: mayormotion confirming the mayor's reappointment of anson moran to the public utilities commission, term ending august 1, 2018.sf 11234 >> mr. moran? >> thank you. i have been appointed to seat no. 4 on the public utilities commission and that's the seat that requires somebody with basic utility management experience. my experience in that is i worked 27 years for the city. the last 17 years i was in executive positions with the public utilities commission first as the head of finances for the puc and as general manager for hetch hetchy and then the public utilities commission. i have been with the public utilities commission for about five 5 years. it's been an interesting five 5 years and probably the single greatest challenge to us is maintaining the oversight of the water system improvement program and making sure that is done not only on time and in budget, but also that there are the appropriate management and project controls in place to make sure the money is being spent properly and what i'm really pleased with is the puc has the most robust agency anywhere and paying off w

it's definitely something we're paying attention to here and we're hoping the california public utilities commission pays some attention to it before the end of this calendar year. that's all i have, thank you. >> thank you. if there are no other questions from the commission we'll go on to public comment. any member of the public who would like to comment, please come forward. >> good afternoon, commissioners, eric brooks representing san francisco green party and the local grass roots organization, our city. so just i'll keep it to the internex report for the most part. i did read the executive summary last night and it looks like, just based on reading that summary, there are some really exciting thing about reading the report, there are some things that raise questions. what's really exciting is that the report really nails down what the previous report started to say, which was that this program can be handled in house by the san francisco public utilities commission with regard to purchasing energy and running the program and even conceivably doing customer service. makes clear that the sf puc

it's written and signed by 13 staff attorneys at public utilities commission. it includes we are concerned the commission has not taken appropriate steps in the past month to preserve evidence. >> what does this say about the culture at the public utilities commission? >> it suggests business as usual. we're extremely troubled by that. >> reporter: the e-mailed memo points to growing internal tension and conflict as the u.s. attorney investigates cozy and back channel

jerry hill also expressed his satisfaction that the embattled president of the california public utilities commissiondown. >> i believe the most important part is the california public utilities commission can now become the institution that it was originally designed, and created for, and that it was historically before. >> reporter: the news came in a statement from peavy, who said he originally planned to make his announcement next week. quote, i am moving the announcement to today. i will not seek reappointment to the cpuc. 12 years is enough. peavy made no mention of. trove around allegations the cpuc was having back door communications with pg&e executives. revealed in e-mails like these. >> hopefully the state of california and the governor got the message we want, independent people

. >> public utilities commission >> please stand by... [ gavel ] >> >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to call this meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission of tuesday october 14, 2014, to order at 130 :30 p.m.. madam clerk, please read the roll. courtney, caen, vietor. we have a quorum. 2 first item is to approve the minutes. >> second. >> any comment on approval of the minutes? seeing none, i will call for a vote. all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? >> the ayes have it. the next item. city clerk: item 4, public comment. >> if you are interested in speaking, please fill out a card. if you do i will call you in this order. mr. decosta, yolanda louis. >> good afternoon. >> good morning. the community is at a stage where we are paying very careful attention to the water system improvement project but to the sewer system improvement project. as you know commissioners those are still and fouling -- following what's really happening. we do have the experts in place to address what is happening. some of it in good faith was addressed, and i'm t

pg&e is calling the $1.4 billionpled from california public utilities commission -- dollar penalty from the california public utilities commission excessive. on top of the penalty, leaders are calling for the inclusion of a independent monitor and the reaction of safety trust. >>> a man is behind bars accused of planting a homemade explosion device. the discovery on sunday night prompted a shelter in place for surrounding homes. a bomb squad detonated the device safely. officers arrested the 52-year- old on monday. he was booked on possession of a destructive device and weapons charnels and is held -- charges and is held on bail. >>> san francisco's fire cheer is under fire for ambulance response times. today she said she has no plans to resign. >> i am more determined than ever to make sure the issues get solved. at this time i am not considering going anywhere. >> she tells us she met with mayor ed lee last week and has his support. their focus is finding a fix to the problem. next week she set up meetings to discuss the frustrations. the department seen a drop in response times for s

