Politics like the ukraine. Now, europe may not do as well as we hope as a result of the recent crisis, but it still possesses large Power Resources to influence the ukraine situation, and that is what we should look for in the future. Thanks. Im always tempted to say we should stop there and go for champagne now. I suppose we should plow on. Charlie. Thank you. Like andy, im delighted to be here and to share the panel with the distinguished colleagues, and also because this is a conference that is being held in memory of clara. I didnt know her extremely well. I had memory interesting conversations with her about her passion, which is European Defense and european integration. She is one of the most decent people i knew in washington. I speak for people here and in london wouho worked with her th she is sorely missed. I dont take fundamental issue with andy in that i share his view that europe punches above its weight in a civilian respect. The best testament to that over the last six
Remaining balance on the citys state revenue last reserve fund of [speaker not understood] 810,605. We point out we recommend approval of that 6. 6 million. We are recommending approval of 3,8,000,9 34 shown on page 5 of our report. And that is for monies that would cover unavoidable or already incurred costs. And then the balance of 3,580,4 61 which is shown in table 6 on page 36 of our report, we consider that to be a policy matter only because the board determines the priorities of what should be expended from the city state Revenue Reserve lost fund. So, our recommendation are on the bottom of page 36. We recommend that you amend the ordinance to delete the Human Service agencies, appropriation for inhouse supported Services Administration and reduce a million 114,76 total requested appropriation by 581,300. That would reflect revised total of 5 34,0 06 remaining for the department of Public Health. And we recommend that you amendedth proposed ordinance on page 2 to reduce ,169,175
Thank you. We have ms. Howard here from our Mayors Office of budget. Good afternoon, supervisors, kate howard, [speaker not understood]. Im here before you to approve an event over the supplemental thats before you appropriating fund from our state revenue lost reserve to a variety of programs that were reduced in the governors budget last year. I also have with me staff from the Human Services agency, the department of aging Adult Services, juvenile probation, the department of Public Health, and the Arts Commission in the event that there are specific questions about any of the appropriations. As you will remember, last year the governors budget proposed and it was adopted by the legislature a number of reductions in both local revenues and direct cuts to services that affect the city of San Francisco. In anticipation of those cuts, the city appropriated 15 million pending final approval of the budget and so those funds are set aside in the event of state cuts. We are recommending in
The city state Revenue Reserve lost fund. So, our recommendation are on the bottom of page 36. We recommend that you amend the ordinance to delete the Human Service agencies, appropriation for inhouse supported Services Administration and reduce a million 114,76 total requested appropriation by 581,300. That would reflect revised total of 5 34,0 06 remaining for the department of Public Health. And we recommend that you amendedth proposed ordinance on page 2 to reduce ,169,175 offsetting appropriation from state loss Revenue Reserve by the same 580,300 to 6,589,585. And our second recommendation is to amend the ordinance on page 2 to delete the 1,800,000 source of funding for the children with families commission. And on page 5 to delete that same 1,800,000 appropriation no longer needed by the commission. They have sufficient funds in their budget. So, its not under budgeting that. It would be fully it would be fully budgeted. Its simply that in this request its no longer needed. And
Recruit a new generation of farmers and ranchers, then we must take actions that will improve the quality of life in Rural Communities. Thats why why i offered a number of provisions specifically to recruit beginning farmers and ranchers. The first would reduce the cost of Crop Insurance for beginning farmers by 10 . The second would make it easier for beginning producers to graze livestock on conservation reserve programs. In this bill we put in place a new Dairy Program that helps Dairy Farmers in minnesota and across the country that have struggled with prices, with feed costs and we have seen probably that sector of the Agriculture Community hit harder than any other. Crops have had their droughts, weve seen wet springs that have hurt many of our farmers. Weve seen the blizzard i mentioned in south dakota that killed our cattle. Weve seen trade barriers put up in other countries that shut down the markets. But i would still say the hardest hit of any sector of our Agricultural Comm