that's the puc response. that's not that this didn't happenor this information is wrong or you don't get the context . it is yes, let's make this work and let's look and see who did what and let's look and see what commitments were made and how can we focus on that so with that i would love to take on your questions. >> you mister flynt. supervisor. >> thank you chair.i do want to make sure i get in touch supervisor more and i'm happy to go after you if you want to start your questions. >> thank you chair.i had a few initial questions. the first time i want to start by acknowledging the department's conference with every finding and every recommendation inthis report . so that's an encouraging step forward . but i do want to start with a district question and i realize you're still relatively new shipping over tothe puc in your role as chief of staff but my question is how did this happen ? how did we reach a point where contracts worth tens of millions of dollars in public benefits and billions of dollars in

i can tell you, sir, with respect to things going forward, as far as the puc is concerned, the person who and the person in this agency who is going to make a decision that get run by the mayor's office and the board, is me and i have a longstanding commitment to making sure and working in collaboration with this board so ensure we get reliable, safe public power here in san francisco and that we work together to make sure that rate payers and our residents are fairly treated and supervisors, you can make sure that that longstanding commitment that i've had working with you from my prior work is steadfast and will remain one of my stop priorities in this new information and i will keep you informed as to the progress that we make in our on going conversations with pg&e. >> thank you general manager her herrera. >> there's one issue i want to be clear on the record and thank you for the additional time. mr. johnson referred to san francisco's paying a wholesale rate and avoiding certain contributing to middle income programs and the like and i wanted to make it clear that san francisco

the puc wants pg&e to be viable. people might think that's a mistake, but that's what puc wants. the energy interests say that's a good idea. the solar folks say you can't pull a fast one on us. there's probably going to be some kind of compromise where fees will be raised to some degree for solar folks, and along with that the environmentalists will have to swallow because their goals won't be met quite as fast as they would like. it's not pretty, but you know what, when you have a situation where policies develop and everybody doesn't like it, it's probably a good idea that it's the right way to go. >> i suspect we're far from a solution and i know you'll follow it for us, larry. thank you so much. good to see you. >>> up next, a quick look at the top stories we're following, including another deadly shooting on an east bay freeway, and we are learning about the victim, a basketball legend who worked to keep his community safe. here's a quick look at the top stories we're following on this sunday morning. we are le

the state puc yesterday approved a 9% increase.te hike in the same year after a similar increase took effect january 1st. pg&e expects the average monthly bill will increase $14 a month, which adds up to nearly $300 more per year. it will all take effect next month. >> the first full week of the winter olympics now coming to an end, with team usa having a lot to be proud of. a little slight spoiler alert here, if you're following every drop of the puck. >> hockey, u.s. women's hockey there, "today in the bay's" janelle wang is live in beijing with good news for hockey fans. >> reporter: yes, team usa women's hockey, they advance to the semifinals. they don't know who they are playing yet, but the reigning gold medalist say they are ready for the matchup. now, earlier overnight the quarterfinal match took place. usa versus czech republic. four-time olympian hilary knight scoring a gold for usa. men's hockey, their first preliminary game, there are no nhl players on the hockey team, but they beat china 8-1. their next game, their riv

last week, the state puc okayed a 9% increase. the second this year.bill will go up about 14 bucks a month. >>> okay, we brought you the winter games here on n but the games as we know them bay be in jeopardy. one of the 21 cities that have posted the winter olympics. so far, the january would be the only one to safely and reliablely do it again by the end of the century. one of the reasons why is places like the sierra which hosted the olympics in 1960 are no longer seeing a snow pack. in the past two years, we've only had two winter seasons where we exceeded 100% of the average snow pack. >> we see our numbers of incredible snow pack and that was still might happen. still might have those great seasons where we're seeing tons of powder, but that reliability and that consistency of having that know pack won't necessary by there there. especially as the temperatures increase. we sort of tow to line. is it going to be falling as rain? >> john spoke with one of the climate scientists behind the study. she also looked at how much emissions we'd need to cu

certainly this is an essential need for us for now and for the future, and if the puc continues its currention, you're going to see a lot more cities looking for these larger race in and farther flung counties. san jose. energy officials say the project will produce enough clean energy to power nearly 65,000 homes a year for the next 12 years. all right. these are the temperatures from today 64 in mountain view. 66 is santa rosa. just 59 fremont. temperatures tomorrow. pretty much similar. we'll see a few clouds tomorrow. that'll maybe keep temperatures, maybe degree or two cooler, but overall, we're in the sixties, a little above the average for this time of year as i mentioned earlier, when you get the wind like we had ah, the atmospherics get really crisp and clear. so tomorrow morning. if you want to take pictures of the sunrise, that's the morning to do it or the sunset this evening was stunning as well as the atmosphere super clear. it's gonna be cold and frosty tonight the winds at the suit, sea level and surface. have really died down. the wind advisor has been dropped. the wind war

