my name is jeff lawrence. i'm a man living with hiv/aids for 26 years in san francisco. and any thought of any more budget cuts would not be reflective of the flagship that san francisco has been to the world in caring for hiv/aids people. i am a resident at my tree. i got there last november. the first two weeks i can't remember at all. and with the incredible care not only physical care, but the compassionate care that i have received, i am here living to be able to talk to you today and i beg of all of you, please understand that we're talking about lives, not sidewalks, not garbage collection, but people. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon. i'm a resident of my tree. i got there five months ago very sick and ill. but in the five months that i've stayed there, my tree has offered a very compassionate place with everything that a person would require to recover. so, i really appeal to you not to cut the budget, but make sure it is matched so they can provide the same quality of service to others who are suffering from aids and hiv. than

lawrence gallery for $4.85 million. you don't necessarily have to buy this much of an expensive painting to invest in art and we have brought with us jefff our best partner so tell us what people should be considering as they think of investing in the art world. >> proper advice is most important. you wouldn't go skydiving without an instructor and should be getting involved in the art space without doing your research and understanding what it is you are buying. you should buy the best works by the artist you are interested in, you should buy tier one artists and works regardless of medium so you're interested in oils, you have the price point you can afford that is wonderful, if you can't, look that works on paper or other mediums, that is the way you should go about it. >> how does the stock market affect investments in art? >> in many ways. now we are seeing some from 2011-2012 we saw pull back in global are marked sales and obviously an uptick in the global equity markets and people have looked since 2008 and beyond, art is a historic value and safe-haven in times of financial distress much like gold so when the financial markets a