organizer for san francisco clean energy advocates we have so many things i can't remember the names i want to talk about one first on the drought actually i'll involved in the state effort to ban finally clear-cut logging and the culture vacation of open cultivation of rejectingly - and berkley is picking up the resolution recycle in san francisco last september berkley is doing it tonight very important to recognize in all the talk about the drought everybody or everything the governor and environmental groups nobody it talking about forests they're the reservoir of our water and they're important

an old mature forest that multiple and diverse with deep soil that is bianca active that kind of soil is a huge sperm for water and carbon dioxide it is a goiptd carbon filter and clear-cut practices are wiping out the soil base when you look at the trees and to keep off vegetation from growing all that has been cut out of the soil liquor our churning or growing a tree application the same thing you grow a corn fill it creates sedate television stations and half of the carbon gets released

into the air and also when you clear-cut it loaves the soil open to more sunlight and it gets rid of the snow pack it is important we not only pass the resolution in june but this agency start getting the rest of the state in this concept that number one water storage device is our natural fortes we need to declare a moratorium on cutting open clean sf we were disappointed i wouldn't be doing my job as an advocate we're a little bit disappoint on the 17th we feel in 11 days you guys would have had a vote we want to push to get launched right away. >> mr. brooks we like a

environment fromto time next speaker john. >> john sierra club thank you, commissioners i'll saturday with a compliment thank you for moving this project forward after all those years 11 years it is exist to be here right away u right now, i'm a little bit disappointed we are that holy to get the rates on in agenda we're not completely sad it is obtain on a few weeks we're supportive of this program and one thing that occurred to me was that this agency always had water and power as it's core principle and in the beginning that was the water driving the

power water creating the electricity and it is getting the other way around with with climate change and the drought where it is we're at nasa over 4 hundred parts per carbon in how many million years and the last 14 of our 15 years are the warmest years on record the reason that we have a less snow pack this year it rains rabd more than o more this this year it is n this grshl is effecting our water and the generation of the electricity in the water what we're about to embark as a city is part of the solution lowering our requirements for

green house gas production by creating green energy i pane it is not a slogan it is real if we can get the economy and the utilities out of the way the new technology and the software to control it this will help us with our water problem that will slow global warming and in the end in the long term will get us back to healthy water situation thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. ms. farmer. >> hello my name is adele i'm a long-term resident of san

francisco also i'm a member of 360 sf and an affiliate of the association i have been i've been a resident of san francisco for over 40 years and i've been very excited to have the option of clean energy on my electric bill but my hair as turned gray i urge you to accelerate if at all possible the prelims of green power so for this year rather than next year the problem of climate change is - the sooner that city and counties cities in the united states convert to

energy and stop burning the fossil fuel is better for the world we don't have 15 years or 31 years left we have to start doing it now this is a step in the right direction i urge you to accelerate that as much as possible thank you. >> thank you very much our next speaker jed. >> thank you very much commissioner president caen and commissioners jed the coordinated of 30dz san francisco want to thank staff again for coping us moving forward it is really great to be able to have kumbaya i can't moment with the chinese association and the sierra club and california nursing association and 10 to one and

harvey milk club and 350 and several elected the officials as well as members of the public just plotting san francisco's clean energy for the future and rallying ahead to that as mentions i think we need to keep moving forward expeditiously whatever we can and have rates that were approved and our staff was diligent to calendaring today for a 0 potential for those rates there's no reason for those not to be here it is relating transmittal value to wait two weeks as we're moving forward to make this program firing ahead on outline cylinder i think this timeline which we got in the february month to month some of the parts towards

the bottom half could use the flushing out it is about time to watching how those are implemented and moving forward on those cylinders as well ultimately we want to see clean up power sf a clean energy transformation and an implosion we want those jobs we don't want those jobs that be equally scheduled but the folks working in the fossil fuel economy are thought of intentionally and moved towards the new economy the question is how can we not leave folks behind i'm hopefully clean power forward and offer opportunity for people to create real jobs in the city

