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didn't reporting report on it today. >> that's correct. >> members and audience ze we have difference too the department and puc but we'll work with you and report back to the committee on the final recommendations on page 17 through 29 of our report. our recommended reductions total $4.5 milli $4.5 million in 2014 and one time savings those reductions allow a increase of 6 percent in the departments 2014-2015 budget our recommended reduction is for the total of reduction in 2015- 2016 and the recommend the reductions are ongoing savings and 55 thousand plus a one-time
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savings those allow an increase of 6.5 percent of one time savings excuse me. this allows an increase in the departments fiscal year 2015- 2016 as i stated we have significant differences but we'll report back next week >> thank you, mr. rose back to the puc. so cc aside mooibdz there's still disagreement with mr. roses suggestions >> yes. we in. >> fairness we owe them additional information we're in the middle of providing that and some will be transmitted over the next couple of days. >> we're not going to have a complete picture obviously we're going to talk about the calendar items later today but we don't have a complete picture of the
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puc today; is that correct. >> you have a complete picture of the proposed budget i think in fairness f to the budget analyst you have to see were there might be room for additional savings we owe them information and to mr. roses point and supervisor avalos point the list of items on slide 19 to the maintaining the puc reserve is whether or not you up size the revenue bond assumes so for the operating budget a has the rates that pay for the debt service or the cash fund it needs to be bond fund ars those 3 key parts and to first class it another way mr. rose to fully complete our recommendation go
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you don't have the information. >> we're more than prepared to remedy the recommended reductions right now to the board the department san diego's with us because of the departments disagreements they're ready now. >> okay. thank you mr. rose. >> colleagues do we have any questions for mr. rose or puc i know we'll be back? okay supervisor avalos any comments now we're going to move into the other departments >> i'll hold my comments and after public comment i'm going to motion that we table the items of the a o s o and other items related to the puc and actually, i don't mind it can
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you see me great pain to do that our puc is the most incredible educate we have with the city and county of san francisco i have traced to the water system and our amazing people the puc but we have not worked 90 out in a collaborative way for a budget we can live with interests been a effort to communicate with the mayor directly i haven't heard back i'm alarmed of the candid tender we have we will have a new budget to come before us and one we workout our differences and shared common interests to make sure we have water coming to the residents all over the bay area and electricity for the city and our great folks in the
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bay area as well i want to indicate that's y where i'm going thank you, colleagues. >> at this point why not move into the next department can we go back to our retirement system. >> again as we do we'll save public comment until all the departments go through we're going to have the next two shorter than the than the first one. >> i'm the executive director of the employees retirement system we were here last week and were in agreement with the reductions, however, a question from the department of real estate we're here and able to accept the recommended reductions that the budget and
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elective analysis office a has recommended. >> if no questions mr. rose our report. >> yes. mr. chair and members of the committee on page 5 of our report we report that our recommended reductions total one million dollars plus in 2014-2015 and 8 hundred plus are ongoing savings and one time savings those reductions allow an increase of 17 point percentage no our 2014-2015 and all of those are ongoing savings as i understand it the department testified concurred with our recommended deductions. >> colleagues, any comments
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from our staff or colleagues. we'll entertain a motion after public comment for our budget so with that, why not sdrishlg to our mta edward reiskin thank you for come back. >> good afternoon mr. chair, and members of the board we presented last week and happy to answer any questions. >> okay. colleagues any questions. >> thank you for being back. at this point we'll open up for public comment is there anyone who wishes to speak on the item? on items it through 4 please
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step forward and line up on this side of the wall so we understand how many people and be respectful let's start the clock >> dr. espanola jackson again, thank you for the two minutes. i've been smelling and me and my community in 1972 we voted for the extension of that sewage plant you don't get the smell we have daily city and the brisbane and oats presidio and 80 percent of the city sewage coming to bayview hunters point is don't go nowhere else and who's smelling that when it's hot you can't open our windows. beyond what you're arguments are
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about i know about capital a that's the reason we voted for the bond issue in order to get those passed and we haven't seen nothing. nothing. and you all want to talk talk talk talk why don't you say stop putting in the digesters in bayview hunters point they've got 5 or 6 oh, 10 because the old ones was cracked. and the stuff is running down the streets which were we're smelling it out there. i won't be able to eat like our eating now because you don't have to smell it it when you do something and start doing for the people in bayview hunters point with the smell that's going on out there that shouldn't happen no other willie brown lies to the folks saying
