angela calvio, clerk of the board. i am here to discuss with you the board of supervisors' budget for fiscal year 2011-12. i have included a copy of the packet -- a copy of this power point in the packet for the viewers watching on sfgtv. in preparation of the department's budget, the finance committee will hold two public hearings. today, we will review the annual guidelines and a draft budget. i will come back to the committee in february to review a balanced budget that reflects the direction from the committee and ask for your approval of the proposed budget for some middle at that time. i will then return -- four submittal at that time. i will then return in june. chairperson chu: the mind if we take a two minute break? it has been a long meeting. >> not at all. chairperson chu: thank you. chairperson chu: we are back to the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. we are good to pick up on item five. our clark is making a presentation. >> thank you. i will just continue. in preparation of the budget,