with a year, will there be some more is at all or nothing? >> i'm not sure. i will have to get back to you. supervisor wiener: that seems like knowing who owns what, that is very helpful, so i hope that can happen even sooner. >> i think it would make us all the happier. supervisor wiener: members of the public who wish to comment, if you could fill out the cards. supervisor olague: are any of these power through the solar energy? >> not at this time in our system. supervisor olague: i'm wondering if in terms of cost and efficiency of that something to

look at. >> all of our lights are powered by our source and it's a 100% renewal power source. it is our same house, same call. -- it is our hetch hetchy power. supervisor wiener: in terms of moving toward the pedestrian great lighting, have you been thinking about back as well? it takes a coordination to make sure we are all moving in one direction. can you talk a little bit about that? >> we may have some challenges their. our regulations are street power for the street and not

necessarily a pedestrian. we should look at how we can help the community here. >> it is a standardized process for the territory. we're looking at standardize tariffs that leaned more toward road lighting. one thing we have done is to try to work with staff to identify lights that better fit san francisco. it will be difficult to adopt that as our protocol because we have different cities with different protocols for lighting. >> what would be the impediment to having a different standard for the operation than elsewhere? >> it is a matter of efficiency. we're trying to identify the standards and something we

strive to do but giving -- given the planning we have to keep in cost and operational flexibility, trying to meet city needs. we have tried to identify which flights are being used by the city and steep -- see if they fit with our needs. >> you do have approximately half the lights in the city and it's an unequivocal goal of the san francisco to have pedestrian grade at lighting, so in terms of serving the needs of san francisco, i think it is critical that pg&e start moving toward pedestrian great lighting. what i would hate to see is having the puc acknowledge we should move in that direction and do it can to get there in

the long run and then have pg&e keep doing the mistake of the past i think it's really important that the goal of pedestrian great lighting be embraced in san francisco. i could understand if we were a tiny town -- you can't have every single town, but we're one of the largest cities in the san francisco. -- one of the markets with the largest lighting needs. i think it's important to embrace that. >> we are striving to meet the city's goals. i should clarify that all cities are required to be treated equal

as part of the code. to the extent we are offering a customized service, we would have to offer it to another city. our goal is to identify alighting styles and changes we can make to meet the better streets plan, but i'm not sure a formal approach would come immediately. is something we can work on. >> -- supervisor wiener: are you saying the code would prohibit pg&e from having infrastructure that fits san francisco's needs and it has to be one size fits all for the entire area? >> we are required to treat all cities equally. the offering of services to one see that's not offered to another might violate that code. >> --

supervisor wiener: i'm not asking for san francisco to get special treatment, but this is a place where on not a lot of people own cars and we have a lot of people walking on the sidewalk at all hours of day and night. it's different from suburban areas where i grew up where we did not have sidewalks. it's not about special treatment, it's about acknowledging the lighting needs of a particular location so that if there is any work that has to be done, i'm sure we can work together to get permission. is that something you would work for the city on? >> absolutely. supervisor wiener: any questions? thank you very much. we will now open the floor to

public comment. i have a free public comment cards. >> thank you for calling this hearing and i appreciate everyone for your presentation. i was frankly surprised to hear that in the fourth quarter of last year, the estimate of closing repairs was 2.6 days and a statement that pg&e is down to just seven days to make a repair. i think we are aware there was a terrible crime committed on fair oaks street. i'm with the fair oaks community coalition. on november 28, iphone 311 and

reported a street light out. they said they sent a crew to see you owned it and when i called the next day, i was told it was a pg&e poll and it would be repaired as soon as possible. 10 days later, the repair had still not been made and a vicious sexual assault was perpetrated by a man who grabbed a woman across 24th street under bright streetlights and then dragged her across the intersection to the darkness under that burned out light to attack her. when i called the next day to report what had happened, i was told there was no report of such a claim of an outage. i gave the no. i was given and was told that was incorrect.

