monique zamuda, deputy controller. i will be speaking from the powerpoint. i've also distributed another copy of the full report to the members of the committee and to the clerk's office. and if anybody from the public is needing copies of the report, they're available right here. as we do every year, we advise the mayor and the board of supervisors of the status of the current year budget and this helps inform both the mayor's office, additional information regarding the balancing plan for next year and as well as the mayor and the board of supervisors for current year actions that may be required. in general, we are reporting that at the end of this fiscal year with the assumptions given in the report, we will end the year with a surplus of $38.3 million. largely because of city-wide revenue growth that has improved over the original budget projections. you may recall, supervisors, at the end of the budget process in june before you approved the budget, we did see some significant gains in city tax revenue. and that city tax revenue carried forward into th