done in crafting this, so andrew. >> thank you. this is a resolution approving an advertising policy, for advertising on tjpa property. the primary purpose of the program is to raise revenue for the program, and it is based on policies. because the tjpa would be acting in a proprietary manner, it would be advertising on its property. it is not a public forum, and therefore, it is not subject to the same restrictions, and it would not require -- it is not required to provide the same

protections as it would if it were regulating. policies that are recommended would prohibit certain types of ads on certain subjects, although it would not distinguish between points of view in the subject areas. it does for him it advertising for such things as political campaigns for ballot initiatives, profanity, depictions of graphic violence. the board has before it a resolution that would approve the policy. [inaudible] director cohen: are there other public buildings that have a similar policy? >> bart and muni have policies

that are similar. director ford: ok, and the okrfp is going to be specific to the temporary terminal, and we will revisit the permanent terminal at another point. >> the board will have a contract for the advertising program. director ford: all right. director daly: the thoughts behind a prohibition on political advertising? >> to maintain the [inaudible] director ford: it is pretty consistent with most of the policies i see, at least for transportation agencies, to stay out of those -- director daly: it is, and that

would include ballot measure campaigns? director ford: yes, for example, we do not advertise for political campaigns on any of the muni the hackles, whether it is for or against the agencies or fund raising. director daly: but the shelters are different? >> director ford: ford -- director ford: bus shelters are in there, too. ok. with that, what is the board's pleasure? ok, it has been moved and seconded. all those in favor? no posers -- no opposers? motion carries. let's move to the next item. >> item 14 is a resolution of appreciation for director chris daly.

>> we have a resolution for havedaly, -- for director daly, who has been with us for many years. he has served since 2002, representing the city and county of san francisco and whereas that the san francisco supervisor for district 6, the district in which the transit center program is located, he has been a tireless advocate for improved public transportation, housing, and other urban amenities to create a livable, revitalize neighborhood, and whereas as a supervisor and member of the board, he has been passionate about providing increase affordable housing throughout san francisco, due in large part to his leadership on this issue, the program will result in 2600 new homes, 35% of which will be affordable, and whereas the joint powers authority has greatly benefited from the passion, knowledge, wisdom, experience, determination, and

integrity that he has brought to the tjpa's decision for the past nine years, and whereas his faithful and effective advocacy on behalf of the transit center program at the san francisco board of supervisors, the metropolitan transportation commission, and the county transportation authority greatly contributed to the success of the program and its major funding milestones over the past decade, and whereas the successful launch of the trans bay transit center program, the critical reseed of $400 million in stimulus funds, and the continued recognition of the importance of the program to the nation, the state, and the region is directly attributable to the strong guidance and influence of chris daly in working toward program goals, and whereas he will be leaving as a member of the san francisco board of supervisors in january 2011 and will also leave his position as a director of astransbay joint powers authority, -- director of the

trasnbay joint powers authority, the authority wishes him continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors, and i want to say on my behalf and certainly on behalf of staff how much we have really appreciated all your efforts, directors. your courage, your integrity has just been commendable, and i want to thank you for all the years you fought along our side. you did fight the hard battles with us till the wee hours of the moment, and at all times, you have conducted yourself with honor. even when things were not necessarily popular, you were there for us. but for your support and help all these years, we would not be here today. i personally want to thank you. i want you to know that i'm going to miss you terribly.

we hope that we can continue to have you involved in our project. we want to make sure -- and invite you to the major milestones and keep you apprised. thank you very much for everything you have done. you are a good man, and we tell everybody that. thank you. director ford: i would like to follow up -- well, director cohen. director cohen: i was in public service with supervisor daly for about 10 years. there were many issues over those 10 years that we were not on the same side. it was a matter of public policy, but it was really nice to have the opportunity on a project to be on the same side of an issue.

as formidable of an adversary that you were, you were a better ally, so i appreciate that and wish you the best of luck. >> it has been a pleasure to work with chris, to follow his career, of stand-downs', nays and yeas. good luck. thank you. director ford: it has been a pleasure to have you on this board, and i think we have done some great work over the past few years of advancing this project. the staff has brought us good decisions, and we have been able to support them the majority of the time. they have brought things before us, and largely due to your advocacy for this project and your discerning the critical issues from a policy standpoint, we have been able to accomplish a great deal, and you will be missed. i really enjoyed working with you in your capacity as a

director of this board, and i look forward to working with you in the future because i know you are going to be around. thank you. director daly: thank you. i'm going to take a very brief moment. let me thank maria and the whole tjpa family for your work. if you sit on enough of these boards, you realize that while technically, the staff works for the board, in reality, in terms of the labor of love and the time and effort and energy, the board's really do work for the staffs. fortunately, we have a very good one here. thank you to my colleagues, present and past, here on the tjpa. i have only been here for eight

