welcome, dan kaplan. >> thank you, commissioners. i'm here to give an overview of the budget proposal as it stands today, and as you remember, we go through a process of working internally then making a proposal to the mayor's office, which we are set to do on february 21st, and then, we'll go into a period of time where the mayor's office will be asking us questions, and we will be answering and discussing various other people will be talking to the mayor's office, as well, and ultimately, that -- that will all result in the mayor proposing a budget, which will happen on june 1st of this year, and then, the budget process will move to the legislative phase, and the budget and legislative analysts will prepare reported and analysises related to the mayor's proposal, and that will be discussed with the board and hearings will be held and we'll ultimately get to the place where the board makes some changes possibly but then ultimately votes on and approves the budget for the city, and that will happen right at the beginning of july. so