public utilities commissions. we've committed over 40 sets of briefs on taxi regulation to the california public utilities commission. we've also engaged with a nationally known taxi industry research firm, and this came partly out of a 2016 medallion reform effort, which at that time, many in the industry thought was premature, and they asked that, you know, hey, don't move forward with these recommendations. please take a moment to study the taxi industry. and so we engaged with p.f.m. schaller, and they evaluated the health of the taxi industry, and they recommended some potential regulatory changes. and some of the three important finding from the report. one is that the purchased medallion holders is suffering the most financially, and this slide points that out. they have invested the most, for the most part, $250,000, and yet, they earn the least. we can see here from the report, that these are individuals who paid $250,000 for a taxi medallion earn an estimated 38,000 a year, while drivers who don't hold earn approximately $52,000. we've had 174 closures with the purchased medallions. >> chair peskin: you me

, miss hayashi, former deputy city attorney, did god's work in trying to stop the california public utilities commissionno relation to the san francisco public utilities commission that provides our water and sewer, mr. scarpulla, but your best bet is to go and work in sacramento and preempt any regulatory attempts. and here you are. and i agree with supervisor fewer, that this has been devastating to a whole bunch of people who made their livings and indeed it was a living in the taxi industry. and as the entire world was changing, we the city, by and through the sfmta, that we would do what other cities had been doing, that we would sell these medallions at the moment that they became a lot less valuable. and so we hear literally every tuesday from folks who bought these medallions, and our hearts go out to you. we are aware that this is also the subject of litigation -- which, by the way, is not what should motivate us. and i do concur with supervisor fewer, it's not just about the people that purchased them, it's about the people that earned them. there's a third class of folks, the pre-k, and i thi

california public utilities commission i hope you are listing. another area is my work with supervisor wal walton regarding caltrain governance. we will vote on a resolution later today at the board of supervisors. i wanted to hear from the members of the public following the caltrain businessman which we support. we recognize faster caltrain from santa clara and san mateo and our county and acknowledges the clear coordination to meet ridership demand and support blended high-speed rail plans including the extension to the transbay transit center. as we consider ways to strengthen the agency with revenues discussed in the form of sales tax or measure it is important to establish the principal of dedicated caltrain agency with capacity to undertake expansion with the railroad and coordinate and manage the substantial assets including land assets. we look forward to collaborating to do this over the coming months to next year. with that i conclude my comments. any public comment on the chair's report. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissi

this is because the california public utilities commission is getting ready to add a brand- new area code 341. the western part of alameda and contra costa counties. this is the first step in doing so. starting july 22 either 510 with a 341 area code will be assigned to new numbers in the area. >>> is special olympics in northern california officially kicked off tonight. at uc davis. the opening ceremonies took place marking the start of the summer games. or than 1000 athletes are expected to compete from 30 counties across the state. the games come after weeks of training and regional competition. one athlete has been competing in the games for 38 years. >>> i met my wife through blotchy ball years ago. she is my angel. >>> is special olympics in northern california summer games takes place this weekend at uc davis. it includes events in swimming tennis and track and field. >>> coming up a record-setting night for a giants outfielder. mark will have the highlights from the historic game next in sports. >>> watch our special. on sunday night. as we look back at the milestone moments

as the california public utilities commissions considers fines and penalty against the utility for the deadly wine country fires. cal fire blaming their equipment for starting at least 17 wierlds. last week the company announced they are shutting down the transmission line responsible for starting the deadly campfire in butte county. >>> and now to 2020, fresh off the first fundraisers in bellev and san franccoeninsula tomorro afternoon at a home in losalityos. >>> and this morning five other democratic tour the nation's largest child migrant detention center in south florida. among them kamala harris and south bend mayor pete buttigieg were turned away from theenter in homestead. this comes after the contenders squared off last night. craig boswell is live in washington with the highlights of the debate. >> reporter: good to talk to you. tense debate, at many times with the candidates and democratic presidential candidates sparring on guns and racism and on that note, the focus is still today on kamala harris and joe biden. joe biden went into last night's debate the front-runner but

