i'm peter warfield, executive director of library users association. the library desperately needs accountability. i want to thank budget and finance committee for its questions and comments to the library during budget hearings and i hope you will continue to critique and question things that the library is doing. last week, the library mmiscoon approved a change in hours that chops 15 hours from the evening hours that the library is open. those, in fact, are theours that patrons have said they most the evening hours are00 to 9:00 and in one case, 7:00 to 9:00, at golden gate valley, merced, north beach, presidio, richmond, sunset and western addition. and three of those are losing an hour eac from all of their evening hours. two of two evenings at ansa, north beach and three of three at sunset, losing one hour in closing at 8:00, instead of 9:00. it's the exact opposite of the surveys that the public wanted many the public said they were 51% in favor of more evenings or later hours. only 32% wante more morning or early hours or weekend hours. and yet

i'm peter warfield, executive director of library users association and we strongly oppose and join with others in opposing if i funding whatsoever f rfid. when the library says there's no risk to patron privacy, that's them saying it. and conditionally, they're basically saying no risk to access to the database because without that, you can't tell what the title is. the first issue is, there's authorized access very much available from one of the prime people that peopleer concerned about with privacy and that is the government. the government with subpoenas or through the patriot act can get at that library database with no problem whatsoever. but it isn't even required to have access to the database to provide privacy threats. who said it's perfectly safe? the library. the aclu and electronic frontier foundation have centers will to luis herrera. i've provided copies of those in which they say, oppose and continue to oppose rfid use in libraries because of its privacy and free speech concerns. also an early study, which i've also provided the supervisors said, current conventional wis