the priorities. my name is -- i am buys chair of the commission and am also a senior at balboa high school. i will attend harvard university in the fall. i am appointed by supervisor john avalos. i just wanted to mention s supervisor -- as supervisor scott wiener mentioned, i just want to let you know that we are the experts on youth priorities, and these are the things that the young people in san francisco care about. this takes it into consideration, and will forward to working with you guys. just as our share address that. in april, we had a budget hearing, -- just as our chair addressed that. in april, we had a budget hearing. we were looking at the proposals, and even though you guys are facing this $170 million in budget cuts, the $120 million, and $312 million the following fiscal year, it is really big cuts, but we hope that the needs of young people are among your priorities. we know that the board has supported young people through the free muni campaign, and supervisor avalos spoke to us,

in a perfect world, we would ask you to make our top priorities your top priorities. but this is not a perfect world. as our chairman mentioned and i am sure you have heard many times before, san francisco. general fund is facing a $170 million deficit. we know and you know in the future you have to make some tough decisions. what we ask of you today is simply to help the youth commission as we continue working on these priorities and keep working on them as you move forward. some are easily solved fiscally, free muni which can have an immediate fiscal impact. some require a more indirect approach. we recognize that and we want to work with you on implementing the best approach possible. we appreciate the opportunity to come before you today and i know i speak for my colleagues when i say we look forward to working more with you in the future. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you for pulling this report together and sharing with us your budget priorities for the upcoming years. i know many members here will be interested to continue working with you on some of your pr

but when we say priority, we meant priority. you have to address priorities in order. i moved almost 2000 agents from the criminal programs to counter terrorism and national security because that was the priority. we have, since september 11, then run according to a set of priorities that we continuously review, but precludes us from doing things we have traditionally done, we all enjoyed doing, but is not as necessary as the priorities we have identifd, and we were fairly rigorous when it comes to budget, when it comes to personnel. we adhere to those priorities. in a tighter budget, those are the things that save you because you go down the priorities and are able to make the decisions somewhat better than you otherwise would. we are not doing as much in the war on drugs that we did before. it is a continuous battle. we do participate in a number of ways as a war and a battle worth fighting. >> we have a number of questions about cyber security. question that emerges in the minds of many people is how the fbi might approach the challenge of balancing the security- re

priorities for the budget. foremost we have youth jobs. we need support from the new fiscal budget to

and i would like to introduce sarah armstrong to produce our priorities. -- our first priorities. >> as you can see, priority number one for us is free muni for low income youth, and hopefully in following years, for all youht. -- youth. $30. this is kind of what prompted us to begin this conversation and discussion, and it has shifted over time from the past, which was a discounted pass for low- income -- it has shifted over time from the pass, which was a discounted pass for low-income youth. this folklorization has shifted to read the year, and it has really taken -- this whole situation has shifted throughout the year, and it has really taken a change. studies have shown that 70% of students ride at least one bus every day. there are a number of kids to go to private school, and they are different ages, not just high school, but middle school and elementary. we know that because transportation is a very important priority for youth, we think it is a priority for us, too, because we think that youth should be able to go all throughout the city and not worry about costs. it was a p

the priorities. my name is -- i am buys chair of the commission and am also a senior at balboa high school. i will attend harvard university in the fall. i am appointed by supervisor john avalos. i just wanted to mention s supervisor -- as supervisor scott wi

and our priorities, our budget priorities at the end of this process will most likely hopefully and will what we have heard in other budget town hall meetings and all around the city. so i want you guys to put a warm welcome to a man that has changed this budget town hall process. not only under the leadership of supervisor carmen chu but mayor ed lee who began last year implementing budget town hall meetings. this is what i understand one of the few -- one of a new way that we begin to discuss budget priorities. so please welcome your mayor, our mayor, our friend, ed lee. [applause] >> thank you. >> tough. good morning, everybody. and i want to thank the city art and technology school for hosting us here. yes. [applause] principal daniel allen. thank you so much for this lovely location. [applause] so as supervisor avalos and supervisor cohen and we're joined by supervisor carmen chu as well. you know, i've had the pleasure of working with our whole board of supervisors and i'll tell you, all of them have been very dedicated. and you have heard the new tone at city hall. no calling name

we create priorities in

trayvon martin is a priority. voter i.d. is a priority.tart talking about gay and lesbian rights, how about when we talk about the environment? >> i think that the test of this movement is understanding can we have the longevity of the justice system? will we remain consistent, hot an heavy so even outside of our parameters of the movement of apartheid in south africa was able to keep bringing the hammer. >> there was a clear enemy and it was apartheid. here in the united states it's more complicated, right? we have white supremacy but then we have the mass class inequality and homophobia and environment -- we have all this stuff. >> when you talk about lgbt and as dr. bryant said earlier, no sense dealing with trayvon martin without dealing with black on black crime. and homosexuality is an interesting contradiction. >> you're going to shake up the movement when you have that conversation. >> either we're going to be open to all peoples, lesbians, gays, as well as poor people or women or we're faking it. >> gay and lesbian movement, bisex

phase one was high priorities. that project did experience some delays due to issues with america -- fire america requirements. the project is now on track. we worked on an amendment to get that project on track. there is expected completion by 2013. phase ii is currently in design. it is going through little bit of a budget reduction. the original budget included $17 million for 23 escalators. we are now free prioritizing capital funding needs. they will be looking at doing between 10-17 escalators. the budget has gone from 70 million to 10 million. that project will also it encounter a scuttled the leg, and we are working to get the amended schedule to realign the project. the final project for district 3 is the over all of the track. this project was recently completed in moving forward. district 9 -- >> before you move to district 9, maybe we could hear from the district 3 supervisor. supervisor chiu: thank you for the presentation. there are a number of items that were attributable to district 3. i do hope and

