african-american, not all asian. we are hoping to touch all of them. as we do we development, we need to touch those people. that is why i took it on myself to make sure that application was distributed at the housing

authority office on the hill, and went to the horseshoe where west point is. there is a lot of construction going on. i had to go back and look at some of the people there. we got the application. we are hoping to get it back. we hope that some of these youth do get selected so they can tell the other kids there is hope. just hang in there. commissioner maufas: where are they turning in the applications? they are due tomorrow, yes? >> they are. because of the time frame, we are going to try to work on monday morning if they are not in by tomorrow. those applications are a little complicated. you have a parent's signature, verification of income, and other things. i want to make sure they have everything to make a solid

decision. commissioner maufas: i did not want to cut you off. the applications -- an individual gets everything done. they get all the things necessary. they are going to turn it into what address? >> i can turn it into ycd, visitation valley. commissioner maufas: all the places listed before. they can turn them in by 4:00? >> 4:00. and i left my card. i will come up and get it. commissioner maufas: very generous. thank you. supervisor cohen: colleagues, are there any other comments or questions? if not, i will open the floor for public comment. seeing none, i would like to invite anyone, a member of the public who would like to comment on item two.

seeing no public comment, madam court, could you call the next item? >> this is it. thank you. i want to thank everyone for coming out and contributed to a spirited conversation. thank you for your work at sfgtv. supervisor cohen: this session is closed.

mayor lee: i am honored to be here at the board chambers to present my proposed budget for fiscal year 2011-2012, and i want to just start by saying that it is a pretty happy time for me because we have got a budget that is on time, that is balanced, and maybe on like our -- unlike our cities to the east or to the south, it is one that i think reflects a very solid cooperation with our board of supervisors, with our neighborhoods, with our community-based agencies, and with all our departments. at the beginning of this year -- actually as late as last year, we projected a $380 million deficit.

former mayor gavin newsom had set us on a course that we have to be very focused on this, challenging us. we did that. we followed his advice and work with our departments to make sure that they came forth with what they believed would be a balanced budget. closing this deficit, and as it became clear to us that the budget was not only challenging, but that we could make it, that each of the department began working closer with us about how we could fill that gap, and it has not been easy. i want to say at the outset that i want to thank the departments for working closely with the mayor's budget staff. it is incredible, the work that you do. being here for over 21 years, i find it still the most talented workforce, the most talented

department heads and managers, but the actual work force and their sacrifices are reflected -- their sacrifices reflected in this budget continues to amaze me. while we are scaling back and asking for real sacrifices, this budget has not been reflective of any new promises. it has actually been keeping a lot of the old promises alive. but the good thing about this budget is that there are no layoffs -- at least not in a massive way -- and unlike what i hear this morning, instead of closing libraries, we are reopening them. [applause] unlike sacramento, we are on time, and we are balanced. despite the difficulties that we have, i see actually in this budget a lot of hope. time and time again, i have

been reminded throw out of the meetings we have had that a budget is reflective of our values in the city. in addition to reflecting our values, i do think this budget also represents a lot of hope. because our city is now on the rebound already, and i can feel that you can all feel it here, just in the span of six months, we began this year with a tremendous challenge in our unemployment rate, being over 10% -- 10.1% as of january. today, the unemployment rate has gone down to 8.5%. we also recognize that our city has grown in the last 10 years, by over 3%, from 776,000 to now over 805,000, and that is just residents alone. we continue to attract major companies in this city, companies who want to be here. they want to be your as partners

and collaborators and, as we suggest, they want to hire san franciscans. we want to meet that challenge and we want to work with them. at the beginning of this budget, made a commitment to myself that i would do my best to listen to every part of this city, to all the neighborhoods, to the supervisors, and to the corridors that we held compound meetings at. not only what i want to listen to them, ultimately, as the impact of us, my challenge was really to listen to myself, as we reflected all of the values that the city has made -- as they impacted us. as i have been chosen as interim mayor, i wanted to make a commitment that i would not make any intron decisions on this budget. that we had a big challenge to not only create a foundation for years to come, but that we would make sure that we had a budget that would reflect long-term investments and the long-term

financial health of this city. we set out a course to collaborate with as many people as possible and to make sure that our budget was reflective of what san francisco knows how to do. that is collaborate and build consensus. we held over 10 budget town hall meetings. we've met over hundreds of residents, community organizations. we met with city commissioners, labor organizations, business owners, and activists, and throughout all those meetings, they are able to shift some $28 million in changes to the budget. this budget not only reflects our values, it is about the future of our city. you have heard all of those that you have attended. the budget town hall meetings and meetings with our community-

based agencies. you need not hear from me today again about the goal, but i do want you to hear from people who i think are our challenge and reflective of our city, so i want to invite up to the podium today three people -- three students who will talk to you in their own terms about how they feel a city can be safe, a city that can be solvent, and a city that can be successful. if i may invite zack parker to please set up to the podium. he is 8 years old. he is going into the fourth grade at sherman elementary school. he likes playing basketball and drawing. he will be visiting yosemite and his family in oregon over the his family in oregon over the summer and attending summer