california it.g suit to block professor sandoval, you're a former commissioner of the california public utilities commissionwhat are your concerns about the proposed merger and how would it affect consumers? >> right. i'm not -- thank you so much for invitatio i'm an antitrust law professor. so both as a former regulator and as an antitrust professor, o coup things jumped out at me. first of all, the complaint alleges that t-mobile and sprint ready have over half of the market share in both los angeles and new york city. in thend firstsecond largest markets in america they have over half of the market share. >> it is huge. >> it is huge and there are a number of markets where they have very large market shares. and as you mentioned especially these are both marketed as value ands so they have been especially important for lower income consumers for value conscious consumers because they compete on price. so theoncern is that as you have two head toc head petitors who already have huge portions of the market, who compete on price, if they merge which they're going to lessen ncentives or exemptions from data

this is because the california public utilities commission is getting ready to add a 341 area code in the western parts of alameda and contra costa counties and this is the first step. starting july 22, either 41 are assigned to new numbers in the area. >>> coming up, many of the democratic candidates at the campaign trail this time in south carolina and the topic of abortion taking center stage. >>> facebook could soon launch its own crypto we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. >>> we are learning more about facebook's plans to launch its own global crypto currency. lieber is nicknamed after the money used by the roman empire. critics are raising questions about giving facebook

you paying off fe damages done without the rate payers having to pay it all, the california public utilities commission would say to safety the lines we have to raise the rates to pay for it. this is going to cost. >> it will cost. that's one of the biggest issues about who is paying for it. ultimately, there are always going to be costs that we all bear given the bredth of the problem. we want to minimize the impact on the rate payers. they have this old model of a centralized monopoly utility system. the classic pg&e. we need to make it easier for people to have solar and other kinds of clean energy soha to ct more and more of the transmissions wires, which are expensive and cause wild fires. >> one of the issues is whether we should be building, whether the power lines should be going, continue to go to wooded areas as we expand out more and more. should people if they're going to choose to live in the areas, should they pay more? >> well, these wild fires raise a lot of issues about development patterns and where we should be putting the housing. because in the last 30 years, almost half of the new

that is almost all from large grants that we are receiving from the california public utilities commission to do energy efficiency work. this is money that comes from the public purpose charges that are on people's utility bills. the remainder is the standard that you have heard from for many departments about retirement and rent all going up our f.t.e. count is very stable. the difference between 65 and 66 is a rounding issue due to attrition. our vacancies, we have four vacancies. they are all in process of being hired, and we hope to complete that process within the next few months, and they -- there is no structure they can see. this is just the people coming and going in a department. in terms of our impact, those were great questions you asked. how do we know if we're doing our job in allocating resources? for all of our big mission about climate action, the way we wind that up is by looking at the overall city inventory of climate emissions. this is a graph you are already familiar with, but it is showing that we are on the right track as a city, in fact, we are ahead of schedule. t

lot about the constraints on being able to regulate t.n.c.s especially because the california public utilities commission are the ones that help us statewide sort of say how they can be regulated? but some of the findings came from the constituents and most of their complaints in areas like labor, especially taxi drivers, the environment, just in general, the congestion and emission that has been increasing, and also the safety when it comes to being a pedestrian or a person that rides bikes or just a person inside the car, the passenger and the driver? and also something new that came up was vehicular housing, and something -- people outside of the city, you know, traveling into the city, a lot of neighbors start to notice more people living in their cars, and -- >> so the second round of findings that the politics team would like to emphasize is the emerging information. we came across this chart? it's from bloomberg research on various issues that uber specifically lobbied for since 2013? and as you can see, they started off with some of the more obvious issues like transportation and tech industry? a