board of directors, puc, recreation and park commission. i believe this would focus it on more of the high-profile and critical commissions while illuminating the allegation of overreach. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public to testify on item number 1? >> yes, i believe we have additional speakers at this time. >> go ahead. >> good morning, supervisors. i just wanted to commend supervisor chan for tabling this amendment. i believe it should be tabled and i believe it should be vastly rewritten so it is not a rebound of our checks and balances in the city. that it is, instead perhaps reducing the commission sizes. i definitely agree with that. i do not agree that we should be considering something that basically rewrites our structure of government without a very good look into this. thank you. ice appreciate supervisor chan tabling this amendment. >> next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. linda schafer. i am still a supporter of this charter amendment and i look forward to seeing what happens in the futur

i can tell you, sir, with respect to things going forward, as far as the puc is concerned, the person who and the person in this agency who is going to make a decision that get run by the mayor's office and the board, is me and i have a longstanding commitment to making sure and working in collaboration with this board so ensure we get reliable, safe public power here in san francisco and that we work together to make sure that rate payers and our residents are fairly treated and supervisors, you can make sure that that longstanding commitment that i've had working with you from my prior work is steadfast and will remain one of my stop priorities in this new information and i will keep you informed as to the progress that we make in our on going conversations with pg&e. >> thank you general manager her herrera. >> there's one issue i want to be clear on the record and thank you for the additional time. mr. johnson referred to san francisco's paying a wholesale rate and avoiding certain contributing to middle income programs and the like and i wanted to make it clear that san francisco

board of directors, puc, recreation and park commission. i believe this would focus it on more of the high-profile and critical commissions while illuminating the allegation of overreach. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public to testify on item number 1? >> yes, i believe we have additional speakers at this time. >> go ahead. >> good morning, supervisors. i just wanted to commend supervisor chan for tabling this amendment. i believe it should be tabled and i believe it should be vastly rewritten so it is not a rebound of our checks and balances in the city. that it is, instead perhaps reducing the commission sizes. i definitely agree with that. i do not agree that we should be considering something that basically rewrites our structure of government without a very good look into this. thank you. ice appreciate supervisor chan tabling this amendment. >> next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. linda schafer. i am still a supporter of this charter amendment and i look forward to seeing what happens in the futur

. >> but just because pg&e requests a specific increase amount does not mean the puc will approve it. still, these anticipated increases will be hard on those on a fixed income. >> we are talking about additional increases of $50 to $70 a month. >> it becomes unaffordable. at a certain point, how do you pay for your normal utilities? >> let's not forget that pg&e has been sued by wildfire victims and will have to pay out aliens of dollars. the company has pledged that shareholders, not customers, will shoulder those liabilities. still, there are skeptics who worried the utility company might have to past -- past those costs on to customers. kristen: thank you. big news if you take highway 101 up on down the peninsula. i ■havethe option to drive on an express tollway. drivers need a fast-track toll tag. the toll will be paste -- based on congestion pricing, so variable. transportation officials are considering charges not just for toll lanes but for all lanes. bay area officials listened to details ofy today. the goal was to find ways to reduce traffic congestion and d incentivizin >>

i can tell you, sir, with respect to things going forward, as far as the puc is concerned, the person who and the person in this agency who is going to make a decision that get run by the mayor's office and the board, is me and i have a longstanding commitment to making sure and working in collaboration with this board so ensure we get reliable, safe public power here in san francisco and that we work together to make sure that rate payers and our residents are fairly treated and supervisors, you can make sure that that longstanding commitment that i've had working with you from my prior work is steadfast and will remain one of my stop priorities in this new information and i will keep you informed as to the progress that we make in our on going conversations with pg&e. >> thank you general manager her herrera. >> there's one issue i want to be clear on the record and thank you for the additional time. mr. johnson referred to san francisco's paying a wholesale rate and avoiding certain contributing to middle income programs and the like and i wanted to make it clear that san francisco

