the second, which are rucker see it touched upon. -- barbara garcia touched upon. supervisor chu: you are not closing down any locations? >> it is a reduction of efficiency, and it could have an impact on the length of time people are waiting to get into rehab. the second one is a larger piece and one of the things we spend a lot of times with -- a lot of time talking to shareholders about, a reduction to the unmatched general fund contracts. the challenge for us is a we are increasingly in a place where our decisions must be driven by the federal dollars that we are able to draw down our system of care. as we have looked at what we have a available -- what we have available to take on the expenditure side and the budget, it is pretty harsh reality that most of our services are drawing down between 2-1 match dollars up to 20-1 match dollars, and the vast majority are very highly leveraged with state and federal dollars. the conversations are based on the planning process. it is to target reductions to services that are not drawing down those matching dollars, and t

barbara garcia, director of health. i wanted to acknowledge the providers and advocates today. planning council's work hand in hand with us on the issue of prioritizing services. having been on the planning council, i can tell you from my experience planning councils of local government and not always see eye to eye and the planning process. part of the process is using the planning community, particularly when we look at the budget process in engaging with community and providers. if we take a step back in terms of looking at the department overall budget, and many of you know what the mission is to promote the health of all san franciscans, and the services we provide. we have two major hospitals. differences good general was one of the main providers of servicing the hiv epidemic in continues to be. not only that, but we're seeing worldwide some of the most knowledgeable researchers in the field. we do have the advantage of having a very educated community about hiv and aids. in the overall department we have community-oriented partners and public health services. along with

doing a great job as our moderator and for the entire panel, i had the opportunity to work with barbara garcia for 16 years at the health department and heard her very compelling story about the response to loma prieta. so really happy that you were here and each and every one of you were able to provide very unique perspectives that began to give us the whole picture of what a full community response looks like. i'm sure you'll join me in giving a big hand to our panel. [applause] i don't know about you all but i think this was a wonderful opportunity to share ideas this morning, to see old friends, meet new friends and really continue this dialogue which is so important in our recovery. there will be more of this in the future. thank you all for coming and encourage you all to be prepared and to think about our response and our working together. thank you very much. have a great day. [applause] >>