mr. phil ginsberg stated, the department takes great pride in the gardner apprenticeship program as one of the partnership we created with local 261 to establish the very first ever state certified gardner apprenticeship program in california. and most importantly, to sustain it throughout difficult economic times. the program was instituted in june of 2010 and, in fact, the first apprentice staff was appointed out into the field in december 2010. there are 25 budgeted positions with a classification of 34 10, and we currently have 22 of them working with us. the department has invested $2.2 million in the overall apprenticeship program. and just to make the point of how critical and how important the program is to us, the $2.2 million investment is equal and very comparable to the department's preparatory unit which has a 24/7 city-wide coverage responsibilities and public safety park security functions throughout the city. the [speaker not understood] budget is $2.5 million project. the program -- >> is the park control in comparison, how many ftes? how many in comparison? >> 25. >> the

phil ginsberg about the new application they have helped us with. i'm very proud of what rec and park is doing. this is something i've been discussing with mr. ginsberg for some months now. but in addition to the information that you can now get about where our parks are, i think we need to take this one step further. we need to allow folks to do the online transactions that allow people to make reservations at the barbecue pit or at that picnic table. these are three of hundreds of ideas that i have heard over the last few years. my guess is you in your heads have the solutions to them today. and mayor lee and i are looking forward with this legislation with all of you to figuring out how to make our city government the best 21st century city government that we have in the entire world. so, thank you for being here, and it is my pleasure to introduce our mayor's budget director kate howard who in addition to helping to balance multi-billion dollar budgets every year, she will tell you about our plans around our chief data officer. thank you so much for being here. (applause) >> good morning, everyone. i'm kate howard. i'm the mayor's budget