>> good morning and welcome to rules of the san francisco board of supervisors for today monday, january 23rd a rescheduled meeting and the first of the now

year. i'm the chair of the committee for this and one more meeting peskin joined by vice chair remote i'm remote and the supervisor mandelman is in person. and member chan is also in the board chambers. the clerk is victor young. do you have announcements? >> the board of supervisors and committees are convening hybrid meetings. and public comment still providing remote access. the board recognizes the equal access is essential and take comments as followed:first will be taken on each item on the agenda. those in person will be allowed to speak first then those who are waiting on the phone line. for those watching channel 26, 78 or 99 and sfgov.org, the public comment call in number is streaming across the screen it is 415-554-000110 access code:

2489 495 5993 ##. when connected you will hear the discussions but muted and in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is called those in person lineup and those on the call are line dial star 3. we'll take comment from those in person first and then to the public comment phone liven you may submit comment in writing e mail them to myself at victor. young sfgov.org if you send it by e mill it will be included as part of the file. you may cent written comment to the office in city hall at 1 dr.

carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california 94102. that completes my public comment. announcements. >> thank you. my apologies for not being there in person i tested positive for covid for the second time. with that, mr. clerk call the first item. >> yes, item one is a motion approving the nomination for reappointment of moses corrette to the over site board. >> thank you. we previously had this scheduled but mr. corrette was on a deserved vacation. i understand is you in in person in the chambers. he has worked at the san francisco planning department

for quite a time and is well respected there. and -- has previously served on this body. mr. corrette, good morning. >> my apologies. microphones are on. good morning chair peskin and the board. thank you very much for this opportunity. i thank the mir for reappointment on the ocii oversight board. i completed one will term and look forward to serving the city not only as a dedicated civil servant and as a volunteer. i have been an active union member of local 21 for 23 combroers had is for a union member. >> thank you, mr. corrette i don't know if colleagues on rules have questions for you this morning. if not i will just ask you the same question that i asked approximate her reappointment

late last year. with regard to the successor agency over site board's involvement as it relates to the issuance of the balance of a 10 million dollars grant with regard to the mexican museum and if you have been following this issue close low and if you have thoughts you want to share with this body? >> thank you, chair peskin. the oversight board has been questioning staff on the financial status of the mexican museum over several meetings. and as of the meeting happening this witness stand, there has not been an update to their funds raising activities. >> thank you. sounds like you are focused on things we should be focused on

whether or not they have the capacity to actually achieve that. [inaudible]. it makes sense for the redevelopment agency to give them north of another 6 million dollars if they don't have that capacity, thank you for your response on that. colleagues i can't seat roster if you have any questions or comments jump in, if in the we will go to public comment on item one. >> there is nobody on the roster at this point. members of the public who wish to comment in person lineup to speak. for those remote you can call 415-554-0001,y corrode corrode. y access code: 2489 495 5993 ## you need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line.

is there nobody in the queue and nobody in person for public comment. >> public comment is closed. i will make a motion to amend the motion by removing the word, rejecting on page one at line 3 and removing the word, reject on page 2 at line 17. on this motion, mr. clerk a roll call. >> on the motion to amend supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> the motion to send the item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation thank you mr. corrette for wellingness to serve and 23 years of your service to san

francisco and historicing preservation and local 21 a roll call. >> on this motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. next item. >> thank you. next on the agenda, is item 2, motion to, prove major's nomination for lydia so to the historic preservation commission. >> ms. so. thank you for your well willingness to continue to serve. sounds like you got your role as a left lanesed architect the secretary of interior standards on the historic preservation commission. figured out.

and have been a valuable addition to the most important body this stewards our historic resource. the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair peskin and good morning supervisor chan and supervisor mandelman. this is my honor to be here this morning. the second day of lunar new year. and i'm irrelevant humble and honored to come here to ask for reappointment to continue to serve the city in a very special role we bestow the cultural heritage for our city and county of san francisco and also for me, personal low it is important we advocate the equal access to maintaining our cultural resources and heritage for not just asian and chinese but other people who have identified -- their gender orientations and

other types of identifications. i'm proud and my past 3-1/2 years of service that you allowed mow to serve city, we have landmarkedor first historical archaeological chinese-american burial ground. i was it speaks the level of magnitude and the dedication that supervisor chan and constituents worked together and is personally profound for my life to be able to see everyone felt the privilege and resource people get to be acknowledged and the unnamed people that have been burr ed and excavated. in that was irrelevant important and i was prud to be able to be part of the press to landmark

our first lesbian historic resource for the lion and martin residence upon dense. that was important this we elevate everyone. and i would like to be i'm here to answer the questions and i'm happy to be here and continue to serve the service of the city with expertise i can be useful. thank you. are there questions? >> yes. chair peskin, this is member chan. would like to say a few word and want to thank commissioner so for your service for the last few years special wellingness to continue to serve on this body. i appreciate your support for the kung chow funary landmarking and lincoln park land parking legislation we worked on

together. i appreciate your perspective about cultural asset in our city. especially through the lens of the mill are act and just help me and through our conversations to think through more about what the city's lands scape could look like and should look like embodied our history and look forward to our future. and i think that is a critical time. to not just preserve our history but to make our history of shine in a new way. and i think that required people that be mindsful of who we have been and who we were and where we have been and what our future should look like. so i am pleased you are willing to serve and help to support your reappointment today. thank you, chair peskin. >> thank you, member chan. go to public comment on item 2.

are there members of the public who would like to testify on this item y. members of the public wish to speak are in person should lineup at this time. for those remote, call 415-554-0001, access code: 2489 495 5993 ## then star 3 to enter the speaker's queue. we have one person in the room for public comment. come forward and you mibegin. >> thank you. chair his his and supervisors mandelman and chan i'm here before you today i'm douglas chan president of chinese historical society of america. several years ago i spoke in favor of lydia so. i'm here today to urge your

speedy reappointment of commissioner so. field of historic preservation that the functions are preserving and restoring and repurposing. cites of historical importance. this added component and commissioner so eludeed is story telling. in this regard. you have an example of a commissioner who used an exsesz a quarter century of design experience in aid of telling the stories of accomplice and cites. she has been invaluable resource not only to our work at chsa and the community but major studios paramount media outlets k tsf and continued involvement with the american institute of architects. notable low in the discussions

about the revitalization and preservation of the golden gate concourse. in my line of work in the function of commissions we want to have a fair and impartial jury. you will find no better fare or impartial commissioner to exercise this important function and final low, chsa wishes you healthy, happy prosperous new year. thank you very much. >> thank you. mr. chan. and thank you and best wishes to everyone for the new year of the rabbit. are there members for public comment. >> no further people in the chamber double checking our phone line. there are no callers on the phone line at this time. why public comment for item 2 is

closed. i will make a motion to amend the motion by removing word rejecting in line low and the word rejects in line 13. and suggest this we send it as amended to the full board with a period recommendation on that 2 part motion a roll call. >> yes, on this motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> did not hear. >> aye. >> the motion passes. without objection. >> next item, please. >> moving on dwrm 3 to let you know chair peskin we are losing your volume or loudness at this point. >> is that better >> yes a lot better. >> item 3 motion approving rejecting the mayor's nomination

the appointment of nabihah azim to the treasure island board of directors term ending april 28, 2026. >> thank you, mr. young. and thank you to the mayor for nominating member who is absently 100 percent qualified for this seat. i met a zim last week and you see by her résumé is a perfect fit for treasure island's development notoriety. where we are building a lot of affordable housing, which is exactly what her résumé shows, with that ms. azim, the floor is yours. >> thank you supervisor peskin and good morning supervisor chan and mandelman. as mentioned i have worked at mercy housing the last 8 years where i started construction on the 138 unit affordable housing

development that will replace housing for catholic charity residents and existing village family and new affordable house and work on future affordable developments. i worked on the sunnydale hope sf project and have knowledge how to develop affordable and master plan develop accident i work for oxford properties on master developments outside of san francisco it is my honor to condition to work on treasure i lands that is dear to my heart creating equal communities in san francisco. >> are there questions or comments from committee members? >> there is nobody on the roster. >> are there any members of public who would like to testify on this motion excellent nomination. >> if there are members that like to provide comment in person lineup. for those remote call

415-554-0001, corrode corrode then star 3 to enter the speaker's queue. for those in the queue wait until you have been unmuted that will be your time to comment. there is nobody in line in the chamber. and there is nobody on the phone line to speak at this time. >> public comment is closed. i will make the motion to amend the subject motion by removing reyekting in line 3 and removing the word, reject in line 8 and sending the item as menldzed to the full board with enthusiastic positive recommendation on that motion a roll call, please. >> on this motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin.

>> sorry i did not hear this one? >> chair peskin is aye i saw him state that verbally. >> this motion passed without objection. >> thank you. mr. young. thank you ms. azim, next item, fleez. >> item 4 is a motion finding that miriam zouzounis proposal to apply for grant by the office of economic and workforce development and seek assistance from ewwd nonprofit on the board she serves on are not incompresidentable with the activities of the small business commission which show is a member, subject to conditions. >> thank you, colleagues, this advanced written determination motion has been brought by

supervisor dorsey. the reasons for the veterans determination are set fourth in the body of the motion as relating to ms. zouzounis 'nonprofit she serves on the board without compensation not able to apply for oe wushgs grants. it is for 2 glorious duration. and stip lays that ms. zouzounis will not receive direct grant relief and the neighborhood business alliance compensated for her she not be compensate for role as a board member where she is not compensate in the the volunteer capacity. miss zouzounis is there anything you would like to add or address relating to the advance written determination knight supervisor dorsey. >> thank you, chair peskin and

supervisors for having me. i'm your board appointed on the mall business commission. where i serve as royce chair. and to give you context, this is second and third generation new businesses who helped our historic ethnic merchant group. . become a fully nonprofit. trade association. and this is just me doing my due diligence as a board member and merchant and community capacity if we seek funds and agency adjacent to the one i over see i will do my due diligence and maintaining transparency and ethic's procedures. so, thank you for thank you me today. >> thank you, ms. wrun zun are there questions or comments from committee members? >> seeing none is there public

comment on this item >> members of public had wish to speak in personnel line up to speak. for those remote call 415-554-0001, access code: 2489 495 5993 ##, then star 3 to enter the queue. for those in the queue wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. that will be your queue to begin comments there is nobody in the chamber for public comment and we are double checking, nobody on the phone line for public comment at this time. >> public comment is closed. and i will make a motion to sends this motion with recommendation to the full board of supervisors on this motion a roll call. >> yes, on this motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> voice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin.

>> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. why next item. thank you ms. zouzounis. item 5. hear to apin 3 members term twiering november 21 of 24 to the citizen's general obligation committee. we have one applicant for this item. >> mr. young and colleagues. mrs. crawford who sits on the general obligation bond oversight mittee is opine to be have another term. i would like to say this is a quite important body and i wanted to say to anybody listening we are continuing to seek 2 more members of the body

that -- over cease the expenditure of general obligation bonds in san francisco. so if you are interested, please contact the office. so that we can consider you at a future meeting. with that, mrs. crawford. good morning the floor is yours. >> good morning chair peskin and supervisors chan and mandelman. thank you for having mow this morning and thank you for the opportunity and thank you for considering my reappointment to the citizen's general obligation bond oversight committee. as chair peskin said, i have served for the past year. i was originally appointed for seat one to complete another member's term. that -- another member who had been appointed to another

committee that was a year ago and since then i have become a liaison for the whistle blower program and also for you the 2016 public health and safety bond. and i also republican for and was lected voice chair of the [inaudible] in october, i believe. i irrelevant hope for the opportunity to start this new term and complete a full 2 year term. especially i say 2016 health and safety bond i over seen, most of the projects have been completed for it but the one that is still outstanding and extreme low active the next 2 years is building 5 at zukerberg, which is a complicated project i'm dig nothing now i hope to serve for another 2 years to see that

through. i am ail small business owner and live in district 3. my office in district 6. i'm the proud parent of 2 sfusd students. we are very used many of the projects this the [inaudible] over cease throughout the city. for mow it has been an interesting -- [inaudible]. no audio >> i think we lost you. >> oh . there you are. you are become. >> is this. >> were you all able to hear me we lost you last sentence. >> okay. i just was saying that i really learned a lot serving on the [inaudible] and hope to have the opportunity to serve the next 2 years. one full term. >> we are delighted that you are willing to serve again. you are in my opinion, an

excellent fit, exact low what we envision when committees like this were credited. and i would be delighted to make the motion to reappoint you after we hear public comment. is there public comment on this item? >> yes, members who would like to comment on our present lineup now. remet, call 415-554-0001, access code: 2489 495 5993 ##, press star 3 to enter the queue. there is nobody in the chamber for public comment. there is nobody on the phone line for public comment. >> public ment is closed. and i will make the motion to

sends ms. crawford's reappointment to the full board with a positive recommendation on that motion, a roll call, please. >> >> on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passed without objection. thank you, mr. young. thank you, next item. >> one moment. next on the good eveninged is item 6. consider appointing 4 members ending january therein of 25 to the golden gate bridge highway board of directors. 4 seats, 4 applicants. >> i served with all 4 of the

individuals back when i was briefly a member of the golden gate highway and transportation district board of directors. all 4 of them very seasond and experienced on the golden gate transportation district board. sabrina hernandez for seat one. bert hill for seat 2. richard grosboll for seat 3 and michael theriault for seat 4 why don't we hear from all of them in this order. if there are questions or comments we will hear from members then public comment. ms. hernandez, good morning. >> one moment while we check i don't believe ms. hernandez is on the phone line or in the room at this time. >> sabrina last week and said

she was going to come. go on to bert hill. >> he is coming forward at this moment. thank you, victor. >> good morning president peskin and vice president mandelman and supervisor chan. thank you. i'm asking for reappointment based on my qualifications which is learningly avid transportation person. as well as i have good qualifications relative to the next 2 years at least, we faced problems economically with the

bridge. we will have to make serious decisions about the drop off and transportation by automobiles. people on buses and our ferry system. i think i have the qualifications and i can take questions. >> thank you. mr. hill. are there questions from committee members? >> there is nobody on the roster. >> why don't we go on to richard grosboll. mr. grosboll, good morning. >> >> good morning. thank you it my pleasure to serve on the board for you a few combreers my priority is the suicide deterrent system. we hope to get it come least third degree year it has taken longer but dealing with the condition transactor and other issues we will have a lot going on. bert said our ref now is down with the ridership bus and

ferries and drivers over the bridge we lost that revenue. we got serious issuesful having transit and keeping that going. and of course the seismic retrofit this is going on and have the toll plaza a new gant row system in. a lot is going on and the budget issue like government agencies transit agencies is a challenge with decline in ridership. but i would like to serve another 2 years and appreciated the opportunity. we are fortunate to say we have a grit staff out at the bridge the leadership and workforce we feel fortunate. so, thank you. >> thank you commissioner special i do want to though the that mr. grosboll served as the president or chair of that body in the past and now we will move on to michael theriault. who also i think served as

president of the body. mr. theriault. why thank you mr. chair. and good morning and good morning supervisors mandelman and chan. first, mr. president, congratulations on your return to the presidency of the board and condolences. i -- i came before this committee 2 years ago with an expectation and i plan. the expectation i think supervisor peskin, mr. president, you will be familiar with this is that -- the presidency of the board of the directors of the golden bridge transportation district alternates between someone from north of the fwaet and south of the gate. and that on the basis of seniority. and so i was in line midway through this last term to become president of the board of directors. there was a vote involved but the board did follow tradition

and i have been president of the board for a year. and will be president for another year pending. the -- plan that i stated back when was to under take manage that -- was over due. that was a strategic planning initiative for the board. as president peskin is aware, the business of the board of directors at the district is largely staff driven not board driven. an opportunity the board has to drive the activities of the district is to do from time to time a strategy plan. we had not done one since 2013 or 14. so we were over due. the general plan is every 5 years. and i have to report that i have not yet accomplished that. there were a couple of hint everhind residences one the

pandemic and affect on affect on uncertainty in the funding that come in the district as supervisor -- director grosboll eluded to. last month, bridge tolls were down 18% it was. ferry traffic down 56% and bus usage down pick % ref nows dropped. but this uncertainty it seemed to mow did not obsolve the board from obligation to plan. when the budget was proposed in may it contained language from staff in 2 locations. that would have said this we the board, through up hand and will not attempt a planning process because of this uncertainty. i pitched a fit about this language. i said, no.

this is our obligation despite uncertainty. the covid has roughly 4 to the power of 14,000 pom possible mutation and may be with us for a long time we can't stop planning because of uncertainty. we plan on the basis prosecute posing scescenario. and i proposed language that acknowledged that possibility. and that was incorporated into the budget replacing the language staff put in there. and we as a result in november received from staff a set of financial projections that had 3 scenario to which we plan and i expressed some delight.

other was a matter of personal health. i had a couple of things one was near low fatal. the other which may be fatal some day but in the yet. and i think i'm good for the near term the next couple years, certainly. and as a result, in with the new financial projection available from staff, in december, i had initial meetings with staff and a couple of chairs about starting this strategic planning effort at the beginning of this month i appointed a planning advisory committee this involved shuffling among other members on the board. but this committee hen ash pointd and scheduled meet this friday. i drafted a calendar complete nothing december. the end of my term as president.

and with your indulgsance. i will take on this work. i'm visible for questions. thank you. >> thank you, president theriault and thank you for your service and delightedure still amongst us. are there questions for president theriault if not, is mrs. hernandez with us in person or remote. and if show is not i'm preered to accept it. >> sorry. chair peskin i would like to say a few words. >> thank you and i want to thank mr. theriault for reaching out my apol joes for not respond nothing time for us to meet before today. i hope you take that as my support for you and your

leadership. this is much needed like chair peskin mentioned we are glad you are here with us. today and wellingness to commit the next 2 years and however long the 2025 to continue to work with us and your commitment to public service for this i personal low am grill to you and happy to support not just you but your fellow board of directors who continue their service for us and for this community. and bridging the gap between san francisco and neighboring counties so, thank you. >> well is something fitting about having an ironworker be the president of the bridge board. >> is ms. hernandez visible? going once, going twice. go to public comment. why yes, mr. hernandez is not on

the phone line. and i don't believe show is in the room at this time. members who wish to speak on this item in person can line up at this time. for those listening remote call 415-554-0001, access code: 2489 495 5993 ## then press star three to enter the speaker's queue. there is nobody in the recommend for public comment and we have one caller on the line for public comment. >> first and only speaker, please. >> good morning. david pilpel. i followed bridge district closely and comment regular low and support reappointment of the directors at this time. thank you very much. >> mr. pilpel, public comment is

closed. and i will make a motion, colleagues, to reappointment ms. hernandez. mr. hill. mr. got bol and mr. theriault to the golden gate district board of directors. a roll call. >> i want to confirm you would like to confirm reappointment for all 4 member sns >> yes. >> i did in the hear it. >> yes, on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. peskin visually tried state aye. >> peskin aye. the motion passes without objection. going on to the next item. item 7.

ordinance amending gentleman conduct code to update the conflict of interest code for 700 adding the leading and changing the titles officials and employees to reflect occasional staffing chinks and refining discussion >> reporter:s for designated official and employees. >> thank you, mr. young. i put in my head set men you can hear me better now. i think we made all the appropriate amendments as it relates to the passage of the

charter amendment creating the homelessness. commission and the fact this the passage of i think i remember which letter it was but the charter amendment that did not split the d. public works the 2 departments you will of those amendments have been made. -- madam deputy city attorney, am i correct? >> yes, chair peskin, you are. why all right. is there i think third time is a charm we can forward this to the board subject to public comment. is there members of public who would like to comment on this item number 7? >> yes, members who wish to peek and are in the chamber lineup at this time. for those remote call 415-554-0001, access code: 2489 495 5993 ## then press star 3 to

enter the speaker's queue. >> there is nobody in the chamber. and we have one person on the phone for public comment. >> first and only speaker, please. >> >> great. david pilpel again. i made comments on this victim previously. i will not repeat those now the ordinance is not amended to address those i hope the comments will be take into account next time this come up in a year and a half. i believe that some references to titles in departments are still ambiguous the references to managers and some cases are clear and others less so and i

believe this diameters this are larger should have the divisions/khrer called out departments that are smaller not have divisions in the department. thank you very much for listening. >> okay. public comment is closed and i will make a motion to sends the item as amended to the full board with a positive recommendation on this motion a roll call, please. >> yes, on that motion supervisor chan. >> aye. why vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> next item, please. >> next is item 8 ordinance to code to require board of supervisors approval of a policy that funding acquisition and law enforcement equip of the sheriff's department consistent with the criteria in the state luand improving sheriff's

department use of equipment policy. >> thank you, mr. young. clothes i want to welcome our sheriff mr. this morning. who is here with regard to their policies proposed around the use of policies relating to certain law enforcement equipment. you will recall that in 2021, govern sign in the law bill 481 and now our city attorney david chu requiing law enforcement agencies to have approval by the equip use policy. we wrestled many occasions as relating to the police department's first time out regarding the policies around military grade law enforcement equipment. hopefully this will be easier i

want to change the sheriff and his staff for wing with interested members of the community and evolving a policy that at the first time out seems to bes less controversial atlanta the police department's had first introduced. hopeful low we will are less w to do i don't know if we will forward it today or whether there are tweaks we want to make. i did want to ask before we start with the policy the deputy city attorney. sorry i did in the have the time i upon went to bed at 8 and week up at 7. . 30 sick as a dog to call you but i think that the recitals the background recitals on page 2 in the first paragraph on this page are out dated? i don't think this the police

department ordinance is still pending before the board. i think we who i we did duplicated file we did pass the police department's use policies. and the next paragraph subsection c i don't know whether it is 96g or flicks h i think we resolved those. you see what i am seeing. >>an pierson. yes, this was deteriorated before the, ordinance was adopted. which is why. we included the status here. these are noncodified findings. i think if you want to leave them you can or like to update we can as well to reflect the fact the police policy has been adopted. >> yea. if seems like for historical accuracy given it is january of 2023, the current status is

right. other thing and this is a question for you, colleagues in section 3 thenual reporting >> reporter: says required by law a year of the effective date of this ordinance the sheriff submit annual equipment report fir each type of equipment and thereafter. i was wondering whether or not we might want to within the confines what state luallows to have the police department and sheriff's department arrive at the same time. that is a question for us to ponder. and then -- to the sheriff on page 4, subsection c, a prosecute vision this says required boy law within 30 days of submitting and releasing the

report the sheriff shall have one publicize and located community -- and sheriff, this is something for to you think about whether or not you want to use and whether we should wroit in this ordinance that the the approved sheriff's over site body be the form where this engagement required by state law is hel. something to think about i'm not married to that. and with the preliminary comments, i will turn it over to the sheriff to present the policy and thank you, gwen to your staff and republicany of your department for wing well with the community in bringing this policy forward. >> of chair peskin thank you for this opening. also for the recognition of the work done by our staff at the

sheriff's office. good morning to the other members i appreciate your time and the upon tube to present to you our equipment list. and our different uses for the piece of equipment. having the opportunity to share that information with you is something we have been appropriated for in -- collaboration with some of the groups mentioned by chair peskin. america friends service committee was a key component of our thought process on the information that we are now presenting to you and appreciated their time and energy on this director pole around and also jennifer were individuals when poke with members of my team in order to make sure we are transparent as possible and presenting the material and also giving i perspective on the use of those items of equip. we have a power point for this and i believe if we could have christian who is on.

teams cohost. so he is able to present. the upon presentation. >> all right. again, want to thank the committee for the opportunity to present this information. we have tried be comprehensive as possible. so our power point might have a lot of information in it all of which i will cover and happy to answer questions as we go along through the.ation itself. >> one of the obviously we know why we are here. and the reasons on the equipment presentation. i want to mention from my perspective at the sheriff i have a working knowledge of all of the items and i personal low used some of the items because of my prior experience in our department over 26 years.

