commissioner bruce robertson, cfo of public works. it's a very good question. i think at this point we're still waiting to hear what the current year financial status really looks like. and we're waiting for that information from the controller's office, the mayor's office and the board of supervisors, their budget and legislative analyst. that will really give us a definitive picture of how good or how bad it is. i think we all have our thoughts of that. it's going to be a challenge. so for now, what we're doing internally, we are running scenarios for the worst possible scenario, hoping that it doesn't come to that. so i think your point of the capital plan in being the challenge is well founded because i think as mr. strong stated last commission hearing, that the go is really the big challenge. and a lot of our staff are funded by paco. so we are indeed, as you stated, you're spot on looking for alternatives on the funding sources, things we can get from the state, the county transportation authority and elsewhere. i think for now, though, the ask would be

bruce robertson, cfo, public works. that is a very astute point and a very relevant question. we are in early october, and i will already say we are starting to plan for the budget for next fiscal year because we are very aware of the potential impacts of what the reduced funding may be in terms of our ability to issue contracts. and in the worst case scenario, potentially even our ability for our own workforce. so we're very actively looking at all of the scenarios we're planning for the worst. obviously not hoping for the worst, but we want to make sure that we're ahead of the curve. should the worst news come. and we've got a significant downfall or the capital plan plan is basically funded at zero. we are running scenarios on all of the potential options, assuming the worst, knowing that the worst likely won't come. just one more question, director robertson. so as we and commissioner seahorse newell pointed this out to you, we're at 74. we like to go the other way. are we in a place that we need to be advocating? is there a place where i'm just trying to understand, parti