peryear, or 12. >> supervisor cohen: okay. in year one, six a year, and then in year two, another six. >> yes, so you would get 12 out of the carry forward. our recommendation would give you an additional three because we're saying you don't need to fund the old ambulances anymore because you're not purchasing them -- at least that's our understanding. however, if the committee wanted to continue purchasing four, which is the replacement plan that's been in place for several years -- and that's how we're looking at this. >> supervisor cohen: and you are in agreement with the replacement plan? >> yes, we are. and every single year, we've been looking at the replacement plan. one of the things the committee could consider doing is purchasing three this year, using the sprinters, which is our recommendation. if the committee wanted to revise our recommendation and have enough funds for four ambulances this year, we would then recommend reducing our cuts by $115,000 to allow for another ambulance. so instead of a reduction of 700,

child care and early education is expensive, costing $20,000 or more peryear on an after-tax basis. it's often a family's biggest expense after housing. over 50% of san francisco families live in eligible for state child care subsidies. unfortunately there's not enough slots for all families to qualify. every month, there are 2500 children on the waiting list for subsidies in ancisc two ofdshem infants and toddlers. a third cause is low wages in the child care sector. due to the work of the city's office of early childhood education, we know what can cost san francisco families. we need to spend 300 to 400 million peryear. >> how will the voters be affected by this 3.5% commercial tax as proposed in proposition c? >> well, i think this tax is actually good for our city. my understanding is that our current commercial rents tax is lower than in other cities, and i believe that heg families pay for child care is a critical need in our city. we hear a lot about the struggles that families are having, particularly struggles paying for housing, but frankly, as i said before, housing -- c

n peryear. spend 300 to mill >> how will the voters be affected by this 3.5% commercial tax as proposed in proposition c? >> well, i think this tax is actually good for our city. my understanding is that our current commercial rents tax is lower than in other cities, and i believe that helping families pay for child care is a critical need in our city. we hear a lot about the struggles that families are having, particularly struggles paying for housing, but frankly, as i said before, housing -- child care is a bigger expense than housing, and i personally being helpi families pay for child care is a housing strategy as well as an economic strategy for our city. when families get help paying for child care, they can work, support their families and are contributing to the city's economy. and when they get help paying for child care, they also can afford more for housing. >> same question to you, miss rhenner. how will the voters be askd by this proposition specifically by the 3.5% commercial tax.

>> peryear. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is louie gonzales. i volunteer for the coalition on homelessness, and i just want to travel you how embarrassing it is to travel to third world countries and find out there is more homeless people on the streets of san francisco. i implore you if you could use those funds for the homelessness, the youths, the future of this country. just because they're homeless does not make them disposable people, and i think it would make me proud for you people to use the funds to help them out and i would -- want to die knowing that i lived at a time when i had very important and wise supervisors that made a change. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. my name is von chase cly. i'm speaking on behalf of the chinatown nmca. we're asking you for continued support of our s.r.o. program. in the last two years we've served after 128 families with a comprehensive support program that provides them with economic self-sufficiency, without one of their own, the ymca is t

if these individuals were in supportive housing it would only cost 20,000 perperson peryear. this proves it is more ethically and financially responsible to commit them to housing. there's a strong causal relationship between homelessness, drug use and traumatic childhood experiences. i would also like to advocate for more prechbstive measures, such as family and child services, foster and family support services. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. my name is francis colins, and i want to reiterate what the last speaker says. it costs more not to address the homelessness issue. it costs taxpayers 80,000 a year for every chronically homeless person in jail expenses and other band-aid solutions. it's ethically and physically more responsible to go towards supportive housing, which would only cost 20,000 a person. i remember the 80's, when ronald reagan refused to fund the mentally ill and turned them out on the street, and this issue is still with us. thanks. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good afternoon, i'm karen fleshman, cofounder san franci

extl the efciencies that would be gained with rfid, and we have calculated that to be 15,000 hours peryear. time saving convenience is an important factor for our residents in this day and age. nobody has enough time, so if we can improve customer enceexperi and improve our operational efficiencies, we feel that this is a good time to implement this project. >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you. supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: thank you, chair cohen. thank you for your presentation. there's -- i -- thestis are -- ty are -- are related to budget, but sort of not. the -- one of the renovation projects you named was the john tom branch. >> yes, sir. >> supervisor yee: i just wanted to point out there's open space on that premise, which i raised a lot of money to make that happen way back when, and it was always difficult for the library to activate that space, but at least for a few years in the beginning, the programs that had children could bring them up there, andhey were pretty we come. through the years, itmsee it got less and less welcoming. as you're thinking in terms of rhenva

the class is about $7 million peryear -- or sorry, for 50 officers. >> supervisor yee: so can i ask the question of the mayor's budget director -- interim director? so -- so last year, and when we did the -- some -- in the budget, we included a couple of academies. and one could argue that well, why didn't we add this year -- next year's into it last year? so -- so we're making a decision to not only it be funding what we suggested for a two-year budget, but also to add another class. so we do that all the time. every year, we seem to be adding one more class. so it's not -- to me, it's not unusual for -- if we decide to add another class next year. >> supervisor cohen: i think what i'm hearing you saying is that based on your experience on the budget committee, that you've seen chiefs come back to us for requests with additional academy classes. >> supervisor yee: like this year. this budget ask reflects exactly that. and i guess knowing that there's a possibility that we may want to support a second class or not. we don't know. i'm -- i prefer to go the other way around, where we actu

government says the nhs will receive an extra £20.5 billion per year will receive an extra £20.5 billion peryear 4% just to maintain the system as it is. one of the things highlighted in this report is the fact that actually our population is ageing, our health needs are increasing, and over the yea rs needs are increasing, and over the years to come, the demand that our health service is going to be greater. we need funding that isn't just to maintain the service we have got, but to deliver the service we are going to need in years to come. 0k. sonia, what have you been doing since he retired in 2001? what i have been doing? talking to midwives. i am still in contact with midwifery. you haven'tjust been a lady of leisure? no, i haven't! and you are just a little bit older than the nhs, although you look a lot younger! thank you very much for coming on the programme, thank you all of you. nick robinson and anita rani will be in birmingham's queen elizabeth hospital tonight to discuss the challenges facing the nhs with some of the most senior front line staff of the national health service. you c

gmb, £157 peryear. quite expensive. unite is £180 per year. gmb, £157 per year.ime, but union members tend to be paid more, they get more access to training and progression at work and they are more likely to work in safe workplaces. we have a compelling offer to younger workers, and we need to get that offer in front of them. i would encourage any young worker to see the difference a union can make, but also to check out the worksmart website and out. right at the margins, people are balancing what they want to spend their £200 or £300 on, and it gets really hard. maybe that will be the thing that they don't spend the money on.” would like to think the union makes a positive difference to people's working lives. to give you one example, every year around 250,000 people get access to new training and skills opportunities because of the work the union does. if we are going to make a positive difference in people's working lives, we have to do that in a way that allows people to get into membership as quickly or and as easily as possible. thank you for your time. h