cuts to calworks and medical. as well as changes that would permit realignment to move forward.ed on is the proposal to eliminate redevelopment and the tax extension ballot measure. extension ballot measure. what we know from the governor's

cuts to calworks and medical. as well as changes that would permit realignment to move forward. what has not yet been acted on is the proposal to eliminate redevelopment and the tax extension ballot measure. what we know from the governor's office and from folks that have been talking both with him and folks in the legislature is that the governor has indicated that he is not likely to sign the legislation authorizing realignment until there is a firm plan for putting those tax measures on the ballot. he has made a commitment to the county, to the sheriff, to the probation officers, the there will be funding that comes with realignment, so that has been his commitment at this point. that is basically my update on the state budget. the only other thing i would mention is that my sense is that at the state level, all parties are going back and reassessing what their next step will be. they are looking at whether a special election can be called, whether they might use the november election to put these measures on the ballot, and then, what can they do, as a legislative body, with

if people are not able -- they're not making money to get on calworks, or they get on aid, we cut that aid, that has an adverse affect on a population that needs it. i would like to see the city continued to move in a direction where we are prioritizing when it comes to our budget, our budget strategy. i was fortunate enough to be named to the budget -- i was not fortunate enough to be named to the budget committee. i will exercise my voice to guide us through this precarious system. i think we need to have a serious conversation about pensions and supervisor elsbernd carries a torch on pension reform. there have been other discussions about pension reform. our city assessor started the conversation about prop. 13. there are several things in place on the state and local level having an adverse affect on our financial health locally. we are in a quandary. we cannot really move beyond that until we remove the pocket. prop. 13 is a serious block. it would free up hundreds of thousands of dollars that could be brought into public schools and could also be in fused in our local -- infused

the program calworks is now being cut by the state. there will be an 8% grant cuts starting in july. we will beat -- we are busy right now to see what we can do, develop strategies to ensure that those families are protected as much as possible, to try to expand our employment opportunities for those families so that they are not adversely impacted or to minimize the impacts of those cuts. at this point in time, we also have some cuts going on in our aging and adult services every now, and we're working again with our cbo partners how we can minimize the damage -- cut's going on in our aging and adult services arena. >> good evening, everybody. for some reason, i cannot talk sitting down. i do not know what that is about. but just a couple of things -- i am fred blackwell from the san francisco redevelopment agency. we are not a general fund department. we are funded through a mechanism called tax increment financing, which basically means in redevelopment project areas, with give the intrigue -- we give the increases and property tax

the program calworks is now being cut by the state. there will be an 8% grant cuts starting in