. >> mrs. fong, could you explain about the $110 liability under the end reserve? >> sure. on page 11 we have a balance of unreserved fund balance of $109.8 million. for our organization, the transportation authority fund sponsors many of the capital projects with caltrans -- i'm sorry caltrain, with bart, with city departments such as m.t.a., b.p.w. -- d.p.w., and tjpa. all they are passioned through these sponsors, but the assets for building these projects are not an asset we book on the authority's books. instead what we have is $150 million commercial paper we issued back in 2004 to fund all these projects. as a result of that where we don't have the option to record these assets on our books, all these assets are recorded on the respondents' backs and leads to a negative number of $108 million. in c0r ands with the budget approved in june, we intend to -- in accordance with the budget approved in june, we will have a positive enough. supervisor mar: let's open up this up for public comment. seeing none, poub comment is closed. colleagues, can we move this forward with

if we do not send mr. fong to the planning department, we would traumatize it. he is a talented person. even though monique moyer said that he would only be there for two meetings as chair -- i know her pretty well. i do not know rodney fong all that well, but the port commission is broadcasted, so i follow the various moves over there. we need to have the best representation in san francisco on the commission's, and we do not need a small group of people who have the ear of the mayor or the san francisco democratic committee. cronyism, nepotism, just helping somebody does not help. having said that, i wish him the best. he is young, he has history, he is committed to this city. i am going to give him one piece of advice. speak your conscience, do right by the people. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. just for the public -- i have to take a short break. we will act on this item, but before we do that, we are going to take a short break and come back for the rest of the agenda. in terms of commissioner fong -- actually, supervisor alioto- pier? supervisor

mr. fong again and was threatened with arrest by somebody. >> justice alito, do you have a moment? >> he doesn't have a moment. he's leaving soon. >> justice alito! >> sir, if you keep following me, you're going to get arrested. >> i'm not following you. i'd just like to ask the justice a question. is it legal for him to attend political fund-raisers? >> when as churchill put it, politics are foul, so foul that at least two justices of the supreme court are in the political pocket of the republican party, the question of correction might take a back seat to escalation. in 2008, david brock attempted to start up a 527 group to do to john mccain what republican groups were doing to barack obama. the future president said, don't. the white house is reportedly now not saying don't. craig sergeant reported in his blog, this time the goal is a big-league 527 to try to push back against the karl rove money tree and the u.s. chamber of commerce. except his would observe partial donor transparency. dav

mr. druckmeir, ms. fong, ms. wizlick, ms. doubty, and mr. gordon. and i believe mr. jensen would like to wrap up. president vietor: if you can keep your comments to 2 minutes, that would be great. >> i would like to think the commission for this opportunity. our comments supplement a letter which submitted on november 5. i would like to start by thanking mr. ritchie. he has been a friendly face on the process. president vietor: you have to move over a little bit so you can speak into the microphone. >> is that better? we appreciate that the sfpuc has been engaging boscaa in this process. we serve users in fremont. over 25% of the demand is met by the hetch hetchy system. we understand where you're coming from and we see the need for it, and we agree fundamentally with the comments that agencies need to stay within their contractual limits. we established our limit in 1984 with the puc, now the isg, before the isa. since that time, through prudent and responsible planning, we took this as a limit not to be exceeded. we approved an irp and we decided not to increase im

mr. druckmeir, ms. fong, ms. wizlick, ms. doubty, and mr. gordon. and i believe mr. jensen would like to wrap up. president vietor: if you can keep your comments to 2 minutes, that would be great. >> i would like to think the commission for this opportunity. our comments supplement a letter which submitted on november 5. i would like to start by thanking mr. ritchie. he has been a friendly face on the process. president vietor: you have to move over a little bit so you can speak into the microphone. >> is that better? we appreciate that the sfpuc has been engaging boscaa in this process. we serve users in fremont. over 25% of the demand is met by the hetch hetchy system. we

mr. president. next, the president of the redevelopment agency commission. >> thank you. i am here to support rodney fong today, supervisors. the willingness to serve on these commissions -- that is a major kudo. the public should only go to the planning commission meetings to understand that. rodney fong is a small business leader. i sat with him at the business bureau, and he succeeded me as the chairman. he did a much better job than i did. he has contributed continually to the city through the better business bureau, and now the port commission. it would be a loss to the port commission, but a tremendous game for the planning commission. i look forward very much to working with a great professional like rodney fong. i support his appointment tremendously. thank you for your time. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. i am the acting director of the san francisco bicycle coalition on behalf of our members, urging you to support rodney fong and his appointment to the planning commission. i have had the good fortune to work with him both as a planning