and 15 of which on the special response team in the emergency service unit and i want to provide the perspective of not just going over the slides but of the use of based on personal experience. one thing i want to point out is the fact that the majority of the items are used only in special situations and in consideration of all policies that we have of state law of local ordinance and the use is and fully aware as an elected official that people are sensitive to any time we use equipment outside of the norms of when we carry. today, we spend time to make sure all of you are assured in the uses we have. move forward on the slides, please. i mentioned. by the special response team the emergency service unit that we

have within our department, 2 units designate nited deal with special situations and critical incidents and special events this require oozes and procedures outside the norm of our normal practices. will include the following items. that are listed here. briefly, we have our uav unmanned aircraft systems. reconrobot, mobile command vehicles. shot guns that are used with that. rifles that are used as well. and other listed firearms. we will cover diversionary devices and chemical agents less lethal ammissions we use for the devices. >> moving sfwo at this time small unmanned aircraft system

we have a component of our department our air squadron within our department. which partners with deputies to provide the use of a uaf unmans aircraft system to get information during critical searchs and rescue operations, disaster response, barricaded and hostage situations. any operation that we will need information to make informed decisions on what we are going to do moving forward. we don't have facial recognition software or other items of concern to individuals. of regarding first amendment right and expectations of privacy. the deployment of these drones i had a request from another supervisor and was not able to provide the answer. e mail i will say here in our presentation that we don't use

the uav in first amendment activities include prosecute test and machine torg of them. this is in the a part whf we deploy these devices for. than i have been valuable to us in the limited deployments in the past in terms of providing a view of bird's eye view of disaster, crime scenes. we have a vast property at san bruno and this is where we do most of our training on the uav with the air squadron and helps us to cover large areas with visual abilities which we would not otherwise have on the ground. >> we are able to launch the devices quickly in order to get ice up and be able it see things as they help in real time they are cost effective instead of an

airplane up in the sky with the attached costs they are relative low more simple to deploy. we do follow the guide lines federal aviation guide lines, certification for the operators. deputies are prosecute voided training and a few that have successful low completed and going through training on the permitting and certification of the use. >> do you have questions at this time on the uav before i go to the next item? >> i don't. >> okay. moving along, next slide. reconscout robot. this is a small remote robot with a camera trans mittings have to a mall hand held portable screen limp is in audio and not capable of delivering

any other items. you see from the graphic there, the remote scout robot itself is just a column on 2 wheels within this is the camera system. this is used to transmit vo to give team members the information regarding scene safety. no offensive capables. and one thing to note about this device is it is out dated, and obvious lite. the only device that provides the capability. we have an interest in and making better but not an interest in changing design to any item that provides the visual information. we are in the looking for other devices that will deliver something it is a visual for us this we use it for.

the authorize use is just to gather information. visual information androus risk for potential injury during an operation. it is in the a force option in any way. >> are there questions about this device. >> great. >> the next item that i have on the presentation are vehicles. first of which is a 2012mt five 5 a fancy way of saying we have a command vehicle capable of providing incident command post for planned and unplanned events that is mobile and accessible in the field. >> these are communication system bases of operation when is we are out in the field. deployed for planned or unplanned eventses and rivered a class b license we have a number of staff members available for

this. for transportation. it is it is in use in deployments past. . >> reports >> keep only use third degree in 2022 for training operations and it is a useful platform to conduct training operations in locations >> second vehicle -- is the 2013 ford f59. this is a basic nonarmored vehicle to transport equipment and personnel. it is similar in shape and design to a ups delivery truck and has a capability of getting people and equipment to places relatively quickly and safely.

>> any questions about the vehicles we have covered in our breaching shotgun used during srt swat type operations. to defeat barricaded or fortified locations in order for us to conduct rescues or high riskent rows during high risk and critical incidents. preaching slugs we use on this platform are not utilized outside of training or apprehensions or incidentses or s circumstances had we get in a place quickly while we execute an arrest or warrant. and it is deployed as a breaching tool. only under extreme circumstances would this be used as a lethal

force option. and it is a shotgun modified be a breaching tool. >> the capability of this device when used with breaching slugs is to help us to manualy breech and defeat hinges and looking mechanisms on doors. other devices that preventent row in a room. able to defeat. and in regards to the use itself, it is not something this all deputies are trained on. only something the srt members are trained on. this is a specific course they have to complete in order to be able to authorized to use this device and on going training during the srt training cycle to keep consistent with those

skills. the capability to do this with breaching rounds is also specific to the ammunition used. that ammunition is listed here. and it is pacific to the breech. and as mentioned in the previous slides this is the only ammunition used boy trained deputies in the use of breaching shotgun. >> any questions on that device? next slide, please. our specialized firearms a category of items which cover a number of different models and types the purpose and scope of these are to address increasing level of firepower and body armorutilized by ri11 subjects they are special circumstances where we need immediate tactical resources to respond to deadly threats and people hor equipped

with items such as these to much that we have them available to the special response team. the firearm and ammunitions, are specific to deadly force situations. specific to threats of death or body low injury. we do have some that have capabilities that are specialized will see in the following slides. the over all mission of the firearm system to be able to defeat deadly force situations. these are not pulled rifles they are item this is are assigned to individuals after training and qualification. there is a category here of an item a submachine gun and select fire pistols in the inventory about in the used in response to things. we will cover that in a few slides.

regarding authorized use, this is a reasonable expectation the rifle may be needed to threat of death or body low injury. use of force policy covered the items required to deal with this. some examples are here in the slide to give you a picture of some of the situations and circumstances when these may be deployed and used. situations where a deputy may participate an armed encounter faced with accurate and effective firing long range. situations where a deputy respects the need to exceed firepower or individual who may be a barricade person with a hostage. also a situation where the suspect may be wearing body armorand these are all

situations needed authorized and questioned by a supervisor also list in the our policy we need to dispatch an animal. all policies are governed by the use different luspecific to use of force policy. 835a subsection c for the california penal code. it is in the necessary to read through all of them you have this as a reference. 835ac california code, in regards to possession of this usage and our training. california penal code 33220 section b covers all of that. 1 thing to mention is we have a patrol rifle training course. we have nonsrt members who are trinned in and kwulified with the use of long rifles.

or patrol rifles. they must pass the training. this is described hereby and there is a refresher training. those other only individuals this can deploy rifles. it is in the issued to everybody in the department. >> specific to the special personnel we have a few items listed. most of these platforms are rifle platforms. when you seat different models it references the different length and barrel. the different types of weapons this are used here. use different ammo as well. one thing of note exit will cover it in the following slide is i want to mention that the h and k mp5 at the bottom is

something brought up. by our collaborators and something we discussed at length buzz it is in the currently deployed. but it is an item which i will cover in another slide. the next slide gives you an idea of the training the srt does go through for rifle training. in addition to the ratify course, all posts certified swat courses in the state of california require a component involving rifle training. there is a bianual rifle qualification twice a year members have to pass that. they do have month low training on the rifles in addition to the prerequisites. our sniper teams are all srt member and have to pass the specialized post course, which certified them in ratify and

rifle and sniep are cape ats they are 3-5 people qualified on the use of one motor furthermore we have here. the lwrcrepr system. the mp5 submachine gun which was a topic of discussion with collaboration on the listing and usage of the item. the platform is one that is a little different than the other rifles i mentioned. this platform is a 9 millimeter and category, submachine gun. when we discussed this, in terms deplayment it is something i have been trainod and familiar with. something i know has a usage in

specific situations. but unfortunately we have in the bruour team up to ped on the training of this item. there are trinning considerations and focus on the other item its is manage we will continue to maintain in our inventory but not currently being used similar to the reconscout. the training requirementos this are also specific to the motor form itself. it is codified in the previously referenced penal codes. i highlight this because it is prit and apart from the other ratify platforms we have listed. any questions on that? okay. this is the left category offer specialized rifles this is our sniper rifles. the acronym is the respectid engagement precision rifle.

it is a specific round to the sniper team. it is to ensure we engage hostile threats and threats at a great upon distance and accuracy. our authorized use is for the types of events. andor sniper team members come mroelt a certified course specific to this operation. these are single fire weapons they are in the capable of any other sort of select fire situation. and they are all legally prescribed and regulated under the guidelines we mentioned. is there question about the sniper rifles we have? next slide. we listed out the costs

associated with the types of platforms i mentioneds well as the ammunition referenced in interest of time i want to mention this we have those costs in following slides if we can move on to the next one. this slide presents information specific to the platforms mentioned. more detail in terms of the capability and when type of operating system they all have. >> i want to emphasize gwen these are only used in specific types of situations to increase our abilities and capability in case we defeat body armoror violent suspect hos have similar capabilities. i just jumped them i mentioned

everything my previous comments for the purpose. this slide references had i mentioned. again, the costs are here. for reference on the platforms and the ammunition used. go ahead the next slide, please. i think this is the list of ammunition and types this is used. and if there are no questions we can go to the inventory table for reference. gives you an idea of the different platforms specific to all references to specialized firearms i mentioned so far. moving on, the following parts of presentation will refer to no longer referred to specialized firearms but diversionary

devices other platforms less lethal. with regards to diversion devices, flash banks. we have these. specific to usage by the special response team only for specific types of high risk warrants or events or hostage rescue. this device is a class c explosive that emits a bright light and noise to distract dangerous individuals. i can say from personal experience it is loud and bright. there is a requirement for all those members of the srt, again to make sure they participated in the swat school which covers the use of diversionary devices and covered during then yell training cycle for the team.

is there questions on this device? moving on... we have 40 millimeter chemical age launchers to fire projectile temporary incapacitate subjects it is less lethal. we have instance of civil unrest which do occur. we have not as an agency deployed these during that type of situation. we do have we have deployed upon 37 millimeter i will discuss in a following slide. the 40 millimeters we have not deployed. chemical agents in reference to

these are specific low smokes, liquids and powders that are designed to temporaryly disable a person. this is a less lethal force option and it significantly reduces risk of injury. next slide. >> and -- sheriff, just i think there has been concern not in upon the deployment but the fact that in confined close quarters in jails and that -- as long as these things are in the launched at heads or vital parts they achieve the mission if launched incorrect low could be lethal. does the policy address that. >> yes, this will be covered

when we get to 37 millimeter launcher. but i understands the upon concern because as we talk about the types of platforms the chemical agent launchiers are designed to dispense the chemical but the target is in the a person the your and the concerns about a jail setting we have confined space environment this is we operate in. ourselves are i think 5 by 9 now. we do have those situations. we have larger areas as well we cover. these specific 40 millimeter chemical agent launchers for chemical agents the less lethal impact i can cover this now. you mentioned chair peskin there have been concerns about the use of our projectile impact weapons

the then millimeter launcher. . and this deploy am when used our targeting area is specific at this time low the leg that's the only your we qualify and train our people on in term it is of targeting somebody with this. it is less lethal impact. it is designed to strike somebody with a rubber impact round. butt target area is specific to the lower leg -- is not intended to strike anybody any other part of the body. the potential is there. we rescue noise that the training issing specific to one area of the body. >> hope that answers your question. >> thank you, sheriff. >> and if we go to the next

slide, one thing i like to note you see from the graphic that this is a very the platform is different than the others you saw. the potential for us to mix this up with lethal options is not there. we don't have a shotgun designed to provide less impact. this device is specific to that task. and very different from the other platforms. our tal afar can't confuse the plat furthermore they are using. next slide. this is informative lied on when we use. again, this is -- only to strike people to stop them. not intended to be lethal.