update on clean power sf program and b, status update on proceedings at the california public utilities commissionf. yesterday we got the final staff version from the build out that is available to look at on the web site under the what's new section. at this point it's a very low bust large report, it's 190 pages in length but there is a nice shorter executive summary. i encourage everyone to look at it and get any comments or feedback to it. at this point we're trying to correct any errors in it, the consultants have put some of their feedback into it. i have a position of not intervening with the consultants' opinion, their opinion will be their opinion by the end of the day. i would like to get comments back by november 7 so we can bring it back to you in the december meeting which will be the final final, but i think pretty much what we have in the report will be in the final. the biggest problem and issue you will find is they have a hard time trying to figure out what an energy efficiency program looks like without knowing what the rates of the program look like and without having more info

that came out of our little public utilities commission and came out of our commission how we decided to challenge all the work that was coming out of our community to conserve water and get with the program. when i go through this whole thing, i think about what other people have done. what i have seen and what i have witnessed. nobody talks much about har listen kelly. harlin kelly is at the deposited. -- department. harlin kelly worked to get out of that situation. that wasn't easy. it was a heavy heavy lift. we owe a lot to harlin and even after all that lifting, the board of supervisors still set our budget aside, right juliette? but through a little bit of negotiation give and take, we managed to get through that. so, when i started, you know, we were talking about the rim fire and the devastation and i'm ready to leave this chair now and it was a pleasure for me to see everything. now i'm leafing and -- leaving and we are in the worst drought in anyone's memory, right? so we need somebody in a position who has institutional knowledge and is strong and sharp and witty and color

it's written and signed by 13 staff attorneys to the public utilities commission. d the commission has not taken appropriate steps in the past month to preserve evidence. >> what does this say about the culture at the public utilities commission? >> it suggests business as usual. we're extremely troubled by that. >> reporter: the e-mailed memo points to growing internal tension and conflict as the u.s. attorney investigates cozy and back channel communications between puc commissioners and pg&e in the wake of the deadly san bruno explosion four years ago. staff attorneys wrote the internal memo on wednesday. it's addressed to the president and the four commissioners. the attorneys question why a media report, the state attorney general launched an investigation nearly a month ago and executive director paul clanon never identified the legal staff about the investigation and the need to preserve evidence. what does this say about paul clanon? >> that he either doesn't understand or is unwilling to do what he is supposed to be doing. >> mr. clanon, can you talk to us

it's written and signed by 13 staff attorneys at public utilities commission. it includes we are concerned the commission has not taken appropriate steps in the past month to preserve evidence. >> what does this say about the culture at the public utilities commission? >> it suggests business as usual. we're extremely troubled by that. >> reporter: the e-mailed memo points to growing internal tension and conflict as the u.s. attorney investigates cozy and back channel communications between puc commissioners and pg&e in the wake of the deadly san bruno explosion four years ago. staff attorneys wrote the internal communication on wednesday. it's addressed to commission president michael peevy and the four commissioners. it questions why the state attorney general launched an investigation nearly a month ago and executive director paul clanahan never notified them about the need to preserve evidence. >> what does this say about paul clanahan? >> he either doesn't understand or is unwilling to do what he is supposed to be doing. >> can you talk to us about this mem

. >>> pg&e's relationship with the state public utility commission is coming under scrutiny. ktvu's tom vacar has been reviewing the problem and joins us live where there will be a hearing about this tomorrow. >> reporter: yes, indeed. with this the public utilities commission is thinking into the distrust. some e-mails. [ indiscernible ] >> means that all partaes need be a-- parties need to be aware of all communications with decision makers. when you have individuals communicating outside of that that is ex parte communication. >> there was a discussion if pg&e gets $39 million for energy incentives then pg&e would donate $3 million to fight a proposition on the ballot. >> reporter: other e-mails, he warns pg&e the governor will be contacting for information and another e-mail where he says he is an apologist for pg&e. >> it is legal for a commissioner to talk to parties,porous their opinions -- expressing their opinions without reporting on it. the reporting requirement should be a two way street, not a one way street. >> reporter: so it will submit a package of reforms tha

appreciation for your distinguished service for as a commissioner for the san francisco public utilities commission, 2010- 2014 and as your role as commission president, 2012 to 2013" so with that we would like to present this to you. >> well thank you. >> and i think we have a picture coming. we need everyone. >> nice to get closer to ann as always. [applause] >> if i may? >> of course. >> first of all i want to thank former mayor and lieutenant governor gavin newsom the opportunity to serve the city and county of san francisco. as a resident here when i took over the california democratic party since 1996 it's been a pleasure to pay my property taxes and see where the money is going first hand is more inviting to me so thank you mayor newsom and also to mayor ed lee who i have known for many years and his work in civil rights so many years ago and obviously as a administrative office for the city and county of san francisco and then as mayor it's been an honor to serve with him and his staff and chief of staff and others that work on a day to day basis. they provide tremendous support. i am proud