the $240 billion, it is thought that pg&e should pay for that but it will be the california public utilities commissiones who pays. tom baker, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> let's take a look at the forecast, sunny skies behind us, we got to see the sun today, still kind of gray along the coast . >> big-time gray along the coast. that is how it goes again tomorrow. it is foggy along the avenues book clear along the ballpark. the story is in the next couple days, we will get high pressure back in here friday and saturday when we see things back up. we may see some fire weather in part of the state but either way, a warm-up comes into play but not until tomorrow -- not until friday. tomorrow is another day like today. tomorrow's highs will be similar to these. we will see lots of temperatures in the mid-80s. the fog along the coast, has been a fixture, it will be there tomorrow and with this high pressure building in, the heat up, not a record-setting heat up but enough to scour at the fog. we will keep it right at the coast or the forecast should cleared up pretty good as we head to saturday. we will see how that

california's public utilities commission now saying it may impose penalties on the utility citing extensivetions pertaining to those blazes. these as multiple new fireses in the past two weeks have reportedly been linked to lines owned by the utility giant in the golden state. shares down 5.5%. >>> and continental officially changing its name to united airlines holding, shedding all connection to the continental brand. trading under ticker ual. >>> coming up, the verbal knives being sharpened at the g20 ahead of the u.s./china trade tet-a-tet. craig allen on the red lines being drawn on both sides. "countdown" coming right back. at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. because beyond risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. ♪ ♪ every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. it all s

starting tomorrow, you have to dial 1 and area code before making local calls, the california public utilities commissions getting ready to add a 341 area code in the western parts of alameda and contra costa counties and this is the first step, starting july 22 , either 510 or 341 area codes will be assigned to new numbers in the area. >>> the warriors have 3 new members on the roster with the 28th overall pick in the first run of the nba draft, the warriors selected michigan jordan poole, 20-year-old guard who could potentially make an immediate impact given the teams injuries. he met with the media last night and said he is ready to play with his new teammates. >>> the warriors are an amazing team. one of their strengths is shooting the 3 ball. being able to shoot the 3 balls a strength of mine, coming in and making an impact, learning from the guys is something i'm extremely excited for. >>> the warriors made 3 selections in the second round, building more depth for the upcoming season. >>> nancy pelosi makes good on her wager with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau, she welcomed into the cap

there is precedent for a huge punishment by the california public utilities commission against pg&e.pped pg&e with a $1.6 billion penalty for causing the san bruno pipeline explosion. eight people were killed and a san bruno neighborhood destroyed in that 2010 explosion. >>> pride celebrations are already under way in the bay area. a million people are expected to take part in san francisco's celebration of the lbgt community. >> a million people. looking ahead to everything you need to know about this weekend's parade, let's get over to abc 7 news reporter anser hassan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. san francisco is one of the most popular destinations in the world. this weekend the city throws arguably the biggest party. the pride parade will be one of the big draws, but there's so much happening around san francisco this weekend. the civic center will be the center of most of it. seven to eight stages hosting two full days of activities. organizers expect over a million people as you said. so security will be tight. if you come out to civic center, be advised there's lo

there is precedent for a huge punishment by the california public utilities commission against pg&e. in 2015 they slapped pg&e with a $1.6 billion penalty for causing the san bruno pipeline explosion. you may remember eight people were killed and a san bruno neighborhood destroyed in the 2010 explosion. >>> pride celebrations are under way, a million people expected to take part. >>> looking ahead to everything you need to know about this weekend's parade and march. let's get to abc 7 news reporter anser hassan. >> reporter: ladies, it's a little tough to hear with some of the machines out here. san francisco pride weekend is one of the biggest events the city hosts. over a million people expected out here in the city. the pride parade is the main draw. that starts sunday at 10:30 a.m. the roud is simple. it's straight down market street, starting near embarcadero b.a.r.t. station near the civic center. the civic center is the main area for most of the events. seven to eight stages hosting two full days of activities. be advised, lots of security and lolgts of restrictions to get in.

