bloop enter int >> i'm sandra lee fewer, chair of this body, joined by commissioners gordon mar, matt haney, cynthia pollock, and shanti singh. i like to thank maya her man -- hernandez for broadcasting this meeting. do we have any announcements? >> to protect our commissioners, city employees, and the public,

city hall is closed. lafco members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this is pursuant to the various state and local orders and directives. commissioners will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda via telephone. both channel 26 and sfgov.org are streaming the number across the screen. you can call 415-655-0001, meetimee meeting id is (146) 354-7117, then pound and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you

will be muted and in listening mode only. press star 3 to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, and speak slowly and clearly and turn down your television or video. you can submit public comments by e-mails me, the lafco clerk or by u.s. mail. it will be forwarded to the members and included as part of the official file. madam clerk, that concludes my announcements. >> thank you very much madam clerk. can you please call item number two. >> item number two, approval of

lafco minutes from september 18, 2020, regular meeting. >> those who wish to provide public comment should call the number on your screen, meeting id146-354-7117. if you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. is there anyone in line waiting to speak on this item? >> madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. >> seeing that, public comment is now closed on item number two. i would like to make a motion to approve the lafco minutes for the regular meeting. can i have a second please. >> second. >> roll call vote please. >> item number two, vice chair pollock. >> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye.

>> commissioner mar. >> aye. >> chairperson fewer. >> aye. >> there are four ayes. >> thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item number three. >> community choice aggregation activities report. a, enrollment and service statistics, b, update on delinquency and bill assistance for low income customers. c, grant proposal to demonstrate a virtual power plant. d, power charge indifference adjustment. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comments. >> thank you very much. today we have barbara hale from sfpuc. the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. good morning commissioners, barbara hale presenting to you

today. i like to move to slide two please, where we're going to give a quick overview of the agenda that we're going to cover today. you can see as the commission secretary announced the items. let's move into enrollment and service statistics. slide four please. at complete community wide enrollment, cleanpowersf now has a little over 409,000 customer accounts. since launch, 3.9 percent of those customer accounts enrolled have opted out of the program. that is still a 96% retention rate, so we're happy with that. despite the challenges presented by covid, the upgrade rate has remained steady at 2%. finally, the receipt -- recent june 2020 enrollment is completed with a 1.2% opt out

rate, just for that individual enrollment. that gives you a sense of how the program is doing. slide five please. i like to move on to talk about delinquent sit and bill assistance for customers. it's a tough time for san franciscan s. we reported that the sfpuc adopted a bill credit for qualifying customers enrolled in the california alternative rates for energy and family electricity rate assistance program. that's a state program and federal program. these are bill assistance programs. we've adopted a bill credit for qualifying customers enrolled in these programs by the end of september. the proposed bill credit would cover an average electricity bill for a care or fera can you tells -- customer for one month.

it's being applied this month, october. it provides economic relief for these customers and an opportunity for us to promote enrollment in care and fera discount programs. we're excited about that because that provides qualifying customers with ongoing assistance, not just one time. it's at least a 20% discount on their energy bills. we taken this as a marketing moment, a leveraging moment, to make sure that if people qualify, they get themselves enrolled. slide seven please. at the last meeting, commissioner fewer, you asked for more information regarding account delink went sit by supervisor district. what you see on this slide summarizes delinquency data business supervisor district. we did a heat map where you can see the delinquencies are the highest in red and gradients down to green where they're

lowest. >> i don't think we're seeing that slide in front of us. >> that is slide seven and i believe they're managing the slides. it's showing on the sf tv screen. i'm not sure why you're not seeing it. >> we're seeing a different slide. >> i'm asking for slide seven please. there. i'm not managing the slide presentment. so now you're seeing the heat map presentation that i just mentioned. maybe we want to stay on that slide for a moment so you can absorb the content.

>> sure. >> just for folks who are listening in, that's the slide we're looking at or showing, so is that correct in supervisor haney's district there. >> that's what we're seeing, 51% for folks that are overdue on paying their bills up to 30 days. for 60 days, it drops down to 16%. then for district six, we're showing it drops down to 10%. so understand that what we're seeing here is an aging process,

right? you can be delinquent for 30 days but then cure it so you don't show it on the 60 day column here. that's why the percentage delinquent dropped overtime. you can see that we do a delinquent sit rate around 6% and as presented on this slide, that represents about a $2 million under collection for the program. the average delinquency of $101. thank you commissioner fewer for folks who aren't able to see the screen. i appreciate that reminder. >> thank you, please proceed. >> there's been an increase in enrollment in the care and fera

program within our cleanpowersf customer base. so prior to shelter-in-place for covid-19, which occurred in march, march 17th. we all remember that date. we had about 38,000 enrollments. that's about 10% of active cleanpowersf customer accounts. as of the end of september, our preliminary numbers show that our enrollment in those two bill assistance programs has increased to 50,660. that represents a 30% increase in enrollment in these programs since march. that's now representing about a 13% total of our customer accounts being enrolled in these programs. we're continuing to work with this data and we will provide financial results with our effort to get more folks enrolled at the november lafco meeting or i believe that's your next meeting.

so if we could move to slide nine then. i'm happy to share that since the last lafco meeting, our sfpuc staff collaborate with the department of environment to submit a grant. this is an application to the u.s. department of energy to develop a pilot, virtual power plant at affordable housing buildings that our customers of cleanpowersf. slide ten please. the u.s. department of energy grant opportunity is offering $1 million grant with total funding of 10 million available to fund projects that have the potential to significantly reduce energy and u.s. commercial or multifamily buildings. the department of energy was looking for projects that could demonstrate end use demand flexibility to improve power grid efficiencies and generate and dissimilate data on building technologies. the funding is available for up

to three years and grant applications were due september 28th. slide 11 please. the grant application we submitted would leverage hot water heat pumps and other integrated demand side measures across ten tenderloin neighborhoods, multiunit properties. so we're focusing on the multi-unit aspect of the department of energy's offerings. this new equipment would convert natural gas usage to electricity usage. we're hoping to do some de-carbonization and we'll also then allow the building managers to flexible respond to hourly price signals. to establish the price signals, the project team will develop a tool to determine the value of the electricity demand flex blth on buildings based on cleanpowersf avoided energy procurement cost. under the grant proposal, we will recruit flexible demand

aggregator, a third party capable of optimizing building energy demands and response to hourly signals. so the idea here is that a building could be dispatched, turned on and off. the energy consumption would increase and decrease based on pricing in the market, much like we procure energy in the market. we would be procuring demand reduction. so, let's move to slide 12 please. so through this grant application, we're trying to demonstrate the ability to decarbonize domestic hot water systems and verify the financial benefits of building electrification. we're proposing to create an avoided cost tool to determine the value of electricity demand flexibility. we'll then use the avoided cost

values to send a price signal to the building's energy manager to change the electricity usage in response to wholesale cost of electricity supply to provide that flexibility, the project would integrate distributed energy resources from multifamily buildings portfolios to a virtual power plant and analyze data collected from the operation of those resources to validate the virtual power plant's performance. so ultimately this project will assess the viability of cost pricing to promote distributed energy resources as a substitute for supply side resources. slide 13 please. here is the projected, the project's expected schedule. we're expecting to hear back from the department of energy on the application in january of 2021. assuming we are awarded a grant, we anticipate contract

negotiations and executions during the first quarter of 2021 and then we move on to phase one of the project, commencing in the second quarter of 2021. during this market assessment and technology installation phase, we will identify existing tenderloin neighborhood development corporation sites with appropriate energy aspects to include in the program. we will install heat pumps, measure and verify the greenhouse gas savings in the parenting buildings, created the avoided cost tool i talked about and procure the flexibility demand aggregator. phase two, which will focus on the program implementation is expected to commence in 2022 and run through 2023. this work will include calculation of the demand flexibility savings for all the buildings, create a pool of

non-participant comparison groups, so we have something to benchmark against, set up and manage automated meter infrastructure to facilitate the data transfer, and calculate our ongoing demand flexibility savings and the payment for ongoing demand flexibility. finally in phase three, occurring in the first quarter of 2024, we'll focus on project analysis andy sim -- and desimulation of results and findings. now power charge and difference adjustments. are there any questions about the virtual power plant? >> any comments or questions from my colleagues? seeing no one in the queue, please proceed. >> thank you, thank you. so shifting gears. at the last meeting, excuse me, our director mike hines, deputy

director for cleanpowersf presented an overview and updated the commission on the power charge indifference adjustment. this is the exit fee all of our customers pay. we have a couple updates for you this week. slide 15 please. first, i want to recognize that at the last meeting, a group of administrators have coordinated to prepare a letter for elected officials representing their communities. to voice the concern about the pcia to the california puc commissioners regarding the pcia price volatility and high costs and how they're harming all electricity customers in the state, i want to thank lafco commissioners for your support of this letter, which was sent to the california puc on september 24th and featured the signatures of 99 elected officials representing energy programs. those signatures included mayor

london breed and all 11 members of the san francisco board of supervisors. they asked them to implement common sense fixes to increase transparency by adopting new rules to allocate resources to retail sellers whose customers pay for them and encourage better management of utilities portfolios and give consumers more information about what the fees pay for. so thank you very much for your support for that letter. finally, if we'll move to slide 16 please. on september 28, pg&e filed an application seeking to recover a $252 million, in the indifference adjustment. pg&e is proposing to collect this money over a 12 month

period, starting in 2021. if that request is approved by the california p.u.c., then the pcia is expected to rise by a total of 1 cent per kilo watt hour in 2021. we're working with other community choice programs to request a longer collection period of 36 months to reduce the impact on rate payers in 2021. while this request will not address the underlying causes of the problem with the pcia, those issues will need to be addressed through new rules requiring better management of the electrical corporation, the portfolio. it will provide important near term rate relief to cleanpowersf and other community choice aggregation customers. that could have a significant impact on program participation.

with that, i think that's my final slide if you will advance. i'll be happy to take any questions. >> thank you ms. hale. any questions or comments from my colleagues at all? seeing none, let's open this up for public comment please. >> okay, thank you madam chair. members of the public who wish to speak on this item press star 3 now to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate that you raised your hand. please wait until you have been unmuted and then you can begin your comments. operations, is there anyone in line to provide public comment on this item? madam chair -- >> yes madam chair -- >> how many people are in the queue? >> we currently have two people in line.

