i also want to wish a belated happy birthday to my colleague, supervisor mark farrell. happy birthday. my name is jane kim. i will be chairing the meeting. to my left we have supervisor farrell, who is also irish- american, along with supervisor elsbernd. the committee would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv to record the meetings and make the transcript available to the public on line. but there any announcements? >> please turn off any and all pagers. items acted upon today will appear on march 29 agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor kim: thank you. we had members that requested to move up one of the agenda items. we will be hearing items one and two, but then we will be hearing at item four prior to item three. so that some members to have to leave early can speak on behalf of some of the applicants. madam clerk, please call item one. >> item one, ocean appointing supervisor david campos, term ending february 10, 2015, to the metropolitan transportation commission. supervisor kim: thank you. at this time, is there any public comment on this item? you will

i am eric mar, joined by sean elsbernd, malia cohen, and mark farrell. erika cheng is the clerk. i would like to thank charles anfor providing televised access to the meeting. >> for the 2011 meeting -- this is an action item. >> on the minutes, is there a motion? without objection? is there anyone from the public wishing to speak? public comment is closed. >> this is an action item. >> can you call item four? >> this is an information item. >> hearing items three and four. >> good morning. i am the executive director. this is the time of the year, we bring you the state and federal legislative program. this is the set of principles we like to use to follow the legislative advocacy. this has a focus in sacramento and washington, reflecting on how we interract with the regional agencies of which several of you are members, also. i will only make a couple of comments about the state legislative program, then the staff with a more detailed presentation. we are here to talk about the update of state legislation specific to bills. and an update on the state of the state budget. initia

we also have joining with us today supervisor mark farrell. are there any announcements today? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during public comment, please fill out a speaker card and in them in to myself. if you should mitt documents, please provide a copy for inclusion into the file -- if you submit documents. supervisor chu: thank you. before you read the first item, would it be okay to excuse supervisor mirkarimi? ok, we will do that without objection. >> item 1, a resolution approving an amendment to the redevelopment agency of the city and county of san francisco for fiscal year 2010-2011, authorizing additional expenditure in amount not to exceed $75,440,000 and approved the issuance by the redevelopment agency of bonds in an additional principal amount not to exceed $70 million to finance a portion of redevelopment activities described in the approved budget as amended for fiscal year 2010- 2011. supervisor chu: thank you very much. we have the big development agency. >> good afternoon, supervisors. deputy director for the san franci

. >> hello, good morning, supervisors, president chiu, and my district supervisor mark farrell. my name is norman bruce. i was a former employee of laguna honda. i did not know any of these administrators personally or even know what they are doing. i noticed a lot of unsavory things going on during the time i was employed, but they were not even close to what we are seeing now. we are seeing a lack of justice because these administrators happen to be administrators. they are not lower echelon people, they are administrators. nobody looks at their competence to do their job. nobody looks at their misuse of city funds, funds that should be used for patients. nobody has looked at it. and if you do the time, you should -- crime, you should to the time. nobody is being prosecuted. it is like robbing a bank. i robbed $350,000. ok, i have taken $350,000, and then somebody finds out, you took $350,000. so i take that $350,000 and i hand it back to the bank. do you think that i would not be prosecuted? you bet i would. this is my point. we are honoring people that have stolen public mon

i am joined by committee vice chair supervisor mark farrell and committee member board president david chiu. we want to thank sfgtv staff for covering the meeting. thank you for your work. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> please make sure to turn off or place all bonds on migrate. if you wish to present any documents, also provide a copy to the court for inclusion into the vial. items acted upon to they will be included in the february 15 board of supervisors meeting. supervisor campos: thank you. we have a very light agenda. before i begin with the item, i have a basic question to the clerk. i am wondering if it is possible in the future for the people watching these meetings, for the agenda item -- is it possible to have it in chinese characters as well? i know some folks in my district were asking about that. if they are watching the item, if there are any language issues, at least knowing the subject matter. >> i can check for you. supervisor campos: please call item one. >> item 1. resolution approving an agreement with the nonprofit owners' association for administra