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taking care of. we cannot be successful if the needs of our children are not taking care of. that is why today is so important for us to hear from you on these important issues. the last point that i will make is this. we have to be fiscally responsible. you can only spend so much money. you can only spend the money you have. i believe this city has been responsible. we have balanced budgets. you cannot simply cut your way out of the budget deficit of this size. we also have to think about ways of injecting revenue into the system. i hope that we collectively begin to talk about that...

we recognize long term that is not sufficient. we have to work with the community itself and community- based organizations doing excellent prevention work. that funding and the services need to be protected. we need to ensure that something as important as our parks and recreational areas are protected. when it comes to public safety, it is not just our police department that keeps us say. it is having those programs so that young people have something to do. [applause] to the extent that you hear from all of us in district 9, i want to emphasize that we share your vision and object...

those are the first four names. [inaudible] >> i am melena herrerra. i am part of the bernal heights program. i am here to tell you about the after-school program and what it does for the youth. we go to school. what do we have to do after? we can go walk around. we have after-school programs with things we enjoy. they have activities. we are building our knowledge outside of school. it also ties in with violence. that is something we do not want to have a lot of in the city. this is our community. after-school programs kind of cuts it down. think about it, if we do not have after-sc...

every san francisco ian is takig care of. [applause] i know that nearly shares in that vision. he has made that clear. we in district 9 and the mission have been going through a tough time. there has been an increase in violence. it is something we are very mindful of. we have taken every step we can to ensure the safety of our neighborhood. we're working closely with the mayor and chief of police. we're working closely with the police department to make sure that there is a police presence in the community. we recognize long term that is not sufficient. we have to work with the comm...

responsible. we have balanced budgets. you cannot simply cut your way out of the budget deficit of this size. we also have to think about ways of injecting revenue into the system. i hope that we collectively begin to talk about that. it is something we have said in the last tv viewers and yet it has not happened in a meaningful way. i trust that with this mayor, we will approach the budget in a way that is responsible and equitable and makes the city work for all of us. thank you very much. [applause] let me make sure that i read that correctly. maria elena, roberta turmah, rosita r...