this was due to the nurturing and training of the san francisco symphony youth orchestra and other organizations here in san francisco. this reminds us that a vibrant arts community allows young peep to strive constantly for an ever better presentation and ever better relationship with their colleagues and peers and the community. this permeates all aspects of their lives, helps with integrity and gives them hope. from the excellent experience of academic endeavors to opening their eyes to a very large world and greater appreciation of hugh mattv, i have seen the arts transform young people and produce immeasurable [speaker not understood]. for continued work in our support, i thank you sincerely. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >>> good morning, my name is jimmy [speaker not understood]. i'm a proud member of the san francisco symphony family and i'm also here in addition to what you -- very powerful statements of all people, i also came to pledge for you guys to support the arts and the struggling artists in san francisco by increasing funds for grants for the arts and arts commi

i'm mike and i'm the president of the san francisco memorial truce asia on behalf of the war context and the san francisco symphony welcome to davis home. we're grateful for the puc's san francisco puc's support to make that building one of the greenest performing venues in this country. in this context we have the san francisco war memorial opera house and davis building symphony haul tharsz the homes for the ballot and the san francisco to symphony and others hundreds of organizations that perform and need to place for the performing arts. we're really grateful also in the last 10 years the puc's pour enterprise has invested nor $2 million to improve the efficiency of the lighting and the mechanical systems we're saving more than one million kilowatts of energy a year and 16 thousand themselves of natural gas a thermal is one hundred and 10 thousand b t us if this helps you or a form is one hundred and cubic feet of gatt gal gassy appreciate the puc's commission support. that partnership is continuing wus we're renovating the veterans building and are had open in september of 2015 and lead certified with that i'

arts commission which is 40 percent of the charter allocation that is passed through to the san francisco symphony. the budget comparison here you see does not include the $2 million for general fund reserve which the board passed earlier this year to help us mitigate the small and mid-size budget arts organization in the city. fce for current year is 34.63, in fiscal year 15 is 35.36 and it will be 35.61. >> supervisor avalos? >>supervisor john avalos: you are saying it is not here? >> because it is administered over three 3 years we did not include it because of the base comparison to our general budget. >> okay. right now you have the 13-14 general fund support for the arts commission at around 11.5 percent. whats the prior year, are we saying that was a surgeon -- surge of one 1 year because we see it decrease over the year and it doesn't reflect this $2 million reserve. what the trajectory has been looking back for the years before for the arts support? >> i would have to get back to you or ask our cfo if she has that number handy. i don't know if we have the last figure for the total. we'll

now, i am a long-time supporter of the san francisco ballet, the opera and the symphony. however, to continue this gross inequity is just a disservice to the unrepresented communities of colors and the great social injustice for all san franciscans. so, i request that you increase the funding at least by 10% of what's already been allocated to these under served communities. you can look at the demographics and you can look at the funding as it is being disproportionately awarded, a lion's share going to the traditional organizations that always receive the funding. so, you've heard the artists. and i was born here in 1946 and i really request that we have some parity and equity now. thank you very much. (applause) >>> hello, my name is samantha leo and i work for the san francisco museum of modern art. >>> good morning, andrea morgan from s.f. noma. >> we're here today to ask you to increase the fund for the arts and [speaker not understood] arts commission. artists and arts and cultural organizations, we're all struggling to keep up with the cost of living in the city ~