. >> item 12, confirming the appointment of michael kim to the port commission. supervisor campos: mr. kim, please come forward. good afternoon. welcome to the rules committee. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. i live and work in san francisco. i moved here in 1997 from new york city. i worked for morgan stanley during the internet bubble. i ran a lot of complex transactions. i started a venture capital firm in 2000. as part of a venture-capital firm, as an investor, we created thousands of jobs in the bay area and the city of california. i think a lot of those companies have flourished and are now part of a strong economy and help strengthen the economy. in 2009, i left my firm to start an investment management firm, based in san francisco specifically, and look forward to investing in other venture- capital funds with the fund i have created. while i was doing that, i was appointed by the mayor in 2004 to the position of the retirement board. i served five years, from 2004 to 2009. i served as the president, the vice president, the chairman

i encourage you to support the nomination of michael kim to the port commission. ever commission, every department is unique. in an international city such as san francisco, it is a valuable piece of the city's operations, not just because there are so many immigrants and children of immigrants, but because the city depends on the part for a lot of activities. i am not simply talking about the beauty of the embarcadero to walk and roller skate, but our fishing fleet is there. tourist boats come in. san francisco is dependent on the tourist industry. we need the port to operate very carefully. you have seen michael kim's was a may and the education experience he has as well as time in the banking industry. the key experience i would draw your attention to is that he has operated as a lead general partner in a venture capital fund. people are often aware of the success venture-capital funds generate, the rates of return they are able to share with investors and partners. however, what good partners and venture-capital lists do is not simply invest money in companies

kim, i do truly apologize for making that comment. commissioner antonini: yes, a couple of items, part of our general correspondence was a letter from the jones hall law firm, i believe directed to michael yarney, january 21, 2011, rich is a restatement of infrastructure -- proposed infrastructure refinancing. i believe it is available online, but i would like to see if we can get a hard copy of that. i think there was just the one copy. i do not remember receiving a is for today. i think that is an important issue and one i would like to look at a little bit more. it is a fairly long document to print out. also want to thank sfpuc. had a meeting with them i think the 12th of january, very productive meeting regards to the item we will be considering later on our agenda, and i met with peter from sfmta and we went over some very interesting plans for different parts of the city, and i thank him for taking the time, and i think we will be talking about those in greater detail in the weeks and months that follow. commissioner moore: i would like to spend a moment suggesting something to the commissioners after receiving an e-mail regarding ceqa training. ceqa training is, for me, personal

kim all that means is there is a reckless disregard for how dr. murray conducted his duties. >> reporter: members of the jackson family, including his son prince michael are not expected to take the stand. prosecute letters call more than two dozen other witnesses, including the jackson bodyguard who called 911 on the day the pop star died. >> the prosecution's opening statement made it very clear where this case is headed. it is all about the coverup you can the glad dr. murray would waited to 21 minutes before calling for life-saving help while he scooped up propofal bottle that is the core of the case. >> reporter: prosecutors plan to call medical experts to testify that murray did not give jackson proper medical care after he went into cardiac arrest. if the defense tries to bring this cocktail of medication in there, they want to be able to prove that the propofal killed him, proet poe fal would never be administered outside a hospital and because that happened, michael jackson died. murray has pleaded not guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter. sources say the defense will raise questions about who administrated the lethal dose, hinting

kim. >> with a baby boy and girl born five days apart, melanie and michael are parents of not only twinsic siblings, their occasionoccasion occasion -- they were carried by two surrogates. >> for the first time in my life i'll be able to help somebody be a mother. >> i think it was a great experience for melanie and michael who was born a couple of days before violent. michael did a great job cutting the cord and it was a very peaceful experience for them and myself. >> i have never been helped in such a profound way by a stranger before. it felt like an incredibly auspicious way to start your children's lives. >> i always wanted to be a father, but it's been a complete astonishment to me how joyful it has been to actually be a parent and to have a relationship with the children. i didn't know that i would enjoy it as much as i do. it's amazing. >> look at that doll face. melanie wrote about her story. good morning to you all. melanie has michael pointed out in the piece, you went through six in vitro fertilization and you explored adoption. how did you reach the decision that we're goin