the separate but related part of this is the priorities. i'm bringing them both because they're both going for approval in june. supervisor farrell: just a comment as relates to free muni for low-income use, no commissioner campos has spent a lot of time on this and has organized on this. i'm not comfortable with the program right now. for me, it's a funding issue in terms of the financial picture overall and a slippery slope for seniors, what have you. i'm sure those issues have been vetted already but from my point of view, as relates to that point, i'm not prepared to support it. i would ask to split the file and take that out because the project priorities -- i'm happy to support the other part. if we could split the file. supervisor avalos: that is a motion to split the file and vote on each side. we will hold that and go on to other comments. do you want to comment on splitting the file? supervisor kim: i want to speak on the item itself. like to think the community members who have worked so hard for many years because this is an ide

the budget reflects our priorities as a city and reflects our values. and many of you probably also know that in recent years, every year since i have been in office, we have had a budget deficit. so we have to make some very, very difficult choices. i want to thank not only not of you who have -- not only all of you who have come here today, but those from city government, in particular are city officials. this is the second annual budget town hall, something we started in mayor lee's first year. in the first meeting i had with mayor lee after he was sworn in as our interim mayor last year, i asked him and other supervisors asked him for ways to make our budget process more collaborative and more transparent. and the budget team and mayor lee in the board of supervisors, we thought that this format of budget town halls in many districts around the city would make a lot of sense, and i think it has been a very good way for us to have feedback. without further ado, i would like to introduce my co-host for tonight, who is my neighboring supervisor from ac

i know that has been a huge priority for the mayor. we have so many buildings in this city that are vulnerable, in closing -- including a lot of rent-controlled housing and low- income housing. in the legislation we pass, we have to focus on that. those are just a few additional things. i am very happy to hear from some of the queer youth the game tonight. i live very close to lyric. i used to live on the same block. i told the executive director the other day that i wish it could be open until midnight so we had a non-alcohol-based space for youth to go to in the castro. every time i meet with cheryl lichens, i ask when she is going to bring transitional-age youth housing because i think we need it and i think our community would embrace it. i also want to talk about muni and the free muni campaign. i am very appreciative that the advocates have really raised this issue of youth access, and i am passionate to make sure we are funding it to the level it needs to be, making sure we are putting enough money into maintenance so that every

those are priority areas. the next step was to identify work plan. we are focusing on a 325 your work plan. -- on a three to five year work plan. this has been done in regard to the joint rfp that went out. as well as the current subsidy issues. as you have heard in the past, there are some real challenges that the state level with regard to potential restructuring and the potential $29 million budget deficit in this area. we are absolutely taking those considerations in mind as we work toward the goal of creating this office. but our main goal is to create an infrastructure that can handle these issues as they come into the office instead of creating the office to accommodate these issues. we have agreement that it is absolutely a priority to take into consideration the challenges the governor has put on to early care and education. those will all be priorities for us to consider with in the work plan. the new office logistical details was the next that we took. we asked the department to join us in a meeting yesterday and we had some conversations

it's a question of priorities. and we have articulated here a bit my priorities and our strategic plan. and then it's an external accountability function. that's why i emphasize that. public agencies get pulled in a lot of directions. a lot of forces influence what we do day-to-day. you know, you need to hold us accountable for it. i can only express my commitment and expect you to hold us accountable. but it's focusing on what's the most important things. and i think building this system and building it to be much more data driven about deploying our resources is a central responsibility. it's essentially why my job was created. so i'm all in. >> please join me in thanking mike taylor. [ applause ] >>> the consumer federation of america's annual food policy conference continues with a second panel on combatting obesity and improved nutrition standards for schools. this is about an hour. >> good morning. thank you, again, for being here at the food policy conference. we're moving on to our last session. we have a t

we spend our money on our priorities. those are things like -- that are represented by all the departments that are here. things like community, public health, recreation and parks services, fire, ems, and police services. programs for children, families in the city. we also spend money on things like our infrastructure and r streetour streets. that's where our expenditures are. the other part, where do we get our money from? our income is really our tax revenue. we get money from property taxes that homeowners pay and private property owners. we get money from the hotel tax, when tourists visit san francisco. we get revenue that people pay. we also the money from the state and federal government. all of those things are fluctuating with the economy and fluctuating with the state and federal government's ability to pay. we spend a lot of time talking about the budget shortfall. what is the budget shortfall? basically, the gap between how much money we get in revenue and how much money it cost to keep doing exactly what we

we will work hard to meet those priorities. thank you. [applause] >> well, we certainly got off to a good start. last year, when we started this, -- i will tell you, one reason why i think there are a lot of programs that are safe is because you conducted yourself in a way we listened very carefully because he represented yourselves well. people often say that we are a very rich city. i think that we are a rich city not just because we have a budget of $6.80 billion, we are rich because of the diversity represented in this room, and you are willing to give us your involvement and your ideas, and to give us your passion. i have a lot of notes here and i know that the department's that our represented here took a lot of notes as well. when you talk about seniors and emigrants, youth, all of these programs, all of the diverse populations that exist here, we listened very carefully tonight. we will take this under very serious consideration when we make these decisions. it is these opportunities that we have, that tell us what is important. a