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

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. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see m

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.

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. >> i am so glad to be here and joining everyone here today. she has not gotten used to a real mustache. anyway, i am so glad to be here enjoying all of you on this very important day. i do not know if you knew it, this is important because all of us up here and in particular, carmen and congresswomen spirit -- we are so much in charge with their huge decisions that affect everybody's lives. i have to say that a large part of my work as the mayor is trying to fill this $306 million gap. as you can imagine, we are short in the city by $306 million, and we have had some months to work at it, and then trying to work at it with every supervisor and every financial person in the city and community-based agencies, and it is a very tough job, but we will get through it and try to balance th

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. >> thank you all for being here. this first session, we wanted to have a chance in a slightly more informal setting, despite the cameras and microphones, to have a conversation with some of our leaders about what your experiences are as students. what are we doing well to help you get a college, and what can a day like today and leaders who are assembled here due to make that experience better for our students? i appreciate you all being here to share those stories. why don't we do a quick round of introductions, and i would like each of you to give us a moment about your name, what school you are from, and a little background about either if you are in college, how you got here, or if you are getting ready to go to college, how you made that decision and how we can help. >> i am ki