Board of Trustees
and
Planning and Budget Committee
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, March 12, 2015
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Citizen Hotel Sacramento
Metropolitan Terrace
926 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 447-2700

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Francisco Gomez at (415) 538-2170 or Chair, Heather Rosing at (619) 239-8131. Committee members are requested to notify the Committee Coordinator as early as possible in advance of the meeting if they wish to remove any item/s from the consent agenda.

Committee Members: Michael Colantuono, Terrance Flanigan, James Fox, Joanna Mendoza, Danette Meyers, David Pasternak.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Oral Report (5 mins.)
B. Treasurer's Report (Colantuono) (5mins.)
II. Consent
A. Financial Statement for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014; Investment Report for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014; Client Security Fund Report for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014 (MARCH 54-141)
II. Consent
Financial Statement for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014; Investment Report for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014; Client Security Fund Report for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014 (MARCH 54-141)
Attachments:
Financial Statement for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014Investment Report for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014Security Fund Report for the Fourth Quarter Ended December 31, 2014
B. Member Requests for Adjustment/Waiver of Fees and/or Penalties (MARCH 54-142)
II. Consent
Member Requests for Adjustment/Waiver of Fees and/or Penalties
Attachments:
Attachment A - Member Requests for Adjustment/Waiver of Fees and/or Penalties
III. Action
A. Strategic Planning - Goals & Objectives (Jacobowitz & Sphar) (35 mins.)
B. Cost Center Budgeting (Colantuono & Yee) (MARCH 143) (10 mins.)
III. Action
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C. Amended 2015 Budget and Spending Authority (MARCH 144) (Yee) (5 mins.)
III. Action
Amended 2015 Budget and Spending Authority
Attachments:
2014 - 2016 Proposed Final Budget
D. State Bar Reserve Policy (Rosing & Hawley) (MARCH 145) (10 mins.) WITHDRAWN
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Diversity in State Bar Contractors (W / Audit Committee) (Fox & Torres) (5 mins.)
B. Client Security Fund (CSF) Funding (CSF Chair Douglas Hartsough, member Etan Rosen & Lori Meloch) (10 mins.)
C. State Bar Management of Business Expense Accounts Policy (Hawley) (5 mins.)
IV. Discussion/Information
State Bar Management of Business Expense Accounts Policy
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - State Bar Travel & Expense Policy
V. Reports
None
Closed Session

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* Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(3) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding the negotiation of the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real property.