i think attention must be paid to shortening the time for those repairs. supervisor wiener: next speaker. >> i'm a resident in the mission district and i have lived in san francisco three and a half years. that entire time i have been working to get street lighting improved to replace colliding with something more adequate. that is a designated biking lane and for the safety of the commuters as well. the number of lights and intensity of lights are

completely inadequate. the street lighting in that area, street lights are the primary source of elimination and it is completely inadequate. after about a year-and-a-half of effort, if i could put something on the screen here, the puc ordered pg&e -- the intensity of the lighting basically needed to be doubled to improve safety and that order on september 1, nothing happened. nothing has happened. this is a high crime area. this is a safety issue and residents deserve a safe street lighting. i have communicated back and forth with ontario and i was told that when pg&e decided to

upgrade the lighting, this street was not selected. i have to ask the question why and i have to ask the question who do we have to work with to have safe streets because this is completely inadequate. thank you. >> i am with the fair oaks community coalition. adding to what was said that earlier about the attack that happened in december, just this last weekend, we had another situation where an individual was accosted under a poorly lit situation two doors from my front door. to the extent that there is any thing we as citizens of san francisco can do to push forward this pedestrian lighting

program, that is what we want to put our efforts on. on our street, there is a conflict with trees and lights and pedestrian lighting is the way to deal with it. we like to express strong support for what you are doing and however we can help. supervisor wiener: thank you. and the other public comment? public comment is closed. i think you wanted to say something? >> i wanted to try to clarify our little bit. to our knowledge, we don't know what the process difficulty was but we actually received information from you, the day following the incident and when i had that information, we immediately dispatched a person to prepare that light.

we were not aware there was a light out. so i do want to try to clarify that. i work with residents quite often to identify suitable solutions. one of the issues was an issue of brightness and we determined that required an upgrade to the circuitry. there was a request that went to mta and came back to us and our understanding was the cost would be borne by the city unless we were to repair it as part of the replacement plan. we identified the ones with the most frequent burnout and tried to find a metric that was unbiased. we want to identify areas with

high crime and that is a priority as well but we do not have tremendous information about crimes happening in various districts. identifying the frequency of burnouts and operating that way -- supervisor wiener: i would like to thank everyone for coming out today. even though there are disagreements and different perspectives on things, in the end, we have a grouping of agencies and we are all responsible as a group for providing adequate lighting to the city. i know that both puc and pg&e are working hard for the city and i want to make sure we are continuing in that direction and

that we continue to improve response time continuously to reports of burnt out lights replacing some of the problem lights and that is a very short term and getting in the lights coded to improve the efficiency of repairs. but i 12 stress the importance of moving toward pedestrian grade at lighting. i know it's a long process and not something that can happen overnight. but in the long run, it can happen and it is frustrating when you see lights being replaced with inappropriate non- pedestrian grade alights and that's why in my conversations, i stressed we need to be constantly focused as the system

is being upgraded and replaced moving toward pedestrian grade lights, otherwise we will never get there. it has to be gradual and overtime, even if that means you have a mix of pedestrian grade and non-pedestrian grade. thank you for coming out today. this is the beginning of the conversation. can we continue this to the call of the chair? >> without objection, we will continue this to the call of the chair. thank you, everybody and thank you for your patience. i know this item was scheduled for last week. are there any other items in front of the committee today? >> with that, the committee is adjourned.

and the good morning, everyone is. welcome to san francisco. -- >> good morning, everyone. welcome to san francisco. i wanted to express my appreciation at being here at autodesk. not only do you have a great company here, but pretty soon, one of those models out there will be something like a three- dimensional arena for basketball or something like that.

that might happen very fast. i wanted to come here and start by thanking the u.s. high-speed rail association for their good work, their collaborative work for so many years in building a forum and getting so many players together to develop coalitions and consortiums for building a high-speed rail system in america, and thank you very much, the association, for hosting this conference in san francisco. when our city's economy is going again, and most importantly, we are adding jobs, and we are ready. for those of you that are new to san francisco, you should know that we are building the very first high-speed rail project in the united states. our transbay transit center, which will be completed in 2017. tomorrow, we move forward improving the transit center's district plan.

