i want to acknowledge any alvarez -- henry alvarez from the housing authority.i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you.

ladies and gentlemen, again, henry alvarez from the housing authority. the issue of layoffs is a common question that comes up for us. and if your6qr@ recall the majoy of our funding comes from the federal government, and as that national debate to constrict the federal budget goes on, that is -- it's resulted in a $6 million decrease in the housing authority's budget. so as such, there have been a minimal amount of layoffs. there's been no plumbers laid off to my knowledge at the moment. so as we move forward, i don't expect there to be a reduction in plumbing services. and if they were, we still don't expect there to be any reduction in our ability to respond to plumbing needs. we're in the process of doing $8 million of retrofits, but mostly heater and window replacement. if there's something more specific that you think we need to be doing, we're more than willing to have a conversation. >> great. at this time why don't we hear from members of the public that want to provide comments or questions. since we do have a lot of members of the public who a

i want to acknowledge any alvarez -- henry alvarez from the housing authority. i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> good morning, everybody. hi. how are you? so nice to see you. that looks like a great play yard. i know you're anxious to get out there and take part in all of the findings today. i wanted to introduce myself. my name is cates -- kate. i am a commentator for the golf channel and i really want to welcome the over 300 students to our golf and leadership party here. [applause] can we did but cheer from the students from lafayette school? [cheering] how about a cheer from monroe elementary school? let's hear it for sheridan. [cheering] and a big hello from the students of jefferson elementary. wow. you guys have a lot of energy today. glad to not be in school, right? i know i liked to take a day off from school. we are thrilled to have familiar faces on hand for the celebration, whic

i want to acknowledge any alvarez -- henry alvarez from the housing authority. i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. supervisor campos: good morning. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the regular meeting of thursday, may 12, to the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. i and the chair of the committee. we will be joined shortly by vice chair farrell. we have been joined by committee member president david chiu. we want to thank john and jennifer for their service. do you have any announcements? >> yes, please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and place it to the right of the podium. completed speaker cards and copies of documents presented will be included as part of the file and submitted to the court. items at the budget will appear on the may 24 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stat

so i want to just begin by saying that the instructions that we've had -- i know henry alvarez, please come on up, henry. he's the director of our public housing, our housing authority as well, he'll be on the panel, along with all of our otheráqáq. and there will be several more people coming, i we're about to make important decisions on budget priorities. we have a deficit, and have to cut the budget from our city. how we cut it, how we trim it, make this gap disappear so that we have a balanced budget, which is my ultimate responsibility to present to the board of supervisors, and then have them work with me to make sure on july 1st that we balance our budget, is that i must present a balanced budget to them, and then have the board of supervisors engage with my office about what we can do to settle the differences. and in doing so, i've given instructions to all 60 city departments, making sure that their budgets reflect the values of the city, and to also make sure they reflect some of the priorities that i've given them. what i've said to the departments, that i want a budget tha

i want to acknowledge any alvarez -- henry alvarez from the housing authority.i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is.

i want to acknowledge any alvarez -- henry alvarez from the housing authority.i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> welcome to "culturewire." for the past year, the arts commission has been participating in the city's effort to revitalize the central market street corridor. in addition to the thursday arts market and are in store front, the art commission recently launched the artery project. for the next year, the artery project will bring energy and excitement to market street, recalling the st.'s heyday as san francisco's vibrant and bustling theater district. >> un.n plaza during business hours seize hundreds of passing office workers and students, but the activity winds down at 5:00 every day. theater productions bring some but traffic, but central market is more of a thoroughfare than a destination after the sun goes down. on december 9, the artery project's launch brought a party atmosph

i want to acknowledge any alvarez -- henry alvarez from the housing authority. i also want to and knowledgeluis hererra, our city librarian. thank you for joining us, partnering with us, and making sure our students are safe and continuing with learning to read the summer. thank you. >> hello. welcome to "meet your district supervisor." we are here with supervisor carmen chu from district four, which includes the central and outer sunset and park side neighborhood. supervisor chu was elected to the board of supervisors in 2008 and reelected in 2010. we will get to know her and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. let's start by talking about your background -- where you grew up, what kinds of jobs you have work. supervisor chu: my parents immigrated to the united states about 30 years ago, and i would say that is probably the most formative part of my background. growing up in an immigrant family, you learn many things. my parents raised me in southern california, and i grew up in the restaurant business.