all of the programs, whether it is phil ginsberg to making sure our parks are open and affordable for our use, -- youth, or it is muni where there were free passes for low-income youth, and working with bill, making sure we have a fair justice system that reunites youth

all of the programs, whether it is phil ginsberg to making sure our parks are open and affordable for our use, -- youth, or it is muni where there were free passes for low-income youth, and working with bill, making sure we have a fair justice system that reunites youth with family. i had a chance to meet with members of coleman advocates. they told me a serious story about low income youth in the city. there is about 900 kids, primarily african-american and hispanic, low-income, the dots

. >> my name is phil ginsberg. i am the general manager of recreation and parks. -- my name is phil ginsburg. [inaudible] thank you. >> [inaudible] i am mayor lee's budget director. it is my job to work with the mayor and board of supervisors to make sure we are going to balance our budget every year, as we are required to do under the charter. i appreciate all of you being here and look forward to hearing your thoughts on the budget. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] i am director of health. [applause] them a good evening. -- >> good evening. i'm from the department of children, youth, and their families. [applause] >> i am from the department of public works. dpw is responsible for designing, building, and repairing public facilities, but we are also responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the public rights of way like sidewalks in san francisco, maintaining landscape, and keeping our public realm clean and safe. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] i am the director of the central [inaudible] i do not wor

still ginzberg, i have -- phil ginsberg, a question for you. this is an anonymous question. >> which is that are really passionate speech about revenue and tradeoffs. i would rather charge to see an area brother then shutter its. the botanical garden is one small strategy among many a times to replace the money we need to cut would revenue, so we can provide services to our community. we did note joy out of charging -- get no joy out of charging fees. but our primary mission is to keep our parks clean and safe. the botanical garden is a treasure. 25 acres of bliss. 55 acres. tin gardners. do you know how many gardeners i can afford? 3. difficult choices. we get no joy in charging fees. we will fight, fight, fight to raise revenues so we can continue to provide services to our community. supervisor cohen: ok. we have five minutes. i am going to give mayor lee an opportunity -- >> [unintelligible] we need to hear from you, supervisors, the mayor, and everybody here. we need to hear from you all. i ask respectfully you make a comment about that. s

supervisor wiener: phil ginsberg has something about the city fell commitment to low-income youth. >> we have a very robust scholarship fund through aggressive philanthropy and fund-raising. no child is denied an opportunity to participate in our programs based on ability to pay. this summer, we will be tripling the number of learned to swim class's we have in our polls. drowning is the second leading cause of deaf for our low in, youth. -- low income youth. it is our primary mission to make sure the children who do not have as much opportunity as others have a safe and fun place to play. [applause] supervisor wiener: ok, the last written question we will do for now is submitted by a lydia. home care providers have already been reduced to 3.6% of service hours. the county has projected a reduction of the funds that provide health insurance for these providers. we are asking the board of supervisors to restore funds, since we already save the county $10 million compared to the $184,000 the county is trying to say. the home health-care providers to go into people's time -- homes, people

low income use is reflected in all of the programs, whether it is phil ginsberg to making sure our parks are open and affordable for our use, -- youth, or it is muni where there were free passes for low-income youth, and working with bill, making sure we have a fair justice system that reunites youth with family. i had a chance to meet with members of coleman advocates. they told me a serious story about low income youth in the city. there is about 900 kids, primarily african-american and hispanic, low-income, the dots -- that got f grades and were not going to graduate unless they went to summer school. he no state law is to have to pass those glasses to graduates -- classes to graduate. you're going to see a whole generation of low-income kids not graduate from high school. knowing there is in the generation of kids who will not graduate, who will be idled, will not have anything to do, they're not willing to find jobs. guess what? they are going to be on our streets. they are going to be in trouble.

low income use is reflected in all of the programs, whether it is phil ginsberg to making sure our parks are open and affordable for our use, -- youth, or it is