it was disappointing to hear that the cal epa and d.w.r. dropped negotiations for the lower san joaquin river. we have lost a key option for resolving differences with the bay-delta plan. the p.u.c. needs to take responsibility for this loss. we serve 2-point tetch million people and our governor being a former mayor. it is certain that the cal epa and d.w.r. met with governor newsom. this is a poor reflection us. some of the questions were you as commissioners aware that the negotiations deteriorated. request not there's a transparency and oversight concern. two, how long staff known that the trba was a nonstarter? what actions was taken to make progress? three, environmentalists were not at the table. four, how far did we go to broker solution? did they meet with governor newsom? clearly, we didn't sufficiently understand the dynamics or movies of the players involved or we were just using the v.a. process to buy time. this is a loss for everyone including governor newsom but most of all for the sfpuc. they left the door open. i will be s