and it is what supervisor ferrill said, you have a lot of diversities. and i assure you each and every one of your comments is going to be repeated over and over again, as we deliberate among ourselves about what we need to invest in and i do want to say that overwhelmingly, all of you want a safer city. and we are going to work on those. because you can't do anything in the city, unless you feel safe. so, i heard that that is probably one of the highest priorities coming out of this meeting, but the other things that you said are just as important and i will want to thank the people that have supported the translation of your views, and to make sure that everyone here has a great weekend. but know that we are going to work hard to make our budget reflect all of what you need to make this city successful. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> all right. thank you everyone for coming.

now we will have supervisor ferrill, do you want to say? >> [ applause ] >> thank you mayor lee, and happy saturday, my name is mark ferrill and i am the supervisor for district two and the honor of chairing the budget city and town hall. and with chu who did a great job the last two years, i am going to keep this short, as mayor lee mentioned today is about listening to you. we are doing six of these town halls out in the different neighborhoods of san francisco, we did an on-line town hall the other week on the internet. the point is that we will have a budget that reflects the values of san francisco but we want to make sure that everyone has the confidence that we are doing it in an open and transparent manner and our priorities really is to manage our budget in a way that not only reflects our values but also balances the need to make sure that we do everything that we can today in san francisco, but also that we plan responsibly for our future as a city. and future for our children, and for our grandchildren to make sure that san fran

mayor, supervisor tan, and ferrill and department heads, and d7 and d4 residents, i am very happy to be here today to hear from you about your priorities for the city's future. i believe that the budget is the most important policy, document, that the board of supervisors and the mayor approve every year. it expresses and represents our values, our priorities, and our vision for san francisco. the city and county of san francisco has a 7.4 billion dollar budget. that might seem like a lot compared to other cities, for example, the city of philadelphia's budget is about half that of san francisco. for approximately double the population. but, there is a reason for that. we run an international airport, a court, two hospitals, and produce some of our electricity and provide water to every home in san francisco. so our budget is not only for the city functions, but for also, county functions. >> it is also important to note that during the year, the years, voters have approved many ballot initiatives and measures. and mandates. and for us to spend part of our revenues on things that the

interest because there needs to be a balance and there are serious problems going on in supervisor ferrill's district and (inaudible). and the third point that i would like to make is that we don't need any more cuts for the woman's commission, i think that chief sur understands the impact of the violence in the city and the work that the district attorney has been taking lead on and also in our neighborhood in west portal, there is the neighbors making for vigilence and the human trafficking in district four has been identified of the problems and from time-to-time i think that they are suspicious behavior and i hope that the police are doing the right thing and investigating. thank you. >> thank you, we actually have time for about four more speakers so i am going to call the last four speakers here. hastings, (inaudible) glikston and john ferrill. >> >> my name is (inaudible) freeman and i live in district seven and i am happy to live in district seven and i am also a (inaudible) party of san francisco an

the hearing to consider the issuance of type 48 on the premises to art rodreguz doing business as ferrill in district eight >> so we have been joined by supervisor weiner and this is a request that comes from an establishment in district eight and we don't want to lose the quorum and so i apologize in waiting for this. supervisor weiner, do you want to begin? >> yes. thank you mr. chairman. and i am here today in support of the liquor license transfer to this space. this is currently a vacantcy and it was previously a nightclub called trigger which had a lot of problems and a lot of consistent conflicts with the surrounding neighborhood. and it ended up closing down. it has been a vacantcy ever since. and i think that a lot of us were very concerned when it closed down that this could end up turning into a long-term vacantcy and so a lot of us were very, very happy when the new owners have stepped up to take over the space and to turn it into this. and they own, three on bars in the castro and the edge in the midnight sun, and in each instance when they have taken over the bar they have m

mayor, supervisor tan, and ferrill and department heads, and d7 and d4 residents, i am very happy to be here today to hear from you about your priorities for the city's future. i believe that the budget is the most important policy, document, that the board of supervisors and the mayor approve every year. it expresses and represents our values, our priorities, and our vision for san francisco. the city and county of san