mr. givner is determined this is a substantive amendment it has to sit for a week before we take action on item, is that right? >> deputy city attorney, yes. >> so supervisor olague, should we open this up for public comment? >> sure. >> thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak on this item? so please come forward, up to three minutes. and a buzzer will go off with 30 seconds to go first speaker. >> good afternoon supervisor, my name is patricia thomas. i have been a receipt here for 15 years, public housing and also i'm board member of pu improvement commission. it's an organization established by residents of pu housing development in san francisco's chinatown. we have 413 households living in the development. and they are mostly low-income, limited. english-speaking immigrant families and seniors. for many of us it's been a long time. it took us a long-time to get to public housing. once we were there, we put down roots. this becomes our home, not just a unit in a building. and the people around us become our family. to be displaced for a revitalization projec

mr. givners here. there's questions around the legality of the contract with the symphony upon and i don't know if that's something you looked at before, but want to ask the city attorney's opinion on that because there seemed to be contradictory comments about the legality here. >> john givner, deputy city attorney. our office has advised the arts commission that it can accept a gift from the symphony under the charter provides that it can accept gifts. and of course other city laws provide that the arts commission, like other city departments, can accept gifts. and that the use of those funds has been appropriate. within the arts commission's legal authority. >> president farrell: okay. so we're good. thanks very much. and then i see severance here from our budget and legislative analyst. is there anyone from our -- here. i did have a question around i think for me to the civil grand jury's comments around art maintenance being more appropriately categorized as an operating line item. to me that make