years. i think tony really wanted to be here when i was first elected, and for some reason, acquiesced. but it is not really in my nature to not see things through to final completion, so i'm really not ready to go. and somehow my goal is still here. [laughter] i figured there has got to be a way that i can hang on. but probably, i will just have to secret development through to near completion, and the actual digging and contract letting and construction will have to be overseen by others that follow, but they will have pretty much the same staff and family here doing the work, so the project

is in very good hands. thank you very much. one other point -- i was doing one of these interviews, and they asked me about transbay, and i was not even thinking. it was probably on my phone or my i had doing something else, and i was giving an interview at the same time, and i just went into the talking points about climate change and a new neighborhood and affordable housing, and i was talking 40 we will or three minutes of ourtransbay -- about transbay not paying attention, and i had to stop myself and say that i was really giving the talking points, but when i stop to think about it, this is an incredible project, and i probably have been rounded and involved in too long to fully appreciate how incredible it is. you have to take a few steps back to look at it, and if you think about the -- about climate

change, about the future of the state of california and our transportation systems, if you go to enough regional government meetings and talk about regional airport expansion and you have that kind of perspective, trust me, this is huge. it has been my honor, my pleasure to have been part of it over the last eight years. thank you. director ford: ok, do i have a motion? it has been moved and seconded. all those in favor? you can abstain. ok. all right, we have 3 ayes and one abstention. >> item 15 is a resolution of appreciation for director mark church, who was unable to be here. >> i have a resolution to read for director church. where is mark church is san mateo county supervisor has

served as the board of directors at the trans the joint power authority since 2009, representing the joint powers board and where is the trans the joint powers authority has greatly benefited from the experience and knowledge that mark church has brought to the decisions of the authority and where is the accomplishments of the joint powers authority would not have been possible without the guidance and assistance of mark church, and whereas in june 2010, mark church was elected by the voters of san mateo county to serve as county clerk recorder and chief elections officer and he will be relieving his position as director of the board, therefore be it resolved that the trend a power authority expresses its most sincere appreciation for the work of mark church as a member of the board of directors and be it further resolved that the director of the authority which is mark church continued success and happiness in all his future endeavors. if you could convey to director church our sincere appreciation, thank him on our behalf.

certainly when he was most needed, he certainly was there for us, and we appreciated his support and always making himself available to staff to meet with him and seek his guidance on many critical issues, so please, thank him on our behalf. >> i will. and mark asked me to express his gratitude for this award yesterday at our board meeting, we recognize them also because his new position will require his not being on or not allow us to be on these various boards. mark also said please extend to all of you his regrets at not being able to make all the meetings, which was good for me because i got to come, but he is now chairman of the state seismic safety committee, and they have been meeting on the same date and time as this group

does, but he says thank you and stay in touch, and i will see him tomorrow. thank you very much. director ford: pass on our appreciation from colleagues at the board. thank you. motion to approve? it has been moved and seconded. motion carries. >> item 15 is approved. at this time, you are scheduled to go into closed session. we have not received any indication that a member of the public wishes to address you on the item. so you have an opportunity to do so now. we will

>> thank you guys so -- you guys are really all 16 years old? not your 16th birthday? really? you are 5? you are all five? but why do you guys look like you are 16? you all look older than 5. do you think you look older than 5? yes, you kind of do. how old do you think i am? am i, like, 50? am i, like, 100? could i be 100? really? do you think? do you think i am 15 years old? >> yes. [laughter] mayor newsom: do you think i'm 20 years old? 25? that is, like, really, really old, 25.

how about 30? that is too old, i know. so it is not your 16th birthday, all of you. but you are in high school, right? you are not? you are in kindergarten? wow. are you guys going to college? >> yes. mayor newsom: all of you are going to college? why are you not going to college? but when you are bigger, you are all going to college, right? yes. if you eat lunch, you will get big and go to college. that is true. but you have all heard of college? yes? what is college? this college like a foreign country? >> yes. mayor newsom: what is it? is it a place you go for

vacation? is it school? it is still school, but it is like a long time. so you are in school forever. it starts at your age, at 5, and then when you are -- i don't know -- 15, you are still in school. 20, and you are still in school. maybe beyond. but college is important, right? don't you think college -- he went to college. and look how important he looks. [laughter] but he does not just look important. he really is important because he has all the money in san francisco. you know what money is, right? yes, he has it all. all of your money. like, all of it. really, he does. how much of their money do you have? >> we have billions of dollars.

