Planning, Program Development & Budget
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 10, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Francisco Gomez at (415) 538-2170 or Chair, Patrick Kelly at (213) 443-5100. 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: Gwen Moore, Jeannine English, Gretchen Nelson, Alec Chang, Dennis Mangers, Craig Holden, Cheryl Hicks, Loren Kieve.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Call For Public Comment (1 minute)
Oral Report (6 minutes)
II. Consent
A. Financial Statements for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2012; Investment Report for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2012; Client Security Report for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2012 (Christine Wong) (MAY 54-141) (5 minutes)
II. Consent
Financial Statements for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2012; Investment Report for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2012; Client Security Report for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2012
III. Action
A. Audited Statement of Expenditures of Mandatory Membership Fees for Year End December 31, 2011 and Independent Auditor’s Report (formerly called Chargeable/Non-Chargeable) – proposed acceptance (Van Horn)(May 54-142) (5 minutes)
III. Action
Audited Statement of Expenditures of Mandatory Membership Fees for Year End December 31, 2011 and Independent Auditor’s Report
B. Financial Resolution (MAY 54-143) (5 minutes)
III. Action
Financial Resolution
Attachments:
Attachment A - Financial Resolution
C. Proposed Increase in Reimbursement Rate for Local Bars for Assigned Fee Arbitration or Mediation Cases (Doug Hull) (MAY 144) (10 minutes)
III. Action
Proposed Increase in Reimbursement Rate for Local Bars for Assigned Fee Arbitration or Mediation Cases
Attachments:
Attachment A - 144 MAY 12 Local Bar ReimbursementsAttachment B - 144 MAY 12 Local Bar ReimbursementsAttachment C - 144 MAY 12 Local Bar Reimbursements
D. Contract Policy Delegation Refinements (Dina Goldman) (MAY 145) (WITHDRAW)
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
A. SB 163 Update - Supreme Court Appointments (Babcock)(6 minutes)
V. Reports
SB 163 Update - Supreme Court Appointments - Board of Trustees Appointment Application
Closed Session

I. Consent
None
II. Action
None
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
None
* Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

** 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.