joining me to provide insight are marc bamuthi joseph, artistic director of center for the arts in sanrancisco, rebecca ratzkin, senior consultant with wolfbrown, a national arts consulting company, and tom decaigny, cultural affairs director for the san francisco arts commission. welcome to all of you. when we hear the news coming out of sacramento, as we did this week, san jose earlier, is there a common theme that you see or is each story unique? >> well, you know, every story has a little uniqueness, because every market is different. however, every organization is dealing with the same challenges of a changing environment, both in terms of demographics and in terms of general consumer behavior, the role of social media in decision making and consumption, the changing patterns of music consumption via pandora and spotify is changing the arts in general and funding mechanisms. >> when we hear about a cancellation of the season, is that a shock, or are there a lot of warning signs along the way? >> it's hard to say. i can't speak specifically to sacramento, but some are shocking and