as you might imagine, the california puc has been pressuring them to make those repairs as quickly as possible. to get a new easement where they would have to replace some of the pipe would take months. we are attempting to give them revocable permits that would allow them to start the work as quickly as possible. it does mean that we will be bringing back to you and to the board of supervisors permanent easements, but to be clear, we are giving memory vocable -- refocus it -- revocable permits that would be easier to say no to later. one of them would be the crystal springs golf course. they're trying to replace, in one case, 39 mi. of pipe. this is a big job and they're trying to do it as fast as possible. our intent in mind to be your and our objection would be to give them reach vocable permits the -- revocable permits. >> will there be easements granted? >> there will be easements, but in this case, they just tend to be over a little bit from where the pipes were. >> there just over a little bit from -- ? >> that is the norm. >> and it is natural gas? rex it is. -- >> is. >> my o

the california puc is lucky to get you back, and thank you very much for your hard work here. >> well said commissioner. commissioner avalos. >> just to add a little bit to what's already been said and i just want to thank you for your tremendous patience through the years and the process. i know there were a lot of false starts we had over the recent years i have been involved and also just weighing all input from various sources. that was a big part of the your job and we got to a great place because of that and your listening abilities are critical to this work and i want to congratulate you and wish you all the best in your new role. >> thank you commissioner and i don't know if folks from the lafco or the puc would like to add to anything what has been said about mr. campbell. >> well, i would definitely like to say something and thank you mike for all the years of the hard service. you brought in the best team and my distinct memory of you and the monthly updates and when you first prepared your model with your team and the model -- i mean he's a true -- i don't want to say nerd

and by california puc, at energy commission, you cannot become a utility. if you are putting meters in, they have to be put into the san francisco puc. they have not talked to ports at all. they were unaware of this going on. i am trying to say, there are so many loose ends that you cannot possibly get it by september. if you put that as a deadline, it will make it difficult for the staff to dig down the enough to come up with the solution. we need to have access, it be able to give you something to send out to each and every -- i never opened my bill. so that we can reach out to those people. we have enough time to do this dance like whether it is parking more power and so forth. -- loose ends like whether it is parking or power and so forth. >> susie smith. >> i am here because we have a family boats at pier 40. i am also here to plead for more time. a lot of people are unaware of what is going on. we have some people who are residents of the city, some who are not. i know people are up here reaching for solutions and they are saying, we were on the list f

as a note mike campbell will leave us to go to work for the california puc as a manager in the rate payer advocacy in the future but they are here to answer questions. i thought i would cover most points and make it easier but if you have detailed questions, we are available to answer those. the presentation today, first start with the big picture, obviously. we don't just do this because we think it is a fun idea. we do it because there is climate change, there are things happening and san francisco has to respond to that. this is the single biggest program on the horizon with the city and county of san francisco to make any difference toward any of the goals toward the greenhouse gasses and climate change in san francisco. without this program you have very little sitting out there. this can make a dramatic change and provides the city to offer a choice. i'm sure some in the audience, including myself, got a robo-call that talked about the board forcing people into something. after this discussion i will be very clear the board is not forcing anyone to do anything. this is a choice we a

there are 45 miles of cast iron pipes at the california puc presents a, quote, clear and present danger. >> not only do we have a cast iron pipe but an earthquake prone area. we know from the fire of 1906 when the gas mains rupture they can burn the entire city. >> pg&e has not made this the priority it should have been and quite frankly many have criticized the california public utilities commission for not requiring to replace the pipes sooner. >> eric: san francisco city attorney says he wants to meet with the with them as soon as possible. >> kristen: health officials are trying to determine if the latest displaying efforts in contra costa county was effective. fogging trucks sprayed late into the night last night. a man in solano county and a woman in contra costa county have now been identified as the first bay area victims to contracted west nile virus this year. health officials in placer county have their first death from the virus. a 74-year-old man a sheriff's office volunteer died after spending ten days in the hospital. >> eric: time is 6:37. a gray start to this friday mor

. >> pg&e has not made it the priority should have been and many have criticized the california puc for requiring them to replace the pipes sooner. >> kristen: city attorney says he wants too meet with the california public utilities commission as soon as possible to determine what is holding up the process. >> eric: health officials are trying to determine if the latest spraying effort was effective. they sprayed in parts of brentwood and discovery bay late into last night. a man and woman have now been identified as the first victims to contract west nile virus this year. health officials in placer county they have their first death from the vice. a man died after ten days in the hospital. >> kristen: we have this morning's bloomberg business report coming up next. >> eric: plus a new royal scandal, revealing photos again of another popular royal. why the palace says they go over the line. >> and new energy bar that could take >>. >>> california forecast, look how drive it is right now and how hot. mid 90s, to 100 in fresno and palm springs. let's head up to the sierra, 80 in yosemite

. >>> the california puc says there is no evidence that pg&e improperly welded or fudge new gas pipelineshed the investigation based on accusations from some union workers. utility saying all of us a are sear -- the this investigation only involves welds on new pipelines not older ones replaced following the san bruno explosion. >>> family and friends plan to resume the search today for a young man from lafayette who vanished during a weekend rafting trip. he disappeared on the sacramento river sunday afternoon. his friends last saw him near a popular hangout called beer can beach. deputies and volunteers have searched the river and nearby area since he disappeared sunday they plan to go out again in morning. >>> a los angeles bank manage okay this morning after a terrifying and bizarre heist. two masked robbers abducted her from her home and held her overnight in the morning they strapped what they said was a bomb to her stomach and demanded she go to her east l.a. branch to take money and place it outside for the robbers to retrieve. she did that and the two escaped with the cash. a bom

. >>> the california public utilities commission says there is no evidence pg&e improperly welded or fudged inspections on any new pipelines. the puc launched the investigation based on accusations from some union workers. the utility issued statement saying all of us a at pg&e are serious about meeting or exceeding standards for quality work. this investigation only involved welds on new pipelines not older ones replaced following the san bruno explosion. >>> family and friends plan to resume search for young man from lafayette who vanished during a weekend rafting trip. sunday afternoon. his friends last saw him near a popular hangout. deputies and volunteers searched the river and nearby area for him since he disappeared sunday. they plan to go back out this morning. >>> los angeles bank manager is okay this morning after a bizarre and terrifying heist. two masked robbers abducted her from her home at gunpoint and held her overnight. in the morning they strapped what they said was a bomb to her and demanded she go to her east l.a. branch to take money and place it outside for the robbers to retrieve. she did that and the two men