customers can either call 311, report the outage via pg&e's online application or use san francisco public utilities commission's new mobile app. in all of these cases, customers receive a confirmation of a report and the issue is forwarded to the responsible party. pg&e, 311, and the sf public utilities commission have been working together to refine the assignment process to more quickly and accurately direct the request to the responsible party. in fact, pg&e is working to digitize their maps of all the street light assets that they have in san francisco to support this effort and we'd like to join them in this effort. i'm committed to supporting it and i know it's hard to believe that in 2013 we're still using hard copies to verify street light ownership. having accurate digitized maps of those who own these assets on the street is a good first step to fixing the larger problem and getting better efficient responses. so, we'll be working on that with you. and while that isn't enough, there is also a modest investment in our street light infrastructure. the san francisco public utilities commission has alread

public comment: members of the public may address the special joint meeting of the san francisco local agency formation commission and the san francisco public utilities commission on matters that are within their respective jurisdictions and not sf 41234 >> one of the most important things to remember when we are talking about what we are talking about clean power is to address the carbon foot print. it's not as if we don't have energy in san francisco. we do have. and the public has to be informed how much we get from pittsburg 400 omega watts. how can from p g and e. we have to define and the quality of that power and how is it going to contribute to the diminishing of the carbon foot print. today if you look all over san francisco, we have huge buildings using huge amounts of concrete that contribute more to the pollution and contamination of san francisco. today in san francisco we have over 4,000 toxic hot spots which the city and county of san francisco has not addressed. today in san francisco we have over 200,000 tons of methane gas spewing in the air which we need to address. your remarks are very general, and maybe you intend them to be gen

the san francisco public utilities commission dropped addressing the sewage treatment plant and went with the water system improvement project. this was years ago, around 12 years ago. because of the deferred maintenance, the digesters can no longer operate and if there is a big one, hundreds of homes will be inundated with raw sewage. so simply put, whether we like it or not because the supervisors do not follow the trend or that proposition, you need to give your blessings because you represent the constituents and because the residents are suffering and this maintenance job has to be done. one of the reasons we have to do this right now is to capture sand and the aggregate that is going to further impact this treatment plant. i'm asking you supervisors of san francisco to do the right thing. thank you for expanding the monies because that's the right thing to do. >> thank you. next speaker. christina sandoval? >> good morning, supervisors. i'm a resident of bay view hunters voice. after finally talking about doing something you have the right to do this. please pass this contract

the new headquarters of the san francisco public utilities commission at a5 25 golden gate avenue isore than just a 13-story building and office ablation. instead, city leaders, departments and project managers join forces with local architectural firms ked to build one of the greatest office buildings in america. that's more than a building. that's a living system. ♪ ♪ when san francisco first bought this land in 1999, it was home to a state office building. >> this was an old eight-story brown building the state owned and the workers' comp people were in that building. it was an old dee correctvth it building for decades. when i was a member of the board of supervisors, all of us wondered why we hadn't done anything there and the mayor thought the same. >> if an earthquake happened, the building was uninhabitable. it sat there vacant for quite a while. the city decided to buy the building in 1999 for $2. we worked and looked at ways that we can utilize the building for an office building. to build an icon i can building that will house a lot of city departments. >> the san francisc

public utilities commission. >> [speaker not understood]. [laughter] >> so, good morning, chair cohen and supervisors. again, i'm radika fox with the san francisco public utilities commission. i want to thank supervisor mar for the opportunity to share some of the work that the puc is doing, both about helping our public, our residents, our rate payers understand where their water comes from and the benefits of drinking tap water. to start, i just wanted to -- i wanted to begin by just sort of situating our work around promoting access to tap water in the context of our broader public outreach and education efforts. a you all know, the puc provides water, wastewater and municipal power here in san francisco. and as we think about our public education work, we really focus on sort of the theme of one water one system. we want people to understand where their water comes from. it's pristine [speaker not understood] from the sierra nevada that travels by gravity to san francisco. but then what happens after that water leaves their tap, leaves your body, and to really help people also understand about our wastewater system and the work that we do to

the new headquarters of the san francisco public utilities commission at a5 25 golden gate avenue is just a 13-story building and office ablation.

here to san francisco to be close to their financial partners and to major utilities and government agencies such as pacific gas and electric, our san francisco public utilities commission, our california public utilities commission as well as the environmental protection agencies. we are now home to more than 35 solar companies and five of the top 10 solar module manufacturers in the world have their offices here in san francisco. we're home to energy major developers and installers, including sun run, sun edison, teetion energy, basse electric, [speaker not understood]. so, to the solar companies already here in our great city, thank you for investing in our great city. ~ teague as those who are not yet located in san francisco, we welcome you. ~ with open arms. (applause) >> please consider joining your great colleagues in being part of the world's most innovative and dynamic solar clusters in the world. we continue to be a great city. we're very proud of our partnerships and our solar companies and our service providers, out of their work. we're not stopping here with these milestones. we're going to heed the call of our governor. we're going to get to goals yet to

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. >> san francisco public utilities commission on a mission to wipe out what it calls a serious problem urging people not to flush disinfectant wipes down the toilet saying they're advertised as flushable they are not. they're clogging and damaging sewage system as cross the country. officials say it's an expensive problem to clean up toilet paper you can stick into water it dissolved so it floats through without a problem you stick this into a glass of water dwoitsing to take 30 minutes or longer before it starts to break down. and by then, that is what you get. >> yuck. well, the city spends $160,000 a year to throw away material cleaning out of the screens. >> well a lot of people are still having trouble finding work. hundreds turned out for the hire event sponsored by abc 7679 more than 400 jobs are available from book keeper to helicopter repair technician. among highing verizon, big 5 sporting goods, pizza hut and several radio stations. >> right now a massive firefighting effort underway in riverside county west of palm springs, crews battling a wildfire that destroyed homes and

the new headquarters of the san francisco public utilities commission at a5 25 golden gate avenue is more than just a 13-story building and office ablation. instead, city leaders, departments and project managers join forces with local architectural firms ked to build one of the greatest office buildings in america. that's more than a building. that's a living system. ♪ ♪