but will be doing a fabulous as
the chair of the budget
committee.
i know supervisor carmen chu
will have some words to say.
when you are going through, what
you have to do bring the budget
to balance with the mayor's
office, i want to thank you for
your services and effort.
[applause]
district 11, we have many
children, families.
a lot of folks who have got more
organized and have taken part in
the civic life in san
francisco, political life in san
francisco.
last year, working with my
colleagues on the board of
supervisors, we put on two
ballot measures to raise taxes
on the high end.
we had a 2% temporary increase
to the hotel tax.
we also had a permanent increase
to the real estate transfer tax.
every year, that raises $35
million in revenue on average.
in some years, it will be