employment training, education related to workforce development programs, in association primarily with calworkss ago we first least this for a pilot program. the program was such a success that it led to over 1000 job placements over the past year. they had sufficient funds from federal, state, and general fund sources to make a longer- term commitment, essentially converting what was a temporary rental occupancy to a long-term occupancy. the budget analyst has provided to you the overall impact context for;uu leasing these properties, the item before you today is straight forward. it is an amendment to lease the expanding premises of 5000 square feet until june 30, 2013. the rate is $24 per square foot, per year, plus electrical or janitorial costs. of course, those are variable. i do have a list of come parable's at what we felt was provided by the marketplace and equivalent to the space we were looking at. it is quite the range. $24 per foot is matched by a couple of the compare rebels in the area of as high as $62 per square foot. the market is a bit crazy and rising, so, we are confident t

if people are not able -- they're not making money to get on calworks, or they get on aid, we cut that aid, that has an adverse affect on a population that needs it. i would like to see the city continued to move in a direction where we are prioritizing when it comes to our budget, our budget strategy. i was fortunate enough to be named to the budget -- i was not fortunate enough to be named to the budget committee. i will exercise my voice to guide us through this precarious system. i think we need to have a serious conversation about pensions and supervisor elsbernd carries a torch on pension reform. there have been other discussions about pension reform. our city assessor started the conversation about prop. 13. there are several things in place on the state and local level having an adverse affect on our financial health locally. we are in a quandary. we cannot really move beyond that until we remove the pocket. prop. 13 is a serious block. it would free up hundreds of thousands of dollars that could be brought into public schools and could also be in fused in our local -- infused