left the clerk's office -- sunshine ordinance tax force -- taskforce has left the clerk's office underresourced. over the last several years, the board has sought to decrease general fund sources. it more than doubled other sources of revenue. for the budget year, i propose a $71,000 increase on the revenue budget based on current- year actuals, and likely ceqa applications. the volume of planning the surcharges and fees will also increase. this is based on the actual cost of one clerk position, which reflects our agreement with the puc general manager. this is offset slightly on recovery costs of citywide memberships, based on the mta, puc, and port contributions. the next slide presents the projected salary costs for fiscal year 2011-12. the proposed budget does not include any new positions, position upgrades, or other increases in staff resources. $7.60 million or 4.8% higher than the current year. increases to fringe benefits is what is driving 85% of this change. according to the mayor's budget instructions, the department is to assume that retirement increases are 13.6% to 16.5% of the c

left the clerk's office -- sunshine ordinance tax force -- taskforce has left the clerk's office underresourced. over the last several years, the board has sought to decrease general fund sources. it more than doubled other sources of revenue. for the budget year, i propose a $71,000 increase on the revenue budget based on current- year actuals, and likely ceqa applications. the volume of planning the surcharges and fees will

teach for america is a program that takes college graduates, trains them, and deploys them to underresourcehools, those in need of qualified teachers. all of the participants are actually americorps members. so it is the way in which the federal government can support these kinds of community solutions that are innovative and provide a different way for communities to address these complex issues. but teach for america is only one of the education-related organizations that we support. about 40% of our funding and programs are directed towards addressing educational issues. depending on what community ego to, it could look different. solutions are locally driven. host: how are the teachers in teas for america -- are they paid through corporation for national & community service or through the state's? guest: they do receive the education award that is available to americorps members. the work with us multifacetedly. the corporation provides that platform for people to get involved and for community solutions and organizations to come together to try different kinds of programs that are real

teach for america is a program that takes college graduates, trains them, and deploys them to underresources, those in need of qualified teachers. all of the participants are actually americorps members. so it is the way in which the federal government can support these kinds of community solutions that are innovative and provide a different way for communities to address these complex sues. but teach for america is only one of the education-related organizations that we support. about 40% of our funding and programs are directed towards addressing educational issues. depending on what community ego to, it could look different. solutions are locally driven. host: how are the teachers in teas for america -- are they paid through corporation for national & community service or through the state's? guest: they do receive the education award that is available to americorps members. the work with us multifacetedly. the corporation provides that platform for people to get involved and for community solutions and organizations to come together to try different kinds of programs that are really add