from supervisor malia cohen, karen roy, and lindon. i have found my place here and i have mentioned, i began my career here in 1996 with mayer brown. i realized then in my 20's that i needed to pursue higher education. and it helped the mayor said he would never give me a raise or promotion on till i went back to school. i enrolled in the university of san francisco law school. i got my j.d. and pass the bar. -- passed the gar. -- bar. [applause] san francisco has been my home. six years ago i was married here on the steps almost six years ago to this month. [applause] some are clapping, some are not. [laughter] it has been a fundamental time for my family and i having been nominated. by mayor ed lee and i am grateful to that community and i am grateful to the mayor and the board of supervisors who are considering this nomination. i vow to do the best job i possibly can for the city and i have -- as i have done from the outset of my city career. i will continue to draw inspiration and guidance from the black woman in our history and cu

we have our city librarian, child support services, karen roy, san francisco housing authority henryez, capital planning committee, brian strong, our fire chief, human agency, department of children, youth, and families. from the department of public health, barbara garcia and the cfo is here. department of public works. recreation and parks, phil ginsburg. our police chief is at the police commission meeting. we have the deputy chief and also are station capt. here. from the mayor's office of housing, we have olson lee. we have our newly appointed city administrator. we also have the mayor's education policy adviser, who is also a member of the board of education. i do not think i missed anyone. i am. sorry. that is later. it's my honor to introduce rachel, the executive director of the vernal heights neighborhood center. she is an amazing community leader. we are grateful she's here. to introduce our budget director. we'll tell you more about the process tonight. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] thank you, supervisor campos. good evening, everyone. [speaking spanish] it's a pleasur

karen roy from trout support services. please stand up. the rich in capt., eric vantero. so you have a sense of who we all are. if there is time after, please engage some of us. we will be around, if you want more in-depth conversation. certainly, if you would like meetings with any of us, feel free to contact our offices. we are definitely open to that. thank you. i want to introduce the moderator henry kelly at this time. henne kelly, i'm sorry. >> she is one of the most dynamic richmond activists, a longtime teacher, and acted with the seniors in the district. >> and i work with christine daily at senior action network. >> who knew? >> i am a richmond district resident, i have been for 35 years. this is one of the most beautiful parts of the park. i am so happy to be here. this is a very nicely planned events, and most of the time, they say there will be listening to you, but let me go over the rules. we realize not everyone will be able to speak tonight, but we will compile all the information from the board. you all have blue cards were you can write down what you wa

karen roy. maria suh, dcyf. greg wagoner, public health. mohammed nuru, our new director of public works. and luis hererra. let's give a round of applause. [applause] in many ways, you get a sense of the brent our taxpayer dollars go to, just seeing each department represented. i will now hand things over to our town hall and see. the shed did such a wonderful job last year, we asked her to come back to do it again. thank you for being here. >> i just want to thank everyone for being here tonight. i am the director of programs with united players. we are a youth-service organization in district 6. before i go on, i want to thank the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs and let everyone know there are interpreter services available to my right, if anyone needs them. let's get started. our agenda for tonight, we are going to go over the agenda and ground rules. we will have a budget overview from the mayor's office, and then we will have some constituent presented speakers, people chosen ahead of time to give short comments about