i will admit these are roughest matts given what luis herrera has unlawfully withheld public recordsclosable under the sunshine ordinance and california public records act. it's been referred to you and you ignore the referral. >> next speaker. >>> my name is dan sillberg. i'm pastor at st. paul's lutheran church. i've served that congregation now almost 15 years. our clientele and our communities are -- have been focused on marginalized, the homeless -- those that are on the edges of our consciousness, those being in many ways the mentally ill and those that are in need of mental care. these folks have been neglected. i have served 15 years in the streets and have seen it with my eyes. and if you'd like to join me on any given day, i would be happy to give you a tour, give you an opportunity to see the kind of dispair there is among my folks. ~ despair because there is an inadequate and a hesitation -- not only a hesitation, but a simple ignoring of the desperate need for services for mental health. it's incredible to me that a city of this magnitude and quality with its incredible

luis herrera, the library commission and the employees of the library have reported none of the gifts they accepted and you retroactively approved this wholesale purchase of influence. and this displayed a city attorney memo laying out very clearly all of the terms that -- under which gifts may be received and that they may be reported, none of which the library, library commission, or library employees have met. members of the library commission lied to the public about these gifts and you covered their tracks. how hypocritical. a liar should be called a liar and a hypocrite should be called a hypocrite. [inaudible]. >>> i would like to know, is it too late to speak on the catering trucks? >> it is actually. we've already taken public comment on that and already voted on it. but if you want to speak about the topic in general just not specifically about the legislation, that's fine. >>> yes. okay. yesterday i presented copies for all the board of supervisors. it was placed in your box and i didn't understand why we weren't allowed to speak on it today. that was the reason i came here

luis herrera, city librarian. [speaker not understood], the chief financial officer. before i begin, i want to express my appreciation for the [speaker not understood] for your help in our budget and certainly from the board analyst, mr. harvey rose and many of you for your help on this. we want to start off by reviewing some highlights on what's happening in terms of our mission and the success we're having through our 28 library libraries. we served over 7.2 million visitors ~ and have circulated 11 million items annually. the user trends speak to the fact we have one of the highest visits per capita and circulation rates per capita among urban librarieses. that is something to be proud of. it's attributed to the support we have from our community. in terms of youth engagement, we continue to do well in terms of library program attendance. just as an example, 250,000 children and teens attended programs this past year. strong emphasis on learning and i'll speak more at length about that, but over 2.9 million items, both printed and multi-media, are available in 15 l