you see it is basically a large doily rubber. round. next slide. this is just me saying to you i would appreciate -- the authorization of the continued use of the safety equipment that we out lined. i believe there is a few more slides after this one. that there were question in regards to the reporting press. when we do receive complaints about the use of any of the items or misconduct alleged, we currently report that to the department of police accountability. the use of anything in our military equipment use policy, or any situation where there may

be a disregard for healing or safety of a person is someone we will reference and do investigate individually and independently. i want to rescue noise our oversight committee and on coming inspector general when he is established i'm sure that will have a component of the investigative process in the allegations. i want to mention this although we partner with the police accountability, we recognize that may change. and this is it for the presentation itself. the next slide is my official ask of you if there are questions. >> good. thank you, sheriff. are there questions or comments from committee member sns >> yes. supervisor chan. >> thank you chair peskin and

thank you sheriff for presenting today and joining us in person and here in the chamber i proeshth that. thank you very much. i have some questions over all of the presentation. this is were seems to most of the military grade equipments are ewe likewised used by the [no response] team and could you let us know what is the total staffing and how many are on the special response team of >> we are at 72% staffing level. however we are authorized for 960 sworn staff members. 670 and 700 now for active sworn members. of this, we have about 120 members of the emergency services unit and of that we have 50 members of the srt. >> thank you and then i concure

with chair peskin mentioning out of the sorry. i concur this out of the 30-day which you have to conduct a community engagement or community meeting i think you are oversight commission is appropriate. it is always proper low notice exclude properly staffed and able to provide translation services. i do think this perhaps it is a great venue in appropriate event or platform for an upon community engagement i appreciate thenual report of listing out about how the equipments were used and complaint and concern receive concerning the equipment. could you wang me through a bit i'm trying tonld. so a sum row of complaints or concerns received concerning the

equipment? could you categorize for me how the complaints or concern would look like is it every day -- residents or anybody injured or both as staff or citizens that how does complaints and concern come about? joy appreciate that question. . i hope i can give you perspective. in my experience when we have deployed in the public settings whether for a large scale event where there men disruption or use of force mioccur, we receive complaints in the just to the agency specific low we get them at internal affairs department. and we also get complaints via the website. people are able to submit complaints directly to us. we do because we have partnered with department of police

accountability people are familiar with being able to go to them with complaints. usual low in regards to use of special equipment, we have had people express concerns in the past with the use of the deployed but in the discharged had they see it they wander what it is and sometimes we get inquiries on that. we have tasers that is a use of force we get questions on and people have questions about that that we receive through the avenues. >> thank you. and i appreciate that the annual include internal audits. i do appreciate listed here. as an annual report. i have no questions and thank you, sheriff for your presentation today. thank you chair peskin. >> thank you, supervisor mandelman, comments or

questions? >> no. why don'ts we open item 8 up to public comment. >> yes, members of the public. >> excuse me. >> members of public who wish to poke on this item and joining in person line up to speak at this time. for those remote call 415-554-0001, access code: 2489 495 5993 ## then star 3 to enter the speaker's queue. we have in person commenters. >> i'm arthur an artist and small business owner in district 9. hillary ronen is my supervisor she spoke my mind at the last

meeting. serving on faes and social occurrence the quaker meeting house is a block away. i'm representing our local friends meeting and i'm working with american friend's committee nationally. why are we here? the sheriff's department submitted a principle to arm robots at the last minute on a friday for a board of supervisors meeting. on a tuesday. denoticing the public of rit to comment for 30-days to be considered, discussd and defiernd what circumstances they will be used. i thought it was disingent with us to militarize the police with you transparency when the points was to keep the public record of purchases and use. there remember in guide lines for the robots for loathal

force. why now. they were designed for surveillance. retrofitting them will require try and error. >> sir you are welcome to peek to this but that's not before us on the sheriff's department and the police department are 2 different department this is is a different policy you refer to the matter this committee dealt with in the board of supervisors dealt with relating to the police department policy not the sheriff's department policies but please, go ahead. >> sorry about this. since robots were introduced to the police department 10 years ago cutches have been lethal reports for the military this are more agile in maneuvering in spaces and driven biartificial intelligence they will not succeed the sheriff the will in the succeed in adding on westbound weapons than i will

come become and ask for more machine tow buy the robots designed for killing people. all the kill are robot system distracting us from the issues why is sf the only -- your speaker time elapsed. >> there is no -- kill are robots police department sheriff's policy are 2 different things and the kill are robot issue is not present here in the sheriff's department. next speaker, please. >> is there anybody in the chamber withhold like to comment. no further parties in the room we can move on to the phone line. >> i'm jennifer shoe i work for the american frebldz's service committee i like to thank chair

peskin. we had some policy disagreements, [inaudible] very receptive to our feedback and the policy you are considering is improved from the original proposed policy. there did remain compliance gaps which we sent e mill to the committee. [inaudible] working to address those and ask rowels to passport that work. i noticed references to 3 things that sound the same but are different usage, authorizationed use and use of force. usage in the presentation seems to be a description of capabilities for use history. the policy authorizes more than that. if a weapon has not been used in the passed but authorized it can be deployed in the future f. a drone to document crime scenes

but authorized for krud use the use would authorize the drone use for first amendment assembly even if past usage was not for that. this could be extended all the equipment today. use of a weapon is not the same as use of force. state law covers use never mentioned use of force. bring out an assault weapon and hold it that's use of the weapon even if never fire today is use of a weapon. state law covered use and does in the mention use of force. encourage members to raise questions today inform the public and community about the authorized use, how that authorized use vary from past and check in on the sheriff's department to report on all future military equipment uses. time e lapsed. so i will ask you a question in

the first instance relates to the unmachined aircraft, drone. what you are suggesting is that there be provisions in the policy that indicate representification set forth by the sheriff which is that now that it shall not be used for surveilling first amendment activities is this when you are saying? >> it is very similar. when i'm asking is that this committee consider the authorized use and whether that matches past use and whether it should match past use. and so i will encourage the committee to ask for more restricted use not just for the drones but all of the weapons. the submachine guns are authorized for any time the srt

would like to use it. not authorized within the department itself but the department could choose to reauthorize them and choose to deploy the submachine gun. the policy would be adopted by the ordinance would allow that use of submachine guns. >> you are saying more narrow -- drafted, go ahead. >> >> sorry jennifer. i was going to ask if this answers your question. why kinds of. >> any questions and thank you for engaging the department over the left several week and thank you to my staff who has been helping behind the scenes. any questions from members if in the prosecute seed to the next caller.

can you hear me? >> yes. >> hi. i'm john and i'm with the american friends's committee justice program. and we do deeply appreciate the sheriff's engagement with us with concerns and questions about the policies that are required by state law. i just to build on the exchange that occurred, we do support because the sheriff said it but it is in the in the written policy restriction on the use of drones for survilling first amendment activities. that especially because the sheriff's office has jurisdiction for prosecute tests this occur in the civic center. that would be upon important. similarly, we are concerned that the use of projectiles and chemical agents in the jail have

restriction like most jails in prison in california significant portion of people in the jail experience mental ill knows and suffer from physical disabilities in the state prisons most use of force are against people with mental illness. well is for some of the equipment i consideration of the vulnerability of populations against which this mike used but a consideration of those afford deciding to launch any of these weapons for what is -- and that would be important piece for the use in the jail. where you have significant populations of people who are vulnerable. and we want to say we support the chair to suggestion of an annual supervisor chan's support for annual engagement leading at

the sheriff's oversight board. it important that space one where there is public comment and public attendance and visibility so that there is that community back dm forth. that is when ab41 is about. is bringing in the community and elected officials suchs yourself in the process of figure out where the line for the use or nonuse. thank you. next speaker, please. this is [inaudible]. i'm calling. can you turn down the volume on your tv set or computer. we don't hear the background. >> okay.

there. thank you. i'm concerned about the use of flash bangs or loud sounds in the jails. not only because of other people might be around that would be affected but i understand that -- for example, really loud sounds can cause brain damage. and i don't think it is responsible to subject anyone especially not near by people in an enclosed space to such a weapon. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

we have no additional callers on the line. >> okay. public comment is closed. and this is in the handses of board. here. is what i was going to suggest my covid not with standing. which is one this we ask deputy city attorney pierson to make the following changes to the ordinance. this i mentioned with regard to the recitals. primary low on page 2 to make it accurate to reflect what is happened. i am interested although the lag may not be that significant given when we pass the police department policy and into to attempt to lineup the annual reports on military equipment policies both sheriff and police to be at the same time.

so i like to work with the deputy city attorney pierson on that and sheriff, do you have problems with when supervisor chan special i suggested with regard to on page 4, subsection c having the community engage am meeting be at the sheriff's oversight board? >> i absolutely agree. no problem. why excellent. we make that change. and if you could draft those in the intervenaling week i would take it upon myself, sheriff, and mrs. too to convene one last meeting with the parties to see if there can be further refine ams to the policy between now and next monday. as the city attorney to draft the amendments that i have discussed.

i will work with deputy city attorney the appropriate deputy city attorney on those and continue this item one week. and clothes so that you know it is my hope to announce tomorrow remote low the new committee structure and if i get it together to do that, this would be effective february first we have one left meeting of the old compliment of the rowels committee that has been a pleasure chairing and i want to thank both of you supervisors mandelman and chan for your 2 years together on this body. and i want to thank clerk mr. victor young for his comp tent work as the committee clerk approximate deputy city attorney for giving us consistent and good counsel. and we will have one more meeting before the new compliment guess in affect.

on february 1. wednesday. of next week. and with this i make a motion to continue this item a week. >> would you like to adopt the amendments or will you take those. i can't adopt them buzz they don't exist yet. they are concepts jot motion is continue the matter to january 30, 2023. >> thank you. and i would imagine it is not my place to say that those amendments seemed to be nonsubstantive if it requires another so be it. and with this mr. clerk, thank you, sheriff, see you in a week and in between remote. i don't want to infect you. yesterday, so i hope i did in the infect you. my apol joes and with that mr. clerk read our last item.

>> i like to vote on this item prior. >> yea. >> right. good idea. >> yes, on that motion to continue the matter supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. why chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. moving on to the last item item 9, ordinance amending the code to decrease from 17 to 13 the number on the rate yen's commission and make revisions qualifications and, pointing authorities for members. >> thank you. mr. young. clothes, as you may know the vet republican commission is a large body of 17 that has had trouble meeting because of its size. it has been recommended with the support of the chair as well as

the clerk mary murphy that we shrink the body in size from 17 to 13. we have a letter of support from the chair of the vet republican affair's commission. this would also change and make broader some of the seat designations. i note that a number of the existing members terms are expiring short low. so this is an appropriate time to do it. the clerk made some suggestions purst. john's to their over arching policies and i will be suggesting an amendment on page 3 to insert a new subsection, subf this says each authority may remove the appointees any time. with or without cause.

additionally a member including the chair person when misses 3 regular meetings within a sick month period without approval of the commission at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed to resign from the commission 10 days after the third unapproved absence the commission inform the members of any such resignation. i will make those amendments which have been circulated to the other members of the body. i want to thank my staff calvin for working with ms. murphy and the members of the commission and if members of rules committee have no questions i like to open up to public comment. there are no members in the chamber. members who are on the phone line -- can call 415-554-0001, access code: 2489 495 5993 ## press star 3 to enter the

speaker's queue. we can take the first caller. >> hello good morning. this it is commissioner vet republican's affair's commission. grateful to hear this item on the agenda. it has been in the works and grateful for all of those that have been will putting in the work behind the scenes. it is really essential we get this pass said. moving from 17 to 13 will allow us to enengage with those who are active in the community. and then in the past year we have been beyond proactive and like to continue moving forward

with the solid fundsation for the commission, applying the rowels and a biezing by the laws and holding each other accountable and we could in the do it without you. thank you and i look forward to working with all of you. >> thank you for your service. and thank you for your support of this ordinance. which of course we suggested. is there further public comment on item 9? >> theory no other speakers on the line. >> okay. public comment is chezed. and i would like to move the amendment that i discussed subsection f. on that motion mr. clerk i roll call. >> on that motion supervisor chan. >> aye. where vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> i believe that our department

city attorney has indicate third degree amendment is in the substannive in nature is this correct? >> that's correct i like to move to send the item amended with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. why on that motion supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> motion passes without objection. >> thank you. we are adjourned for today. see you next week.

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thank you, vice chair fielder. >> thank you. i wanted give my colleagues a reminder to put your name in the chat if you would like to speak that is the official roster don't raise your hand when you request to speak. thank you >> can you call roll. >> vice chair will fielder. >> present. >>. member williams. >> present. >> member preston. >> present. thank you. you have a quorum. >> thank you. i like to make a motion to excuse chair connie chan from the meeting. commissioners can i have a second? >> second. >> madam clerk, call the role. >> thank you. member williams. >> present. >> aye. >> preston.

>> aye. >> fielder. >> aye. >> there are three aye's. >> thank you. >> madam clerk call item 2. >> 2 a resolution adopting findings to allow teleconference meetings under section 54953e. number who is wish to comment call 415-554-0001, access code: 2499 048 6443 ##. and press pound twice. if have you not done so press star 3. the system will prompt you raised your hand. wait until the system says you have been unmuted you and may begin your comments during public comment. >> before weef vote on this, can we open public comment?

>> thank you. are there members of the public who would like to comment for item one? dial star 3 now. for those on hold continue to hold. there are zero call in members of the public. >> thank you. >> seeing no speakers, public men is closed. i like to make a motion it approve, can i have a second. >> second. >> seconded by commissioner prestonment without objection -- call the role. >> thank you. >> member williams. >> aye. >> member preston. >> aye. >> for the record member williams was aye and preston is aye. vice chair fielder. >> aye. >> you have 3 aye's >> thank you without objection this is approved. can you call item 3. >> item 3 is approval of the lafco minutes from december 9 of

22 special meeting. members of the public who wish to comment on this item should call 415-554-0001 when prompted enter access code: 2499 048 6443 ##. then press pound twice. dial star 3 to are added to the queue. the system will indicate you raised your hand wait until you have been unmuted and then begin commenting. when we go to public comment. >> do commissioners have changes for the minutes of the december 29, 22 meeting? all right. seeing, sorry. no. we are good. >> seeing no changes i will open up for public comment. speakers will have 3 minutes are any members of the public who wish to comment on item 3? >> thank you, are there members who would like to comment on

item 3. press star 3. >> you will be added to the queue for those on hold, please continue to hold. >> there are zero callers on the line. >> thank you. public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve the minutes? yo so moved. >> can i get a second? >> second. >> thank you. commissioners. and moved by commissioner preston and seconded by williams. call the roll. >> member williams. >> aye. >> member preston. >> aye. >> vice chair fielder. >> aye. >> there are 3 aye's. >> thank you madam clerk this is adopted. can you call item 4? >> item 4 is a hearing on safety over sight investor owned utilities and the golden state

energy act senate bill 350. member who is wish to provide public comment call 415-554-0001 then access code: 2499 048 6443 ## press star 3 to enter the speaker's queue. i like to recognize that commissioner singh joined us. thank you commissioner singh and to introduce this hearing we'll hear from antonio diaz from the power coalition then california auditor and then mary turac from clean power. thank you for join happening us and you have 5 minutes to present.

>> good morning antonio diaz with people organizing to demand environmental and economic voice. we are part of the reclaim our power utility justice campaign. we have a slide deck? >> yes. i can share it now. one second. >> i will get started. thank you lafco commission members and lafco execute arive officer pollock for holding this hearing. the san francisco based environmental justice organization. has been active with reclaim our power utility justice campaign because we recognize the deadly failures and corporate malfeesance of pg and e and the need for accountability.

most catastrophic impacts of pg and e failures has been the destructive wild pyre this is causeded damage to land and property but deaths. pg and e killed over a handled people. and one the 2018 camp fire and the speaker says their negligence destroyed a communities paradise. >> pg and e failures cost all of us as customers. their so called public safety power shut off put vulnerable the elderly, disabled. the medically vulnerable at the highest risks. it is clear instead of invest nothing public safety the -- utility priorities are their

investors. also rates have escalated because of the corporate actors passed their billions of wild fair mittgation costs to the rate payors. members that latin x families in san francisco who have been affected by the covid-19 pandemic have been hard hit by the rising bills. all this while pg and e boss got a pay package of 20 million dollars in 2021. >> besides hurting our pocket book pg and e failures hurt our health. we remember the day in 2018 looking at the sky and thick smoke due to the fires caused by the corporations lack of taking care of equipment. and obviously that is huge public health impacts given amongst the most vulnerable

given the air quality occurrence. also all of you are familiar with the delays that we experienced in san francisco because of pg and e costly dragging of their feet on public projects from affordable housing, parks and other community space. this kinds of corporate behavior indicative of -- pg and e approach to servicing the region. >> basically what we are here to say is point out there is a huge lack of accountability. the state whether it is the office of energy infrastructure safety or the cpu c, they keep approving this investor utility mitigation plan and safety certificates. all this fires of destruction

continue to happen. >> and therefore obviously we need the governor to act. you will hear in the moment about the state auditor's report. from -- spring of the past year criticized the state's inability to address the failures we appreciate of san francisco leadership not only in pointing out pg and e's inadequacies and calling the corporation and the govern to task to bring about real change. we are here to ask lafco to ask the board of supervisors to act on the state auditor's recommendation and demand accountability from pg and e. of the >> thank you. >> thank you. antonio and the reclaim our power coalition. we will take questions after the following presentation.

they work always, thank you for your help and we are lucky to hear directly from the california state auditor. staff and the california state auditor's office. senior auditor and john klein to present on the audit of the safety and oversight safety oversight of investor owned utilities. thank you bothed for being here to present. keep your presentation to 10 admissibilities and commissioners will have questions at the end. >> over to you. >> good morning. i'm john klein i was project manager for the auditor report on electrical system safety. i'm joined by aaron fellner and we are here to describe the audit related to the california utility's commission. office of energy and safety and california sick investor on utilities. there are 3 main issues from

that report we like to highlight today. first the investor owned utilities have 40,000 miles of power lines in areas great threat for wild fires. the utilities use power shut off 67 times. from 2013 through 2021 asciiing millions of customers. the agency's process don't hold utilities sufficiently accountable. we like to encourage to you look at other findings in the report on the website. and graphic we created so you review whether there are bare, covered or under grounds distribution lines in your neighborhood. aaron was the lead on the project and describe details about the state of california's electrical grid. >> thanks, john. >> so i will describe the state of the electric at grid and the improvements that can be made to lower risk of wildfire and power

shut offs. 75,000 miles of distribution lines in the state are located in high fire threat areas. those are areas by cal fire and the cpu c to be extreme risk of wildfire and 50% of miles are bear power lines they are a concern they are less effective than other power lines preventing issues that cause sparks and half of fires reported the last 5 years caused by power lines coming in contact with vegetation. now there is a number of improvements they make to the grid to reduce the risk wildfire. first thanksgiving managed is under grounding. utilities estimate it cost 3 million dollars per mile. and installing covered power line system another managed that cost 700 thousand dollars per mile. utilities slow to make

improvements. in 2020 they had 1500 miles of power lines. they don't report where they conducted that work. we don't know if that was in the areas of highest fire risk. if it was this would institute 4% of bare line in thes high threat areas. because replacing power lines represents a huge cost. we focused to ensure they are targeting the high risk areas. and one way of identifying areas that need to be approved is look where utilities shut off power in the past. that really shows where the lines are on risk of wildfire. there was 67 power shut offs from 2013 to 21. deenergizing thouz know arounds of circuits. of the individuals lost power for upon 37 hours and april 270 circuits experienced 3 our more power shut off in thes same year. over 85 mores of the power shut

off in high fire threat areas. now our report did not recommend power shut offs as a tool we reported after 15 power shut offs and found in in 11 of the reports, they described wind damage and vegetation coming in contact with power lines could caused an ignition had the power not been shut off the damage illustrates hardning in the areas to prevents the need for power shut offs when weather conditions occur again. >> state law requires utilities to identify circuits during power shut offs and the measures utilities have taken or plan to take to reduce the need in the future. >> based on the impacts i described our report recommended the law change to require utilities to identify in the plan improve ams necessary to prevent power shut offs on

deenergized lines. we recommend to prevent power shut offs not just reduce the need. >> several reported than i anticipaterousing the number of power shut offs in the coming years. this decrease may be legalityed utilities adjusting settingos equipment rather than improvements to the power grid x. that brings us to utilities altering unplanned outages to reduce the likelihood that vegetation causing a fire in concern conditions and locations. utilities alter settings so the power is not turned on after a default this . is effective but has adverse impact on the communities inform 2021pg and e triggered 600 outages affecting sick00,000 people occurred with no notice and affected an

average of 1 thousand customers per outage for 17 hours in duration. and unlike planned shut offs customers receive no notice of the outages before their power is interrupted. although this may be an effective method but there is no requirement utilities identify the lines that are affected boy the unplanned outages or address how they will reduce the need going forward. that is why our report recommended the law change to include circuits as a result of power set being measures and that this would expand the scope of the law to include shut offs and equipment settings that trig are unplanned outages. now i will turn over to john to discuss the reports other findings and recommendations. jools we had a number of concerns with the oversight mechanisms that apply to investor owned utilities.

concerns with cpu c audit process. they conduct audits of equipment to ensure that the utility is complying with general orders and this should be an important part of cpu c's oversight. we found 3 problems with their use of the audits. first, cpu c does not audit all districts consistently it audited fewer than 70% of power line districts the last 5 years and secondly, did not audit several districts that contain elevated or extreme fire risks. notablely the last 5 years they did not audit the district where the camp and dixie fires start. they state use risk factors audits but could not provide evidence of how it prioritized the district its did review. third we found they don't penalize use when audits uncover violations. they have never issued a penalty

as a result of an audit. indicates that it only issues penalties through investigation process and significant issues when individuals were hurt or killed or buildings destroyed. alternate they have found same issues through audit its penalized utilities for after investigations penalties don'ts increase the compliance. however, if they are useful when a person or injured or dies or building burns down it is not clear why they are not useful when they find problems before the disaster occurs. we recommended the legislator require the cpu c to do 2 thing. first impelement a better audit plan and second, a schedule of penalties for violations identified through the audits and impose those penalties. we reviewed the energy safety office approval of mitigation plan and safety certifications. activities related utility wildfire mitigation transitioned

from cpu c to office of energy infrastructure safety in july of 2021. because the staff and responsibilities other same we refer to both activities conducted at cpu c and the new office as energy safety. one of the energy safety office responsibility is issuing safety certifications to utilities that dem strit they meet criteria required. having approved wildfire mitigation plan identifying activities utility under take to mitigate wildfire risks is a legal requirement. the law requires the utility impelementing the most recently approved mitigation plan. however, the impelementation of the plan is occurring at the same time the safety certification was injury issued and energy safety cannot assess whether the plan implemented

before the safety certification. most critically the state ludoes not include utility impelementation of a prior year's plan criteria for issuance of the certification. when the office issued the 2020 safety certification. it noted it had concerns about pg sxeshgs implementation of the prior plan. it issued the certification because they met the requirements. we woulded the law be changed to require the safety office conclude that the utility has implemented the prior mitigation plan before it issued a safety certification. >> the review of the 2020 certification issueed pg and e and others found weaknesses in process for issuing them. the energy safety office identified aspects of the 3 largest utilities mitigation plans missing or flued. it approved the plans anyway.

the energy safety office issued conditional approvals. is this is a sterile not defined in law. of all 3 utility plans. the director of energy safety stated they were required to submit remedial plans through ajs was not a condition of approval. the energy safety office advised the process for plans and now requires them to address issues before it approved the plans. if use of approvalless called in question the appropriateness of the plans and safety certifications for 2020. we are happy to answer questions i know it was a lot of material in a short period. let us know if you have questions. >> thank you. i really appreciate it and -- commissioners to put names in the chat if they have questions. i have a question.

i hear that the buck stops at the state legislator that is where a lot of this can change. requiring the cpu c to have higher standards for their audits and obviously robust audits. what has the response been? have you had conversations with the governor about this? >> so we made recommends to the state agencies office of energy and infrastructure and safety and the legislator. in some cases we made our recommendations to the legislator because the -- agency in question indicated they were imposed to making certain changes. we have not had conversations with the governoror. to the best my knowledge there has not been legislation introduced to date.

>> this evening >> commissioner williams. >> thank you so much for this presentation. i'm os litting with nausea and anger. talked about unknown 4% of the changed power lines and the upon 37 hours on average without power. the fires i met members in the community who -- the resilience and what they are up against is astonishing. i wonder are you planning any future at it? >> our work is assigned by joint audit committee. we do follow up on a recommendations so at 60 days and 6 months and a year we request the we made recommendations to provide a

response. after the year any recommendations not implemented we obtain a report. so the nature of our primary follow up the audit committee assigns our work. i'm not aware of any additional if you mean planned at the mobile home. anyone can request through that committee and we will follow had they approve. jools i have a question. >> the penalties that you talk b. how much are they? and on average? off the top of my head the pens this were imposed the result of investigations in some case in the millions of dollars. but i could not tell you for sure when they were. but to date in term it is of penalties and imposed as a result of the audits there have been none.

