edit harringto harrington. edit harringto harrington interim chief, thank you for your wonderful service being interim chief. a number of members of our police command staff. certainly the police commission. mr. mazuko i want to thank you for a very thorough job in presenting to me the best candidates the commission could produce. it has been an amazing time to work with you and the commission, so, thank you, joe, and others on the commission. thank you very much. [applause] >> our police officer officer association president. gary, it is time to get quiet and go to work. thank you. our police public employee groups. i want to acknowledge greg's son neglect is here along with a very good friend wendy. thank you for joining us as well today. [applause] >> as i said earlier, good close advisors continue to work with me. former mayor willie brown thank you for always being there to talk with me about it. rose, dear friend, thank you for being there with me as well. former supervisor beveragen duff -- bevan duffy.

harrington this morning at this meeting. my understanding is that we have reached agreement and we have made three changes. let me review the changes for you. on page 9 of our report, we have a recommendation for air travel -- a reduction of $3,500. we are revising that to increase to 45 under dollars, a $1,000 increase for what we had both in fiscal year 2011-2012 and 2012- 12013. we are withdrawing two recommendations. training of $9,000 in fiscal year 11-12 and training of $15,000 in 12-13. we are withdrawing our recommendation on membership fees at $10,000 and that is for both fiscal year 2011-2012 and 2012-12013. on page 11, we are significantly reducing our recommendation with respect to power for resale. supervisors, this is based on documentation which he provided us this morning, which had not previously been provided. where we have a recommendation of $500,000 for power or resell and reduction, we are reducing that, in total, to $250,000. we are reducing our recommended reduction. that is true in both 2011-2012 and

i think general manager harrington -- i think we have harrington -- i think we have somebody we can work with to

harrington said, we are asking for the repayment under the new contract of $20 million, 5 million from the old account under the old contract, and the new balance of $15 million. that is $20 million projected. $40 million that would be due from the customers at the end of this year. the wholesale water sales are 150 million gallons per day as sold. i will show you recent trends, a few slides. we do not have a crystal ball, but neither do our wholesale customers. we're always trying to figure out the most reasonable estimate. this assumes a slight reduction, however not as much of a reduction as we have seen. on average, it has been 4.5% lower on wholesale demand. we heard earlier today that even in the current year we are down another 4.7% on top of previous down years. in addition to that, we have provided an insurance mechanism that in the event that we are wrong -- because we do not have a crystal ball -- that we will have a trigger mechanism to say even if we are below the prior 1990's ration level, if by a longshot we are wrong, we will have a trigger mechanism to be calibrates ra

harrington was throwing at you -- they do not mean a thing. you can find the numbers. you can find the money. where there's a political will, there's a way. i hope you are on board. thank you. [applause] >> my name is john risso, president of the board of trustees at city college. i'm here on behalf of the board of trustees. city college is the largest educational institution in city and county of san francisco sa. it's one of the largest employers. we have almost 3000 employees. we have 100,000 students. 70,000 of them are san francisco resident. city college has suffered through several years of cutbacks from the state. this year, we are facing our most dramatic cutback effort. we have our own budget committee meeting tonight and i'm very much not looking forward to it. we have eliminated hundreds of classes already and we're looking at eliminating any more. our students are -- more than half of the students are on financial aid. our students are students who can only succeed at city college. they go on to four-year colleges. they go on to get a graduate degrees. we

harrington, do you know how many solar panels have been installed as a part of the go solar program? >> i do not know the number of panels. there have been approximately 1300 installations. i could make a guess of what the average size would be. supervisor chiu: i know you had an op-ed yesterday where you talked about how energy efficient programs are much more efficient than the go solar program. can you explain that concept a little bit? >> sure. if we spend money to go to the police department or the fi re station and we change out their lighting, it means we will produce less power. we can sell the power and have of that money to programs we want to do. if you're looking of the need for a new heating and ventilation and air-conditioning system in your library, and we can provide the money to do that, you end up saving taxpayer money that would go to the library, and you have a more efficient way of providing for heating ventilation at the library. if you're looking at the general goods for greenhouse gas emissions in san francisco, if you took the go solar money and you gave ever