it is not just a multi modal transit center, but a comprehensive plan for the transit center to become part of our new downtown. san francisco is no longer a city that is afraid of growth. we have had those debates in the past, and we have gone through them, but we have embraced smart growth in the right places. around our voter-mandated terminus of high-speed rail is the right place for development. we spent years planning the extension of the california -- caltrain an extension of california real, and many of you in this room have been part of that, and now, it is time not only to get it done, but to get it done right because we have a lot to do. growth, all over the country, but particularly for me, growth must have been and must be done and must be done in a balanced

and equitable manner to achieve regional, environmental, economic goals. great land use and transportation together. the transit district plan we have, for example, will add 11 acres of new open space to the center of our city, including a five-acre elevated part. 4000 units of housing. 1400 of those units affordable. in addition to acting as the grand central of our west. the how of bringing high-speed rail to california is as important as the why. to provide economic vitality to california and to our cities. i would like to again thank the association for organizing this event. i would like to thank governor brown and the california high

speed rail authority for bringing forth a new business plan that really response to the earlier criticisms and sets us on the right track. in closing, i would like to thank president obama, leader pelosi, secretaries boxer and feinstein, as well as leader lahood for the commitment to public transit, creating jobs, and investing in san francisco. again, thank you this morning for being here, and let's get it done. appreciate it. [applause] >> tonight, we paid for the two teachers, especially those in

san francisco public schools who have made san francisco the top- performing urban school district in california. each day, thousands of teachers provide children with the skills to be successful in life, including learning how to analyze problems, appreciate the arts, and become active in sports. we all know how important teachers are. that is why the giants continue to participate in the annual thank a teacher today campaign, a month-long celebration of san francisco public school teachers. it happens each may and is a program of the san francisco education fund, the oldest nonprofit dedicated to supporting san francisco public schools. and now, let's give a warm welcome to mayor ed lee, sanders is a unified school district incoming superintendent, and the teacher of the month award winners who are joining us today.

mr. mayor. >> thank you. you are such a leader in our community. and thank you to the san francisco giants and all of you for supporting our teachers in san francisco. i want to thank the incoming superintendent. school board member hydra mendoza. the san francisco education fund. and all of our amazing sponsors for joining me tonight to honor the mayor's teacher of the month award winners. it is my pleasure to a knowledge and honor the dedication of our superb public school teachers in san francisco. the 10 teachers being honored here tonight are standing behind me and were nominated by parents, students, peers, and community members to understand the value of an excellent teacher. the 10 teachers standing here have exceeded all standards.

they have dedicated themselves to creating a classroom environment that fosters learning, diversity, and character development. these teachers are shaping this generation of youth into leaders who will create a better world. they have one of the most important jobs in america and this award is our symbol of our immense gratitude for all of their tireless work. in collaboration with the san francisco education fund, thank a teacher campaign, it is my privilege to present this month's -- this year's teacher of the month award winners. [applause] >> thank you, mayor lee. good evening, giants fans.

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, we are so proud to be standing here with our all-star lineup. some of the finest teachers in san francisco. can you give them a big, rousing round of applause? [applause] the educators you see here this evening touched thousands of lives every single day. they make it possible for san francisco to continue to be one of the most educated cities in the united states. we are proud to have them here this evening. we would like to thank mayor lee. we would like to thank our friends with the fund and also the san francisco giants for allowing us to show you our all- star team this evening. we also want to thank each and everyone of you for trusting your children to us every single

day. i can tell you with complete confidence that they are in very, very good hands. thank you on behalf of the 56,000 students in san francisco. thank you and congratulations to our all-star team, our teachers. >> thank you so much. how about a big round of applause as we celebrate our teachers tonight? [applause]