say about this tunnel project finally opening my name is vince a commissioner with the public utilities commission i'm proud to be here it's exciting just a moment agree we saw the waters coming down the tunnel we're standing 80 years ago we began it deliver precious resources to the customers we serve open this very location awe as accompanied 25 years ago we had one of the biggest quarters in modern times this is a semireminder of how important it is to invest ♪ infrastructure to make sure we are prepared with protocols in place i want to give a shout out to my partners in labor many lopez and san mateo building trade and the engineers in the house the work you've done at the project managers the things you've done exceptional and an >> inspiring momentum the water is coming in and the next speaker will have a little bit more to say about the water he has a background it education and transportation and really knowledgeable he is an attorney went to arthur dong college and one of the most important leadership in salting dave the president of the board. >> welcome everyone to setting san mateo co

public i tilts commission. the president is -- public utilities commission. the president is not seeking reappointment.e is doing this under a cloud of investigations about questionable dealings. >>> and fleet week continues today and tomorrow. it's a good time. bifor the men and women in uniform, there's some work involved. >>> let's look at our forecast. certainly a nice weekend for weather for fleet week. and a live look now at the golden gate bridge. traffic moving right along. temperatures in concord, 54 degrees. livermore already at 75. it's going to be a warm one inland. and if we look at our headlines now, mostly clear start to sunday. we'll have your 7-day in just a few minutes, with rain. >>> the giants have taken the first game of the nlcs. in the 2nd inning last night, travis ishikawa hit the bases-loaded single, driving in pablo sandoval. later in the inning, the giants scored another run on a misplayed ground-ball. bumgarner tossed sevnd 2/3 submit out nrgs. final score -- innings. final score, giants 3, cardinals 0. >>> a healthcare worker in texas has tested positive for ebola. the pers

the next step for the water public utilities commission is going to be digging up the pavement so they can check on that pipe and then repair it. they expect that will take at least four to six hours. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> thank you, tiffany. >>> it's known as the enterovirus, a respiratory infection spreading across the country. for the first time it's been detected in northern california. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony says doctors and parents are on high alert. >> we do have our first case. >> reporter: solano county health officials are the latest to confirm they, too, have had a case of enterovirus d-68 in a school-age child. >> how is the child doing? >> the child is doing very well. >> reporter: two others, also children, have been diagnosed in alameda county. >> we have two cases. >> reporter: nationwide, the centers for disease control has confirmed 500 cases of d-68 in 42 states. infants, children, and teenagers the most likely groups to become infected, especially those with asthma or a history of wheezing. the symptoms are similar to the flu. f

jerry hill also expressed his satisfaction that the embattled president of the california public utilities commission will step down. >> i believe the most important part is the california public utilities commission can now become the institution that it was originally designed, and created for, and that it was historically before. >> reporter: the news came in a statement from peavy, who said he originally planned to make his announcement next week. quote, i am moving the announcement to today. i will not seek reappointment to the cpuc. 12 years is enough. peavy made no mention of. trove around allegations the cpuc was having back door communications with pg&e executives. revealed in e-mails like these. >> hopefully the state of california and the governor got the message we want, independent people there, arm's length relationship. >> reporter: the commissioner mike florio and the former chief of staff have also been implicated in the scandal. three pg&e executives have been fired. in san bruno, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> the fire commission is meeting right now, considering the fate of the ch

really proud about how, you know, we opened up this dialogue with ucsf and the california public utilities commission and the departments talked about, you know, this program is great and how do we get involved with this? the project search, is an educational tool for the whole site and the interns involved and it educates them on how to work with the individual with disability and give the interns the opportunity to be immersed in a setting while being with their on site job coach and also starts the dialogue about the people with disabilitied being employed. this is mainly through the inner department, dialogue about how this program has been and how they want to participate in this program. a partnership of the city and county of san francisco to bring the projects for staoet and county is one way to address the desire of the city of san francisco to be diverse in the workforce and to use the rule, 115 to the advantage of the citizens of san francisco and we have a viable pool of qualified work ready candidates that will access, and the circle of support and will continue to facilitate the entry p

