commissioner melara chairs that committee. one hearing before our help commission that approved our final set of policies and procedures. i think if you look at those policies and procedures, you will see that -- no. 1, all of the accounting adjustments recommended by the controller had been made. the policy itself provides for a very strict policy for reviewing and approving expenditures, acknowledging donor contributions, making detailed quarterly reports to the conference committee at laguna honda, so that every transaction, receipts, disbursements, can be reviewed by the commissioners. that is something that we can be to do. -- that we need to do. for me, when i look at the accounting errors, as badly as we feel about them, a couple of things are important to keep in mind. the first is, they have no affect on the availability of funds available to fund the pension activities. we have had between $1.6 million and $2.1 million over those six years. at no time were we able to fully fund patient activities on an ongoing basis.

for commissioner melara, a woman has no shame. quarterly reports to the health commission -- just adopted on march 1 -- are not going to the full commission. they are going to a subcommittee, the jcc. under sonia melara's leadership, they have withheld full reporting to the health commission. in fact, the december 3 hearing at laguna honda to except the comptroller's office, ms. melara introduced a motion to take no action on the report. in fact, the report was never discussed by the health commission. she asked only during a meeting of the health commission that the power point presentation, presented on december 3, should be forwarded to the health commission. they never discussed in public the audit. the claim that the audit had been discussed and used is incorrect. when the commission met on march 1, they only discussed the changes to the policy, not the audit. i draw your attention to my written public testimony, that i encourage chapter 26 of yours, to see as public record. the period of the audit needs to be backed up to ja

i would like to give an opportunity to the department of public health, commissioner melara from the health commission. i know a number of steps have been taken. i have certainly spoken to our public health director, who has made it clear she is serious, has been serious, as your department, to make sure that all proper procedures are followed, and that the findings of the audit are addressed, and a number of steps have already been taken. i do not know, commissioner, if you want to come up, and talk about everything that the health commission has already done to address these issues. part of this process is not only identify what has happened, but also an opportunity for the public to know all the steps you have taken. >> absolutely, supervisor campos, my name is sonia melara, the vice-president of the health commission, also the chair of the joint conference committee of the laguna honda hospital. i am here to let you know, on march 1, the commission accepted the new policies and procedures that had been put in place to ensure this matter is not repeated in the future. one of two a