as a result, lgbtqq youth are particularly vulnerable because of the budget cuts likely to happen, both because of a lack of culturally competent services and the lack of access for lgbt youtb at many other agencies across the city. lyric alone is looking at cuts of 50% this year, and that is a 72% overall reduction in our city's funding from 2008 through 2009. i want to encourage you to meet with the community partnership to express our fears about the current rounds of budget cuts and for us to share with you what the agency and community partnership are doing. [applause] >> thank you. i'm going to call three more names. [reading names] . next up as oscar's mom, isn't it? come on out. >> [speaking spanish] >> good evening, mayor and department heads and general public. i live in the mission. my son attends a lot of programs. he takes classes for guitar. her son goes to st. peter's, and it is because of generous scholarship programs. he is going to naturalization classes, and he goes to do his homework at different organizations in the mission. without the assistance of these programs,