i'm here to support lavos latina before coming to the lavos latina program i didn't know people in my neighborhood. i also didn't knote the services that were vairbl in my neighborhood, the tenderloin. now that i know lavos latina i have gotten to know fmlies that live in our community. now i know what the families needs are and how they can be met and i know that lavos latina i'm confident lavos latina is working to improve our neighborhood and the need of the community. lavos latina is the only organization that works in the tenderloin neighborhood with my community and therefore i think it is fundamental that they stay open to serve my community in my neighborhood. thank you >> [speaking spanish] >> my name is juan [inaudible] and i got introduced to lavos latina when i was going through very difficult times and i had economic problems and they were able to help me subsidize my rent and that was fundamentally important to me. i think there are not a lot of organization in my neighborhood play that role and really able to effect peoples live and want to thank [inaudible] and all the

lavos latina is a program with 2 staff and a strong group of leaders for from the tenderloin. we have a small groupf leaders from the community. now are goal is have a big group from the tenderloin but just have it stwo staff. if we don't get the money lavos is going be more smaller than bigger. please help lavos latina to get the money or funding to get more bigger with more services for our beautiful community [inaudible] >> thank you next speaker please >> [speaking spanish] >> good mooning everybody, my name is [inaudible] and one othf members of lavos latina. i say that with pride because people like surgeio lopez and kelly [inaudible] have really helped me a lot both with housing and just with my general state of my soul. so, i got to this organization because my husband was hit by a stray bullet when i was pregnant with my oldest son who is now 7. it is hard for me to talk about it, it was a very hard time in my life. my husband suffered very-had a very hard time. they took out all most 40 cm of his intestines and he was struggling a lot.

the mu jrt of the volunteers come through lavos latina and they are committed responsibility passionate and bravetiment isn't easy to stand on the corner of turk and leaven worth for a hour every after school but the volunteers through lavos do it saerfb a ever day and with a friendly smile. we at safe passage rely on their leadership program to improve safety so i'm here for you to ask to invist in lavos this budget cycle. you are not only helping residence but other organizations as well and this program has a huge impact on many peoples lives. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> good morning board of supervoizers my name is frank lenered junior and first i want to thank you for your time and want to say thank you for your collaborative effort toward keeping the city running smoothly and know it isn't a easy job. i'm sure your desk are piled high with comment and suggestions from individuals all over the city for how they think it can be done better so thaupg for what you have done, but there is much much more that needs to be done. i'm here truly to support the hes sp propo