mr. rosenfield. >> good morning. controller. unfortunately, i am not going to spare you a presentation today. i have a brief overview of the four pieces of legislation before you. i have copies on the's next to me for members of the public who are interested. at a high level, this chart is an illustration of one of the indicators that we have been working as a city to try to improve in recent years. improved financial planning policies and practices can lead to the city, from my perspective, doing a better job of managing long-term trends in our budget. so we have a percocet -- a perfect record as a city of adopting in maintaining balanced budgets, but that often comes at a pretty dramatic effort year- over-year. you can see that on this chart, which provides a high-level summary of changes year-over- year and the city's budget and a general fund positions. this looks like economic cycles over the last 13 years in this city, where during times of growth, we grow very quickly. only to find ourselves in the inevitable downturn put