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Million deficit. We have a 7. 6 unemployment rate. This year and the next we do twoyear budgets, by the way. This year its about 123 million deficit for this next fiscal year. The following year of 1415, is about 256 million deficit. So, we plan for two years, but well meet every year just to talk through it. And then were doing really well on our employment. We have about a 6. 3 unemployment rate. So, its gone down another big percentage point. I want to keep driving that down. My goal is to get to the 5 or even below. That means a lot more people have jobs and create their own destinies. And...

Whole purpose of these budget town halls is to listen to our neighbors, our residents, to find out what you think matters in our city. I just wanted to put a little backdrop that a year ago when we started holding these community meetings, we had some significant budget deficits. And in years past they were even worse. Now weve come through a lot of that and im thankful to all the Department Heads that are here because they worked very hard to work with me to find all the efficiencies, to make sure we balance that budget. Clearly, the members of the board of supervisors and today were focused ...

Housing authority nightmare where you dont know if youre ever going to get into that type of housing. So, i believe in both, but im also thinking youve got a lot of empty vacant houses in San Francisco and you should consider that as well. And in my mind im thinking of some type of, like, squatter law where people could actually live in a place as long as its not violating the law. Thank you, mr. Pitt. Any other members of the public . Can you hear me . My name is kay griffin, former member of the west Soma Citizens Planning Task force. I was a disabled chair, and i think the disabled have lan...

Also have your whole the Housing Authority nightmare where you dont know if youre ever going to get into that type of housing. So, i believe in both, but im also thinking youve got a lot of empty vacant houses in San Francisco and you should consider that as well. And in my mind im thinking of some type of, like, squatter law where people could actually live in a place as long as its not violating the law. Thank you, mr. Pitt. Any other members of the public . Can you hear me . My name is kay griffin, former member of the west Soma Citizens Planning Task force. I was a disabled chair, and i th...

Also have your whole the Housing Authority nightmare where you dont know if youre ever going to get into that type of housing. So, i believe in both, but im also thinking youve got a lot of empty vacant houses in San Francisco and you should consider that as well. And in my mind im thinking of some type of, like, squatter law where people could actually live in a place as long as its not violating the law. Thank you, mr. Pitt. Any other members of the public . Can you hear me . My name is kay griffin, former member of the west Soma Citizens Planning Task force. I was a disabled chair, and i th...