budget town halls that we have held throughout the city and i want to especially thank, supervisor mark ferrill because he has been with me on every one of these as he fulfills his role as the chair of the budget committee that he has inputs from each of the supervisors and the residents of each district. this say promise that we have made that primarily today and each of these town halls to listen to the residents's views of what they think is important in what sburp yee has described as a very large budget. it is one that is reflective of a huge number of amount of responsibility for the city to run it. but within that, it should reflect, a budget that is sound, a budget that represents a level of safetiness, safety, for the city ebut mostly what would make our city successful. how do you define success? from the neighborhoods, we want strong, commercial corridors in our neighborhoods. we want the city to be safe. we want, our education system to reflect high values, we want pot holes to be filled. we want muni to run on time and not do the switch backs that supervisor tang has always been fo

>> [ applause ] >> thank you mayor lee, and happy saturday, my name is mark ferrill and i am the supervisor for district two and the honor of chairing the budget city and town hall. and with chu who did a great job the last two years, i am going to keep this short, as mayor lee mentioned today is about listening to you. we are doing six of these town halls out in the different neighborhoods of san francisco, we did an on-line town hall the other week on the internet. the point is that we will have a budget that reflects the values of san francisco but we want to make sure that everyone has the confidence that we are doing it in an open and transparent manner and our priorities really is to manage our budget in a way that not only reflects our values but also balances the need to make sure that we do everything that we can today in san francisco, but also that we plan responsibly for our future as a city. and future for our children, and for our grandchildren to make sure that san francisco tomorrow is just as great as it is today. so thank you all for coming out on a saturday morning and lo

budget town halls that we have held throughout the city and i want to especially thank, supervisor mark ferrill because he has been with me on every one of these as he fulfills his role as the chair of the budget committee that he has inputs from each of the supervisors and the residents of each district. this say promise that we have made that primarily today and each of these town halls to listen to the residents's views of what they think is important in what sburp yee has described as a very large budget. it is one that is reflective of a huge number of amount of responsibility for the city to run it. but within that, it should reflect, a budget that is sound, a budget that represents a level of