mr. walton to lodge -- to launch a pilot. i am really looking for to the work that will be happening there to create an all female floor. and another issue that we hear about over and over again, it is something with the nonprofit or -- operators. realizing that we should renegotiate with the private landlords to get the elevators are fixed. we have a lot of seniors that have to walk up three, four, five flights of stairs to get to their units, and how tiring that is. i was at a tenant meeting and i got to see firsthand how every one of their tenants, every time they left the hotel and when to come back, how helpful it would be if they just put in a wooden ramp between the step up and the ground floor of the lobby. we need to work to see how the sro property owners can make improvements. the last thing i will say is the other issue that we hear about over and over again about a tenant housing and other affordable housing in the city. one issue is how to get more affordable buildings throughout san francisco. we would like to

mr. walton about his department. do you have an analysis of i.t. spending in other departments? >> good afternoon. we did do an analysis this year to look at the budget, both this past budget and the proposed budget for i.t.. the amount is $100.90000000 -- $190 million. president tch

mr. walton about his department. do you have an analysis of i.t. spending in other departments? >> good afternoon. we did do an analysis this year to look at the budget, both this past budget and the proposed budget for i.t.. the amount is $100.90000000 -- $190 million. president tchi: have begun an analysis of what the actual saar for this past fiscal year compared to what we budgeted. last year? >> we could do that. i do know that in some instances, the funds are spent in a different fiscal year of then in which there were appropriate. we have a large project that may be funded but it takes two years to expand the money. the budget and the expenditure are not necessarily a match but we can provide the total spending to the committee as well. presdienident chiu: the puc's actual was higher than was budgeted and i wanted to get a sense of whether that is the case for other departments. >> it is very likely, the puc and most of the enterprise departments, they do budget in one year even though it might take two or three years to spend the money. it would not necessarily be uncomm

mr. walton said that you better figure out what you're going to do, young man, so as a manufacture's rep i was very, very -- i did very well and i sold that business and i decided after looking around and returning at a young age, early 40s they better get into the pawn business that it's obvious that it will be a growth business. my question, though, i was going to add a second shop and it would take $66,000 in fees and soil environment fees and planting, plotting fees. it made me want to throw up, so i decided i'll just keep my 4 million and forget hiring many more people and have to go on and enjoy my life and just take more vacations, and i just don't think that they talk about all of this stuff piled on to business on the local level because obviously there's so much more than meets the eye and i don't think they ran a business currently. so thank you so much for your time. >> before you hang up. quick question for you. the economy has been tough in the last couple of years. has business increased significantly? >> it's increased tremendously. our worst year now has been 25% and you