i can tell you, sir, with respect to things going forward, as far as the puc is concerned, the person who and the person in this agency who is going to make a decision that get run by the mayor's office and the board, is me and i have a longstanding commitment to making sure and working in collaboration with this board so ensure we get reliable, safe public power here in san francisco and that we work together to make sure that rate payers and our residents are fairly treated and supervisors, you can make sure that that longstanding commitment that i've had working with you from my prior work is steadfast and will remain one of my stop priorities in this new information and i will keep you informed as to the progress that we make in our on going conversations with pg&e. >> thank you general manager her herrera. >> there's one issue i want to be clear on the record and thank you for the additional time. mr. johnson referred to san francisco's paying a wholesale rate and avoiding certain contributing to middle income programs and the like and i wanted to make it clear that san francisco

certainly this is an essential need for us for now and for the future, and if the puc continues its currentition, you're gonna see a lot more cities looking for these larger race in and farther flung counties. centers the san jose energy officials say the project will produce enough clean energy to power nearly 65,000 homes a year for the next 12 years. doctors at the university of pennsylvania say they cured two men of leukemia with a gene therapy that transforms the patient's own cells into cancer killers, the doctors say a decade after they were treated, they couldn't find any sign of cancer in the patient's bodies. researchers described the two cases in a study that was published today in the journal nature, they say the two examples show gene therapy treatment can attack cancer immediately, then stay inside the body for years and keep the disease at bay. long term remission such as this makes everybody super excited that we have given these patients the second chance of life. one of the things that was extraordinarily said exciting to me is that i am absolutely believed this was the be

for example we had conversations with the puc about starting wateraccounts and closing water accounts . that's not something set up to create as an indicator but talk about geographic detail. they know everyone. they providewater for everyone . and they know how many people, how many residential customers have shut out their accounts and how many residential addresses haven't turned back on so they have principle better data on things like residential vacancy or migration than what we've been able to look at but in terms of fully baked ready to go indicators uncomfortable that without planning to be completely exhausted we have a pretty good estimate. >> if i could and i apologize commissioner for interrupting but something i would like to see is asking commercial rents, particularlydowntown . one thing i've noticed anecdotally is that the commercial asking rents appear to be kind of like the coyote when he chases after roadrunne . he stays up in the air above the cliffs. the prices don't seem to be droppingthough we're seeing vacancy decline . >> that's right and i'm sure you remembe

so too in my view having a recent discussion about other puc and facilities maintenance work remindede that i believe the cityshould have an interdepartmental workgroup regarding peninsula facilities . the airport juvenile probation log cabin puc recreation and park and the sheriff all have fairly significant real estate holdings in san mateo county and i think some focus on that through real estate and some shared resources might result in better coordination on maintenance facility and security issues there and i just wanted to raise those concerns but again, great work on this fairly significant effort to close to close juvenile hall andredirect youth and resources elsewhere . >> let's move on to the next, thank you. >>. >> color, you are online. >> good afternoon, my name is nate. first i want to just thank everyone for taking this initiative very seriously for the san francisco. i am a lifelong youth advocate from all walks of life. i work with kids from all walks of life and i want to take a moment to support this recommendation. changes are needed. my only ask is that we consid

for example we had conversations with the puc about starting wateraccounts and closing water accounts . that's not something set up to create as an indicator but talk about geographic detail. they know everyone. they providewater for everyone . and they know how many people, how many residential customers have shut out their accounts and how many residential addresses haven't turned back on so they have principle better data on things like residential vacancy or migration than what we've been able to look at but in terms of fully baked ready to go indicators uncomfortable that without planning to be completely exhausted we have a pretty good estimate. >> if i could and i apologize commissioner for interrupting but something i would like to see is asking commercial rents, particularlydowntown . one thing i've noticed anecdotally is that the commercial asking rents appear to be kind of like the coyote when he chases after roadrunne . he stays up in the air above the cliffs. the prices don't seem to be droppingthough we're seeing vacancy decline . >> that's right and i'm sure you remembe

amounts in their budget so it's pays the request that we dedicate an environmental planner to work on puced projects so theyinclude the expenditure and we include the revenue as an expense . and the second chart there was one particular area where i was pausing for a moment. you talked about overhead and said that number is being given to youby the mayor's office . >> the controller's office calculates the cost that it's the countywide ... is a countywide allocation and that changes every year based on how much we have in special revenue funds or operational funds. that's something that goes up and down depending what our budget looks like in a given year so i want to point out every year that number even though this is the number we have today it will change probably sometime in late april or early may. >> when are you expecting it to go up or down? >> i would expect it to be going down this year because our impact fees are going down and it's related to special revenue and how much of a percentage that is of our budget. >> thank you for explaining it, sometimes it'sdifficult for an outs