the state p.t.a. was an early supporter of this initiative. the san francisco board of supervisors, so has oakland unified school district, and we need to, too. thank you, commissioners merase and haney for supporting it. >> hi. i'm carrie gray, and i'm the president of the san francisco p.t.a. i can only echo what everybody else has said, and i want to thank you because this board has passed other resolutions of increased funding. you know that we have more needs and fewer resources. that's not news to anybody in the room, and with this resolution, you can show your strong support for a very timely ballot initiative that could really change the game in san francisco. i notice in your consent agenda there are a lot of unequal resources across the district. some schools have very strong fund raising, and other schools don't, and with more reliable public funding for our schools, we can really address our achievement gaps in a realistic ongoing way. and so i'm hoping that you will again support a resolution to support increased public funding --