able to rely on increasing fees, which this year we can't do given a recent upon session that passeproposition ts november. so even though the number is smaller, it's more difficult to do that. in the last couple of months -- first, i want to welcome our mayor. thank you no being here as part of this. [applause] as you probably know, mayor lee was appointed in january to serve this year as our city's mayor. he's committed to a collaborative process with the community as we are developing our budget. i really need to applaud him for attending budget town halls like this -- [applause] i really need to thank him for attending budget town halls like this all over the city so that our department heads and our elected officials can take feedback as he and the executive branch are planning what they want to propose on june 1st. on june 1st, mayor lee will be presenting his budget that the board of supervisors will be able to take and through the budget committee process, through june and the early part of july we will discuss where we want the budget to go. with that, i'd like to ask mayor lee if he