i also think this the important to have a stronger oversight body to make sure the community and communicated choice stays central what we see in marin and selma we have a board 80 that oversees the board paw fourth or figuring out a way to have strong oversight is key i'm hoping we move forward xoesh and hopefully, this will have cheaper cleaner powerthank you so much. >> next speaker david. >> david i'm a co-chair of the sierra club bay chapter and

climate committee i've since the the late 1950s i've been backpacking in the sierra back country and watching the glares shrink 3 unlawful years ago i visited new zealand and stand open the largest country glashs i was looking 3 hundred feet down to a lake of meltdown water no icebergs floating in it the person next to me said one hundred years ago i would have had to climb into

the glacier so the climate change is biting and it is biting right here with our water shortages as the man said the ground is the new green for the residents and it is effecting our farmers our food supply the having to pump more water from the wells our ground water is going dry so the clean sf our route to transitioning to clean energy

reducing the effects of climate change and create new jobs so let's get it started right away if i have my brothers read rates today. >> thank you for your comments at this time because i have so many speakers on this topic in a way it is like the preachers what's the expression preaching to the choir so i'm going to change our timing on the speakers i'm sorry but due to the fact we have so many speaker cards and have a full agenda i'm going to it two thoughts if you have euro thoughts been expressed we all feel the same way

so the. >> next speaker. >> is lee so madam secretary if you can change it to two minutes. >> thank you very much lee i'm here on behalf of harvey milk club lgbt democrat club i'm thanking for the progress we're at the harvey milk club are unanimously in support of implementing clean air sf and commit to make sure that the significant resources you know from our club are spent on making sure that happened we believe that environmental health is not just a human right but, in fact, a lgbt community we have a vulnerable community

with disproportion rates of employment and this is true both locally where the homeless population is accumulated of 31 percent of lgbt and definitely true global warming as well and when an vial catastrophe occurs and it will occur that vulnerable communities are hit the harder and the homeless lgbt brothers and sisters go for shelter in a crisis it is a chance to scale back the opportunity and navigation to equal access to a healthy environment rerecognize the equal assess to the thousands of jobs under clean power sf those jobs should be prioritized and formally incarcerated individuals and people that have

roadblock after roadblock it transformed the issues it's a transition issue i'll keep it belief we are existed about the stunt and will do everything to - you have our full support and encouragement thank you very much. >> i want to make a comment to you and your board i applaud and hope i speak for the board your comments related to the job component it is forward thinking thank you for you and your board for coming up with that angle thank you. >> do you want to say something. >> next speaker is zachary row. >> hello, i'm zachary row i'm a

san franciscan resident and a student at the university of the san francisco and involved with the sierra club i'm concerned about the future of our environment climate change negatively effects our future the degree of damage will be determined by the decisions we make now we can no longer for the record to wait that's why i'm here today and the reason i support clean power sf it has many positive aspects like job creation but in their opinion the most important aspect of the program is that state is the best thing that san francisco, california do to combat climate change for us the clean power sf setsz a standard for the rest of the country make san francisco a climate leader and place pressure upon other cities to adapt similar programs it's our

responsibility and duty and our duty to act ton climate now i urge the puc to support clean power sf thank you. >> we do support it the next speaker i can't pronounce her name. >> help me with our first name. >> thank you for all the work you do i'm the vice president of the political foyers for the harvey milk club also a executive member of the black leadership and the founder and director for the project called project shore first of all i want to echo what lee hefner said we're steel

clieftd been the economics stunt environmental justice initiative we're looking to be at the table and insuring that the implementation for this for the community and specifically where incarceration is involved and looking to organizations that provide job training and looking to them for their lead and how we make that connection we feel strolling to have our social justice and grateful for the opportunity to do so thank you >> thank you for you comments. >> next speaker amy watts. >> hi commissioners i'm amy the

founder and director emperor verses did care we have a mission to see yes in now backyard with the sustainable issues i got activated in neighborhoods development when the neighbors were pushing back again chase bank theirs would be the big investors in dirty energy instead of saying no to what we do want yes to what we want to begin and i've been kind of confused and a little bit upset mayor ed lee and the commission has stalled for so long in not moving forward with clean piefr u pour that's the past let's move forward how wonderful you're going to have the not to exceed rates i want to talk about in a positive way what's exciting

