i respect mr. kwan tremendously and i appreciate how he is not only moved to san francisco to work but he has really become a san franciscoan in every sense of the way in terms of his involvement in the community because i've experienced it personally. i know that you care about the community, i know you are very actively engaged, and i know that you are definitely an asset to this city and i truly appreciate that. so, with that, i am going to actually support your recommendation. i am going to support it and i am going to make it loud and clear that if we do not implement this program this year then we are definitely -- and if the commission derails that in any way, we are going to ballot. we don't have any more time to waste. clean power is really the most important thing that we can do in san francisco to deal with the impacts of global warming. we all know the arguments and why this is important so i just want to make it clear that that's important to me and i am going to be watching the puc very, v

kwan to the public utilities commission public utilities commission. >> very very good. this is probably the biggest moment in today's meeting, it's a commission seat that's been a long time coming and we have mr. ike kwan who is here to present his interest in the seat and would like to welcome you, mr. kwan, if you can share with us an opening statement we'll go on to questions from there. >> well good morning, chair avalos, president breed, supervisor tang, and thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today about why i am interested in serving as a commissioner for the san francisco public utilities commission public utilities commission. i want to start right off the bat by addressing what i know is on everyone's mind, my stance on community choice aggregation. right there in public on the record i want to be clear that i am committed to and passionate about clean power sf getting clean power sf up and running by the end of this year is one of my top priorities. i think there may have been some question leading up to today about my dedication to this goal. i want to assure you that this is front and center among my objectives. right away i wanted to set a launch date that we can achiev

mr. ike kwan as a superb candidate for the rate payer advocate seat. i want to speak to ike's ethical groundedness, his career at the academy of sciences fully embraces the personal add vocation as a steward of the environment. i trust ike. his decisions and actions align with his espoused beliefs, from his position as general manager aacademy to quite frankly growing his own living roof on his daughter's clubhouse. ike, as you noticed, is a very honest and skillful communicator, very comfortable as a collaborator, appreciates different viewpoints, recognizes how issues play out in real life. ike has the personal ability to form coalitions. ike's greatest vested interest really is his family, his two children. if we are to work together to provide a healthy sustainable environment for the future of our children then we need to walk our talk. ike has a vision the design of a cost-effective clean power san francisco. the commission has the responsibility to design and implement strategies ensuring universal access for consumers. exciting times. ike is pr

. >> we will amend the motion to approve the motion for mr. kwan to the public utilities commission and move it forward to the full board. >> approved. >> pass on the underlying resolution without objection. congratulations. next item, please. >> item 2 is a hearing to consider appointing one member term ending march 19, 2019, one seat and one applicant. >> okay, great. we have the applicant here. mr. pemberton, welcome. >> good afternoon, it's a pleasure to be here. nice to see you, president breed, supervisor tang, supervisor avalos. i am a san francisco resident went to public school here, attended preschool here, and i'm very excited to be nominated for the child care planning and advisery council. i come with 10 years of experience in the out of school time world and am very excited as the planning council has been attending the meetings for the last 3 or 4 months now and the council has done a lot of great work and has started to incorporate the out of school time world. i'm excited to bring my experience and contribute to that. i also am the