>> okay. i see that the advocates are asking to extend public comments to three minutes for all items. since we have on average two speakers for public comment on each item, i think i will grant that today. so please set the time for three minutes for each public speaker and we can start public comment now on item number three only. thank you. >> okay. thank you madam chair. can you send the first caller through please. >> hello commissioners, can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> okay, good. eric brooks, california for energy choice and san francisco clean energy advocate. on the pcia fee, i mean it's

great that we're asking for an extension on how long that's to be paid off, but really we got to get more -- the cities that are community choice cities need to go at war with the california public utilities on this. if we don't, then they're going to keep doing this to us until our community choice programs are dead. so we got to really declare war and cities need to get organized and do something about this so that it can't continue. this charge is unnecessary. it's been in place for decades and it's time to phase it out completely. very importantly, on the grant proposal from the federal government, i think that sounds like it's going to be. >> worthy program and it's very useful. it will give us great data, but i also think it's really important that we not get trap in the verbiage that the federal government is giving us that this is a "virtual power plant"

demonstration. a virtual power plant, when advocates talk about virtual power plants, what we're talking about is building renewable, demand response, efficiency, and other things as described in the grant proposal so that together all these things in an entire region completely fulfill the electricity needs of the community in such that they don't need fossil fuel power plants anymore. it's like you have a 24 hour power plant on seven days a week. that's a virtual power plant. i want to make sure we don't get off on the wrong foot with this presentation, on this worthy grant proposal and call that a virtual power plant when it isn't one. so i just want to make sure to put that clarification forward. those are my comments. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. can you please put the next

caller through. >> thank you very much. [inaudible] >> i want to thank you for the presentation and thank chair fewer for the allocation of time. sometimes it's very useful, which is why we ask for it, but i will not use it on this item. i really just want to say you know, my major point is that the pcia fee going up the way it has in the last five years is normal business, like what we've been seeing nationally over the last several years with legislation restricting voting. it's normal democracy. it's something that should be called out and stop being treated as business as usual. to that end, i guess i would say that the normal process is sending a couple lobbyist to handle things at the sfpuc is

probably not a winning strategy. i would base that on us getting rolled many years now as you saw from mr. hines presenting the pcia shipping money out of the city that was presented at your last meeting. so what i would suggest is that the city pursue a legislative fix. the senator is really good on energy and pcia issues. he is very familiar with the pcia. we pursue a legislative fix that forces them to do xy or z, rather than engaging in their regulatory process. we have been dealing with this problem for years. it's not getting any better. we acted in good faith. i trust that the government affairs folks have acted in good faith.

pg&e has not. i guess to eric's term, i think it is time that we dial up the confrontational antagonism on this particular item. we as the city and county cannot afford -- i mean we're talking about care and fera expansion while we're shipping tens of millions of dollars out of the city every year. we can't afford to keep doing this. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. does that complete the queue? >> madam chair, that completes the queue. >> okay, public comment is now closed on item number three. let's move on then, there is no action needed on this item. madam clerk, can you please call item number four. >> item number four, renewable energy consultant update. a, cleanpowersf integrated resource plan response update. b, northern california cca

benchmarking report. c, upcoming tasks. meeting id146-354-7117, then pound and pound again. if you haven't done so, please press star three to line up to speak. a system prompt will have indicate you raised your hand. please wait until public comment is called and the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comments. >> thank you very much. today we have with us jenny whitson and nicole amweg. the floor is yours. >> thank you and good morning commissioners. this is jenny whitson and i will be presenting some renewable energy consultant updates. so will i be sharing my screen or will you be sharing the slides? perfect, okay.

okay, next slide. so today we'll be giving you an update on the cleanpowersf i.r.p. responses following the last regular monthly meeting for lafco in september. i will also be presenting the northern california benchmarking exercise we performed last month and then we will be describing our upcoming tasks. next slide. so for the 2020i.r.p. review that we performed and provided a presentation last month, since then we had met with the executive officer of lafco and cleanpowersf staff as well to discuss some of the comments that we provided in our recommendations to provided additional clarification to their staff, as well as reviewing some of their comments that they provided back, that we provided to the commission. they also provided a written response on october 8th that we reviewed and addressed as well in our recent memo, also issued

on october 8th to the commission. that's really in response to our formal feedback that we submitted to cleanpowersf staff and sfpuc on august 21st to our original memo when we provided our preliminary feedback. next slide. so, we wanted to provide an update since the last lafco meeting we presented, this slide. cleanpowersf provided a few clarifications to the graphics on their website and some of these tables listed in the i.f.p. i wanted to highlight that the green percentages under existing projects, as well as the overall portfolio with the preferred case has been updated. so 10% of cleanpowersf existing projects are locate in the local bay area and out of the new projects presented, 24% which hasn't changed, will be located

in that area. when you combine the two of those and their new projects, 12% of cleanpowersf's total portfolio will be located in the bay area. we want to note that because it's the nature of power purchase agreement and the term va varying, the percentages will fluctuate over the years. next slide. so, we did provide some specific follow up in guidance regarding reliability and resiliency to the cleanpowersf team. we discussed some different strategies, such as providing some best practices that other ccas are incorporating into their solicitation process and we also suggested that cleanpowersf provide some requirements in their solicitation process that involve resiliency framework and some scoring for any proposed project that they are

considering. we also talked about some innovative solutions for pilot projects, which ms. hale just presented on, which we're really excited to hear about. we also talked about power, the public safety power shutoff events and how they're not currently impacting san francisco, however, cleanpowersf will develop a communication protocol if they do impact any of their energy supply systems or assets. we talked about that at length. as well, they did provide something that we wanted to highlight to the commissioners regarding the pg&e wholesale distribution tariff, which they highlighted to us. so this is filed september 15th and if passed, it could prevent barriers to distribute resourcing a allegation and distributed storage. so that could present some challenges that staff is monitoring coming up. next slide please. so under our cost analysis

comments, the rate analysis value presented a cost for repairs. they con i remember if -- confirmed their rates are required to be between 1% of the generation rates. they did include the investment tax credit. sfpuc staff are exploring how they can implement the self generation program within san francisco and support participation by cleanpowersf customers, so that was one of our recommendations that they look into further. next slide. so under the cleanpowersf program, cleanpowersf we requested a timeline of the programs and their rollout of how they plan to be developed and implemented to clarify when they will be available for

customers. so, they did clarify in their memo that the applications for the disadvantaged communities is submitted by january 1, 2021. they estimate the approval will take approximately six months. so we'll keep the lafco commission updated as that progress progresses, as well as cleanpowersf equity working group is developing an equity framework which has been discussed in previous meetings. they said that will be integrated into all aspects of cleanpowersf operations. we saw in our benchmarking that a lot of cities across california have equity frameworks in place and they're currently developing them as well. next slide. so the cleanpowersf and lafco executive officers, the teams

have accepted our collaboration in the last few weeks. we requested a 12 month look ahead from their staff to help better understand the key milestones coming down the pipeline and help us align our tasks and activities that we perform as renewable energy consultants and cleanpowersf is going to add mr. goebel to their public bid notification for requests for offers and r.s.p.s. so he will be notified and our team will be notified at the same time when those solicitations are issued. we also talked about implementing a file sharing platform to have better access to reports scheduled and other key documents, to share between cleanpowersf staff and lafco. that way we can definitely see what's coming down the pipeline and reduce the amount of attachments to e-mails and whatnot. so we're exploring how the i.t.

team can implement that for lafco. with that, i'm going to hand it off to my colleague nicole to explain benchmarking. >> excuse me, if i could interrupt you for a moment. barbara hale has her hand up to speak. did you want to add something? >> thank you commissioner fewer. i wanted to note that i believe on slide 13, you have a typo. you're talking about the effect of pg&e's request to modify a wholesale distribution tariff. i think you used the frame that it prevents barriers and it actually presents, not prevents. so that was a key issue that i wanted to make sure the commission understood that filing by pg&e is problematic for the city. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for

bringing that to our attention. you may continue. >> thank you ms. hale for that clarification and we'll double check the memo we received because we may need to clarify that to cleanpowersf staff. nicole, would you like to present the benchmarking? >> yes, thank you jenny. again, i'm nicole amweg. i want to thank you for your time and letting us present our findings with regards to benchmarking this morning. next slide. so to jump in, our team compared cleanpowersf with their counterparts within the same reason with the clean energy option program. it provides a show of context and status of cca in northern california and can be used to identify gaps in order to achieve a competitive advantage over pg&e.

please note that this information presented is aware of where the ccas are currently. next slide. so we bench march cleanpowersf to five others that we felt were most relevant, including marine clean energy, sonoma clean power, et cetera. they thought it's most important to compare against the same investor company, pg&e. we thought it would be good to have a baseline to compare apples to apples. so these are the key ones we decided to benchmark. so we captured cca's launch years. if you look at the top row of the table, you see 2010 through

2019. please note that mce is the first cca in california and the newest being san jose clean energy with the average launch year 2015. you see the number of rate payers listed. the number is approximately 375,000 and cleanpowersf is at 380,000. the number of programs in place with another kpi and you will see the average number is 11. we benchmarked a number of staff, and the average being 34. the existing portfolio size, cleanpowersf at 508 megawatts. we have east bay community at 550. and we have san jose at 1,000. and peninsula clean energy at

400 megawatts. so note that the total only reflects the long-term serving their customers and the average is 738 megawatts. so the average customer enrollment can be proportionate to each other. next slide. so clean power is on par compare to the northern california cca with the programs offered to customers or in development. we have current staff size and the portfolio size is based on customer sizing usage. the average is 738 megawatts as state in the previous slide. cleanpowersf is at 508 megawatts and growing. each cca aims to match consumption and customer usage. so although cleanpowersf has a large number of customer accounts, a substantial portion of the energy and demand not

captured under the cca is the energy consumption from the city and county's buildings. next slide. so an effort to compare and pair up the current 2020 joint rate mailer to illustrate the various options offered to the residential customers. this compared the ccas and included pg&e for comparison. the total electricity cost include generation costs and pg&e generation delivery of power, the franchise fee surcharge. so the details in this table show each cca's renewable energy mix, the free content and electricity rate. on this table, you'll see that east bay community energy and marin offer three pricing tiers.

so the only ones that benchmarked that offer a renewable energy option. so for mce, the local is limited to 300 customers and it promotes the clean economy. mce eeshgs local option enforces solar energy within that service territory with their program. so evergreen options, it utilizes solar by day and geothermal by night. so the four projects are enrolled in their program.

>> so are we having a technical difficulty? >> i'll pick up where she left off. she may have internet connections issues. so there are different local opti options. so basically they're able to use solar by day and geothermal by night. >> commissioner pollock has her hand up, do you have a question about this or comment? >> yes, i was just noticing the different programs available. do we have the opt in rates for

evergreen, eco 100, do you know? do you know what their rates are for their 100% renewable product? >> that information is not as publicly available for each. some do advertise that and cleanpowersf does a good job in describing that publicly. we're not able to find all that information out from each of the ccas. >> would that be available with something like a sunshine request or maybe if it's publicly available or not publicly posted? >> we can definitely request that and follow up. we did want to point out that

the clean energy program, it's capped at 300 customers. so for that one, that would be easier to get. we will track down that information for you. >> and i'm more interested in their green rates, just to compare to the super green option, which is to be low here. >> okay. >> thank you. >> sure. next slide. >> hi there jenny, i'm back on. i apologize. let me jump in here. thank you for your time and patience here. so for this slide, here we wanted to point out cca similarities which include pg&e delivery rates and the total cost of electricity rates. our research shows that cleanpowersf exceeds other northern california ccas by offering free content for their first tier, which is the green

option, at 96%. one question raise second-degree that the cleanpowersf rate is higher than pg&e's total electricity rate, which they're comparable second tier. this makes cleanpowersf super green higher than pg&e's comparable option which is a bulk 100% clean energy mix. so san jose clean energy and peninsula clean energy were more competitive to pg&e's solar choice rate. so next slide please. so northern california's cca offers an average of 11 out of 31 programs, based on the tracks or what they track. the cleanpowersf has 6 active programs, 7 more programs in development, 2 focused on

disadvantaged community programs, which is administered by p.u.c. cleanpowersf submit add grant application a virtual power plant. it's similar to east bay clean energy, who is currently working with the solar company sun run to deploy. so, next slide please. some potential programs that are applicable to cleanpowersf that other ccas offer include the battery storage incentive, free e.v. charging equipment, and energy resiliency audit programs. m.c.e.s help customers apply for the incentive program, which is administered by the p.u.c. and it covers 35% to 100% cost to purchase the system. customers pay up front for 50% of the charge or cost and once

installed, sonoma clean power reimburses the customer. mce is even including the resiliency criteria for disadvantaged and low income communities and gaap cost coverage. our memo goes into more details on this program. with that, i'm going to pass it off to jenny and she'll finish this up. >> thanks nicole. so in general we wanted to summarize on the next slide. what we found when we were benchmarking and looking into all our research is that most of the ccas do have a little more information and accessibility on their web based content such as their profiles. there are several meeting notes and information regarding different committees and add

hock committees that they have posted publicly available, as well as planning and recording documents such as strategic plans, annual impact reports and other ways to communicate status. also, they provide information such as power notifications and important dates. that's something we saw the theme across the board and lot of this information may be posted on the website because of the nature of these, but we believe there could be more information posted on cleanpowersf's website. next slide. to wrap up, we just wanted to report out what we'll be working on in the next few months. so following this meeting, we will follow up on any action items and look at the opt out rate for our next benchmarking exercise in six months, as well as next month we plan on

providing feedback to the commission on the local renewable energy report. with that, we would like to open it up for questions. >> thank you very much commissioner pollock? >> i just wanted to clarify that the request that i made was an opt in rate instead of an opt out rate. so opting into 100% renewable. >> thank you very much. any comments or questions from commissioners? i have one, i am wondering are we doing any sort of analysis around our procurement and the measures that we require when we're procuring renewable energy, do we give any extra points to companies that actually institute community benefit? we heard about a new green economy and how this economy can help us bridge the wealth gap. so i'm wondering if any ccas

actually, and when they're procuring renewable energy, if they're looking at companies that actually invest in these types of programs to do training or looking at local hire, those types of things. >> i will say that when we were looking at different ones on other cca websites, there were some requirements or preferred recommendations that they would like those things to be considered. i do not know exactly off the top of my head if they're adding additional points or how those are weighted. we can look into that. if ms. hale wants to provide any feedback on what cleanpowersf is actively doing, that would be great. >> i think as consumption grows and we will procure more renewable energy and since we're looking at 12% is generated within the bay area, if we had a

local hire measure, something that would be a more desirable, you know, aspect of when we use our procurement dollars for a greater good or to bridge also sort of what we believe in san francisco values and also i think the board of supervisors. so i think that would be super helpful. let's hear from any other commissioners. seeing none, can we open this up for public comment please? >> yes madam chair. operations is checking to see if we have any callers in the queue. please let us know if any callers are ready. if you haven't done so, please press star 3 to be added. for those on hold, please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. is there anyone in line? >> yes, i have two callers in the queue. i will queue the first caller. >> madam chair, are we still doing three minute?

>> yes, please. thank you madam clerk. >> hello again commissioners, eric brooks. thank you for the presentation. i want to preface this bay -- by saying we think you're doing great work. it's great that you're communicating with the sfpuc and you will be reporting back on creating that great communication with lafco, but also do include in your report back the interactions you had with advocates in the community and how you are responding to their recommendations and questions. then i want to reiterate what i said previously, which is that the small grant programs are not really virtual power plants and we need to be careful not to call them that. we need a real region wide

website that will fuel us completely without energy coming out of the city. so that gets me to what i want to emphasize. so i think so many are hoping that the democrats win the presidential election this november and it's looking positive for that to happen. however, we have to remember that both joe biden and his vice presidential running mate kamala harris has said emphatically we will not ban fracking. that is the last red flag that the planet needs that the federal government of the united states is not going to solve the climate crisis problem and that it is on us in our local communities to do it. that means we need benner to get a virtual power plant plan on

the table with an r.f.p. next year so the board can vote for it and pass it next year. the federal government is out to lunch on this, regardless of who becomes the next president. we have to get this underway next year. we can't wait any longer to get this plan on the table and get it voted on by the board of supervisors. thank you. >> thank you for your comment. may we have the next speaker? >> thank you very much. i just want to also thank benner for the work and there are good items here that we have never thought of and good items that we have been thinking for a long time. it's good to see them all. looking at extending program operations is an important priority for 350 bay area. we would like all of them to be

the best they can be. i appreciate taking a systemic look antidotally we're familiar with programs in silicon clean energy, which is not include in the benchmarking. hopefully that could be included for the next one because they are a great program in the region. you know, there are a lot of programs there or several programs in the other jurisdictions that we would love to see come to san francisco. we're excited to hear that there are programs being looked at, although i'm unclear what the seven new programs that sfpuc are looking to expand are. i look forward into maximizing the use. i saw presentations in other agencies on the many categories of energy users that are actually eligible. it's much bigger than i thought and we really should be doing what mce is doing in helping

customers take full advantage of the pool of money they took from us in the first place. lastly, i do want to back up eric on the virtual power plant in a slightly different angle. i work with a lot of different agencies at the regional level. i'm trying to get rules passed and ordinances adocumented and things like that. i think the timeframe on this grant and this pilot project implementation shows the need to supervise our ambitions. separately from we have to do this argument that eric is making, i want to point out that this pilot project, the timeframe is ending in 2024. we talked about 2030, which those who are not climate exp t experts, but since 1990. they talked about 2030 was far away and we would have jet packs

by then. now we're almost reaching 2030 with some of our regulations that we're putting online at certain agencies and the project won't come on board until 2024. in order for us to meet our 2030 goals, we have to stop the small ball. we have been talking about small balls since the '90s. i think we're seeing a bit of a disconnect. in a relative fashion, it's comple complete completely different with the scale of the problem, so i think that we really need to take -- >> your three minutes is up. madam chair, i believe that completes the queue. >> thank you very much. seeing no one else in the queue, i like to -- oh, there is no

action needed. at this time, i see that commissioner mar must leave us. i like to make a motion to excuse commissioner mar. could i have a second please? >> second. >> thank you very much commissioner haney. can i have a roll call vote on excusing commissioner mar. >> vice chair cruz pollock. >> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> chairperson fewer. >> aye. >> there are three ayes. >> thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item number five. >> item number five, a presentation and update on the findings of a lafco commissioned survey of food delivery workers in san francisco.