ed harrington, general manager from the public utility commission. >> thank you, supervisor. this is a question why don't we turn off lights at nighttime, more energy efficient in our buildings? we are spending money every single year in san francisco. we've been going through all of the major buildings in the city. we have most of the lights where if no one's in the room more than a half hour, lights turn off by themselves. water efficiency measures. put about $5 million a year into reducing the electricity of water in the city buildings. it's just faking us a while to get through them all. building by building, we are going to make those buildings more sfoisht we don't just waste power and water. >> thank you. did you want to address a mental health issue? >> a couple things. compleerly i think it stopped being a state issue when ronald reagan closed state hospitals a long time ago. it's never been a medical issue in terms of mental health. clearly it is a city issue and the city of san francisco spends more money on mental health and substance abuse than any other county i

harrington said he's making the trek to d.c. his newest tradition as is ayala to remind hector jr. >> he was a great father, great husband. we talk about his dad all the time. >> at the start of this year's police week it happened to fall, it was five days ago that a teenager opened fire killing several officers. >> thanks a lot. >>> we are following two developing stories about diverted flights. late today a continental flight stopped in st. louis after an officer tried to open one of the exit doors. the plane landed safely and that passenger is being questioned. delta was diverted to albuquerque new mexico a flight attendant found a suspicious note but police dogs found nothing. f.b.i. is now investigating. >>> u.s. officials want to talk to bin laden's three widows who are currently in pakistani custody. it's believed they could answer the question whether pakistan hid bin laden. there has been speculation that authorities might demolish his house to end the intense media attention there. >> police in prince george's county a

as general manager harrington said, it is a clear opportunity for product message and differentiation from the offerings that pg&e had. it positions our clean power sf program to be the greenhouse gas 3 leader in california and nationwide. our program would be the largest community choice abrogation program. it would be the only 100% renewable, greenhouse gas free offering. our city goal is to serve all sentences since -- of san franciscans. we recommend we serve those with often out notices in a geographically-focused way, starting with residential customers, who are the most likely to be in the program. we will allow any customer to opt into the program early, including commercial and industrial customers. is important to knowledge that there is an appetite among some smaller commercial and industrial customers to differentiate themselves by having the ability to say we are a sustainable business and 100% renewable energy would be very appealing to those customers. we want to make sure we have a program that allows them to opt in from day one. that also has a business benefit to us.

. >> ed harrington, general manager of the public utilities commission. i am from the public utilities commission. is that any better? somebody turned it up. thank you. we bring you water and sewer services and power services in san francisco. thank you. >> ann, working with older adults and young girl adults with disabilities. >> bob, the acting superintendent of recreation community services. i want to welcome everyone to beautiful hamilton recreation center, and $18 million project. we also have kimball across the street. we're excited about the capital projects and all the things going on. i also want to take a shameless plug to plug our summer camp. we have over 350 kids signed up. if you have kids, please go to sfrecpark.org. >> i'm greg wagner, the budget director. >> i am the other greg from the health department. >> my name is paul, representing the san francisco planning department tonight and working closely with folks in japantown. >> the evening. i am with the mta. we always see transportation in the -- we oversee transportation in the city.

>> reporter: a scene described by sheila and mark harrington, as they huddled inside a giant hospital, in the emergency room. >> there was no light. and we had very little flashlights. they were screaming and looking for their loved ones and saying that they couldn't find them. and they wanted someone to help them. >> reporter: more than 100 patients were inside the nine-story hospital. gurneys, wheelchairs, tossed hundreds of yards away. x-rays, medical records dumped two counties away, 60 miles, carried by the tornado. and inside the hospital, there was triage, there was rushing to help, but still, so many died. rod pace, one of the medical flight managers, described holding on to a door trying to keep it shut against the suction as it tore the building apart. >> we were holding the door closed. we were trying to hold the door closed. it felt like the door would move. i have heard people talk about a building and how it breathes when it is on fire. it felt like that building was breathing. that door would move in and out. >> could you feel the suction? did it pull on you? what happe

sheila and mark harrington were inside the emergency room when it happened. >> there was no light and we have very little flashlights in the debris of everybody in there. they were screaming and looking for their loved ones and saying that they couldn't find them and they wanted someone to help them and it was total chaos. the nurses was yelling. i've never seen a tornado before. and we heard other nurses saying get away from the windows. >> reporter: rod pace, one of the medical flight managers, described to diane sawyer how he actually held on to a door inside the building as it tore his hospital apart. >> we were holding the door closed. we were trying to hold the door closed. it felt like the door would move. i've heard people talk about a building and how it breathes when it's on fire. >> right. >> it felt like that building was breathing and that door would move in and out. >> reporter: and carol buck was at home when disaster struck. >> we held our heads down. we didn't say too much. you could see things flying. coming in. the roof caving in. bricks flying from the hot fireplac

