>> for the record, the deputy hrc director is? >> ted sfgov.o[unintelligible] 1 of the things that vivian mentioned is that they are really busy. the last couple of months, we have in the city been in negotiations with 40 some odd unions. it has tapped out a lot of the people in dhr and my staff, my finance director, to participate on these. we are really trying to be cognizant that we are a city family. that we do need to work tightly together, but that we do have some unique needs right now. most other departments are not hiring as fast as we are right now. >> thank you, pamela. let's just keep the pedal flipped here. >> is there any public comment on items 10 a through g in the director's report? seeing no one, questions and the matter is, item 11. a, inquiries to staff. at this time, commissioners make inquiries to staff regarding various documents, policies, practices, and procedures, which are of interest to the commission. any comments? increase? >> this might be coming up anyways, but can we get a report back to see how ma