todd rufo was appointed director of economic and work force development august 9, 2012. economic and work force depment budget for 2017/2018 was $60.7 million. and todd oversees a staff of 131 people. under todd's leadership, the office transformed to a leading agency of its kind in the united states that strengthens the onomec vitality of san francisco by strengthening the businesses and work force. todd brought impactnve leaderih multiple agencies, private and nonprofit sector partnerships. under todd's leadership, helped small businesses start, stay and grow in san francisco. and some of their accomplishments that happened under todd was the san francisco small business portal, which guides business owners through permitting and legal compliance, usinr lee and todd also creted s solutions teams. they launched sfbizonne and created san francisco's ft buy local campaign and shop and dine in the 49 oewd oversaw there of 130,000 jobs in sanfrancisco. and when toe in, remember, we were in a recession, and look at what you've don and you've contributed to lowering san franc