we have an montra, respect the neighborhoods the neighbors post in their windows. that was the start we have e involved since them. i will tell you about the tools we use in the next round of questions. i'm a working mother have 2 kids, 2 boys 2 and 6 year old. i also my husband is a social worker and worked in san francisco with inner city youths for a long time much the neighborhood association is -- our neighborhood association is a nonprofit organization. we are all volunteers. we all are work other full time. and so we do this on the side as something we enjoy and hopes to build community. >> hi my name is carol mo. i'm a safety network program community organizer. i primarily work in the sunset my nonprofit is sunset beacon center. elharris is sitting back there. let me talk about the safety network program. safety network program is a city wide program. we have a community organizer based in each san francisco neighborhood. there are 4 main components of each organizer's work. one is to build community capacity. another is sometimes we act as advocates for y

we are on the same montra. if you exem t taxes, fine -- >> weid include the tax side in our statutory. >> yes, so it applies to both sides of the budget and that's helpful. i have to take issue with the number of things that are exempt. for shifting priorities you can do something if you pay for it. that's what it should be. our budget needs to reflect changing priorities. i don't think anybody at the table looks where we put the dollars in the country and say this is the right reflection of our national priorities. we are short term oriented now. but whatever somebody's priorities are certainly should be able to change where you spend the money as long as you offset the cost. i do think the large, large loopholes in extending the tax cuts right now means we are allowing ourselves to dig the fiscal hole much, much deeper when we know we can't afford to. i'm one of the people w believe we should consider expanding them temporary with, and this has to be with, an iron-clad commitment if they are offset. i think p