. >> council member williams: just to clarify if i may, the city is engaged with california public utilities commission on this, right? >> yeah. i mean, it's kind of a loaded plate there. i'm not privy to those conversations, but i would say that the outcomes -- we have not had any different outcomes. >> co-chair senhaux: i don't have a question, but a quick comment because the rules apply to me, too. i appreciate with regards to enforcement you're listening to our concerns around driver behavior. and second thing you're doing education awareness around, you know, safety rules for people on scooters, you know, safe streets. and on bikes. because we all share the right-of-way, we all share the sidewalks and everybody has to be respectable. we all have to share these areas. so people with disabilities and, you know, seniors sometimes get overlooked. i'm not saying one population is more important than the other, but we should all be able to travel the streets safely. so i think everyone needs to be considerate of everyone using the streets and cars and bikes. because without any type of enforcement or ed

. >> council member williams: just to clarify if i may, the city is engaged with california public utilities commission, right? >> yeah. i mean, it's kind of a loaded plate there. i'm not privy to those conversations, but i would say that the outcomes -- we

this comes as the california public utilities commission considers fines and penalties against the utility the deadly 2017 wine country fires. cal fire blamed pg&e's equipment for starting at least 17 wildfires. last week, the company announced it's shutting down the transmission line responsible for starting the deadly camp fire in butte county. >>> independence day is less than a week away and fire season is already in full swing. in eastern contra costa county, leaders are asking you to turn in any illegal fireworks. east contra costa fire protection district is hosting its first ever fireworks amnesty program, that means you can turn in your fireworks without any penalty. fire marshal says this year, there will be no leniency for anyone caught lighting fireworks. >> you may light it, and think it's not working, but it's actually the fuse is burning and you go to relight it, and it explodes. >> reporter: you've seen people after the fact? >> i've responded to calls where we're finding fingers a good distance away from the individual. >> you can turn them in through the fourth of july at

this comes as the california public utilities commission considers fines and penalties against the utilitydly 2017 wine country fires. cal fire blamed pg&e's equipment for starting at least 17 wildfires. last week, the company announced it's shutting down the transmission line responsible for starting the deadly camp fire in butte county. >>> dinosaur enthusiasts are buzzing about a newly discovered species unearthed in brazil that roamed the earth 09 million years ago. >> researchers found the fossil what have they're calling a vespersaurus in southern brazil. the dinosaur was about five feet tall and walked on two feet, resembling its cousin the t-rex. dinosaurs lived in that area some 30 million years before they essentially went extinct. so only five feet tall? i'm taller than that thing. >> i'm literally five feet tall. >> see? >> and i walk on two feet. >> so? >> cousin, you say. >> two arms. exactly. >> amazing. >> but i'm not 90 million years old. >> true. >> okay. >> much younger. >> just a little younger than that. >> 27 million. >> let's go to the weather now before things get a

that is because california public utilities commission is getting ready to add a 341 area code.41 will be assigned in the area. today the warriors are playing to fill new positions at the chase center, the first of two general job fairs for the san francisco arena, the warriors have been holding job fairs to court current staff, job openings include utility workers, ticket takers, ushers, security, elevator operations, and the concierge. as you would imagine, many folks interested in working for the warriors, registration for today and monday's job fairs are close, they will employ nearly 2500 people, starting in august. >>> toys "r" us could be making a big comeback in time for the holiday shopping season, the retailer filed for chapter 11 think of the production, in 2017, then close more than 700 stores last year. bloomberg reports a group of lenders that on the rights to the name, set to open a handful of stores over the next several months, these new stores will be about the third of the size of the old toys "r" us store. >>> businesses in san leandro, trying to get back to

approval, the fcc is already signaled its -- it is okay with the deal you still got the california public utility commissiont going to be ready to approve it until august so there is still time to go on this the near term focus is honest divestiture, boost and spectrum and whether dish is going to get it optimism seems to be the key word here. hoping that they get something done in the next few days. but, man, charlie irgan, one tough man to deal with >> yeah, how about the fact that sprint is all the way back to where it was before that day, attorneys general going against them that deal i think will get done. >> you do? >> 5g. >> starting to hear a few investors say maybe, just at this point, from the t-mobile perspective, is it really worth doing? >> really? >> wondering. >> ledger every day -- >> not saying much to us. >> the deal, the deal, not saying much what is he going to say other than the fact that the deal is going to close >> yeah. >> i think he's right. the president wants strong 5g, one of the main reasons why they want to shut down huawei they know that -- they got to catch up. >> they hit t