greg wagner chief financial officer. a couple of other points about what's included in our budget. a big thing for the department is the issue of our structural deficit and salaries. historically we have operated with a budget that is less than our actual staffing levels in the department. that's happened for a number of historical reasons, but with working with the mayor's office we have been able to get to the point where we're able to correct that in the budget for the coming two years that's an investment to bring our budgeted levels up to our current levels of existing staffing. it's about a little over $50 million per year that is funded partially through internal reductions, partially through increased revenues and partially through general fund support in our budget, so that won't solve all of our problems going forward by any means, but what it does mean we will not walking into day one of the new fiscal year be starting off with a deficit in the budget so that is a significant positive for the financial stability and management of the department but also for the general f

we are continuing with items two and three and we have our department of public health and i see greg wagner. thanks for being here. come on up. >> i wanted to give you a overview of our budget. it's 1.$9 billion for this existing year jeer and increasing and as you know san francisco general hospital, laguna hospital primary care, jail health services, mental health, substance abuse and public health are our major services and just please note in substance abuse and mental health is where the majority of the services are and that is almost $260 million. the question of equity. most of our services are focused on equity and access. about five years ago the department supported three major equity groups,an african-american leadership group, and chicana group and api equity group. these were organized to help us with advice and direction in meeting the needs of those populations and we have many other advocate groups that work with us. internally and on site we have telephonic and language services that supports over 80 languages including american sign language at san francisco general hospit

we are continuing with items two and three and we have our department of public health and i see greg wagner. thanks for being here. come on up. >> i wanted to give you a overview of our budget. it's 1.$9 billion for this existing year jeer and increasing and as you know san francisco general hospital, laguna hospital primary care,