miss hayashi, former deputy city attorney, did god's work in trying to stop the california public utilities commission -- no 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

public comment? seeing none. the next item, please. >> item 7 is other commission business. >> commissioners -- >> item 8 is a consent calender, all matters listed here are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests in which event the matter will be row moved from theder and considered as a separate item. >> i have a request from the public. any item to be removed from the commission? seeing none. could you please read the items. >> you want me to read each individual item? i read the summary. >> that wouldn't be necessary. i'd like to move the consent calender. >> second. >> and that motion is approved items a, c and d. and not carries. now we will hear item 8b from susan carloff. i have a speaker card from her. >> hi, i'm susan an fran resident and i'm with california native planned society. southern california's metropolitan water district is moving from recommending drought toller apa

it is true that the land doesn't quite belong to city college, it belongs to the public utility commission, but it is precious public land. city college, although it leases it from the p.u.c., does not quite own it, but it has been using it for over seven decades. public land should stay in public hands for the public good turning it over to a private developer whose motivation is profit and there's nothing wrong with that, but this is public land, it needs to be used for the public good. fifty% of affordable housing is not good enough. it needs to be 100% affordable housing on public land. it was also mentioned that city college stakeholders are in these meetings, but i am on the facilities committee, and leave a hard time getting information about what goes on in these meetings. i went to see that slide that looks at the access road into the development because something there was, will i be able to do that? no. okay, i really want to question the decisions that are made at these meetings and aware that access road is. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commi

item number 3. >> clerk: item 3 is a hearing to receive a report from the san francisco public utilities commission on options for improving electric service through acquisition, construction or completion of public utilities prudent to regulation 19 -- pursuant to regulation 191.03. >> chair peskin: is there any questions from my colleagues? seeing none, any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. and now, for public comment on item 2. i know we have a lot of public comment. and public comment, even though i know there's a lot of you, and i have to leave -- so here's the deal. i can be here for 25 more minutes. i am going to ask my staff, mr. hepner, could see if he can -- to see if he can go down the hallway and get the president of the board and see if he can assign another member so we don't lose our quorum, which is two people. normally, what we'd do in this is limit public comment to one minute, which is not okay. so i'm going to do two minutes of public comment, and if any members of this panel want to ask questions, which i'm going to have questions, we can go beyond two minu

i'm from the san francisco public utilities commission.he program came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop.

>> good afternoon, i would like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. can we please have the rollcall mdm. sec. [roll call] >> thank you very much. can we please have the next item. [reading items] >> is there a motion to approve the minutes of june 11? >> moved to approve. >> is there any public comment on the minutes of june 11? all of those in favor? opposed? motion carries. next item please. [reading items] >> i do have some speaker cards here. good afternoon. >> thank you. >> can we move the overhead please? >> thank you advice chair vietor and commissioners. i am executive director, welcome commissioner maxwell and commissioner paulson who is not here. it's an honor for you to be appointed commission and an important responsibility as you well know. the folks that sit on the commission and work for the sfpuc do important public work we should all expect - respect even if we disagree with some of the things they want to do. thank you. a few months ago, i came before this commission and talked about the history of the damning in yosemite n

while the tnc provide the data to the california public utility commission, it is unclear what they do with it. the data is still not available to the public or local governments. we liable data is extremely important as this information can help the city effectively manage traffic, potential collision points and equitable access for riders. i appreciate the city attorney's office for leadership in seeking this data. our staff for their work on this and the courts for upholding the city's right to obtain this critical information. it is beyond time for the state to update outdated regulations and ensure the city and public can manage congestion. 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

also engaged for many years, and chair peskin noted, director hayashi, the work on t the 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

madame clerk, call the next item. >> item 42 appropriate $12 million in the public utilities commissioniate and reappropriate $2.1 million. >> president yee: same house same call? without objection, this is passed. please call item number 43. >> resolution to accept and expend state transportation development act article 3 pedestrian and bicycle project funding for fiscal year 2019-20 in approximately $972,000 through june 30, 2022. >> president yee: can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. >> president yee: please call the next item. >> item 44 is ordinance to amend the code to establish the castro lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer cultural district in and around the cat tree neighborhood. >> president yee: same item same call? this ordinance passed on reading. let's skip over to item 51. >> item 51 through 56 considered by the government oversight and were forwarded as committee reports. item 51 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish the cooperative living opportunities for mental health loan

said, be it resolved the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods asks the san francisco public utility commission to transfer this public property to city college of san francisco san francisco and furthermore, be it resolved the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods urges the city college board of trustees to exercise their right as a public institution to ask a san francisco p.u.c. to transfer this public property to city college of san francisco so we can keep it forever in public hands for the public good. and furthermore, be resolved the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods urges the city college board of trustees to remain vigilant, to ensure that the performing arts education center be built before any development on the balboa reservoir that goes forward. and furthermore, be it resolved, in the event of the transfer of title to the property to city college that does not take place , develop it is pursued, the coalition for san francisco neighborhoods urges the city college board of trustees to remain vigilant to ensure that any loss of parking be mitigated before any development

