so we focused on improving the alessa. the truth -- the alleys. through the committee process, we focused particularly on the street between seventh street and ninth street. natomas street, and ringold street. we identified two goals. one is on traffic. we know that vehicle speeds are pretty high in the alleys. they are used as cut-through routes for traffic. we want to slow down the traffic using the alleys and improved safety and comfort for pedestrians. the second goal gets back to the idea that there's not that much open space, public open space in the area. what we do have in terms of public space is the streets. to the extent that we can improve the way that the streets provide public space for the community, that is in line with improving livability in the area. the second goal leads us to want to improve and install pedestrian amenities, such as new landscaping, better lighting, widening the sidewalks at key locations, and working on at the crossings. in particular, the crossing of the major streets, like seventh street and eighth streets

are demanding more money be spent on social programs not settlement building and militia operations alessa goes on baskins been telling our city. the social concerns are extremely valid the gaps between rich and poor in israel have grown from a society to thirty years ago was one of the most egalitarian in the world today to the second gaps between rich and poor only after the united states we have a problem of increasing privatization a philosophy that our prime minister and hears two and what we've seen privatized in israel over the past years are serious social services which should provide to be provided by the government in education health and welfare and again the cost of living keeps going up and people earning two salaries or to a family household with the cost of education health and welfare cannot make it to the end of the month we've heard a lot of voices in israel when asking the protestors and those who are leading them greer's should the money come to pay for all these social services and to close the gaps. that come up quite often is one take money away from the very high m