▁ 2 7 . 8 ▁positions ▁would ▁be ▁cut ▁throughout ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁fis cal ▁year ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁con cess ions ▁in ▁employee ▁benefits ▁and ▁pay . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁each ▁branch ▁would ▁cut ▁one ▁day ▁of ▁operation ▁a ▁week . ▁ ▁The ▁efforts ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁library ▁cannot ▁be ▁ignored . ▁ ▁Many ▁wrote ▁to ▁newsp apers ▁like ▁the ▁one ▁mentioned ▁above . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁much ▁support ▁for ▁and ▁participation ▁in ▁organizations ▁such ▁as ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Public ▁Library , ▁who ▁raised ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁budget ▁cut s ▁and ▁the ▁effects ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁on ▁the ▁community . ▁ ▁All ▁of ▁these ▁efforts ▁forced ▁the ▁city ▁council ▁to ▁re evalu ate ▁the ▁planned ▁budget ▁cut s . ▁ ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Public ▁Library ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁Fri ends ▁of ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Library ▁were ▁successful ▁in ▁getting ▁vot ers ▁to ▁pass ▁Proposition ▁D . ▁The ▁passing ▁of ▁Prop ▁D ▁renew ed ▁the ▁Library ▁Pres ervation ▁Fund ▁that ▁“ enabled ▁the ▁library ▁to ▁increase ▁operating ▁hours ▁by ▁ 5 3 % ▁and ▁expanded ▁the ▁budget ▁for ▁books ▁and ▁materials ▁by ▁almost ▁ 4 0 0 %. ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁Prop ▁D ▁gr ants ▁the ▁City ▁the ▁authority ▁to ▁issue ▁re venue ▁b onds ▁and ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁the ▁Branch ▁Library ▁Im prov ement ▁Program ▁can ▁continue ▁to ▁renov ate ▁San ▁Francisco ’ s ▁neighborhood ▁libraries .” ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁the ▁advoc