and also want to of course my thank my staff bobby lopez for working so hard on this budget as well. of course, i want to recognize as always our community advocates for the tremendous advocacy you do to ensure the budget is reflective of the values and priorities that are city cares about. for spending months working on this budget starting to come to us some as early as january to really figure out how to best address some most pressing issues in the city, whether it's getting to zero, whether it's feeding our seniors, nonprofit medication to ensure our services and arts can remain here in the city. of course, ensuring that we are addressing family homelessness and homelessness and mental health in general. i do also want to thank the budget coalition for your leadership every year. not just in coming up with the best ways to address this issue but then always coming to the table and figuring out how we can make the budget work, how we can come because of vital services and excepting those cuts and working with our offices just to be able to pass a budget every year that can make t

and also want to of course my thank my staff bobby lopez for working so hard on this budget as well. of course, i want to recognize as always our community advocates for the tremendous advocacy you do to ensure the budget is reflective of the values and priorities that are city cares about. for spending months working on this budget starting to come to us some as early as january to really figure out how to best address some most pressing issues in the city, whether it's getting to zero, whether it's feeding our seniors, nonprofit medication to ensure our services and arts can remain here in the city. of course, ensuring that we are addressing family homelessness and homelessness and mental health in general. i do also want to thank the budget coalition for your leadership every year. not just in coming up with the best ways to address this issue but then always coming to the table and figuring out how we can make the budget work, how we can come because of vital services and excepting those cuts and working with our offices just to be able to pass a budget every year that can make t