mr. torres, and by understand there is a new lafco commissioner as well? i would like to welcome you as well. we look forward to continuing to work together to bring cca online. it is an exciting opportunity. as far as expectations, i am hoping we can hear a bit about the schedules and something about the rfp process, where we are, what we can see as far as the conclusion and when we can receive our recommendations from lafco staff. it would also be great to hear about finances. i know there was a budget hearing yesterday with a request to release monies from the reserve. it would be great to get an update with that in conjunction with the items on the agenda. i know we have a couple people here, one from marin, one from san joaquin. we look forward to hearing about your cca process. supervisor mirkarimi: this is going to work and beautifully. why don't we opened this up to public comment, as our process provides for. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will continue that item t

mr. torres, please. and feel free, colleagues, if you push the red button, i will be able to see you. >> thank you, mr. president, commissioners. i am disturbed by your testimony because, to me, it speaks volumes about a very unseemly nature of a corporate giant conducting itself in this matter. i have three questions i would like to ask directly. the pressure you have given us indicates customers who opt out may be prohibited by pg&e from re-entering the marine clean energy for three years. under what authority are the authorized to do that? >> this is a provision that pg&e requested be included a, cpuc mandate. it is referred to as switching rules. basically, there is a requirement after the statutory opt out period, if they choose to, they may not return to the program for a three-year period. >> this was a regulation passed by the public utilities commission? it will be overturned, obviously. >> yes. there are a lot of things. our position is that the three- year rule should be eliminated. many of our

mr. jensen. i believe commissioner torres will be present at that meeting.resident vietor: is there a motion to adopt? if you could express our appreciation, we would appreciate that. >> if there is another business item, this is the time to bring this up. president vietor: i would like to reschedule item 18 because we have a full agenda today. if there is no objection, i would like to do that so we can proceed with the rest of the agenda. hearing no objections, next item. >> items 7-10 will be called together. the public hearing to consider the adoption of the enterprises and bureaus under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission for fiscal year 2010, 2011, and 2012. a public hearing to consider the adoption of the 10-year capital plan for the water enterprise, waste water enterprise, and possible action to approve. public hearing to consider adoption of the san francisco public utilities commission for fiscal year 2011-12 through fiscal year 2020-21. motion to calendar a public hearing who on may 10 to consider the adoption of wholesale water ra

mr. chocolate, jacques torres joins me with some valentine's day treats and the taste of success. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on wall street. the very symbol of american capitalism is for sale, and it's likely to be acquired by a german company. the new york stock exchange is in advanced talks to be acquired by the deutsch borsa, the german new york stock exchange. it would be more than 60% owned by the foreign company, but the deal is still facing political and regulatory hurdles. the new york stock exchange began more than two centuries ago against a buttonwood tree in lower manhattan. the dow jones industrial average snapped an eight-day winning streak on thursday after setting two and a half year highs during the week. then rebounded on friday. at hearings on capitol hill, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke faced harsh questions from the budget house budget committee. mr. ber

mr. torres, mr. megan, mr. thomas, and mr. and mrs. batson. i know they are out there. i'm calling on the unemployed veterans to send me their resumes and stories to resumesfromveterans at mail.house.govt will not put you in consideration for a job, but it can keep the unemployed problem front and center here in washington. we need to do something, mr. speaker, so that all americans, veterans, and nonveterans alike have work. we can do so much better. i thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. hurt, for five minutes. mr. hurt: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the urgent need to cut government spending and reduce government debt. last year our president and congress failed to enact a budget. this fundamental failure of leadership put our country on a path of skyrocketing debt, growing deficits, and unacceptably high unemployment. this week the president submitted to this new congress a new budget proposal. instead of recognizing

mr. chocolate himself, jacques torres, whose delicate bonbons often come with a hefty price tag.this and spending $36 in this and walking into a grocery for and i'm getting a generic brand of holiday chocolates? >> other than the price? >> reporter: other than the price, yes, obviously. >> basically, we work hard on the concentration of flavor, we don't use any essential oil or flavoring. we use only the real thing. all the packaging, all the presentation. >> reporter: are you apologizing or are you expressing your love or a little bit of both? >> well, i have a lot of women in my life. >> reporter: so while our taste test produced mixed results, a lot of people seem to agree. to keep the missus happy, buy the expensive stuff. anybody who says, you know, it's a waste of money to go and spend a lot on these chocolates -- >> i think your honey will be happier if you give something nice. don't buy fake diamonds. buy real diamonds. don't buy fake chocolate. buy real chocolates. you know, that's basically the deal here. >> reporter: wow. >> so now -- >> reporter: dan, eat your heart o

my guest chef jacques torres, the man known as mr. chocolate.ach week keep it right here, where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody. i'll see you again next weekend. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes...