> there are 45,000 transportation network company drivers on city streets and the california public utilities commission has oversight and regulatory authority over them. difficult for san francisco to mandate certain actions but we also know they are interested in transforming their fleets to zero-emissions vehicles and have pilots that have begun in other cities. have you mavin the arm that leases vehicles to entrepreneurial drivers on the lyft and uber platform. so there's a whole fleet of chevy volts and bolts on the roads now and they're also interested in partnering with cities to launch pilots around that. >> thank you so much, jessie. we're going to item 8. >> approval of 2018-01-coe urging the san francisco retirement board to divest from fossil fuel companies and filed for the fossil fuel divestment for discussion and action. >> commissioner: before i turn it over to the commissioners i want to welcome the commissioner from the environment board. it's great to see you. it's a long-time friend and i have such respect for him and his work. this is a very important item for the city and as we sai

for four years, we heard that california public utility commission has the jurisdiction over tncs, nordz in other words, lyfh and youtubeer. you have jurisdiction here in the city and duty and responsibility to enforce violations ever state vehicle code against people who arew3ç operating illegally. to that end, it doesn't take sherlock holmes to see that all the vehicles with tnc has private place that violates the code. and 90% of the people do not have commercial insurance. whether the tax collector or the police department would start to enforce it, i think the city needs to make every tnc driver prove they have commercial insurance, otherwise, the city officials are aiding and a -- and abetting a price scheme. it murtz people getting taxis who are handicapped. people's insurance rates are going up. general hospital is paying for accidents where tnc drivers are getting hurt. i hope you look into this. i think you can reduce the traffic congestion by doing so. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i also represent medallion holders. this proposed amendment is to ta

in a hearing that was held by the california public utilities commission a couple of weeks ago. up at this cpuc, this commission meeting, was a resolution to reduce the user fees collected from various transportation modes, including the t.n.c.s, the fees were reduced from .33% to .25%. so it's a good sized decrease. and these fees are collected on a quarterly basis and used towards expenses occurred in regulating as you know is the exclusive jurisdiction to regulate, since the state asserted that jurisdiction for the state and preempting the local jurisdiction, such as san francisco, from regulating the t.n.c.s. as you know, the regulations that he subsequently put in place are fairly minimal but even at that, they've been largely unenforced, leaving the induce tremendous from i would say a practical perspective unregulated. both the sfmta, we sent a letter as did the county transit authority from chair peskin as well as the los angeles director of transportation our own alumni selena renalds. we all sent letters in advance of the hearing the cpuc delay taking action on this it

teased out through the very extensive testing we do as well as the oversight from the california public utilities commission come in and out of service just like our existing cars do but we do expect, as we've said to you many times, that general reliability of these cars will be significantly, perhaps an order of magnitude better than the cars we have today i imagine, similar on the bart side as well. so far so good with our cars that have been in service. they've been performing well and we're very happy with how they're rolling out. >> great, thank you. >> thank you, very much. anyone else? >> yes. >> thank you. i could talk probably all day about the problem with the placards and the abuse that we see out there and the challenges that that proposed for people who really need the spaces that are being taken up by people who don't need them. i'm wondering, is there any thought into how folks are getting the placards. if i was running a doctor office i would give them out like candy to encourage more people coming back to my office and referrals. i'm just wondering what steps, if there are any, to get to t

california p.u.c. and at the legislature, but ultimately as long as the utilities are able to set the ground rules that we have to play on, in my opinion, at the california public utilities commission and through certain legislative offices, we're going to continue to face this reactive roller coaster, spiral like you are suggesting. and i think anything that we can do to increase political pressure and bring kind of the full weight of the city and county to bear on the california p.u.c. and the legislature, we have a much larger hefts than any of the other operating c.c.a.s. l.a. county will obviously dwarf us. but as of now, i feel like we in alameda county have a big voice. lastly, you know, reducing our exposure to the market where we need to buy energy to spend money and create costs for the programme. that is really the other way off of this hamster wheel and that is why we're advocating for sklerltsd local bill. once we have products generating energy and we can sell that to folks and don't have those extra costs we won't be subject to market change. thank you. >> thank you. next item, please. >> we need a vote. >> oh, we need a vote. let's vote. all in favour. [laughter] >>

some sit with you and your authority and some are with the california public utilities commission. i wonder if you can give us an insight as to how the state agencies talk to one another. talked a lot about the importance of listening to local government. it's a triangulation sometimes and i feel stuck sometimes in that triangle. i'm wondering if you can explain how the commission works on that and advice for local government in breaking through that triangle. >> in fact i was knit -- in the city all day and having a meeting with by counterpart at the public utilities commission and see where we can work together and not in alignment and get in alignment where we're not. a lot of positive activity comes out of each of the meetings. we try to do them once a quarter or so. but they have a regulatory process that actually is quite rigid and things dont move fast. we have our own issues at the commission developing standards. we have statutory requirements of transparency and notice and comment periods and things move slowly. patience is the number one practice and having practiced in

. >> reporter: three of california power companies met with the state public utilities commission to talk about their role in wildfires. both cause, and affect. >> we have to collaborate more between utilities and the actual state agencies themselves. >> reporter: the cd you see is looking to create estate standard for deenergizing powerlines, shutting them off ahead of things like red flag warnings for fire risks. when and how to flip the switch, a call that pg&e says is far from simple. >> keeping power on is important you are talking about power to streetlights, elevators, cell phone towers. when you turn it off proactively, that could create a whole new set of safety risks for others. >> reporter: pg&e's vice president would not speak to us about whether or not shutting off power could have prevented the wine country wildfires. they currently face at least three separate lawsuits from the fires, sonoma county most recently joined the fray. suing for lost property taxes. >> this is a conversation about utility safety and wildfires. how does this play and the lawsuits? >> well, we

. >> the public utilities commission held hearing to discuss the fire threat in california. it focused on how utility infrastructure like power lines may contribute to or be the cause of fires but the conversation was prompted by the northbay wildfires. the cpuc is examining how fires in the infrastructure, and the ability of first responders to communicate. >>> early today new numbers were released about insurance claims across the state from last year's wildfires. the number so claims reached $11.8 billion which is the most expensive in-state history. stuck president trump is gearing up to act on the issues he focused on during last nights state of the union address such as immigration infrastructure. >> allison barber has more. >> reporter: president trump deliver the longest it is and union address and roughly 18 years. he talked about bipartisanship and unity. republicans are praising the speech. democrats are not buying it but it is to make colorado congressman said quote, only this president could make it call for unity sound so divisive. the presence tone and lack of

california department of general services consistenting of'sments for sub surface tiebacks, access, and maintenance over property located at 100 armory drive for the san francisco public utilities commission water improvement program funded project for the westside project. >> can we take this item. same house, same call. without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. >> to retroactively authorize the police department to extend a grant in the amount of 165,000 from the department of homeland security for the safe refurbishment and services life extension program for the period through august 31st, 2020. >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted famously. next one. ? >> to improve modification no. 1 with the transportation security administration for offices located in terminal two at the san francisco international airport. a total amount of annual rent not to exceed approximately 6 million. >> same house, same call. without objection, the resolution is adopted unanimously. madam, please call items five and six together. >> items five and six are two resolutions that allow the department of public health for an amount of 173,000 from the public health foundation ente