mr. gascon? >> i think one of the things i want to point out is that in terms of the changes currently taking place in california's criminal justice system is that we have embarked on a very, very large experiment and that's called realignment. prison population in california is going to approach by -- or sometime next year the federal mandate of 130,000. we've already released some 50,000 individuals to serve their time locally, and these offenses that we were talking about here are currently in the list of offenses that were to be served in county jails now. and if the notion here is to provide services and treatment to these individuals from a practical point of view, and i lean heavily on my experience as a misdemeanor prosecutor for all those years when we did possession offenses, when we tried many, many under the influence offenses, especially heroin, i don't see that under the current system that reducing these penalties from felony to misdemeanor is going to have any incentive for this p

mr. gascone. colleagues, do we have any questions or comments at this time? thanks very much, mr. rose. why don't we go to the budget analyst report: , please. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, page 70 recommended total [speaker not understood] 13-14 of that amount, 276.38 are ongoing. [speaker not understood] savedings, still lou an increase of 3.8 million or 8.9% of the department's budget. 14-15 our recommendation total [speaker not understood]. of that amount 207,5 04 ongoing and [speaker not understood] one-time saving and we will be happy to work with the district attorney in the ensuing and we can report back to you. >> thank you, mr. rose. colleagues, any questions for mr. rose on the da report? supervisor breed? >> i just need a clarification of code 3 vehicles because i know that in your presentation, mr. da, that you have a replacement of 12 code 3 vehicles in the amount of $410,000 and there is a suggestion from the budget analyst to reduce that number. >> correct. but we agree with the budget analyst. we have a reduction [speaker not understood]. we're fine with th

mr. gascone. colleagues, do we have any questions or comments at this time? thanks very much, mr. rose. why don't we go to the budget analyst report: , please. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, page 70 recommended total [speaker not understood] 13-14 of that amount, 276.38 are ongoing. [speaker not understood] savedings, still lou an increase of 3.8 million or 8.9% of the department's budget. 14-15 our recommendation total [speaker not understood]. of that amount 207,5 04 ongoing and [speaker not understood] one-time saving and we will be happy to work with the district attorney in the ensuing and we can report back to you. >> thank you, mr. rose. colleagues, any questions for mr. rose on the da report?