. >> i would now like to call miss jennifer freedenbach from the commission on homelessness. >> thank you for asking me to speak tonight. i want to talk a little bit differently from the others. i want to give people ideas of how to get involved. i wanted to start out by talking about the coalition on homelessness and our role. for the past 15 years, i have been working every year on budget work. that is budget justice work. that is calling the budget and looking what the cuts are and what the impacts would be. i also look for potential savings in the budget. i look for expenditures that are harming people or wasteful. and then try to shift those funds over to services to homeless people or to help stave off major cuts. for the past 15 years, whether there has been a surplus or deficit, mental health services have been targeted. they have been targeted for cuts. there are a few different reasons for that. one of the issues is that whenever the city is in a shortfall, they are looking at those programs that receive general fund support. they are looking at programs that do not have any