harrington, do you want to add anything? >> i knothink the good news is t we surveyed people two years ago before we knew much about it. we've been anxious to see what people think about it. we're far enough in the design to come up with more detail and get more information. the great news is that there is a good number of people who really want to have a green product. what is really nice for marketing it is that the difference between 40% rps and 100% of everything was really very close. saying you can be worn under% renewable and greenhouse gas three is a much easier thing to market. it is much more straightforward. it is something people are willing to buy into as a simple thing. that is a great piece of news. the other thing to keep in mind is that we were asking people what they would prefer to do if given a piece of paper with three boxes on it. people would opt in unless they make a decision. -- people would be adoptopted in unless they make a decision. there were be a certain amount of inertia involved. >-- there wo

very soon, we are expecting ed harrington from the public utilities commission. we have carla johnson from the mayor's office of disability and maria from the department of children youth and families who will be coming shortly. i will hand this over to mayor lee who has been to eight other budget meetings. there will be one more after this. >> thank you, actually there ruby two more. one supervisor decided not to. been hurt everyone was going to do it and decided to added on. -- 1 supervisor was not planning to do it but then heard everyone was doing it and decided to add it on. i am enjoying these town halls. -- there are two more of these meetings. i am enjoying these town halls as a resident. i know is important to people here, raising families. i have had the privilege of this great city. i want other people to enjoy the benefits of the city. i am working really hard this year as mayor. hopefully, we will set a different standard and tone for you to feel you can trust and work with your government. i have been very enthusiastic working with each of our super

gary harrington says coyotes will eat almost anything but they are not a real threat to humans. >> theyre reknee not known to be a threat to humans. there are certain times of year where you're going to notice coyotes a bit more. >> reporter: still, emotions run deep when a loved pet dies. >> i'd like to see some of them killed, maybe a lot, and i've never said that about an animal before. i've always loved animals. >> it's really hard to console somebody after that, you know. for those that have lost pets, we know how that feels, and the emotions she feels never go away, really. >> reporter: coyotes are becoming increasingly unafraid of humans so if you see one in your neighborhood report that sighting immediately to your local humane society. in san rafael, don ford, cbs5. >>> and with the weather we have had today our animals do want to be out and about. erica martin in tonight, today sounded like a holiday weekend. >> it is a bit nice. did you and your daughters enjoy it? >> yes. >> okay good. a wonderful day today. conditions were just warmer, mostly clear all around, and definitel

i know that ed harrington and some from the pc have concerns about how enforceable this would be. could you address that? >> i actually would like to request that we present to you on tuesday the discussions are ongoing, but in some, the basic structure is that with every development based application, the sfpuc would be required to review development for some middle, and if they disagree, they can reject that development and request additional information and work. in this way, we want to hold the project sponsor -- rather, we want to make sure that we enforce their commitments and that the city is able to monitor their progress. for example, if after approval of one development phase, a second was submitted and the previous commitments have not been met, they get hold of the development phase application, so it is sort of a monitoring and enforcement provisions, and it is the details and structure of that that we're working on with the puc to make sure it is something they feel they can manage. basically, the administration of it is something that they can manage. supervisor mar

in herington, -- ed harrington, greg, maria, all of them have spent quality years. i think he will see a lot of action being done. they are already into projects that you will be able to see. our whole water system is being rebuilt with a lot of local attention. and they're building that system with a lot of hope and people and giving them jobs. you will see public works not only being responsible when i was here but with a local contractor by the way. all of this was built by local efforts. and that to me is the best signal. we're embracing that localism. we're embracing hiring people here. this is not the politics of past years, so i would say we have many examples. we can talk all night about that but i'm very confident you will see many examples come out that continue to be nonpolitical and very much pro-san francisco. >> thank you. >> i would just like to respond that as one elected official up here, i know often the department heads and others have to respond to diverse constituencies with differences of opinion. i wish it was easy that mr. wagner and others c