>> thank you. thank you for your questions, commissioner preston? >> thank you, chair fielder and thank you to mr. klein and fielder for the work on this and the presentation. i am curious about if you can expand a little on the comments around the cpu c not having -- not consistentsly auditing the districts. and i just wondering -- and that also include the high risk areas, what response if any was provided on this? is that lack of resources is that they claimed do those. or other form of methodology there is a method to the approach? what did you get back from them?

explaining that? >> so it has been awhile sings the audit. >> i do, absolutely. thank you. the cpu c maintained that they did have a process by which they evaluated. they were unable to demonstrate that to us. so when we ask for that documentation to show how they would designate high risk and prioritize the auditing they were unable to provide that for us. that's why we recommended to the legislator directly for thome prioritize districts. >> and just i 19unable or unwilling? i'm were they claiming a proprietary or other thing they were barod a privilege or. >> no, no. >> or they refused to turn it over. >> was not they refused they were indicating that what they

had done was how they prioritized it. that the way they had conducted the audit was evidence of how they prioritizing the work. of and so, you know we were unable to see methodology to show why they were selecting certain districts at certain times or go back to a district. >> well, glad to see it. to say -- doing that we can't tell you managed is look how we did it. in the managed and draw your strange, and unsatisfactorily way.

>> demonstrates not a lack of seriousness around the prevention side opposed to the more punishment and response -- side. but and i appreciate the recommendation to have a schedule of penalties and more clarity. i guess i am i do want to clarify one thing to recommend this going forward but i want to be clear on what the existing tools are. well is no actual barrier to them issuing penalties or is there. any reason they could not do this now? and -- it changes necessary. they can do that now >> they have the authority since 2014 to issue penalties. they have not done so. >> for example, cpu c issued a

2.5 million dollars penalty in 2021 for 55 upon,000 violations of a general under. required inspections of distribution poles. we found they identified the same issues in distribution audits. they identified 200 violations of the same general order in the audits. and 2400. violations in another one but did in the issue penalties. so we were finding the same issues in the investigations and the audits the audits not resulting in any penalties. >> thank you for highlighting that. it is a key finding and recommendation. the same about the other issue upon around the audit what explanation do you get backs why they have not issued if any a single penalty of stemming from an audit? >> the argument was issuing a

penalty would not necessarily increase compliance. they did not feel that would have an impact on the agility's compliance with the general orders we disagreed. and they gave you that explanation in writing or in person. in person i'm curious if they kept a straight face. in writing or person? >> i got it right here. indicated the penalties may be viewed punitive method for gaining compliance but don't ensure an increase in utility compliance. >> all right. that's really like i think -- offensive to anyone in the state harmed by this and anyone who is serious about addressing the issues understandses if you allow business practices that take money to fix to just

continue unregulated until the damage and find the -- penalize the company for the actual damage. they were always continue to not proactively prevent the harm in the first place. it is pretty shocking that anyone in an agency would will suggest that penalizing people based on problems in safety audits does not help protect and safety and prevent damage of i appreciate the you all spelling that out and thank you for your work. >> thank you. commissioner preston thank you mr. fellner and kline for your work and presenting here at lafco i appreciate it. >> at this point we will hear from mar frereclaim our power. thank you for joining you have 5 minutes to present. >> thanks, commissioners.

it san honor to be here and to hear directly from the state auditor's office as well as leadership from the san francisco antonio and [inaudible]. i do have slides. can this be pulled up? yes. i'm sharing here. >> i share commissioner williams nausea and anger and commissioner preston's shock. reclaim our power is near low 90 organizations and we other people who are surviving these fires and the shut offs. it pollution and then the rate hikes and so much this is has

real impacts for people and health. we are looking how to ghet out of this mess that created by pg and e. and -- seemingly not -- held accountsable by the agencies that are supposed to. so -- i'm here to present why we think lafco has a role. in -- getting [inaudible] and studying alternative to pg and e. from last march auditor report haplodiplonticed since in we see the massive failureos all levels of pg & e? the legislator passed sb84 thursday 100 billion for pg and e sketchy under grounding plan add over time will get to an additional 400 a year increase

on customer bills who's rates just went up 30% in the last couple years through 2022. the cpu c removed pg & e from the one of the mechanisms for over site and enforcement. and removed them from that process with no action on the

fires wildfires. and just last month pg sxeshgs fired safety workers the workers that are trying to prevent trees from hitting lines. all that stuff they fired thousands after they were let out of probation. then the wildfire mitigation plan that is supposed to mitigate fires, but through you know planning they pass it again despite the massive failures and rather than funding community microgrids governor newsom cut the solar tariffs folks depends on to like pay for solar system and lawmakers voted to keep diablo nuclear power plant opened committing us to the dangerous form of energy. >> what we are seeing is the very top governor newsom let's pg and e off the hook. reclaim power campaign tart in the 2020 and this is the major moves we have seen like -- govern newsom not commit to changing pg & e. in 2019 passing ab1054 this is where the safety certificates the sham process come from and bail out legislation in 2020.

newsom promises but enabled them to return to exit that bankruptcy. no big change in 2021 the wildfire plan approved by the governor and the cpu c despite 60 document failures as odd tors report was setting as well and last year pg and e and office of energy. to keep them in operation. next slide. so, how do we get out of this mess? so reclaim our power has been trying to figure out how far we, we -- get out of a corporate monopoly. senator jerry hill offered the

state golden state energy and 350 was a plan b if pg and e fail today e merge from bankruptcy or failed again to operate the gas and electric services in a safe and reliable manner. golden state energy has been collecting dust when we could try to figure out how to create a replacement for pg sxeshgs and the next slide. where san francisco come in. we need to make golden state energy a reality and that we are asking you all to take that leadership with the board of supervisor for an alternative utility with needs at the center. you could we are asking to you recommend a study golden state energy act and how it can benefit san francisco's grid. because we continuing is time to

have the rest of the service territory the municipalities can -- can -- get better service. get become safe and actually put energy in the hands of the people. next slide? >> and so antonio talked about the san francisco puc report we know this pg & e is preventing affordable housing from being built. they are preventing health facilities from operating because as we reclaim our power and energy folks are saying energy is a human right and should not be privately owned. because there are things we need to live that are powered by electricity and so the our energy system and our utilities

should be in the hands of the public. not the wall street folks who control pg and e and this we cannot change their ways. and so i just you know, i am new to who life lafco is but you were created through voters and residents who wanted to create a municipal utility district. that have been prevented from doing so. we think that is pg and e is a barrier but think you can still pursue your mission. you tried wrestle your way out of their strangle hold offer to buy out the grids. we think that san francisco's freedom from pg and e can liberate other municipalities and customers that suffer under pg and e. so, we think that -- san

francisco is probably the most powerful city in pg and e service territory. can help us the rest of us accomplish this move for alternative utility under and we can do that under the law under golden state energy. >> and yea. reclaim our power. >> hear when we are organizationed and willing to partnerow in that path way to succeeding pg and e. thank you. >> thank you. i really appreciate your work and everyone in retlaim claim our power's work to keep drumming on this. you know, pg and e as you said, it is headquartered i believe in san francisco. just blocks down from me. here in mission.

and -- i do want to look at you think about pg and e and decarbonization separate issues here dealing with the cca. i'm seeing increaseingly in the city and supervisor ronen lead a hearing on this almost a year ago. is that pg & e is holding up dozens of projects. having the housing and schools and having to do with the different, important infrastructure projects. and holding up a lot of progress in decarbonizing our buildings. you know -- they are requiring ridiculous amounts of transformers across the city like enough housing transformers. this is an issue with the city attorney and a lot of progress

made. in the courts related to perk and you know -- [inaudible]. but pg & e is -- as a distributor of our power a crucial aspect to decarbonizing our city. and so i want to say, thank you for your work and -- i'm curious to hear if others have questions or anything they want to share. commissioner williams. >> i think i don't have to ask anymore questions.

just -- thank you it --s these things are an uphill battle and appreciate your resilience in this and the work you do and bringing this forward. i look forward to seeing you again. that's all. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner williams and commissioner preston. >> thank you, and i think my colleagues have summed it up. i will not repeat what but i do thank all folks involved in reclaim our power and other activists who are continuing to push. these fights that are so long-term against entrenched inaction by many state leaders. are the hardest fight there is is not the -- until there is the

fire or the price gouging or the shut offs or thing that gets peopleup set in the moment rightfully so, can be harder to organize around the longer term infrastructure changes that lafco is committed to. i'm sure i speak for other in saying that we welcome your engagement with lafco staff. and appreciate your activism very much. >> thank you. commissioner, preston. are there can we open public comment and members of the public feel free to lineup upon to share thoughts on this item. >> thank you. if there are members of the public had would like to comment on item 4, dial star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold continue to wait until you have been unmuted. we have 6 callers with low in the queue. mr. lamb can you forward the

first caller? >> hi. i'm shanea and i cemetery the reclaim our power campaign. thank you to lafco and the state auditors for and reclaim power to shed light on the critical issues presented on today. reclaim power raising issues with pg and emitgation plan and safety certificate for over 2 years. neither process leads to safety and the includers in energy safety apointed by the governoror have not done enough. seeing the certains echoed by life landfall and the staid auditor gives me hope to finding a solution for the pg and e problem. golden state energy act to allow near receivetory take over pg and e creates not for profit alternative who we know

prioritizes share hold and profits over safety. the time for asking pg and e to change is over. time for a new utility to serve and break the monopoly on the energy system. and allow localities like san francisco to implement solution toes meet the needs of our communities in the safe compounding climate and economic crisis. vote yes on the resolution asking the governoror to follow the recommendations of auditor's report and allow lafco to feel study golden state energy and what impacts would be on san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. next caller. i'm brian employmented to thank the commission for work. it is obvious you care about san francisco rate payors and [inaudible] and appreciate the [inaudible].

pg and e raised rates 20% the last 2 years. 18% this year and what tell do? they will pay back dividends. really, what they care about is wall street and do the catch up. you know they tried duck and cover and we will if i can everything. but had they get a chance all the money goes from california and san francisco to wall street that is wrong. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments next speaker, please. >> good morning commissioners. i'm eric brooks with the local grass-roots organization our city san francisco and the state wide coalition california for energy choice. i wanted drill down in more specifics about hat solution would look like. so, golden state energy i think

the best fit for this to allow local communities to be better for their local community on local benefits is for the state to just take over the [inaudible] the state take over the wires pg and e owns and would still leave in place a local community choice programs and municipality utiliies like in sacramento and allow communities in the 40 to do either with the state controlling the wires. it is like the pg and e wagz now where local communities do municipal or community choice. and that way, if the state takes over the scombiers it does in the do what it takes to help local communities do microgrids and protect communities and make sure renewables in communities and all the local benefits, the law would allow local approximate upon communities to do it themselves x. that would make it so we can do a mublg

faster sack sag was the last city that did municipal utility under pg and e had to fight them in court for 20 dwroers get control of the wires. we need to build clean energy before we can't be in a battle with them in court for 20 year before we build local clean energy and microgrid network. that is what that would look like and we did a coalition did propose this to the state awhile ago but did in the take it up. that's and we can do that on the ballot if the legislatedors will not do it and very likely will not a lot most of them are bought by pg and e, frankly. i wanted to put out there. and another key solution regardless of the state level is to pursue the local build out of a clean energy network that i sent you an all right about that was signed by 18 organizations.

we need that plan to move forward this year. and00 eye will be contacting you all in the future about getting that rolling. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. we have 7 callers in the queue with 2 in the speaking queue. next speaker, please. >> hello this is [inaudible] i'm in district 5. i echo everyone's saying and reclaim power. hoping lafco can pass a resolution. to fit their business model is all about really making money. i think this is the highest paid ceo in 202150 million dollars. [inaudible] the whole model from

investors to business is trying to save moncompetence not invest in solutions and they raise rates but -- you know the rates are just going to -- executives or investors and it is in the providing solutions or safety and things will get worse hopefully lafco and the city can step up. [inaudible]. thank you. >> thank you very much. that was the last speaker. >> thank you very much, madam clerk. thank you to the commenters. thank you reclaim our power and sharing your work. really, really thankful for it. and seeing that there are no members in the queue folks in the comment line public comment

is closed. of now -- commissioners, there hen no action to stand up you know, make these audits robust and to fulfill the vision of golden state energy i'm concerned about the impacts on electricity services to san francisco as pg and e still continue its operate the way they are. i would love to make a motion directing jeremy pollock to work on a brief study out lining what would be needed for a comprehensive study of enacting golden state energy and out lining the potential impacts on electricity service in san francisco of transitioning to golden state energy. can i have a second for this motion? >> second. >> thank you commissioner williams. moved by myself and seconded by

commissioner williams. madam clerk, call the roll. >> thank you on the motion vice chair fielder. >> aye. >> member williams. >> aye. >> member preston. >> aye. >> there are 3 aye's. >> great. thank you fellow commissioners. and the item is approved. can you call item 5? >> item 5 the community choice aggregation cca activity's report. members who wish to provide comment on this item call 415-554-0001, access code: 2499 048 6443 ## then press star 3 to enter the speaker's queue. wait until the system indicate it is you have been unmute exclude begin your comments

thank you. >> madam clerk we'll hear from general manager clean power sf. it you can keep your presentation to nenlts that would be much appreciated. >> thank you. chair approximate vice chair fielder good morning lafco commissioners i have a presentation thank you very much. can you see the presentation now? >> yea. as, there we go. great. thank you vice chair fielder. >> once again i'ming mike hinze the department assistant general manager for the puc

power enterprise responsible for the cleanpowersf program. before i dive in here first, i wanted thank you for your last. item in amplifying the state safety odd and i challenges we had with pg and e. i wanted to address the lafco mou we heard at your december meeting. and lafco puc meeting that addressed us on january 10th. at this meeting, puc staff, myself presented the mou with our staff recommendation. that the mou be approved and the commission authorized the general manager to execute the agreement. of during the discussion of the itemful the commission identified areas of concern. and commissioners indicated that they would loishg more time to

consider the mou before taking action on it. of so my understanding at this point is there are conversations on the matter that will determine next steps. of course, we'll continue to stay in touch with the executive officer on this topic and we will -- have more in the future. >> with that i will jump in my presentation with the 10 minute in minds. for the bvenls my update i will cover our service statistics. new cleanpowersf generation rates. activities related our development and operation of customer programs and power supply procurement. our cleanpowersf program continues to successful low serve customers and participation in the program is stable. we seen anup tick in customer opt outs the past year.

our opt out rate is now 4.4%. this is rounding to the near ef10th of percentage. and that's about a 10th of a percent year over year. and -- even though our super green participation rate is 2.1%, that participation and product is increasing, most low due to xhshl opt outs. and most of these opt ups have in in response to the stele's renewable energy ordinance. requires all buildings greater than 500 thousand dollars square feet to take service from a renewable energy product december 21 of 22. the additional commercial customer opt out ups they have not moved that enrollment number too much. they brought a lot of energy

usage that has bumped up our projected super green sales to 8% of cleanpowersf retail sales that is up from 6% left year. so -- that is 30% increase year over year. we promote our renewable power products to customers to efforts to comply with the ordinance and we are expecting additional growth in super green participation this year. >> at your last of meet nothing november i reported this cleanpowersf was prepare being a new generation rate for home electrification. for approval by puc commission in january. on. january 10 the puc commission approved the e elect home

electrification rate for generation serve. the e elect available to customers and install electric vehicle charging and energy storage or heat pumping for water heating or space heating and cooling. the rate will compliment or pair with pg sxeshgs distribution rate. required to be implemented by the puc. a portion of pg and e charges replaced with flat fee. >> the new rate employs time of use period and e eliminates the increase above that removes disincentive too use more power.

with electrification. >> the puc system adopted rate package on the board for for review and we participate the rate will start in february. >>. the programs. prepared a summary of the 22 peek day pricing ending on october 21ch. peek day price suggest an upon demand response this incentivizes large commercial customers to ruse electricity consumption 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on events days in the sum and early fall. >> event days called with the grid will being strained typically due to high temperatures. clone clean the season the end of october earned billed credit to participates customer january bills. this marks the fourth year that cleanpowersf offer third degree

program. 36 accounts in the 2022 season. representing a 16% increase. compared to the 2021 season. >> we called 11 event days during participates reduced electricity usage by 61 megawatt hours. the 2021 season had sick event days with demand reduction of 26.5 megawatt hours 225% increase in demand reduction for less than twice the event days called the poke day pricing continues to grow. and successful low provided demand response from largest customers. this occurred during timeless the grid is strained and green house e missions from electricity production are highest. >> here say snapshot of the other customer offerings. should be familiar table that we

shown lafco in the past identifying our operating programs. as well as new programs that we have under development. we offer net energy metering for customers solar on the roof tops and offer budget billing. for customers looking for table, consistent monthly bills. and solar sf incentives visible for low income customers that install panels. last year launched solar inverter replacement program that replaces the essential inverter component for low income customers that installed solar sf. this helps keep these customers solar projects operating and a strong up tick is in this program. i discussed peek day processing. reported to you in the past about our regional water heater

sinltive providing training to contractors to promote heat pump water heaters. working with partners to extend this program which is set to expire the end of march through to be extended through 2025. so that we continue to noter market for this technology. >> we are also offering our new super green safer program. which provides 100% renewable energy and 20% electric discount to low income customers it state defined disadvantaged communities. and ev charge sf is the newest program for cleanpowersf customers. i spoke about this in november. it is a new construction electric charging incentive program available to hetch hetchy purcustomer and expanded cleanpowersf this month. this is a quick remindser ev

charge sf designed aline woman changes in san francisco building code that requires diverse to provide electric vehicle charge nothing new parking lots and garages. the program provides financial incentives and technical assistance to new and recent construction. subject to the ev readiness ordinance. >> you finds miles an hour information about ev charge sf on our clean energy program page. and finally we work on new programs including our energy efficiency services and disadvantaged communities solar programs. you see our time lines for enrolling customers in the programs. i'm about 10 minute this is is my last slide. wrap up. i wanted provide an update on the key power procurement activities. first is our 2021 request for

offers for renewable supplies and stand alone storage. the puc issued that on october 15th. of 2021. and we reported on this previous to lafco and it sought offers of renewable energy splice and stands alone energy storage. the bids were requesting offers of energy capacity and related products from now and existing california renewable portfolio energy resource renewable resources colocated with battery storage and stand alone energy storage. connected to the california iso. high vollage grid. this indicated the puc had a preference for resources operating in the 9 bay area region this solicitation met

with challenging market and geopolitical circumstances i wanted to mention to you. that have limited new procurement opportunities for the program. over the past year market prices for solar panels and equipment have risen dramaticically due to supply chain disruptions from covid-19. higher commodity price s and increased demand for renewable energy and electric vehicles. the supply constranlts and geopolitical unrest the worry in ukrainian and us department of custom's service for tariffs for solar panels susspends the import from asia and increased processes locally. or within the u.s.. all of the factors contributed to extreme uncertainty for the development of renewable energy

and battery systems as developers cannot have processing fir equipment. they contributed to requests from developers to reprice offers in the solicitation. so in response to the conscience staff requests processing and project availability updates. from some of the resource bid in the solicitation. and -- staff completed the evaluation of response received and are moving in negotiation phases for the higher scoring projects this month. the second solicitation to highlight is the 2022 request for offers for renewable energy supplies. in solicitation sought bids for electricity products from new and existing renewable resources and energy storage projects. we were seeking from this offers

that could begin to deliver power to cleanpowersf between january first of 2023 to december 31st of 2028. we are targeting contract execution with projects bid in from this solicitation by june of this year. and lastly, we have additional long-term renewable resource solicitations in development. they will target the procurement of new renewable resource in san francisco. to punishment our super green and safer products and the disadvantaged communities solar program i referred to earlier. we will provide updates on the stats in future reports. this concludes my presentation. happy to take questions you may have. >> thank you. really proernlt in the last slide. cloaks, comments or question sns and while i wait for your okay.

commissioner williams. >> thank you very much for that upon presentation i had a few questions i'm coming down from better scope of the deplorable bhiefr by pg sxeshgs. i wonder i know this silicon valley clean energy offered a 10% discount for the rate. is there a similar discount plan for the middle and low income households? >> thank you for your question. cleanpowersf rates as of the end of december were offering providing a 3% savings to customers on a bill basis. so one important point to make here is sometimes the savings are represented against

generation rates. or not prosecute against bills. one thing we tried to do for cleanpowersf program in communicating how our service the cost of service compares to pg sxeshgs generation is on a bill base i people understands bills. and i make that point i'm not clear if -- the silicon valley reference is to the generation rate or the bill in but as the end of december cleanpowersf offered a 3% services 3% lower cost on a bill basis than pg and e service. that would aplay to the e electorate we proposed to the commission adopted on january 10th. i mentioned the end of december because i think one of the callers on the last y. referenced rate changes. we are in the process of

calculating the difference now given pg and e rate changes that occurred this mont. the savings are growing. is the bottom line. love to hear that. do you know what the enroll am is for the super green safer for disadvantaged community? do you then and there number >> it is approximately 175 customer ash counts now. the program has a capacity of about 1200 total acounts. ficould explain to you how we approached the enrollment in the program. a couple years ago, through cpu c order, pg and e was required to develop and put in place arearage management plan for low

income care rate qualified customers who had arears over a certain threshold. the puc commission authorized cleanpowersf to participate in this program. way it works is -- care am rate custody morse have arrears are automatically enrolled and xafrngs for making monthly payments on current amounts due on the bill for a 12 mont period. the arrears will be waived. the full amount be waived that applies to pg and e deliver and he cleanpowersf generation charges. so, that program rolled out around the same time we were applying to impelement our disadvantaged communities program. so we felt there was a great aline am in the purpose of the

programs. so -- we autoenrolled the customers that were amp customers. into the disadvantaged communities at the time there was a large are number of customers that has declined. that's where the 1 upon 70 come into play. the we are currently promoeth the program for voluntary enroll am. and doing that through various means. but we are finding that the voluntary enrollment is trickling in. one thing we are in the process of doing is looking at expanding the enrollment in the program and a lottery so we autoenroll to the full capacity of the program. sorry for the long explanation it is complicated i hope that helps you give a flavor of that program where it is and when we are doing about it.

>> no, no you made it very clear. thank you. you are not a minds reader. you have any ideas as to why the commission the puc commission would have holdups on the mou? >> well. what i sudden had was said during the commission meeting. the commission i think was grappling with the -- sort of who perform this is work and that our utility in many of the commissioners mind should be upon conducting this work and capable of conducting this work. so i think that was their person that with -- being a significant amount of money, in the context

of the whole, of what we demand of rate payors and as well cleanpowersf needing to be competitive and nimble and fortunate. because it is in a competitive environment with pg & e and the increasing costs to rate payers. that are happening it is bills. of so i think those were the themes i heard from the commission when it discussed the item. >> thank you. thank you commissioner williamsfulit have a couple questions that relate to the e elect. i wondered to qualify for that rate do you have to have a certain heat pump or cooling system? and i wondered if there has been an analysis of how it will might

affect low income house holds who is have -- it is rare but i know -- i'm intdz in the impacts of the e electorates. >> yea. a great question. and to answer the last part, no we have not conducted an analysis on impact to low income customers and there is a lot of interest in this rate as we presents today to rate fairness board and the commission. and we are going to be analyzing this more. you know for example, you know where do we anticipate customer participation in the rate. one thing that is important to point out is it it is voluntary. so, cleanpowersf has a number of rates that -- customers can take our service under. this is a rate intended address

hafs a disincentive. for electification on the distribution side of the rate of the electric service of which had tier rates for more usage. that -- leads to higher bills result of more usage. so -- this rate provides an opportunities for custody norse electrify and add new equipment without that consequence. we -- have very few customers on this rate now. and i should say we are now in an interim basis. it is available. butt rates the commission adopted is the permanent rate. so -- we are. and we will monitor how many

customers join. and -- happy to continue to share that information going forward. >> yea. thank you. i would love to hear an update about how it is going for existing customer its is definitely needed. house holds responsiblesing increased distribution charges. so -- thank you. >> all right. well, seeing no further comments i will put this out for public comment speakers have a minute i apologize it is that commissioner preston has to jump off. madam clerk open for public comment. >> thank you vice chair fielder. members of the public had would like to public comment on item 3 press story 3 to be added to the queue. continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted we have 4 callers with

one in the queue. forward the first caller? >> good morning commissioners. eric brooks with our city and california choice. i want to speak to the mou with the sfpuc. the reality is the sfpuc is conferringive careful about rate and reliability and not does not a good fit for the role of what the lafco is asking to do under the mou. the reality than i have not done this work that we are asking for in the mou and repeatedly refused to do work to study large scale financialsing for clean energy build out that should be in the house of the lafco it is easier to be cutting edge. so that is the importance of this and we can't have the sfpuc

commission holding that up. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. checking to see if there are other callers. there is zero in the queue >> thank you madam clerk. all right. seeing that there are no more callers public comment is closed. thank you director hinze. and now call item 6. >> the executive officer's report. member of the public had wish to comment on this item call 415-554-0001, access code: 2499 048 6443 ## then press star 3 to enter the speaker's queue.

