and i am dan gonsher for a brief overview of the board's priority process. so as you may recall, chair cohen requested that the budget analysts review the board's budget process and identify recommendations for improvements. our report which was released in november provided three recommendations for improvements and the first was for the board to produce a list of annual policy priorities to submit to the mayor for incorporation into the proposed budget. we also recommended that the budget and legislative analysts provide additional analysis to the board during the budget process in the form of a city-wide overview report which we will be doing. and, finally, we recommended that the board revise the admin code to lengthen the time for the proposed budget consistent with jurisdictions. over the last couple weeks we have solicited the top priorities from each board office and while we're still reviewing each of these priorities, some common themes have begun to emerge, including homelessness and housing, clean streets and public safety. again, we're still at