. >> next speaker is sandra lee hubbard, followed by mercy rain and georgia iowa. -- george ayama. >> i am here to lend support to the idea of free muni for all youth in san francisco. as many previous speakers have mentioned, we are phasing out our general education yellow school buses. the governor has proposed to eliminate all funding for reimbursement for trips protection costs. you can imagine the havoc it is causing in our school district. we get calls on a daily basis. how will we get children to school? we have a system of free choice in our schools. that means parents can choose schools that are far from their own neighborhoods, if there is performing the would like for their own children. access to free muni would give their children a chance to participate in language immersion programs and art programs that are not in certain districts, but in other areas of the city. we have, and i think you have heard, but we have an increasing amount of homeless families we are serving. two years ago, we were spending $11,000 a month for youth passes for homeless families. we are spendi