next i would like to call up -- i'm sorry, i'm sorry, linda merly. >> thank you. mayor lee -- oh, good -- supervisor tang, supervisor mar, all the department heads and everybody here today, i think we're all pretty illustrious beingses for being here today. so, i'm here to speak on behalf of some of the seniors that i serve in district 1. ~ my name is linda merly, i am the director of the richmond senior center which is just down the street on geary at 26th. according to the 2010 census, 21% of the people in the richmond district are seniors. that's individuals over 60. by 2020 we're looking at a senior population in the city of san francisco of 25%. that's all across the city of san francisco, 25% of us will be seniors, including me. at the richmond senior center, about 81% of the people we see each day identify themselves as at or below the poverty level. we ask for a $2 donation for lunch. it is a donation. it's not a requirement. i get phone calls every once in a while from people who ask me if i can help them pay their rent. i think sometimes that people thin

we have self-help for elderly, jackie chan, april chan and linda merli [speaker not understood]. so why don't we start from district 1. this is richard charles from the district neighborhood center. >> good morning. (applause) >> >> good morning. [speaker not understood]. >> you want me to take the public officials or the public? thank you all for being here. thank you all for being here, welcome, rich, to washington high school. we run the washington -- the richmond village beacon center at washington high school. we're very much engaged and have been for more than 10 years in building a healthy community fabric and helping young people connect with their community socially and physically and emotionally healthy ways so that when they grow up and they're working in this community, that they're contributing. we're very appreciative of the support we get from the city and the school district. we run after school programs in seven schools here in the richmond district including four elementaries, presidio, and roosevelt middle school and here at washington. one of the things that w