opportunity to do some enter disciplinary and might want development and balboa reservoir the port commission owns that land and giving it to the city for affordable housing what if we could integrate the needs of cc sf be the industry that is clean power that can be build spots planning of the new development and actually have a development of future i respected to the oceanside wastewater treatment you should go that is where shut happens their take thirty percent of the power that is actually from our human waste we can do better you've been talking about let's get xoifdz about the balboa park

water site and get existed about it. >> thank you very much. next speaker is tiffany watts. >> hi thank you for having me here and i just want to thank you for supporting in program but keep it as we move forward i hope that the community is involved and reflects the community of san francisco yeah that's all i want to say. >> good thank you. >> next speaker andy gill us. >> hi, i'm arnold's i'm a

resident of san francisco and occupy san francisco we still do exist i just want to focus briefly on what's the most important i know it's been said but bears roping that climate change is real it is happening now and not substantive 18 percent of the world climate scientists agree it's happen and if we don't act now we and our children are in for more catastrophic climate choose and many scientists say it's too late to do anything in a foreign army was aau massing troops we'd mobilize our resources to fight it i'll argue the current athlete is the most

desire and warranties a bold and immediate response to you urge the puc to move as quickly as possible to get clean power sf up and running to give the san franciscans the ability to fidget the climate choose san francisco is a trend setter for the rest of the state and world and pleasant and i urge the puc be encourages and to move forward with all haste to enact clean power sf so our children wouldn't say. >> huge treat is upon their future we sat on our hands. >> i'd like to add at this point, i have a number of speaker cards still we're in favor of this program with we've

set forward a timeline and agree so i will call the other speakers but if you're encouraging us to adopt the program we have and we're very much in favor so can i say that to my attorney over there laughter. >> yes mr. kelly. >> i want to point out the next commission meanwhile e meeting everyone thought we are that to soap not to exceed rates we'll do that at the next commission month to month i think that was people were accepting that's not the critical path it was the legislation that we working hard with the city attorney and still have to work with the board of supervisors and the bust so for us the lift the next commission meeting when we bring the noifdz

prices we went through the rate fairness we've said we have the lead on affordability those are the prices we felt pg&e would have we're all in a good position and on a path moving forward and trying to move forward as fast as possible and want to make sure we're successful. >> we're moving forward but it has to be done in the correct way and the correct method i'll continue to read the speakers names but if you feel that your tune is already been expressed please say so so the next speaker is - >> hi, i'm from the sierra

club i'm working on the program for our association as a young adult i'm concerned of the environment in the future and the future for generations to come cliepgs is real and shouldn't be ignored or it will be too late it will not only help us fidget climate change this creates thousands of green jobs we needed to push forward what the program and protect the environment for our community and future jagsdz thank you. >> the. >> next speaker. >> is the last name is - he had to leave okay

the. >> next speaker. >> is winn. >> hi, i'm gwen i'm the policy co-chair with the women's police committee we're in support of the energy of choice statistical climate change and disasters have the harder on women and artist therefore we urge to or you to move forward and set the not to exceed raised right away and make sure that women and other underrepresented people are represented through the program thank you. >> natalie fong. >> hi good afternoon sfpuc i'm natalie i graduated in vial

stooutdz studies from the university of san francisco as we're living in san francisco i want to know what is the energy reuse and a lay emphasis open the energy our future generations and myself let's make clean power sf our energy thank you. >> and last but not least here comes jess. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is is jess the conservatism manager important the sierra club i've been working on sf clean power for 2 1/2 years we dug up the petitions we've collected in favor of clean sf power we worked since 11 and 2 thousand plus handicap written letters

and preservations from san francisco resident through the m and board of supervisors please launch this program that are a lot of people that are existed for having a clean energy option in san francisco audio wanted to celebrate the community involvement i've not seen this many people come to the sf meetings to speak for cleaner sf power for a long time thank you and especially coming out in the middle of the day people take a long lunch to make sure that the leaders what we want to see out of the program i very much presenter our leadership and staff is city of chicago to the schedule but continue to hear from everybody what that he want to see community choice is a