in the case of former city librarian luis herrera, it was there, but i had to spend years digging for it. they chose to remain blind. he was the driving force that enabled the friends of the san francisco public library to run their scam on the public. while raising literally millions of dollars every year to support the library, less than 10% of what passes through their hands actually goes for that purpose. this chart shows in the years indicated that board of supervisors passed an expend agreement for the library in the amount of $750,000, although half of that, approximately, was restricted funding from other sources and what actually came from the friends was about $400,000 a year. if you look at the last column, that didn't even make 10% of what they had in income in a given year. after initially lying on his se is, mr. herrera subsequently said he received $5,000 a year from this group, the friends. the financial arrangement between the san francisco public library and the friends is legally questionable, at best. when it was taken before the board of supervisors, they refused