thank you. now we will hear from executive officer jeremy pollock the floor is yours. >> this. jeremy pollock executive officer for lafco. i will keep my report brief here. and i would refer the commission and members of public to the attach am on the agenda for all of this information. and i'm going over the highlight what is is in the report. one thing not included in the report that chair chan asked >> neeha: mention she introduced air resolution to support the lafco pucmou and the request for lafco to keep the oversight on cleanpowersf that would be on the next agenda on the next meeting. an introduction of [inaudible] the month of january walk are

woodard will do a policy survey on policy options for promoting electric bikes for delivery workers. unfortunately the program has conflictos friday. we might have him present by video for the february meeting. one update in the report about the department of environment's pilot program for e bikes for delivery workers is they are about to launch the program and yesterday sent over questions on policy decisionos how to on the implementation plan for that program and around the criteria how toeck select the workers to payment in the program. il full up with to you see if you have feed become on that with the deadline of early february they are asking for us to get become to them on that. the reinvestment working group update includes memo by our

colleague. details the time line for the working group and excited see that next month will be presenting the first draft of the business and governors plans for public bank and the finance corporation. also year in review memo i summarized our activities last year i am send at this time board of supervisors and the puc and then a couple pieces of correspondence that we submitted since the left meeting. commentsos the epa green house gas reduction fund the fund by inflation reduction act we hope the city will access through some our green banking effort and also we submitted an all right of support for new fran department of environment submitted to the d. energy federal doe for expanding the e bike pilot program and lastly

the report for calendar for the next few months meetings and interest of time i will leave it there unless you have questions for me. thank you. >> thank you very much. a lot is going on as always but it is the new year. colleagues do you have questions, put your anymore in the chat if you do. i wanted share that reemphasize the reinvestment working group update a major mile stone will be manage in february as officer pollock said. there will be the plan for the municipal finance corporation. like predecessor to a public bank and -- just yesterday the working group meeting hosted and -- [inaudible] has submitted recommendations ahead of the final business plan.

or final draft of them. to recommend things and i -- think upon get my colleagues copies of suggestions. they range from incorporating recommendations from the task force in the city and also emergency loans for small businesses. as we seat floods we see a need and obviously help from the city in the form of grants to support businesses that are recovering the flooding of the storms ofletly. and ranging to nonfinancial support for communal institutions and small buildingses and venders. these are recommendations of the public coalition that is the reinvestment working group to decide what they ask the consultants. i will stop there, that is a lot. >> all right. no other commentses from my

colleagues. madam clerk can we open this for public comment? thank you. members who would like to make comment on item 6s press star 3. for those on hold continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted we have 4 listeners with one member in the queue. mr. lamb can you forward the first caller? >> good morning again commissioners eric brocks with our city sf and california energy choice. mented add one more thing about a previous item the executive officer will work on that is the communication to the state. about golden state energy and state level public power. it is important that we replace the california public utility's commission with an elected state wide citizen board. and i want to make sure that is

part of the mix of the recommendations we send to the state. because obviously, the california public utility commission is trying to under mine roof solar and other local renewables. we need to do that. on the other item of the puc-mou it is clear that we should no longer depends on the puc or forced depends on them for funding and ask the board of prierzs to directly funds these programs instead of us going beg to the puc to get these things dhn need to be done. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments. there are no other speakerless in the queue. >> thank you, in dam clerk. public comment is closed. and can you call item upon 7? >> item 7 is public comment members of public may speak in the purview of commission not

ponent to on today's agenda. members of the public who wish to comment dial 415-554-0001 e access code: 2499 048 6443 ## then press star 3 to enter the speaker's queue. >> thank you. this is a time for member to address the commission. are there callers in the queue? there are zero callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> seeing no public speakers, public comment is closed. can you call item 8. >> item 8 is future agenda items. members who wish to comment on

this item dial 44, access code: 2499 048 6443 ## then press star 3 to enter the speaker's queue. >> we have a call in queue. can you forward the caller. >> yes. good morning. one left time. eric brooks. >> i aapproximately yoiz we will go to the commission first then an opportunity before they take action for public comment. >> police holds on the line. >> thank you. commissioners now is your time

to share future items. i would love to talk next time about power outages due to whether. those were surely come with increasing climate chaos. seeing no no one in the chat. let's open this up for public comment. >> >> thank you. members who would like to make comments for this item press star 3 to be acided to the queue. for those on hold continue holding until you have been unmute. >> forward the first caller. >> yea. one lasted time. eric brooks our city sf a local issue it is important we need and i sent texts to supervisor

preston's office. now that global quarrelling suggest so serious and we are getting more heat wave in san francisco we have local rental housing ordinances which require heat to be maintained. but don't require cooling to be maintained and as we get more and worse heat waves we need laws on the boxes that require cooling in buildings especially people with comp myself immune systems and the eldzerly. i would like to see lafco take that up that is another issue that is close low related to local clean energy bill as well we need to replace gas boilers with electric heating systems that are easier to control the temperature of -- each room so we are better protecting people's health. i wanted energy that issue for the future and hope to see that.

thanks. >> thanks for your comments. look for example other callers. there are zero callers in the queue. >> thank you. now public comment is closed. and there is no action to take on this matter. is there any other business before us today? >> there is no business before the commission. why thank you for clerking our meeting. thank you commissioners. there is no further accident we are adjourned. thank you all. >>

>> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park.

there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a café we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody >> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪)

>> it's an old-fashioned general store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is fishing equipment. go out and have a good time. >> one of my customers that has been coming here for years has always said this is my favorite store. when i get married i'm coming in your store. and then he in his wedding outfit and she in a beautiful dress came in here in between getting married at lands end and to the reception, unbelievable. (♪♪) >> the new public health order that we're announcing will require san franciscans to remain at home with exceptions

only for essential outings. >> when the pandemic first hit we kind of saw the writing on the walls that potentially the city is going to shut all businesses down. >> it was scary because it was such an unknown of how things were going to pan out. i honestly thought that this might be the end of our business. we're just a small business and we still need daily customers. >> i think that everybody was on edge. nobody was untouched. it was very silent. >> as a business owner, you know, things don't just stop, right? you've still got your rent, and all of the overhead, it's still there. >> there's this underlying constant sense of dread and

anxiety. it doesn't prevent you from going to work and doing your job, it doesn't stop you from doing your normal routine. what it does is just make you feel extra exhausted. >> so we began to reopen one year later, and we will emerge stronger, we will emerge better as a city, because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> this place has definitely been an anchor for us, it's home for us, and, again, we are part of this community and the community is part of us. >> one of the things that we strived for is making everyone in the community feel welcome and we have a sign that says "you're welcome." no matter who you are, no matter what your political views are, you're welcome here. and it's sort of the classic san francisco thing is that you work with folks.

>> it is your duty to help everybody in san francisco..

>> (music). >> the ferry building one of san francisco most famous that as many of 15 thousand commuters

pass through that each gay. >> one of the things that one has to keep in mind regarding san francisco is how young the city we are. and nothing is really happening here before the gold rush. there was a small spanish in the presiding and were couriers and fisherman that will come in to rest and repair their ships but at any given time three hundred people in san francisco. and then the gold rush happened. by 182948 individuals we are here to start a new life. >> by 1850 roughly 16 thousand

ships in the bay and left town in search of gold leaving their ships behind so they scraped and had the ships in the bay and corinne woods. with sand the way that san francisco was and when you look at a map of san francisco have a unique street grid and one of the thing is those streets started off in extremely long piers. but by 1875 they know they needed more so the ferry building was built and it was a long affair and the first cars turned around at the ferry building and picking up people and goods and then last night the street light cars the trams came to that area also.

but by the late 1880s we needed something better than the ferry building. a bond issue was passed for $600,000. to build a new ferry building i would say 800 thousand for a studio apartment in san francisco they thought that was a grand ferry building had a competition to hire an architecture and choose a young aspiring architect and in the long paris and san francisco had grand plans for this transit station. so he proposed the beautiful new building i wanted it wider, there is none tonight. than that actually is but the price of concrete quitclaim two how and was not completed and killed. but it opened a greater

claim and became fully operational before 1898 and first carriages and horses for the primary mode of transportation but market street was built up for serve tram lines and streetcars could go up to the door to embarcadero to hospitals and mission street up to nob hill and the fisherman's area. and then the earthquake hit in 190 six the ferry building collapsed the only thing had to be corrected once the facade of the tower. and 80 percent of the city would not survive the buildings collapsed the streets budges and the trams

were running and buildings had to highland during the fire after the actuate tried to stop the mask fire in the city so think of a dennis herrera devastation of a cable car they were a mess the streets were torn up and really, really wanted to have a popular sense they were on top of that but two weeks after the earthquake kind of rigged a way getting a streetcar to run not on the cable track ran electrical wires to get the streetcars to run and 2 was pretty controversial tram system wanted electrical cars but the earthquake gave them to chance to show how electrical cars and we're going to get on

top this. >> take 10 years for the city to rebuild. side ferry use was increasing for a international exhibition in 1950 and people didn't realize how much of a community center the ferry building was. it was the center for celebration. the upper level of ferry building was a gathering place. also whenever there was a war like the filipino war or world war two had a parade on market street and the ferry building would have banners and to give you an idea how central to the citywide that is what page brown wanted to to be a gathering place in

that ferry building hay day the busiest translation place in the world how people got around transit and the city is dependent on that in 1915 of an important year that was the year of our international exposition 18 million living in san francisco and that was supposedly to celebrate the open of panama differential but back in business after the earthquake and 22 different ferry boats to alamed and one had the and 80 trips a day a way of life and in 1918 san francisco was hit hard by the flu pandemic and city had mask mandates and anyone caught without a doubt a mask had a risk ever being arrested and san

francisco was hit hard by the pandemic like other places and rules about masks wearing and what we're supposed to be more than two people without our masks on i read was that on the ferry those guys wanted to smoke their pipes and taking off their masks and getting from trouble so two would be hauled away. >> the way the ferry building was originally built the lower level with the natural light was used for take it off lunge storage. the second floor was where passengers offloaded and all those people would spill out and central stairway of the building that is interesting point to talk about because such

a large building one major stairway and we're talking about over 40 thousand people one of the cost measures was not building a pedestrian bridge with the ferry building and the embarcadero on market street was actually added in and in 1918 but within 20 years to have san francisco bay the later shipbuilding port in the world and the pacific we need the iron that. as the ferry system was at the peak two bridges to reach san francisco. and automobiles were a popular item that people wanted to drive themselves around instead of the ferry as a result marin and other roots varnished. the dramatic draw in

ferry usage was staggering who was using the ferry that was a novelty rather than a transportation but the ferry line stopped one by one because everyone was getting cars and wanted to drive and cars were a big deal. take the care ferry and to san francisco and spend the day or for a saturday drive but really, really changed having the car ferry. >> when the bay bridge was built had a train that went along the lower level so that was a major stay and end up where our sales force transit center is now another way of getting into the city little by little the ferry stopped having a purpose. >> what happened in the 40 and

50's because of this downturn we were trying to find a purpose a number of proposals for a world trade center and wanted to build it own the philly in a terrible idea objective never gotten down including one that had too tall towers a trade center in new york but a tower in between that was a part of ferry building and completely impractical. after the cars the tower administration wanted to keep americans deployed and have the infrastructure for the united states. so they had an intrastate free plan the plan

for major freeway systems to go throughout san francisco. and so the developers came up with the bay bridge and worked their way along embarcadero. the plans were to be very, very efficient for that through town he once the san francisco saw had human services agency happening 200 though people figure out city hall offender that the embarcadero free was dropped and we had the great free to no where. which cut us off from the ferry building and our store line and created in 1989 and gave us the opportunity to tear down the free. and that was the renaissance of ferry building.

>> that land was developed for a new ferry building and whom new embarcadero how to handle travel and needed a concept for the building didn't want- that was when a plan was developed for the liquor store. >> the san francisco ferry building has many that ups and downs and had a huge hay day dribbled adopt to almost nothing and after the earthquake had a shove of adrenaline to revise the waterfront and it moved around the bay and plans for more so think investment in the future and feel that by making a

reliable ferry system once the ferry building will be there to surface. >>

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