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Lunch, we will get back to the program here in just a little bit. But feel free to say hi to each other now. That is what we are all here for and we will be back for the second half of the program in just a few minutes. Thankil you all so much. Please welcome to the stage luke macgowan the head of federal initiative the government innovation at bloomberg philanthropy. Hi, everybody. Thanks for having me. Its a privilege to come on after lunch, so at least you are not as cranky, though i guess if you falll asleep. Theree we go. Thank you to united infrastructure to accelerate on the u. S. Chamb...

Were concerned about is the longterm care agencies that serve seniors that they were concerned about those who are disabled getting to their medical and dental appointments. Thats a lot. So you want to take that in as well as we talked about the placard cards, all of that is part of muni budget. I just would like to see all these things that affect seniors, you know, be looked at in terms of the total budget of muni and how it may affect seniors and their ability to get not today, but at another time as the Program Progress then we look at it. But that would be my concern. I would look at this...

So they had a floor at which their budgets couldnt go underneath and that meant 10 states had to take a little bit more of a dive. This compromise means that the slow growth states will be giving up 1 percent of their budget each year for the next 3 years and then everything will be stabilized at that point and the 10 states, which california is one of, will be receiving additional funds over that time. Having looked at the spreadsheets its under a Million Dollars at its height so, you know, spread across california is it necessarily going to mean a lot of money for us in San Francisco. I thin...

Reduction and the 10 states all the states were hit by it. But the 10 states with growth actually took a kind of double hit because we had to hold harmless the states who have had no growth or low growth. So they had a floor at which their budgets couldnt go underneath and that meant 10 states had to take a little bit more of a dive. This compromise means that the slow growth states will be giving up 1 percent of their budget each year for the next 3 years and then everything will be stabilized at that point and the 10 states, which california is one of, will be receiving additional funds over...

Other states. California is one of the 10 states that actually has had more growth. When sequestration came into place is really the first time theres been a major Budget Reduction and the 10 states all the states were hit by it. But the 10 states with growth actually took a kind of double hit because we had to hold harmless the states who have had no growth or low growth. So they had a floor at which their budgets couldnt go underneath and that meant 10 states had to take a little bit more of a dive. This compromise means that the slow growth states will be giving up 1 percent of their budget...