mr. hadachi is saying the cuts would compromise the paralegal. [speaker not understood] how is this going to get to that. so, there's the paralegal position and also the social worker position. >> these position are funded until the end of december. and, so, we have the position in our budget. what we have to make sure of is we have the funding to continue it. now, if we disrupted the program for two months and we laid off the social worker for two months or laid off the attorney for a month in order to make up the amount in the attrition so he we don't run over, that would be one solution. but, again, i'm hoping that we don't have to disrupt either of the positions because the program is -- it's important the program be sustained throughout the year. >> thank you. so, i'm also supportive of -- and i know the public defender has accepted several of the budget analyst cuts, but i don't support cutting the attrition savings. >> mr. rose, why don't we go to your report and we can flesh this out. thanks. >> mr. chairman and member of the committee, o