mayor newsom: that is a lot, right? what do you do with their money? >> dns it and keep your money safe. mayor newsom: -- need to invest it -- we invest it and keep your money safe. we help a community and use it to make businesses successful. isn't that great? mayor newsom: it is very exciting, isn't it? so all of you guys are going to college because that is what you told me earlier. right? college is important, we agree? and you are excited about college? really excited? do you think it is more homework or less homework than kindergarten? you think it is more? college kind of has more? do you have a lot of homework now? not really? do you want more homework?

you do? nice. i agreed. this is a good kindergarten class. you have homework at home? it is really interesting. the best part about homework is that is where it is, at home. yes, you can run stuff at college. that is very good. what else happens in college? what was that? it is okay, guys. yes, you get bigger in college. your mind gets bigger, too. how about you? you probably get a little more homework, but -- i do not know if it gets easier. does it get easier in college? >> a little bit easier. >> you are smart, though. i had a hard time with homework.

how about you? did you have your hand up? that is okay. do not worry about it. how about you? we're going to get money, and that is why we are here. i'm so glad. we've worked this out, right, before? he said way, mr. superintendent. is money important to go to college? >> yes, it is. it costs a lot of money to go to college. you have to buy books. you have to find a place to live. you need to have a lot of money. you need to eat while you are in college. mayor newsom: she has college cash? really? she put money aside? she has money in a savings

account? that is good because that is what we are going to do today. all of you are going to be given a savings account so we are going to put money aside so when you are ready for college, you will have the resources, the money itself to actually afford college, and you are one of the first class is that is going to get -- one of the first classes that is going to get the college savings account, because of the wisdom of our supervisors, and all of these folks here, these apparent leaders, community leaders, and these folks that are part of something called foundations. what is a foundation? [laughter] >> [inaudible] mayor newsom: all right, that is pretty good, huh?

>> [inaudible] [laughter] mayor newsom: but green tea is healthier. do you think college helps you get a better job? who wants to get a job when they grow up? what kind of job do you want to get? you want to work on a house? >> [inaudible] mayor newsom: that is great. i hear that pays well. back here. you want to what? policeman? that is a very, very important job. all right. anybody want to be a doctor? do you know that for almost all

these jobs, do you know what you need to do? you need to go to college to get these jobs, so who is going to go to college? >> me! mayor newsom: fabulous. now you can go to lunch. we are popular now. >> good morning, everyone. i and the treasurer of san francisco. i want to welcome you to this fantastic announcement for the kindergarten to college program. and let you could join us to see some of our account holders. i would like to introduce the champion of this program, mayor gavin newsom. [applause] mayor newsom: thank you all for being here. this has been a long time coming. we have been talking about this

six or seven years. i remember reading a clip about then senate candidate in new york state hillary clinton talking about college savings accounts, talking about some countries that experimented with these from the world and how she had a decided to do something along these lines. i remember talking to some members of my staff about looking into the possibility of putting something like this together. a couple of things -- a couple of years went by. candidly, a couple of other things became priorities. this allowed working families to keep more of what they are earning and draw down more of the federal income tax credit. we started to work on another program that has national attention, again, a program jose has stored it, called bank on san francisco, now called bank

on california, and the president put down money on a program called bank on u.s. aid to deal with check-cashing places, and people needing to get their checks not only cast, but needn't pay day loans, which was the third leg of the story announced, and that is the notion of getting people out of the business of having to go to these predatory hated lenders. it has all been part of this narrative of literacy, to focus on building public/private partnerships and connecting to foundation, the academic community, and leaders throughout the city and really focus on stabilizing our diverse population, to provide resources, both the academic resources as well as the financial resources for people to move ahead and move forward. i have always thought cities are laboratories of innovation, states are laboratories for

democracies. this is where new ideas should be promulgated in should be pushed and should be advanced, and that is what we should be doing. this narrative that extends many years later to this program, a kindergarten to college, first of its kind in america. no city has done this. we tried for years ago, but members of the board of supervisors did not like the idea then rejected it. we did not even get a hearing. then, we got some other faces and learned a political lesson, and they took the lead, and we got a lot more support. supervisors campos and dufty felt this was an idea worth pursuing, and they led the charge of the board of supervisors to make sure there was a fair hearing and make sure the community was part of the process and made sure we got the

support of their colleagues to steward this forward, and jose cisneros had been trying to organize this, but knowing it would happen, he had to put the whole thing together, and he reached out to some partners in city bank, and we got some folks in stanford, university stanford university interested -- we got some folks at stanford university interested. all these groups said, "we love this idea." de gates foundation said they were interested in the idea, and we are here because all of that has come together. the notion is simple, and i will not take up much time except to say this -- once a mind is stretched, it never goes back to its original form. if you can create that quality of imagination, you can give kids as young as kids that were justa