steve richey from the public utilities commission, the assistant -- assistant or deputy -- deputy superintendent for any san francisco unified school district, and the chief of juvenile probation. so, a number of you were kind enough to submit written questions. i am going to start with a few of them, and then we're going to have open questions from the audience, and we will probably go back and forth, shake it up a little bit. so, this is a lengthy question from rebecca at the lgbt center. san francisco has 8000, of whom 40% -- i apologize. in recovering from a cold. they are homeless are marginally house and face challenges including physical and mental health issues, unemployment, substance-abuse, hiv risk, and lack of access to services. the city has failed to provide adequate resources, either directly through city departments, or three city- funded services and nonprofit organizations. most recently, we had a proposal to eliminate funding for the lgbt transition aid services for the fiscal year 2011-2012. can you speak to your commitment for this hon. population -- vulnerable population? q