i'm sarah hawkins, the chief-of-staff for d.p.a. i do appreciate no air horns. d.p.a.. recommendation. >> chairman: great. and welcome, chief-of-staff, hawkins. i hope we weren't too hard on director henderson last time. mr. goncher? >> thank you, chair haney. our recommendations for the department of police accountability are on page28. it is a one-time reduction. the mayor's proposed budget decreases the department of police accountability's budget by about 9.8%. we do not have recommended reduction for the budget for fiscal year '22, '23, and we do have an agreement with the department, as ms. hawkins noted. >> chairman: great. that is simple enough. colleagues, questions or comments for chief-of-staff hawkins? not seeing any, we will express our intention to agree with the b.l.a.'s recommendations. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. next up with have the public defender's office. welcome, public defender raja. >> thank you so much. good morning, chair haney. i want to express my appreciation and thanks to you and president walton, supervisor mar, supervisor ron