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portal. come with me tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., and you can watch the people who park their and then get on it muni and head down for hours. they do not shop on west portal. they shop downtown. and they go to the giants game. and they do not pay for their parking. >> [inaudible] >> but if they filled their meter for 20 minutes, that is all you have to do. they can avoid the ticket. ok. all right, this will be our very last question. >> i think the problem is sometimes you may go down irving street or west portal, you're going for lunch, so you're going into a restaurant and maybe you are...

town hall, something we started in mayor lee's first year. in the first meeting i had with mayor lee after he was sworn in as our interim mayor last year, i asked him and other supervisors asked him for ways to make our budget process more collaborative and more transparent. and the budget team and mayor lee in the board of supervisors, we thought that this format of budget town halls in many districts around the city would make a lot of sense, and i think it has been a very good way for us to have feedback. without further ado, i would like to introduce my co-host for tonight, who i...

whether we can find that the rebate to attract more major films to come into san francisco. that is ending this year. we're in the beginning of the conversation in this budget about whether we can afford to put that investment in. maybe i am letting a little bit of what my values are out there. i do think the successful film industry -- i cannot stand a film that should be made in san francisco but they made it in vancouver. why have an alcatraz that is not really out the trash? -- it is not really alcatraz? we still have one of the have ot beautiful places. i am also investing in ch...

office, we have had a budget deficit. so we have to make some very, very difficult choices. i want to thank not only not of you who have -- not only all of you who have come here today, but those from city government, in particular are city officials. this is the second annual budget town hall, something we started in mayor lee's first year. in the first meeting i had with mayor lee after he was sworn in as our interim mayor last year, i asked him and other supervisors asked him for ways to make our budget process more collaborative and more transparent. and the budget team and mayor...

recently. what are your plans in terms of budget cuts and balancing those for education in the city? >> they will continue taking beatings. guess what the state will do if you do not pass the taxes? they will cut into the tens of millions. the federal government is not having enough money. they will wait until after the elections before they say anything. we do not have a good picture about what our public school district is going to experience in the next year, except i think it is always going to be challenging. that is why i said the economics of the school district have to be fro...