. >> my name is astor martin. i was a volunteer treasurer for a board of supervisor publicly funded campaign in 2016 and 2018. and i do appreciate the staff recommendations regarding the public finance program. i thought the report was thoughtful and the findings were wonderful, the recommendations. and i am open to the 200. any way, i think the initial grant of public financing and the higher ratio of matching funds of 6:1 up to 100 would give qualifying candidates the resources to run a competitive campaign. the awarding of an initial grant grant earlier campaign is a good idea and ultimately give the public greater confidence in the election process. however, from my perspective, the initial ex -- if the initial expenditure limit is increased to 350,000 for board of supervisors and 1.7 million for mayor's race, i would recommend the maximum public funds received by a candidate be increased accordingly. in other words, 255,000 for a board of supervisors campaign, 1.475 million for a mayoral campaign. an increase

. >> my name is astor martin. i was a volunteer treasurer for a board of supervisor publicly funded campaign in 2016 and 2018. and i do appreciate the staff recommendations regarding the public finance program. i thought the report was thoughtful and the findings were wonderful, the recommendations. and i am open to the 200. any way, i think the initial grant of public financing and the higher ratio of matching funds of 6:1 up to 100 would give qualifying candidates the resources to run a competitive campaign. the awarding of an