commission's executive director did answer the key question. can you assure the public you're not destroying evidence? >> of course not. look, there is absolutely no truth in any concern that the public utilities commission would destroy evidence. that's ridiculous, and, of course, we'd never do a thing like that. >> reporter: why did you not alert your attorneys you were contacted by the attorney general? >> i won't talk about discussions between the commission and its attorney. >> reporter: tony kovaleski, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips, or send an e-mail. >>> today, a warning from the centers for disease control about your kids and vaccinations. >> why not everybody supporting some new classes in california high schools? >>> and we've got rain on the way, but don't go cancelling those weekend plans. i think you'll get by okay without dodging showers. i do have to tell you, though, into tonight, rain on the way. we've got storms that bookend your weekend. more for monday and then that storm track stays to the south. i'll tell you what that means for our rain chances getting into next week when nbc bay area news at 11:00 come

really proud about how, you know, we opened up this dialogue with ucsf and the california public utilities commission and the departments talked about

so the public utilities commission says old age is definitely a factor.his video from overnight shows a river of water flowing down keith street. that ran straight into the gr l garages and basements of homes downhill. families ran outside and tried to create impromptu barriers. the fire department helped with a barrier of sand and asphalt. initially the public utilities commission thought the break flooded several dozen homes. they have since downgraded that estimate. >> as we go around and start doing the assessment, that number my change because some homes are still -- the people are still sleeping so we can't get access to it. from our count, it looks to be six or seven. >> reporter: crews are expected to come by the neighborhood to offer cleanup assistance this morning. now, houses up and down the street for about three blocks are all without water this morning. they expect it will take several hours for the crews to repair the pipe and then they'll be able to turn back on that water supply. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> thank you,

it's a motion to confirm the mayor's appointment of [speaker not understood] to the public utilities commission term ending august 1st, 2018. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you, president chiu. i wanted to express my full support of andy moran's reappointment to the public utilities commission. andy bring decades of experience on wastewater and power issues. we are thankful that he wants to continue his services to help continue san francisco legacy of environmental stewardship, energy efficiency and reliability. he's a really remarkable person that has so much knowledge. it's just really fortunate to have him there. i am confident in andy's leadership and his ability to work with different parties. also hopeful that he will help us move the clean power san francisco program forward to the near future. thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisor yee. colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection this motion is approved. [gavel] >> why don't we now go to roll call. >> first to introduce roll call for introductions, supervisor farrell. okay. supervisor kim? >> thank you

representing san bruno will announce legislation to remove the president of the california public utilities commission the state senator considerry hill will make the announcement this morning in san francisco saying he and the president of california public utilities commission have too cozy of a relationship as illustrated by e-mails that review secret communications between the two sides. >>> palo alto released the sketch of a man who has evening supposed him to two on monday a half mile from each other. he is described as caucasian and late 20's or early thursday with brown hair. he was driving a blue pickup and then a white value veto it is believed the two cases are likely related and they increased patrols. >> a bay area pilot killed fighting a island fire -- fight ing a fire in yosemite was a good map. >> his daughter said he was a chemistry instructor would flew during the summer. he was fighting fires as a pilot for then years. his daughter said her father loved science and nature and tried his best to share the passions. >> my father would sit and read the organic chemistry and physics and

last night i had the privilege of attending the california public utilities commission, one of the opportunities to have a public forum about the issue of transportation network companies. we had the commissioner there from the c puc as well as two other members and we had good attendance from the public. we had members speaking on behalf of lyft and ride share as well as members of the taxi driving community. i myself gave a comment regarding some of the issues that we have seen at our meetings from presentations and ways we feel that needs that need to be addressed better. i'm ha epito say that i was asked back up to provide more questions for the commissioner as well as help council create an analysis report in depth for the c puc so that will be something that we can look into further. and for those who are interested in going to the second opportunity for providing public comment there will be another one in ovenlth -- october. you can contact the mayor's office on disability for more information about this opportunity. >> thank you. councilmember senhaux? >> the workgroup for seniors and p

the embattled chairman of the california public utilities commission says he won't seek another term. michael peevey's announcement today came just as a state senator called for his removal. under peevey. the p-u-c has been crticised for having a cozy relationship with pg&e -- the utility it's supposed to regulate. some accuse the p-u-c of trying to help pg&e after the 2010 pipeline explosion in san bruno. peevey's current term ends in december. president obama will be in the bay area tomorrow. he's on a 3-day visit to the west coast. he was in santa monica and l-a today. the president was at a democratic fundraiser at the home of actress gwyneth paltrow. he's scheduled to fly into s-f- o tomorrow afternoon for a fundraiser at the "w" hotel. among other events. the president will spend friday night in the city. coming up. a high school student and police exchange gunfire near dixon high schooll. plus -- bay area based company tesla. unveils a new sedan. the new features and how it compares to the model-s. also --- a mother's frustration.after police do not make an arrest in an alleged

