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 to approve it because the library was not getting enough. they took it before the library commission, and they have taken a hands-off. we have nothing to do with it. they haven't approved it either. what you basically have is a private arrangement between the city librarian and this group to raise money on behalf of the public library, and that agreement has not been certified or looked at by the city attorney's office. it's a fraud. telling people that you're going to give money and we're going to use it to support the library and then it ends up going elsewhere is a fraud, pure and simple. not approved by the board of supervisors, library commission, or the city attorney, why is it allowed to continue? because people like you turn a blind eye. why do we have the department head of public works federally i