notably, senator lowenthal is carrying sb 517, found on page 14. it requires authority board members to be subject to senate approval. it also places the high-speed rail authority under the cabinet position of transportation. last, i want to highlight a couple of bills i think will be emerged as something you will want to recommend supporting in the future as these become more refined. sb 733 and 735 -- dated two different things. they are on page 50 and 60. they require on the one hand that small business element be included in the high-speed rail authority business plan. secondarily, sb 735 requires a local work force initiatives and would establish a preference in contracts of 2.5%. those would be the bills i would like to highlight right now. the one we are calling for action on is ab 650, which is the blue-ribbon task force. i would be glad to answer questions. i think i understand most of the bills right now. bigger picture, are we going to get the revenues on the ballot? i think we will. just from the dynamic, a lot of public posturing says