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in you support d and f i'm going to get the substantial plant out of your community willie brown t is lying it's got to go somewhere >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm you don't even speaking for the sierra club to the puc budget the essentially e sierra club supports both the go solar program as well as the go sf program we don't support of the rating of the go solar sf taking the funds and distributing everything else that's something the mayor shouldn't be doing the supervisors allocated those fund but we support full funding of
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go solar sf every year we fight for the funding and the funding is declining you can see the number of solar installs dropping with the program we think are their creative solutions and i know that time is needed to investigate those solutions to keep clean power sf funded by llsz to fund sf. we continue the item to get more information we would support that. so that's where we are it shouldn't be putting one good program after another supervisor breed said. thank you >> next speaker >> hello with bright line
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defense project there's a longer conversation that needs to be had and rate increases and capital improvements that need to be discussed before this board we're here to emphasize bright life project the local and the luminal and the industrial speakers are here there are a number of people to speak in favor of the solar could you please stand up for 0 moment. thank you. and with that, we're all here in strong support of the solar programs to reestablish from its previous down to $2 million up to 5 million we want to see this program fully funded it's fundamentally good policy force
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the first time we now have preliminary finding a national in what capacity looking into the benefits of the green house gases down achieved or the workforce development jobs that are created with the program and spurring the local committee through the go sf and good jobs for low income community and hope to see the program fully funded >> can i ask i strongly support thoughtful funding like was mentioned but to you support raiding of the geobond fund. >> at the end of the day there's needs to be a adjust of the levels that's that -
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>> could you be specific. i'm not sure of the exact number that needs to be achieved to make that happen. i know there's a separate discussion of the feasibility of merging with another c cf program that could inform the levels needed for the reserve >> thank you very much. next speaker. . >> hi aim roslyn jackson i have a lot of things to talk about. so as discussed the good solar sf has benefits to our community and this is the analysis of the data. so as of april 2014 there are over 10 megawatts support by go
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solar by more than 3 seven hundred customer services sites and more exciting an thirty percent of solar property was installed on single-family homes so other benefits are going to san franciscans who need it the most it's proven to be a strong economic engine for the city the mel waits has driven investment no our community. go solar sf has supported more than 4 hundred jobs and was this to be revictimized in our economy and underserved residents benefits for the workforce development piece of go solar sf the program has resulted in one hundred and 21 job placements for san
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franciscans. workers of color recommended the largest benefit 40 percent black and 22 percentage latino they will reduce the green house gas emissions helping to meet the city's climate goals and go solar helps with the market that's thrilled jobs and environmental benefits i want to applaud the 200 underserved members that benefit if the program >> thank you. next speaker, please >> my name is pam i'm the product of go solar sf program others programs required skills and resources that led me here without this program i did
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wouldn't have a job and recently have received a promotion. so when investing in programs like asian design i want to thank you >> is there anyone who wishes to speak on the item? >> good afternoon. i'm melissa i work to aluminum solar i heard the term environmentalist i understand working in the solar industry some people are not interested if this but others are willing to learn about it. we value this investment because of the impact of the decisions that could help the community. nearly 7 years ago to the day the city and county of san francisco accompanied footed the
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bill at 850 bryant and flash-forward to 4 years ago i was on parole living in drug entertainment and using city fund for my day to day health care and, yes, i heard in the neighborhood design i got accepted into the program. i knew there was a catch you didn't care i take the opportunity to do something. jean came to speak to the class i knew that was where i belong a ceo said we mattered for something important to all of us. i working very hard started as a junior solar analyst and it was made possibly to have employment i have a home working in a city that i love grown from an entry position to community
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engagement. and i finally figured out the catch it's my turn to give back. and now my turn. >> thank you for those great comments. >> next speaker. >> (clapping.) >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm nancy koffman i'm the member of the asian neighborhood design apprentices program this is important to the go solar san francisco is critical i come from a family of 8 i raised 8 children on my own this is not only for me but all >> thank you. next speaker, please (clapping.) i'd like to ask if people what withhold their applause.