the meeting id is 146-354-7117 and then press pound and pound again. please dial star three to line up to speak and the system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please remain on hold until the system indicates you have been unmuted when the public comment is called. >> thank you very much. madam clerk, today we have our executive officer bryan goebel and chris benner. >> thank you madam chair and commissioners. we released the findings of at base delivery workers in san francisco and professor benner is here with the presentation. combined with the bigger representative survey that was released in may and the online covid survey, this new survey being released today provides a better snapshot of this vulnerable workforce. we are seeking additional funds

to expand the survey, but looking ahead, the future research and surveys that lafco commissions will depend on proposition 22. that measure backed by the companies would keep at base workers as independent contractors and restrict local regulations, including some of the recommendations that we presented to you back in may. the first of its kind representative survey that benner and his team released in may is proving to be a useful data point to help voters make a proposition about 22. it's linked in the guide and was cited in an editorial this week and has been cited in a number of media publications. i just want to commend the survey team for all their work on this new survey and thank our funders, the san francisco foundation, the ford foundation, the chavez family foundation.

with that, i would like to pass it over to professor benner for his presentation. >> thank you so much. can you see the presentation okay? >> we are not seeing a presentation yet. >> do we have a copy of the presentation we can assist with? >> we do not have a copy of this

one. >> there it goes. >> can you see it now? >> i can see it on my screen. >> oh, i'm sorry. i cannot see it on mine. >> could mr. benner possibly e-mail it to us? >> i think i see it now. >> it says cover title on demand an on the edge. >> yes, in blue, right? >> wonderful. my apologies for the technical glitch there. >> no problem. >> well, thank you once again for the opportunity to present this updated data as mr. goebel indicated this is an ongoing collaboration with jobs with justice san francisco, the job with justice education fund, working closely with mr. goebel's office to understand the employment practices of on

demand mobility workers in san francisco using this representative selection process. as you know, we had to stop the survey when covid eresuupted ine spring before we were able to get a sufficient sample size to compare practices of individual companies. so we were presenting broad patterns between ride hailing drivers and delivery drivers. since the pandemic, the number of delivery drivers have spiked. there had been an increase in employment. so what we wanted to do was to really focus on those delivery drivers. one of the questions that we also had was about whether it was possible to do an effective survey in the midst of a pandemic and to do it safely. so just as a reminder, what our methodology does is not a representative sample of all people that have done this work on some level. our focus is what's the workforce required for these

companies to provide this service in san francisco? so it's a representative sample of the work being done, not of all work. this is an important point because the companies themselves like to stress that when you look at everyone that does some of this work, there are many who do it intermittently, very part time. the services they provide actually depend on people who are doing this work as their primary means of income and mostly full time. i'll show you some of those statistics again from this particular workforce. so the study was conducted during the summer. we really wanted to ask a couple of methodological questions of could it be done safely and what kind of response rate would we get. then to get more indications of during the pandemic, what is similar and what might have shifted from our previous survey findings that were back in

february. one of the things that we were tremendously pleased by is that our response rates, which for these delivery drivers were about 15% back in the previous survey, were closer to 80%. you can see the figure there is. 81% for door dash, 79% for amazon fresh. you know, part of that points to the increasing skills of our survey takers who were employed with jobs for justice in how to text ahead of time to the delivery drivers to expect that a survey would be coming so they would be prepared and tell them more about the purpose of it. of course when people are delivering, they have a very short period of time. so to be able to let them know ahead of time that we would be asking them to complete the survey helped. so we also shortened the survey dramatically so it a shorter period of time. all the surveys were done with masks, appropriate social

distancing and health precautions. so we feel good that it was done safely. i'll just mention as i go ahead and present some of these results, you will see some charts in which we look at the responses from individual apps. we looked particularly at these three, door dash, instacart and amazon fresh. because these sample sizes are small, the differences between apps are not significantly significant. so we wanted to present how a fuller survey may reveal in our efforts to get additional funding for those specific company practices. so under the survey findings, again, tremendously diverse workforce with predominately people of color. about 75% people of color, and in our findings in the summer,

36% are immigrants, foreign born, and slightly less than the pre-covid era. i think that raises an important question of what are the challenges to immigrants retaining employment during the pandemic. still a predominately male workforce. we do see some signs that there are more women in grocery delivery working for instacart. i'll show you that chart in just a second. a higher percentage of these delivery workers who are providing services in the summer live in san francisco. we're seeing people coming from further away to provide the delivery services in san francisco because of the higher concentration of work here but during covid, that was less the case and most of the people doing the case live in san francisco as well. here are some of the charts

available. now to highlight a few, this looks at gender. the average across all the surveys and that's the one the most meaningful. with instacart, it was slightly over 50% who identified as female. so i think we do see some significant gender differences between the prepared food delivery and other amazon fresh grocery delivery. when we talk about an immigrant population, those are people all over the world. it's not concentrated in one particular location. that's important because immigrants are more vulnerable in our labor market. we didn't ask if they were documented or not. it's a vulnerable workforce.

there is lots of evidence in the survey about the difficult economic circumstances that people face. one of the things that struck out in this survey is a significantly higher percentage of people working support others with their earnings. 67% compared to half that in the pre-covid survey, including 69% that support children. you know, our sense is that this is because people have few options and if they have family members to support, and children to support, they will do the work, even if they are concerned about the health impacts and low working conditions, poor working conditions. 15% have no health insurance and 31% use public health access health insurance. 25%, this is higher than in the previous pre-covid survey, 25% receive some form of public

support. the highest percentage of that are those who receive food stamps, the light blue bar, and you can also see housing assistance, women, children, et cetera. and again, this is not a gig for most people. the majority of our survey respondents work full time for platform companies, over half work more than 30 hours a week, 30% work more than 40 hours a week and 13% in the survey work more than 50 hours a week. this is slightly less than the figures that we had in the precovid, but not very substantially. it's really clear that people are doing this as their primary source of income and in many cases their only source. 57% said it was their entire income last month and another 13% said it was 75% or more of their income.

so these are their only jobs in most cases. the earnings are quite low. before expenses, and this is one of the critical things mr. goebel mentioned, prop 22. you know, these companies under current california law will be required to reimburse all expenses of their drivers. they're trying to prop 22 to get around that state law. it's the state requirement under av5. so we look at median earnings, $450. so depending on how you calculate the expenses, we asked them both to give us actual expenses in the last month, so we could get a sense of immediate expenses, but of course wear and tear on an automobile, on a car, accumulates over a long period of time so you need to account for that. so the alternative method was calculating based on mileage driven and that drops to $270 a

week for median earnings, despite working full time or close to full time. actually, we estimate when you account for that full expenses, as much as 12% might be earning nothing when all those expenses are accounted for. again, you ask how is that possible? if you are postponing the expenses to maintain your car to bring in current income, that really should not be accounted as earnings, even though people need it at the moment. those expenses should be reimbursed by these companies in my view. delivery workers are dependent on tips, than the ride hailing workers. workers also had a significant amount of unpaid time as they're waiting for orders or driving to a pick up location. there is also unpredictable earnings, in part because some

portion of their pay is due to incentives and bonuses provided by the companies themselves, which again is another indicator that they largely control the conditions of employment and work. so this is a chart that shows some of those figures, the median income for all of them at 450. this is accounting for named expenses, bringing it down to 380 and this is the figure bringing it down to $270 when you did that expenses based on estimated mileage, which leaves about 12%, who might be earning nothing when all expenses are accounted for. we can see that for the median respondents, 30% is the estimate of how much of their income comes from tips, which of course is not counted for minimum wage purposes under state and city

law. again, unpaid time is 30%. there are other indicators from this survey of the ways that the apps manage the job opportunities of what is offered to people on the app. people felt penalized for declining certain job offers if they decided not to accept a certain job offer. so they interpreted some type of punishment, 25% thought they were offered less bonuses and 17% said they were threatened with deactivation and 22% thought the app handled it fairly. we continued to be interested in bike delivery as an option and to see what happens in that case. we actually had 26% of all delivery workers in the survey say that the bicycle was their

primary mode of delivery. 11% use an electric bike. that was higher than our survey results in the pre-covid period by a substantial amount. you can see here again, i present these differences between the apps as elustive of what we may learn if we are able to get funding to do a full survey that it appears that door dash workers are using bikes for the delivery of food, substantially more than groceries. perhaps that's not surprising because groceries can be heavier and larger. we're up to almost 50% of people doing door dash delivery during covid, in the city, who are using bicycles. you can speculate a bit about why that might be higher now during covid with perhaps less congestion on the streets, perhaps safer, people feeling more hopeful for doing that. i think it was an interesting finding as well, even though overall, it was less than 30 who

were working on bikes. we did finally ask a question on whether people would like to have some kind of organization. we didn't specify what that was, whether a union or workers organization or representative body in the city. we just asked this question, if they had an interest in some organization that would represent them and other workers in negotiating with app companies over issues like pay rates, bonuses, handling of customer complaints, et cetera. 38% answered yes. just at the moments, there are no unions in this industry and it's hard to get collective representation because the companies are classifying themselves as itndependent contractors. 38% answered yes, they would like representation and 37% in addition to that answered maybe. and i think the policy implications from this are reinforcing everyone during the

covid times what we concluded from the previous survey as well. on demand delivery work in san francisco is performed by people who are close to full time work and their primary source of income. it's a diverse workforce with high levels of immigrants. this workforce struggles to make ends meet. there is evidence that these companies are not for a substantial portion of their workforce meeting the equivalent of san francisco's minimum wage. so many also don't receive benefits they would be entitled to under state law if they were classified as employees in san francisco regulations as well. so i think it underscores the importance of policymakers, ensuring laws are enforced. as mr. goebel mentioned, if prop 22 passes in this election, it will severely constrain our abilities to help protect this very vulnerable and low paid

workforce. with that, i would be happy to take any questions, comments, or feedback. >> thank you very much. any comments or questions for the professor? i do have a question and i am wondering that if -- have we done any analysis if prop 22 were to pass or recommendations? it would limit our ability at a local level to enact some of the recommendations that we're thinking about. so i think that it would be -- i mean is it your opinion that we should be incorporating the recommendations after november, if it should pass, about what we can actually do? i mean i also am wondering if there is any statewide effort besides this prop 22 in preparation if prop 22 passes that any organizing happening in light of prop 22 passing.