news conference this morning to discuss controversial e-mails sent between pg&e and the public utilities commission. the press conference comes a day after federal prosecutors opened up an investigation into the e-mails, which some say demonstrate a too cozy relationship between those two companies. after the press conference, a judge will hold a hearing to talk about what sanctions pg&e might face. >> the san jose police force may be getting a financial boost from the state. they have $17,000 in extra funds and they may give it to the police officers to help pay for extra officers. they say that money would go to waste because the department can't get recruits in the first place. they want the money to go to libraries so they can stay open longer to help pay for current police officers who are working overtime. >> s.f. supervisors coming to table to talk about making short-term rentals in the city legal. it would require any host to register with the city and to inform the city of san francisco how many days the space would be aren'te rented. homeowners would have to prove they live in the city mo

for moves within california, you can do that on the california public utilities commission website.an make sure it is both insured and licensed. if you're moving across state lines, you'll want to check for the same information on the department of transportation website. put in the name of the moving company, or the d.o.t. company, or mc number. we'll put these, as well as our tips on our website at ktvu.com. just look under hot topics. >> you have a tip for our 2 investigates team, we want to hear from you. just email 2investigates@ktvu.com. >>> a little bit of fog out there right now. todays temperatures were slightly cooler than what we saw over the weekend, but not much. it was certainly warm inland, with 95 degrees in antioch. fog is back at the coast right now, it has been very dense out there over the last few mornings but now starting to push in. these high clouds, they're in advance of some tropical weather system to the south of us. a beautiful sunset, if you had a chance to see it because of these high clouds. there's high clouds over san francisco. we're also seeing fog

i want to bring in tyrone, who is with the san francisco public utilities commission. what happened? >> it was a 12-inch water main break. unfortunately a bunch of homes flooded out, flooded basements, flooded lower units. we're working on cleaning those now. >> reporter: you've been with the upc for 12 years, this is one of the worst ones? >> i've definitely seen worse ones. i've seen up to 60-inch lines break. this is significant but not anything we're not accustomed to taking care of. >> reporter: you guys have been here since midnight. moving forward what's the plan here? >> we're going to start lifting up the asphalt where the break occurred. this will allow to us see what happened. we don't know why the break happened quite yet. we'll be able to fix it and get service back restored. until then, there will be about three blocks without water and there will be a little bit of traffic disruption where the break occurred. >> reporter: as you heard him say, there's a bit of a traffic impasse but it's really residential here. crews will be out here to help homeowners m

. >> pressure is mounting for the head of the california public utilities commission to step down. a rally is planned outside the agency headquarters in san francisco to demand michael peasy be released from his post. his term is up at the end of the year but state senator jerry hill wants peavy removed immediately. >> and coming up, giants fans riding high after a dominating win in pittsburgh. >> pitching, hitting, defense, now they are headed to round two. >> job well cdone. we'll get to play another game at home in the playoffs. >> there you go. hunter pence leading the charge. how did we get here? strong pitching from maddison bumgarner. >> the giants flew straight home to get ready for the game against the nationals. jake peavy will be on the mound for game one. for the other side, matt williams in his first year managing the nationals. >> nice to have the trump card. >> it was nice to see. stayed up late a little bit. you know why, though? >> because we watched. >> and we're the official giants station. we'll have live reports from washington, d.c. starting today during all o

state senator wants to remove the president of the california public utilities and will announce this in front of the building of the commission in san francisco saying california public utilities commission president has few cozy a relationship with pg&e which is what he is supposed to regulate as illustrated by e-mails that reveal secret communications between the two sides. he will officially introduce the measure when the legislature reconvenes. >>> palo alto police have a sketch of the man who has exposed himself to two children. the man exposed himself from the car to a 10-year ode on tuesday. the girl was walking her dog when it happened. on monday, police thing the same man did the same thing to a 14-year-old half a mile away. he is caucasian in his late 20 or early 30's with brown hair. although he was driving a newer blue pickup in one instant and a white volvo in the other police think the two cases are red. >> several fires from destroyed six structures on interstate 80 with five separate fires bun near applegate and two hopes have been burped. 80 have been evacuated. 380 acres are burned and only ten percent conta