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>> i'm a student for neighborhood design i exterminated with drugs and it lead me to incarceration in 2012 i decided for a change and with the help of the staff in the drug program i'm now a role model in my community i've also loved san francisco. like more californians it's observe our climate is in trouble we're here to represent this because the green jobs and go valor is important. the opportunity to do something positive is a great one and we welcome it with open arms i'm speaking for the class and others classes to come we're support of the mayor and the
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construction of go solar program thank you for your time >> (clapping) >> please would you do our applause. >> i'm in the asian neighborhood design program i'm in the drug treatment program as well. not only is the asian design a good program for me but also impacted any community when i go back to my community they want to get involved and my grandmother raised me my grandmother is in her 60s and my grandfather is in hits 60s this impacts my community and family but impacts the environment thank you for your time >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm hillary i'm a national
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provider in oakland scare we've worked with the go solar from the beginning it fits our vision for the sun in need in line we've partnered with san francisco programs to complete our installation here in the city. this local solar industry supports local jobs and wages and supports san francisco economy that is a great program and it's tripled its number of program and the capacity has been for single-family home and multiple family homes this helps the workers in san francisco. it works to meet it's one hundred percent solar energy goal this gives the industry the
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ability to hire the crews and reducing harm physical green house gas emissions here in san francisco >> thank you. next speaker, please >> good afternoon. i'm andy schwartz i'll keep my comments brief there's more folks who spoke eloquently we've a in san mateo the company employes 13 hundred folks employed in the bay area it supports the funding and this program is a driver in the area and it supports the objectives. the company has been involved a sense of the scale we have 4 hundred projects in san francisco or 1.3 megawatts that
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harassing have been supported through go sf for the market in san francisco and all the benefits in terms of the jobs we encourage timely funding for this project >> thank you. next speaker, please >> thank you. i'm walker we are on market street it's a national solar company and our roots in inform. because of the past san francisco's looirpdz we started out in an actinic now we're the largest tech employer. sun lands first officers in san francisco at the same time, we also look back at the workforce programs that solar sf has done and those models should be continued in the country.
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go solar sf is the beacon for the solar industry >> thank you. next speaker, please >> good afternoon. i'm a business with the labor 2 61 we represent over 5 thousand men and women with the arena and san mateo county we have many members in the program. could i please stand so those are some of our members here. thank you. thanks to alumni we're getting jobs in san francisco. behavior of the labor local 2 61 we strongly support for the next couple of years forego solar san francisco ask for your support
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two >> thank you, mr. flores. >> next speaker >> thank you, supervisors i'm jean cotter i want to acknowledge my colleagues bryan who's working on for the mason and billy hall and others. and the transition that a job with stability and benefits can have on a family and on a community. this is an important program since 2008 we have had a coalition that has stood strong in favor of go sf and environmental justice and economic justice, the reentry council, members and visits and people across a board spectrum
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of backgrounds are coming together to support a program that is actually having a huge impact in san francisco. no place else in the world am i aware of environmental justice activist aligning r with clean techs and construction folks and aligning with the sierra club to reach out and support folks to get them into jobs. i love what i do and the impact that i see. i love that i can work with a graduate of john o'connell and see him stay here and live in a city that he loves and works with other people to teach them how to do sloofr solar on an iconic building like mason that
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will benefit. i thank you for your continued support a program that's lasted since 2008 is increasing people's opportunity >> thank you so much ms. commissioner koster cotter. >> next speaker. >> gmgdz brooks represents the local grassroots organizations and stand in strong solidarity with all people let's flush out what's going on the tunnel revving they've sent professionals out to examine the tunnel and should know they were going to have a half billion dollars deficit in the tunnel sf puc dropped the ball. and the other thing to remind people is that all three of
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those things go solar sf and energy efficiency and the clean power sf both go solar and energy efficiency has been cut over and over implicit by mayor's office and by his sf puc and the mayor's office have repeatedly done everything in its power to undermine the clean sf program so this grab represents the mayors attempt to divide all the people in the room to fight for the same dollars it's classic and i'm here to tell you we're not divided we're in support of go solar sf and in support of clean power sf and strongly support supervisor avalos call to table the budget and force the pg&e
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manipulated mayor and the manipulated b.c. puc to the table to identify the money for all the programs to move forward together and not allowing a corrupt mayor to play us against each other >> next speaker and i'm jackie flynn. i'm here in support of my colleagues for the good solar program i feel it's not just a job placement program the brothers and sisters are here and it compliments our investments you see our businesses delivery and jeanine cotter has done a great effort to employ some of the people out he thought training programs that