so those are just sort of questions that i'm worried prop 22 is going to pass because they put so much money at it. >> right. i'll ask mr. goebel to answer some of that as well. i'm not a lawyer and i think you have to get legal advice on specifically what might be possible under prop 22 or not. i do know that there are people very concerned about it being passed or thinking of legal challenges to it. i don't know the status of that or what basis they would be challenging that. if it passes and it's not successfully challenged, it gets implemented in december. it's a very quick implementation process. >> okay. thank you very much. i see commissioner haney. >> thank you for this and this is obviously both very informative and very concerning and actually angering that this is the reality for so many

people. i didn't see anything there that really focused on flexibility. that's something that we hear a lot about and you know, maybe something for future analysis, a question of whether you know how important flexibility is and whether there are certain needs around that or concerns or fears around limits to flexibility, in terms of when and how and where they're working. >> yeah, thank you for that question commissioner haney. in this survey, we didn't ask specific questions ability flexibility because that is one of the set of questions we had in the previous survey. we were trying to keep this short and thought we had enough evidence from that, that showed people value flexibility. we had people rate a variety of work characteristics on a one to five rating. it was clear that people valued flexibility and they also value fair pay at the same level.

they also value access to typical benefits of being an employee, health benefits, unemployment insurance, access to workers' comp, nearly as high as flexibility. so the point that i make on all of this is that it's not a trade off. it is very possible to be able to have flexible hours and you know some kind of choice in scheduling and to provide all the benefits and protections we expect of employers in california in this situation. so, it might be worth doing some more investigations of types of flexibility that this workforce particularly values. i think we have clear evidence already that yes, flexibility is important and just as important are all the things that go along with being a legal employee of these companies. i think the companies are being disingenuous by saying it's a

trade off. they have very smart people in these companies providing a needed service. they can if i wering -- figure out ways of providing flexibility in scheduling and providing a good service and treating their employees correctly. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. commissioner pollock. >> thank you. this survey is, you know, as commissioner haney mentioned is deeply concerning, the results of it. my question has to do with prop 22. i wonder if there was a way to reconnect with respond -- respond dents to ask about their thoughts on prop 22 specifically that customers of those apps have been contacted by the app

p companies to ask them to vote for prop 22 and delivery workers have been asked to include stickers and flyers and that kind of thing to vote for prop 22. i just wondered if there was a way to reconnect with respondents and ask them their thoughts on prop 22, specifically. >> i really appreciate the question and it's an important point. i think given our resources and capacity before the election, and of course some people have already been voting. we would not get a representative sample of people's thoughts on prop 22. we could do more interviewing of a smaller subset. i have a graduate student that may be interested in doing that in the next couple of weeks that may give us some indication of

people's response to that. as i'm sure you're aware, there are lots of communication between different app workers on social media around these issues and we wouldn't have a representative sample of all the respondents, but i think it would be interesting to see what they say. >> that's something i would be interested in hearing and i don't know if it could be reported out to lafco in a memo since the next lafco meeting will be after election day. >> i'll have a conversation with mr. goebel about it and we can see about doing that. i do have a graduate student who may be available to do that interview before november 3rd and we can report it back to you if we're able to do that. >> okay. thank you. any other commissioner -- those are the only two commissioners available. okay. thank you.

it is depressing the findings. it is institutional and structurally inequitable and wrong. that is sometimes the hardest things to change, they're designed to do so. when you try to fight back, they have the big dollars, as we can see on television commercials, quite frankly. i think it is a good point that you know, that you can still have flexibility and you can still have fairness in pay and working conditions, right? so it's not one or the other. i mean you have good points. let's open this up for public comment please madam clerk. >> yes, madam chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. operations, please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. if you are on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been

unmuted. is there anyone on the line? >> yes, i have one caller in the queue. >> hello again commissioners, eric brooks with the previous clean energy groups i mentioned and also with our city san francisco, local grassroots organization. first of all, thanks for the presentation. this crucial vital information shows the absolutely -- i mean the importance of the lafco cannot be overstated after seeing a presentation like this. we need to keep this commission in gear. a couple of things, you know, since i'm representing clean energy groups, i would say let's make sure as we move these studies forward, we're including ways to subsidize and encourage and make sure all these drivers are using zero emission vehicles soon.

i also think it would be interesting. we have a set of drivers that have been working for decades that we could be polling, that it would be interesting to see their work and pay and job security and how their job works out compared to these gig drivers and that would be the pizza delivery drivers. i'm sure they have a different situation, but maybe there are some things that are better, maybe some things that are worse. we should put them in future surveys. the last thing is the most important thing i want to mention, which is that i want to make sure we keep on the table the most important aspect of all of this, which is that if the city and county of san francisco develops its own open source p apps for these ride hails and for these delivery drivers, then we could immediately after getting those apps successfully on the table, just to simply put all these companies out of business and that should be our objective so that these -- so

that would make it easier for us to serve the needs of these workers in our community. so let's make sure that we're keeping that as our final goal as well, to make sure that we're simply making these companiies o longer possible in our city and no longer necessary. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. is there anyone in the queue? >> that completes the queue. >> thank you. >> okay. >> public comment on item number five is now closed. i think another aspect about this is delivery food workers, which we heard from the small business groups that these delivery companies are also gouging our small businesses and that's probably a whole other topic too. we do not need an action on this but we require a word of thanks to the professor for bringing us that study and sharing the results today. can you please call item number

six. >> item number six, the executive officer's report. a, new lafco research associate adiba kahn. >> thank you madam chair. i wanted to welcome adiba to our office. she's the public affairs at northern california. she graduated from berkeley where she obtained a bachelor's of arts degree. she's a bangladesh american from oklahoma. she founded, original dmieganiz led a reproductive justice campaign called campus action for reproductive equity. it aims to expands access to student health centers by 2023 and her bill became law in 2019.

upon graduating, adiba was a paralegal in san francisco, representing incarcerated people. later she was an organizer for the bernie 2020 campaign in nevada, arizona, and pennsylvania. she hopes to pursue a masters in public policy. at lafco, adiba's work is going to center around researching power disconnections in san francisco, following up on a report we issued last year. i'm excited that adiba is joining us as a research associate. please join me in welcoming her to lafco. that concludes my report madam chair. >> thank you very much. i think on behalf of all the commissioners and this commission, we welcome her and thank you very much mr. goebel for recruiting her and adding her to our team. thank you. there is no action needed, let's open it for public comment.

>> operations, please let us know if there are any callers ready. if you haven't already done so, members of the public should press star three to be added to the line. for those on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. >> public comment on item number six is now closed. we do not require an action. madam clerk, can you please call item number seven. >> item number seven is public comment. >> are there any members of the public that like to speak? >> operations, please let us know if there are any callers lined up to speak for general public comment. members of the public please press star three to be added to the queue now. if you are on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. >> madam chair, there are no caller in the queue.

>> thank you very much. public comment is now closed. could we please call number eight. there is no action needed on item number seven. madam clerk, please call item number eight. >> item number eight is future agenda items. >> yes, colleagues, any future agenda items? i think that we have one last meeting before the end of the year. seeing no one in the queue, can we open this up for public comment please? >> operations is checking to see if there are any callers in line. if you haven't already done so, press star three to be added to the queue. wait on hold and continue to wait until you have been unmuted. is there anyone in the queue? >> yes, i have one caller in the queue. >> hi, one last time commissioners, eric brooks, san francisco clean energy advocate.

so, i just want to reiterate what jed and i talked about earlier, the importance of next year getting a virtual power plant, a real virtual power plant plan for citywide clean energy buildout on the table and voted on next year so that we're doing what's necessary to be commensurate with the climate crisis and what i would ask you and executive officer goebel to do is to make sure and start ageneral diazoing updates with developing a citywide development plan so we're hearing reports back about that. i feel like if we don't start agen agendaing that item on lafco, we're not going to get there. i make that request that you start making a report back about local build out plans and every month agenda item.

thank you. >> thank you for your comment. is there anyone else in line? >> madam chair, that completes the queue. >> thank you very much. public comment on item number eight is closed. before we adjourn the meeting, i wanted to mention that i think -- i would recommend for folks to watch on netflix a life on our planet. if that doesn't scare you, i don't know what will. it makes our work here at lafco and our clean energy even more important and i want to thank everyone for all the presentations today that were so informative. thank you and thank you colleagues. madam clerk, is there any more business for today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned. thank you. >> thank you. [♪]

