we have come before lafco and the commission 26 times in the past five years. this is a program that has been vetted. there are 11 joint meetings in the pasttw two years. our next joint meeting will be december 6, 2011. at that time we hope to have a contract that we can endorse and bring to the people -- full board of supervisors in the month of december. unless there are larger questions, i will turn it over to talk about the program and finances. >> thank you. barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. i would like to dive deeper into some of the policy direction we received from the commission -- from the board. first oand then compare that toe program we are proposing to you. as mr. harrington mentioned, we had guidance from an ordinance adopted in 2007 that really hit on these key points. rate, to meet or beat. stability, we want to make sure we provide long-term rate stability, not programs that have a lot of fluctuation in rates. we were asked to provide our renewable mix that was 51% dependent on renewable generation sources by the year 2017. a

i do not know if lafco staff wants to add anything. unless there are questions, why don't we open it up to public comment? president chiu: i have a speaking engagement that i am happy that now lay for, but my staff is watching this. supervisor campos: given the complexities of the issue in the first time many of the board are hearing about this, i hope to have a follow-up discussion. i think it is important for us to do a lot of the work before the matter goes to the full board at some point in the future, so this is just the beginning of this discussion. president chiu: i think that is entirely appropriate. it is complicated and a lot of questions. >> mr. harrington, believe it or not, i am drinking good water. i never thought i could feel so water-free. flying away on a wing and a prayer, who could it be? you know it is you, puc. believe it or not, i want to all sothanso thank hetch hetchy. flying away on a wing and a prayer, who could it be? yes, it is you, puc. this is almost too good to be true. yes, puc. want to thank president c

i do not know if lafco staff wants to add anything. unless there are questions, why don't we open it up to public comment? president chiu: i have a speaking engagement that i am happy that now lay for, but my staff is watching this. supervisor campos: given the complexities of the issue in the first time many of the board are hearing about this, i hope to have a follow-up discussion. i think it is important for us to do a lot of the work before the matter goes to the full board at some point in the future, so this is just the beginning of this discussion. president chiu: i think that is entirely appropriate. it is complicated and a lot of questions. >>

on december 6, there is a joint hearing, again, of the puc and lafco. and the expectation would be that we would be bringing you the actual contracts at that meeting. on december 13, you had your regular meeting of the puc, and we would expect, among other things, you have an official rate discussion of municipal rates for the commission on december 13. commissioner vietor: the expectation is the contract itself will be on the joint meeting on december 6. >> and that will be for the board of supervisors and the budget analyst in city economist. then it would be heard in voted on by the board in january. then it would come back here. that is one of the contingent items you have before we actually would find something. commissioner vietor: ok. the other thing on advanced calendar, we're not having second meetings in either november or december, which means that the first meeting, or the only meeting in those two months, is likely to be very pact. a couple things with respect to that, first, we need to expect that those will be long meetings unscheduled ou

we have come before lafco and the commission 26 times in the past five years. this is a program that has been vetted. there are 11 joint meetings in the pasttw two years. our next joint meeting will be december 6, 2011. at that time we hope to have a contract that we can endorse and bring to the people -- full board of supervisors in the month of december. unless there are larger questions, i will turn it over to talk about the program and finances. >> thank you. barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. i would like to dive deeper into some of the policy direction we received from the commission -- from the board. first oand then compare that toe program we are proposing to you. as mr. harrington

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. >> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is th

. >> it was not at lafco. it was -- i'll go back. but the presentation that i audited was on community choice aggregation that everyone, all the residents will be enrolled in it and it will increase the average residential cost from $7 to $14 and up. depending on the size of your house. now, this asks, you know, this starts -- >> pardon me, commissioner. can i pause for one moment, for meeting, the recording. >> is it rolling? >> it is rolling. >> ok. just quickly, could you -- we did have something in the news letter, we have been contacted by pg & e. they are working with sf environments through outreach because of this automatic enrollment. will you just take a look at the news letter and make sure that is what you talking about. they did approach us and i did make a note to them that did want to have a presentation to the commission at one of our upcoming meetings. so and then we can ask about the -- you know, the -- their plans for outreach. s.f. environment has an ongoing plan for doing outreach. >> thank you. >> next item. >>

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. >> hello. 9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens commi

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. >> i am the director of visual arts programming at intersection for the arts. intersection for the arts is based in san francisco and has always been an organization that looks at larger social political issues through the lens of practice, and we are here today at our exhibition of "chico and chang." the original inspiration was drawn from a restaurant chain in new york city. half of their menu is -- what struck me was the graphic pictures and a man in a hat on a rig truck carrying take that time is containers and in the black sea to representation of a mexican guy wearing a sombrero and caring a somali horn. it struck me that the

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. >> good morning. welcome to the grand opening of the san francisco police department's special victims unit. i am the commanding officer of the new svu. i would like to take a couple moments to briefly acknowledged our honorable mayor ed lee, chief greg suhr and command staff, commissioner azuko, and commissioner chan as well. thank you for joining us. i know how busy your schedules are. i believe district attorney gascon is going to be here any moment. i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge our professional partners. child protective services, adult protective services, the child abuse prevention center, the mayor's office into

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. >> hi, i'm bart may. today we have a speaking event for you as we all the celebrate the placement of the world's largest self-anchored suspension bridge. without any further ado, i'd like to introduce the cal trans director, malcolm dockerty. >> thank you for coming out and helpling us celebrate the momentous occasion. it is my extreme pleasure to be able to introduce our first speaker today, and that is the honorable mayor, gene kwan. >> good morning. well, we were expecting my friend ed lee. who knows if we see flashing sirens, that will probably be him. this is an amazing event for the bay area's economy. this bridge and this fi

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. [stomach rumbles] vincent: sounds like you could use some van goghgurt. it's fortified with arts-rich nutrients to improve your math and reading skills... catch! boy: van goghgurt...thanks. so what's the deal with your ear? vincent: always with the ear, huh... announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org [horns honking] [siren wails] announcer: big dreams and goodrades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. >> commissioner buell. >> here.

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. to the severance as a unified school district meeting for november 15. commissioner murase: here. commissioner wynns: here. vice president yee: present. president mendoza: please join us for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flight of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, are here with liberty and justice for all. i move for the approval of an ordinance for the regular meetings of april 12, april 26, may 10, may 24, october 2015. >> secondary it. president mendoza: roll-call vote please. >> now for the board of education superintendent's report. we

of work has gone into this and will continue to go into this, not only on the part of puc, but also lafco. i want to acknowledge the work of the members of the public utilities commission, because many meetings have been had on this issue. with that, can we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? great. madam clerk, any other items before the committee? >> there are no further items. >supervisor campos: thank you very muc. h. meeting adjourned. as a tv, we are ady to begin. -- sfgtv, we are ready to begin. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. this is november 16, 2011, and this is the abatement appeals board. the first item on the agenda is roll-call. [roll call] mar and clinch are excused. we have a quorum. all parties giving testimony today, please stand and raise your right hand. do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth, to the best of your knowledge? you may be seated. each appellant in the case is going to be allowed seven minutes to speak. in turn, they get three minutes for rebuttal. each