rosenfield have provided you with comprehensive reporting on this matter. the only thing i would add is that mr. rosenfield has advised our office that projections of a 1% sales tax would be $120 million, so the half percent would reconcile to $60 million. as you know, if this is divided equally, if the board decides that would be an equal distribution, it would be $30 million for public protection and $30 million for children's services and seniors. we consider approval of this legislation to be a policy matter for the board of supervisors. supervisor mirkarimi: just a quick question to either the controller or budget analyst were mayor's office. is there any city outside of california that has sales tax at the magic 10%? who are those? i mean, it is tangential, but i know how cities are trying their best because of the obvious, i think -- >> i do not know that i can speak to every jurisdiction in the country. but in the report itself will provide examples of some of the higher tax rates in other major cities in the u.s. on page 3. these include chicago, w

. >> and rosenfield complaints the civil grand jury focused on a fraction of the cases his office investigatede 2004. >> we think and know that those investigations have resulted in recovery of taxpayer funds and we think a more effectively-run government. none that have is provided in this report. >> the grand jury did conclude the program yielded under whelming results. and i'm posting both a grand jury report and controller's response in a new blog at abc 7 news.com. and am always interested in hearing from people with inside knowledge in the go.. >> that is a lot of problems there. >> to washington talks today. president obama hosted congressional leaders of both parties during an emergency meeting at the white house. the session after the president said he could not agree to an extension to get the deal done. >> it's not going to get easier. it's going to get harder. so we may as well do it now. pull off the band aid. eat our peas. and now is the time to do it. and if not now, when? >> and something g.o.p. leaders are against. >> the american people will not accept in the house cannot pas