>> welcome. we are here doing our building san francisco tour. we're going to have a very interesting tour of elevators in sanford cisco. we have all gotten into an elevator, the doors have closed, and it has carried us to our destination. have you ever wondered how elevators were -- work? we check out the need outside the elevator using current technology and we learn about the latest destination elevated technology all here in san francisco. we will also visit the machinery where all the behind- the-scenes gears control these incredible machines. we are very fortunate today to have an expert with those who is going to walk us are around

elevators in san francisco. can you tell us about the history of elevators in san francisco? the measure -- >> sure. the history of elevator technology evolves with the city. first elevators were installed for moving materials in the 1860's. in the 1870's, the first passenger elevator was installed, and that allowed building heights to go up to about seven floors. starting in the 18 eighties, 1890's, the first electric elevators were installed. that allowed for buildings to go up even higher, even more than 10 floors, and those were the first elevators that became representative of what we consider modern elevators today. >> so the height of buildings is related to elevator technology. >> both of these technologies encourage architects to build taller buildings.

engineering and materials science provided a higher quality of steel to build with, and having passenger elevators meant it was the necessary anymore to climb a long flight of stairs to get to the top of the building. the elevator made the upper floors of the building more attractive than they were before. >> here we were at the historic st. francis hotel, which was actually a representation of the evolution of elevators. can you tell us more about san francisco history here at the st. francis? >> sure. st. francis demonstrates well the evolution of elevated technology. and substantially damaged the 1906 earthquake and rebuilt in 1907 or 1908, and extend it again in 1913. then a new tower was added in 1932, so there is all sorts of elevator technology you can see at the st. francis that very much represents the building history of san francisco. >> i understand there is a

really old elevator still operating here. >> that is right, the elevator installed in the 1913 expansion. we can go look at that. >> let's go take a look. here we are in a spectacular st. francis lobby. here is the clock. when people say "meet me at the clock in the st. francis." let's look at that elevator. >> ok, let's do it. >> here we are in the elevator installed as part of the expansion, and this is the way it was originally installed about 100 years ago. it has a manual switch just like

elevators did back then, and it runs on dc power. this was from a time before elevators ran on ac power. >> when did they switch? >> decided to switch in the 1920's, so this elevator predicts that by about 19 years. the doors are also manual, so this elevator predates the use of automatic doors on elevators. >> can we take a ride? >> absolutely. going down. >> how many troops do you think this elevator has taken in its lifetime? millions. >> yes, this one probably has. certainly hundreds of thousands. >> very smooth. >> it really does run smoothly. >> there we go.

take some serious operation. there we go. >> this is really beautiful. >> this is served by that old elevator we were just in. >> built at the same time, also in 1913. >> what a gorgeous room. i think we should have a party here. >> that is a great idea. >> let's look at the machine room for that old elevator. >> ok, let's go. >> here we are in the machine room with all these wonderful, old, a burly, industrial-era equipment. tell us what we've got here. >> this is really the beginning of a modern elevator. what we would describe as an overhead traction-geared elevator. that type of elevator still exists. even though this was made in 1913, elevators like this have continued to be manufactured up until the present day. >> so overhead means these cables attached to the top of the car. >> correct, exactly right. >> our hoist machine is located

overhead, and this is a traction machine, so it is an evolution beyond the winding from elevator. this is the drive ship. this is the gear box, and this is original from 1913. it is a heavy-duty design that we really do not see any more today. that is probably part of the reason why this elevator has already lasted close to 100 years. this is the break for the voice machine -- teh brake. >> we have the original controller here. fortunately, the power is turned off. >> this room was built in 1913, but the national elevator cut actually was not introduced until 1921. >> tell us about this antique controller. what makes it different from a modern controller? >> the elevator is running on the original d.c. power. really simple in operation.

does not include a lot of the features we would have in an elevator today, automatic door operation, dispatching, push button operation. none of those features are present, but this is the original from 1913. on this side, we have all the relays that actually control the elevator. the safety service -- city circuit, position, speed, and control of the power to the motor. >> here is a really interesting piece of historic machinery. tell us about this. >> this is one of the main safety devices of the elevator system, and the device still exists today even on modern elevators. it detects if the elevator is going into unsafe over speed conditions. it is attached to the road itself, and the car over speeds, bees fly balls would come out, and the governor jobs would come out and grab on to the governor wrote, which would hold the break or the safety on the

elevator to cause it to stop. >> if you have problems, i see right here, we call garfield 7171 for service. member that is right. operators standing by. >> from here, we are going to look at those wonderful elevators that go of the outside of the high rise building that everyone wants to take a ride in. >> let's go do that. >> here we are in the most exciting elevator in the city of san francisco. this is the outside elevator that goes into the 32nd floor. tell us about this. >> we are in one of the tower elevators now. these were originally installed in 1972. 1,000 feet a minute, outside observation elevators, so a great view of the city. some of the most popular elevators in san francisco, as you mentioned, and these cars run a lot. they run about 2000 starts per day. about 700,000 starts per year

for an elevator like this, and these are pretty hard working. >> must be hard to maintain these elevators. mechanical devices in the rain. >> this is much more difficult to maintain. normal elevator installation is all sealed from the elements, but in this case, it is all exposed to the outside, so there are issues with whether proofing and sealing the equipment from the elements. >> the controls and motors are up here on the top floor. >> very simple -- similar to the elevators we looked at. this is similar to that technology. >> i saw a crowd of people downstairs waiting to take a ride on the elevated to get this fabulous view. that is a terrific view. >> yes, it is great. >> can you tell us about the

history of the modern elevators? >> what we consider the modern elevator is the elevator with a safety device that was built in new york in 1853 in response to a freight elevator accident in new york city. until that time, elevators were quite common in buildings but typically used just for handling freight. elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger elevator on broadway in new york. believe it or not, many of those first elevators were actually started and stopped by a hand broke.

>> what drove those old elevators? what was their motive power? >> in some cases, they might have even been hp. >> and then changed to electric? >> electric cited to come in the 1890's, and that was around the time when the elevator stopped from material handling and started to be used more frequently for passengers. in 1878, there was a demonstration of the other thing that allowed architects to build taller buildings was the advent of a higher quality steel manufacturing. in 19003, the first production year track models were introduced, that it was when things took off. >> that mostly happened in new york city? >> lower manhattan was the first place that took off, then chicago.

those early passenger elevators always had an attendant that would take a passenger's request and then operate the car. the big change was the emergence of a electric elevators. starting in 1880, the electric elevator allowed building dollars to go much higher. we evolved from steam hydraulic elevators to the electric elevators that are not that much different from what we are going to see now at the top of the tower. this is the steam room on the top of the state st. francis. -- on top of the state francis. the equipment you see painted green, that is all the original equipment from 1972. we are just now in the middle of modernizing this equipment. >> why modernize? doesn't the equipment works

fine? >> it does, it is of analog and intensive, and there are some additional controls. let me introduce the foreman to you. this is vince. he can do a better job explaining the project details. >> what is happening here, what are you doing? >> we are doing a major modernization. we are tearing out the old system, logic controls, and generator controls, and we will be going over to solid state. this is not your standard selector. it does not have a tape that runs it. because these are outside elevators -- these are unique to the city. >> and this is going away with the upgrade.

>> that is right. none of these will be here. we have retrofitted three elevators so far and now we're doing the outside cars. >> so this is what will be replacing -- >> this will be replacing the generator controller and control system. we are down to about 15 or 20 relays, down from about 100, which means much less maintenance. this thing had been running for about six months now, but we still have eight cars here to do. >> great job. >> we have looked at past the

elevators and present. now let's look at the future. we are taking a look at some of the most exciting technologies in elevators. george, tell us about destination elevators. >> this is the technology of the future. probably the biggest single investment in elevators. san francisco has embraced the technology more than any other city in the country. a big advantage with us is passengers get to their floors sooner and there is more opportunity of customization of features for individual service. four issues of security and accessibility, this is a big advantage over traditional elevators. digest i understand these are rehabilitated upgrades of existing elevators? >> yes, these are upgrades to the original elevators from

1980. all the controls and wiring has changed but the physical mechanisms are the same. >> how much energy to these use? >> with all of the things that we did hear, energy savings is about 50% from where we started. that is a significant improvement for such a major system. >> tell me how it works. >> this is the hall keypad, which controls the elevator. the system asks where you are going before you get into the elevator. imagine you are going into the airport. you would not get on the first airplane departing, you would get on the airplane that is going to the city you are going. we are doing the same here. in this case, we are going to the ninth floor. this building has security, so i

also have an access card, which gives us permission, and then we go to the assigned elevator, which is elevator a. >> and this is only stopping at floors 4 and 9. i do not see any buttons in here at all, except for the door and the alarm. >> we only have the standard buttons required by code and safety, but there is no need to have floor numbers anymore. >> and it does not make a lot of stops. it goes to your floor and everyone else. >> the system it efficiency, because we do not have to make as many stops, is a big improvement. >> we have invited jessie from the center for independent

living to come and tell us how destination elevators interfaced with persons with disabilities. >> when destination elevators storfirst started appearing, thy presented a number of challenges to individuals with disabilities. what happened was, elevator technology outpaced california building code. building code has a number a provision that makes traditional elevators usable by people with disabilities, but destination elevators presented challenges, particularly with cited. how do you know to get from this keypad to your our corporate car? >> we had a terrific program where we develop and administer the bulletin, which your help, elevator companies, involvement from the public, and you can tell us the outcome of that. >> what is amazing about the process is we had both

government and private industry, as well as people with disabilities at the table for three years creating these accessibility standards. what we are doing here is being looked at by the department of justice access board and state architect's office. that is how good our standards are. would you like to see? i am going to push the access key which will activate the voice. i want to go to floor 24. ok, to the left. >> elevator j has arrived. >> that was smooth. >> i am getting a text message. it is amazing, these destination elevators. pretty soon, the signal that changes the system will be able

to be routed through blue tooth and your phone, which is amazing. my iphone will be able to access the controls. in paris already, they are rounding the pedestrian signals through blue tooth and into people's phones. so the future is really exciting and technology will make it quite a journey for everybody. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> so now i would like to introduce the chief engineer. can you tell us about your experience? >> there were a lot of

anticipation about how people would respond. at first, we had to get in front of people to direct them from their habits. early morning, they are more into carrying their coffee and going inside of the elevator and then spilling their coffee to hit the keys. we got right in front of them, stopped them and told them exactly what they had to do. that helped out a lot. the other thing that helped were the lights in the lobby would tell them where the elevator was. a lot of these systems have not done that. we were the first to do that. the nice thing is we've got less spills in the lobby, too. you get into the elevator in the morning, and somebody is standing in front of the buttons and you cannot get to it. people are fighting each other,

spilling coffee and stuff, so this works out well. once you get inside, you are going to the floor that you have already decided on the outside. it really helped traffic flow and security as well. >> would you say your experience has been a good one? >> excellent. very positive. >> let's go on a tour.

>> here we have the network control. there are two groups here. in case one fails. there is automatic redundancy. each of these cables connect to each device and communicates with the main global server. the previous equipment was a relay control, and it was analog logic. this has many advantages in that it can be custom program to and can readjust to changes. it can do a multitude of things, like the lights blinking in the lobby. those are all programs that can be controlled by this equipment. before, this room was filled relay panels collect -- that

clicked. they had had a big rotator that told the person or the elevator was. we can level these cars with an 1 millimeter. it used to vary on the temperature by up to half an inch. that caused tripping hazards. now you walk out and it is a smooth transition. it is important for the disabled as well. over here is the controller. but this does is it provides information to the elevator where to go. receives commands from within the elevator and from the destination dispatched central -- dispatched central. these elevators are precisely the electronic breaks, so they need to be very precise. in accordance with the vfd to supply power to the elevator

motor, which is right here. these are original d.c. drives. d.c. was in place at the beginning of elevators. it was easier to control. currently, new elevators are ac drives. but they are so expensive to replace and waste of materials. we have made it more efficient by providing aid to the electrical system to drive it. this is controlled by the same transistor that controls the toyota prius. when the elevator is empty, the counterweight polls the elevator and it generates electricity by breaking. the same thing as in your toyota creosote or another hybrid car. -- prius or another hybrid car. here inside we have the ibtv

drive. this is important for landing of the elevator. also, acceleration and deceleration, if there is instability in a car, can be reduced. >> so we have taken a ride in an antique elevator. >> this was an elevator built in 1913. >> we have checked out current elevator technology. >> these were installed in 1972, outside observation elevators. >> it is not standard because there is no tape that runs it. but shane we have seen the future of the elevator technology. >> i am going to push the access key which will access the voice. >> this has precise generation

of power, which is important for highly acrilan the landing of the elevator. >> what happens next week and not know but it will be exciting. thank you for showing us this interesting technology. >> >> hello, my name is jamie harper. in this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. golden gate park's largest body

of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling and paddling around in boats, which can be rented. created in 1893, it was designed foreboding and -- for boating. it is named for the wild strawberries that once flores. a pleasant trail follows the perimeter past huntington falls, 110 foot waterfall. two bridges connect the trail to the island. the climb to the hills summit, the highest point in golden gate park at more than four hundred feet. you can get quinces of the western side of the city through -- glimpes of the western side of city through a thick trees. the lake is ada accessible. it has a peaceful atmosphere

where you can enjoy a warm day. walk along the lake and watched many ducks, and swans, and seagulls. it is a tranquil spot to stroll, enjoy each other's company, and sail away. many couples come here to take a ride around the lake, floating under the bridges, past the pavilion and waterfall. for a quiet getaway, it makes for a memorable and magical experience. located on 19th avenue, this grove is the place to wear your hiking boots, bring your family, and bring the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the part is rich with eucalyptus

trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy this base and the history behind it. the diversity that exists in such an urban city, the concrete, the streets, cars, we have this oasis of a natural environment. it reminds us of what san francisco initially was. >> this is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available to get you there easily. and the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. there is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch.

it is the place to find some solitude from the city and appreciate what you share with a wonderful breath of fresh air. , an experienced this park and enjoy the peoples, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located in the middle of pacific heights on top of a hill, lafayette park offers a great square a of a peaceful beauty. large trees border greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football, frisbee, and picnics. it is very much a couple's part and there are a multitude of experiences you can have

together. bring your dog and watch the mean go with the community or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all of the park has to offer. many couples find this is the perfect place to put down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place you can share with someone you cherish. it is located along the 1 and 10 buses and is accessed from the 47 and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. for more information about reserving one of these locations, call 831-5500. this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair building. for any athletic fields and neighborhood parks, 831-5510. you can also write us.

or walking in and say hello at old lock cabin, golden gate park. and of course you can find more information and reach us at sfrecpark.org. >> hi. i'm vallie brown, and i'm running for supervisor in district 5. i have fought tirelessly to better my community and solve the challenges we face. improving quality of life in district 5 is personal. after losing my parents before age 14, i was raised by the community, so fighting for affordable housing, environmental protection, and homelessness has been my

principle goal as an activist, as a legislative aide for ten years, and as a supervisor. i've served two previous district five supervisors, and i've served the city and our neighborhoods in previous times of crisis. as your former supervisor, i've passed over 30 pieces of legislation, to build new housing, protect a woman's right to choose, and create a more equitable and just san francisco. our neighborhoods face huge challenges. on homelessness, we need a real plan to get people off the streets and into housing and supportive services. we can't just handout tents and call our work done. we can't let this moment for change pass, with black lives matter remaining just a slogan. we'll move more funding from our police department to the

black community, funding nonprofits in the fillmore and western addition, creatiempowe jobs and creating more opportunities. this time calls for a supervisor who listens to neighbors and finds common ground to solve our challenges. i believe i'm that leader. you can learn more about my vision for district five and join my campaign. thank you. >> greetings, beloved citizens of san francisco. my name is daniel lander, and i'm proud to announce my candidacy for driekt five seat. i was born here in san francisco in 1968. my mother and father both moved here to san francisco in the late 1940's and 1950s. growing up in the 1970s, in

low-income housing and being displaced by the san francisco redevelopment agency, i personally experienced the pain of living in a city that destroyed my community in the name of saving it from blight and unliveable conditions. fortunately, i've been able to give back to my community and city i so dearly love and have been working as a volunteer activist now for 27 years. i'm currently the founder and director of the san francisco cats academy, and i have also cofounded many grassroots nonprofit organizations fighting for police reform, housing, and environmental rights. i'm running for supervisor d 5 because i'm tired of not getting results from our leaders at city hall.

my priorities, if elected, is to reform our police department, create real affordable housing, mandate a d-5 covid-19 small businesses task force, and tackle the homeless mental health issues head on. i respectfully ask for your vote this november, and for more information you can go to my website, daniellandry.com. >> hi. i'm supervisor dean preston, and it's been my honor to being your district supervisor for the last 23 years. i've lived in district 5 for the last 24 hours. i won a special election last year, and just weeks after i took office, the pandemic hit. businesses were closed, and thousands of people were forced out onto the streets.

i personally raised over $100,000 to put district five homeless women and families into a hotel at no cost to taxpayers. i authored legislation to do this across the city for 8,000 homeless people, and when our city wasn't moving fast enough to house homeless individuals, we organized the next homeless village in san francisco. my office led efforts to stop evictions during the pandemic. i wrote and passed a law prohibiting evictions of tenants who could not pay rent due to covid-19. i worked with the m.t.a. and neighbors to create slow streets in district five where pedestrians and cyclists could travel safely.

on critical racial justice issues, i've been advocating for police reform and been marching with the black lives matter movement for years. this has been a time when neighbors, small business owners, and residents have come together. i'm honored to have their support, along with the sierra club, california nurses, san francisco teachers, the labor council, democratic party, and so many more. i'd be honored to have your support, as well. thank you. >> i think it ae's public and private property. i'm against graffiti. >> who can get it out the most

who can be noticed the most. >> i i've seen seniors doing graffiti. >> the city is art, other people who have their names tag -- >> [inaudible] our unit there are 2 sections we are doing one is abating and others are notice of violation to private property. all the utility boxes in public right-of-way we abate. >> we abate calls that come within 48 hours. >> we are a small group in g f graffiti. we don't have enough help. >> i have a group in town down

and china town and the north tunnel. [inaudible] the graffiti we abate everything is coming up to the areas now. >> i'm willing to take it on. i think -- >> you are telling me you are ready for this? >> i think so. >> okay. >> there you go. >> all right. >> all right. >> ready to do it. let's go. >> want to get the gray signses this over here and the garbage can and normally we don't do private property since it's on the corridor route you can come with me we will use black. >> we had a lot of changes in the graffiti unit. we do private property if someone moved we remove it and send it to the attorney's office and they take appropriate action.

>> damage their property there. it's important to write the color in case they want to say what part of our house you abated the graffiti on. >> using your safety glasses the gloves. >> you got it. >> you know some places we gashi, people appreciate that. you know, a lot of timeses they say, thank you. >> the time where it's visible. a lot of people put it on the ground. >> i like when tourists come and say, you do this for your

city and you get paid for that? >> we use the [inaudible] for the holes and the retaining walls. [inaudible]. white on the fire hydrants. fire box red for the fire boxes. our brown for the pg and e poles. >> we are not painters we do our best. >> i'm assuming it has to do with gang activity. >> if it's territorial i mind. >> in case it's gang related and they are marking our territory i would like to paint it over.

>> anything with numbers like x iv or x 13 west side mob and the bay view those are gang related. with gang related or profanity we will abait it as soon as possible. >> i consider it an art. there are circles of people that form around it whether or not they should ruin public property. >> this is art work i'm for it. unless it's on someone's property and they don't want it there. judge kids with silver paint expressing their ego needs doesn't belong on our property. >> graffiti is when you don't have permission to write anything on their property. >> eighth street is part of your regular rout? >> yes. >> everyday.

>> eighth street. divisidero street. irving street. every block they going through they paint 3 or 4 streets in the block the poles the utility boxes, mailbox. >> thank you. >> okay. >> put the drop cloth. come on around. >> there you go. force for we have to remember we are not painters we abate graffiti. we are abaters not painters. get that out of the way and keep moving.

>> how many of these do you do a day? how many poles we do a day? >> yeah. >> depends on the location. may be 20. >> do you like working with the team? >> yes because i'm a people person. i like being outside and interacting with the public and i like the response we get especially from the good job we do in the community. >> goodbye. >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the

women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor

and leadership with our lgbt community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from all-gender bathrooms to making sure that there's lgbt data collection across the city. get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. >> transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and i'm so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so intelligently. >> i would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that we've lost this year. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in

missoula, montana. so as you can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last

year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are still taking place. we push back against washington. that kind of impact is starting to impact trans black folks, so it's important for our office to advocate and recognize, and come together and really remember our strength and resilience. as the only acting director of a city department in the country, i feel like there's a

lot of pressure, but working through my own challenges and barriers and even my own self-doubt, i think i've been try to remember that the action is about helping our community, whether that's making sure the community is housed, making sure they have access to health care, and using kind of my access and privilege to make change. >> i would like to say something about clair farley. she has really inspired me. i was a nurse and became disabled. before i transitioned and after i transitioned, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i'm back at college, and clair farley has really impressed on me to have a voice and to have agency, you have to have an education. >> mayor breed has led this effort. she made a $2.3 million investment into trans homes, and she spear headed this

effort in partnership with my office and tony, and we're so proud to have a mayor who continues to commit and really make sure that everyone in this city can thrive. >> our community has the most resources, and i'm very happy to be here and to have a place finally to call home. thank you. [applause] >> one, two, three. [applause] >> even in those moments when i do feel kind of alone or unseen or doubt myself, i take a look at the community and the power of the supportive allies that are at the table that really help me to push past that. being yourself, it's the word of wisdom i would give anyone. surely be patient with yourself and your dream. knowing that love, you may not

always feel that from your family around you, but you can >> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know

is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have

the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be

prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will

not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well.

markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure

that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building

project is transformation of the convention center and it is not only addition and increased space but also a

transformation of the urban neighbor around it in a positive way. >> 25th largest convention center in the country but the conventions are getting bigger so with this extension it is 13 largest >> we have been under construction a year and a half and set to complete the construction in 2018. it generated over $9 billion in san francisco >> 35 percent of viz #2rs coming to san francisco are coming to maus coney. >> 2500 jobs will be created. >> if we didn't do the expansion we would luce $200 million in taxes a year. the conventions they are talking about going other cities with ample [inaudible] and exhibit space and not come to san francisco.

>> there is a lot of [inaudible] we are at a point now where our [inaudible] two halve oz the mos connie and think what we desire is one space. >> we are adding space about 200,000 space. we are connecting the two existing north and south exhibition halls that excavate under howard street to increase the largest exhibition space to 1 contig ws space over 500,000 square feet. >> the spot i'm standing in will be inside the lobby. the building will be pushed out to howard street and connected north and south above and under ground. >> when you go on the north our south side you enter into a hall that

is divided into major ways >> this is public private partnership. the hotel industry [inaudible] splitting it up of the building. >> since we have a north and south howard street it [inaudible] to make [inaudible] >> improving the bridges to make them more accessible so go over howard street >> [inaudible] developed to look at several different proposals for a light [inaudible] to work with that bridge and the selection of the [inaudible] he is on what i think is a beautiful piece that is very animated. you will be able to see it as [inaudible] cross the bridge and can see it as a resident of san francisco looking up. there is a second bridge and this bridge replacing an existing bridge over howard

street that links yerba buena gardens to a childrens playground. make a much larger public space as well as aplaza space that brings you up to that in a visible way. >> we worked on the playground to make it safe and invited and added more open space >> the area will be connected with the neighborhood. [inaudible] much better space for everyone. >> why is such a fundamental part [inaudible] could be thought of as columns and beams [inaudible] the areas that you walk to check in prior to [inaudible] all those activities [inaudible] opposed to

[inaudible] we thought of ways to bring light into these occupied spaces including skylights and [inaudible] highest level of [inaudible] recycled steel. the concrete is [inaudible] >> we will be harvesting all the rain water and storm water and reusing it. >> in [inaudible] they extend down into the aquifer level of the water level which means water is being pumped out to remove the pressure and there are over 15 million gallons of water per year that maus coney center pumps out so the water is wasted. our

idea is disconnect the ground water system from the [inaudible] and reuse the water and save and preserve and use it for [inaudible] and use it for other irrigation uses. we have excess water to fill up [inaudible] >> there will be limited traffic impact during construction >> there is a 8 month period where we have to take a lane of traffic out from howard street so we can expand the tunnel. >> we anticipate the construction to be minimal. >> [inaudible] >> make the center statef the art and much more competitive. [inaudible] >> having the space. [inaudible] underneath howard. having [inaudible]

>> this is a [inaudible] worked with the residential, the merchants in the neighborhood, the non profits to make sure this is a vibrant area. >> even if you don't come to the convention and enjoy the public space, it is something that helps revitalize the neighborhood and bring energy to the neighborhood and more people to the neighborhood and shops and retail and shocase san [♪] >> you are watching coping with covid-19. today's special guest is -- >> you are watching coping with covid-19. my guest today is the acting director of san francisco public works. he is here with us today to talk about how his department has pivoted to help the city during the pandemic and talking about some of the ongoing projects.

welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis. namely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the

aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, working with the city to make sure we are doing extra cleaning at the food stations in areas where they are trying to distribute food. and it's something that we have

been doing more recently which is imparting with our colleagues at the m.t.a., planning, and other departments to set up the shared spaces program. so you can bring that to san francisco. [indiscernible] you are seeing businesses being able to operate in the white -- right of way. there are some areas in the city where they are occupying the entire street. we are hoping that all of these efforts are going a long way to make the city bounce back. >> absolutely. it's great to see the city is coming up with ideas that will keep people safe and let some of our businesses partially reopen. >> absolutely. >> i understand that most workers are also categorized as essential workers, but at the moment, a lot of our buildings are still closed. how has your staff been redeployed to help out during the pandemic?

>> there are 100 people assigned as emergency operations centres. they have worked on everything ranging from finance and logistics to accounting, to a communications. we have also had some of our staff been reassigned where we had people who were working within the bureau and we had them redeployed within the street cleaning groups. we are trying to solve problems as best we can. >> some city interior painters would normally be working inside city buildings and have been repurposed to work outside and remove graffiti. >> yeah, and that really -- and that is also a good example of trying to find ways that we can use those same individuals, those same skill sets but use them in a way that is safe. the one thing we have learned throughout this process with covid and shelter in place is

that, you know, if you are inside, it is more at risk. so you could be an individual resident, or you as an employee or worker for the city and county of san francisco, getting you outside is important and for everyone, if you are at home, you may have to go on a walk around your neighbourhood, you know, you don't want to see graffiti and things like that. we are trying to make a conscious effort to clean those things up. >> that is great. i'm glad to hear that the pandemic hasn't halted ongoing construction. can you tell me how the new animal care and control centre is progressing and how about the ambulance deployment facility? >> they are moving along very, very well. and the care and control facility, it addresses a lot of the facilities that they have.

and being able to separate the animals in a safe way and that project, along with the ambulance and deployment facility, those are all on track to be wrapping up towards the end of this year and at the latest of the beginning of next year. we had -- we just want to understand what the rules are in operating and construction. we worked closely with a health officer and other departments across the city along with the contractors to come up with rules and the way it would work and the way we have had to implement things. we are trying to limit the number of people that are going up in lifts and things like that one of the things i am proud to say is procedures are not just used here locally or regionally. they were adopted across the state. it is one thing i'm very proud of. the speed at which the city and

county of san francisco are working with our partners to keep our projects going. these are a handful of examples that are now on schedule to be built on time. >> people are pretty fascinated by the floating fire workstation 35 project. how is that going? >> is that. 22.5. it is a two story building. it will be 15,000 square feet. this is a floating station. it was built in shanghai and it is currently over at pier one in treasure island. it will be there for the rest of this year. the plan is to flow it over across the bay and it will find a permanent home at the embarcadero at the beginning of next year. >> finally, i understand we are doing street improvements. how has the jefferson street scapegoat in. can you tell us about the upper

transit and pedestrian improvements? >> those projects are going well it is one more example of the thought and the collaboration of the project team at public works along with the merchants that will be impacted by those projects. once we go to a soldier -- shelter in place, we could pivot and realize realize, okay. it could be time for us to speed up the schedule. because as the number of the storefronts were open. what we are able to do is speed up the schedules on the upper haight street and we were able to be able to speed up the schedule and finish early on that project and likewise for the project on the jefferson street project where we were able to make up some ground that we had lost, allowing us to do things some sidewalks and school

streets. that is something we would not have been able to do without the partnership and the collaboration between the contractor, public public works, and emergency. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for the time you have given us today b thank you. >> that is it for our episode. we will be back with more information shortly. you have been watching coping with covid-19. thanks for watching. [♪]

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