>> clerk: item 8 is a resolution to authorize the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission to authorize a lease extension for the property located at 651 bryant street for the continued use by the san francisco public utilities commission for a total annual base rent of approximately 578,000. >> president yee: okay. colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the next item. >> clerk: item 9, resolution to approve the grant between the city and wu yee children's services to support the city's implementation of the citywide plan for early care in education to increase the amount for a total amount of $3,840 million july 1, 2017 through june 30, 2020. >> president yee: colleagues, can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel]. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call items 10 and 11 together. >> clerk: items 10 and 11 are resolutions that authorize the director of the human services agency to

this past year, the san francisco public utilities commission water quality division started receivingmore requests to test for lead in the public school system here in san francisco as a result of legislation that had passed from the state requiring all of the public schools to do lead testing. and so as a result, the public utilities commission and the water quality team in particular was asked to meet with the san francisco unified school district to begin to prioritize which schools to test to meet that state mandate. >> the team that tests, we're a full service environmental laboratory, and we take care of both the needs of the water quality division and the waste water enter price. and on the water quality enterprise, we have to also have drinking water that meets all federal and state quality regulations. and lead in schools, we're playing a problem in remediating this problem of lead in schools. >> our role here in communications is being able to take the data that we have that we know is protective of public health and safety and transmit it, give it to the public in a way the

from the san francisco public utilities commission which funds our work as the oversight authority for cleanpowersf. i'm happy to report that the m.o.u. which was scheduled to expire at the end of june, an extension was approved at this week's p.u.c. commission meeting. it now does require approval by the board of supervisors, so it will head there next. this first slide shows our history of our work order balance with the sfpuc. we spent about $5,000 this year. most of it was my time with the cleanpowersf but also to pay a stipend. we set aside of a reserve of about $45,000 or about 15% of the annual budget. you'll see in the far right column at the bottom, that leaves us with about a $23,000 carryover into next year's budget. these are our expenditures to date. everything is right except for one item, which was legal services. we've been asking our legal team to do more work, and we on boarded a legal team member. finally, your final budget for 19-20, i've lowered my salary estimate for the coming year. travel and training mostly to attend cal lafco events and community choice energy

eaw utility has to be rev by state legislators and the public utilities commission t would havreceive certification. there is also specific language that is very directed. they haveto exit bankruptcy and payout settlements from 2017 through 2018 for wildfire survivors. a lot of it is there. >> speaking survivors, this only applies to future fires. how are the survivors for the wildfirethat have already happened? what is the reaction? >> my colleague spoke to some of them this morning. for the most part it has beren good, theyhappy to see a way for people to get paid out in the future, they o are als happy to see the safety measures in the state looking at that nd of thing critics are worried about how much money this is going to end up chargi ratepayers in the end. >>at the same time, th governor is also seeking regulatory changes that would allow ratepayers to cover the costs of wildfire damaged. consumers have not been happy, v they have beey low what are the biggest challenges that they are facing right now? balancing, keeping ilities accountable, and making sure that they have rel

and so you have before you a resolution authorizing the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute a one-year extension of the memorandum of understanding between the p.u.c. and the san francisco local agency formation commission, or sflafco. to extend the duties by sflafco to advise the p.u.c. and with clean power development. and the implementation, for a duration of 12 years. from fiscal year 2008-2009 through fiscal year 2019-2020 with no changes to the total not to exceed amount of $2.1 million. since 2009, p.u.c. and lafco staff have worked cooperatively to develop clean power with the m.o.u. and m.o.u. has been amended three times since we commenced working together, extending the terms of the agreement through this current fiscal year. the extension would only provide one year of additional time on the m.o.u. and does not include any additional funding. work to be performed over the next year of the agreement will rely on approximately $200,000 remaining of that initial $2.1 million. based on discussions with lafco's assistant director we anticipate they'll use t

. >>> the san francisco public utilities commission is exploring the idea of requiring some of pg&e's assets. they are looking into what it would take to do so. pg&e filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in january. it faces $30 billion. it could make san francisco more able to generate its own power. >> if you're looking for a deal on flights, now may be the time to book. southwest airlines is holding its semiannual three day sale where you can get roundtrip tickets starting at $100. they launched this 72-hour sale yesterday morning so that means you only have until tomorrow to book a ticket. we should have told you yesterday. our bad. one-way fares start at $49. of course there are restrictions and times you can't go. mike, at least we didn't tell you after the sale. >> that's true. i was on their site for about an hour yesterday. there's not much left. there really isn't. >> that's good to know. >> if you want to book for the summer, you have to book it in february. >>> we took care of our pets monday, cars and infants in the cars yesterday. how about just you, stay hydrated.

there punishment for the public utility commission.g&e was slapped with a $1.6 billion penalty for causing the san bruno pipeline explosion. eight people were killed and a neighborhood was destroyed in that 2010 explosion. >>> pride celebrations under way in the bay area. million people expected to take part. >>> looking ahead, everything you need to know about this weekend's parade and march. let's get e over to abc 7 news reporter anser hassan. >> reporter: a lot is happening now. arguably san francisco is one of the biggest international destinations. this weekend the city is throwing its biggest party. the pride parade is the main draw, but there's so much more happening around the city. over at civic center, that's where many of the activities will take place. the area will be set up with seven to eight stages, hosting two full days of activities. organizers expect over a million people to take part in pride events around the city. security will b come to the civic center, be advised there are a lot of restrictions. ainers.hol, no

to create a new advisory board that would make recommendations to officials at the state public utilities commission. but their communications could be kept secret from the public. the governor says right now the proposal is a work in progress and things could change the bill still needs approval from the legislature. going take a lot look outside right now at. >>bay bridge in the hustle hope pretty light for this time of night, yeah of greece is here to tell us what we can expect for the weekend were already for me we're going to notice that nice warm up this weekend. so t g i f it's friday he made at the weekend is insight, let's take a look at today's daytime highs because. >>we did notice a slight bump in temperatures not just along the coast. but also the interior valleys near average along the coast and even our bay shore areas. but still a few degrees below average for most of our interior valleys about 5 degrees below normal but you did notice that nice bump in temperatures today. here's a live look outside clear skies from the east bay over berkeley a little bit hazy along the coast thing s

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

professor sandoval, you're a former commissioner of the lifornia public utilities commission.hat are your concerns about the proposed mergernd how would it affect consumers? >> right. i'm not -- thankou so much for the invitation. i'm an antitrust law professor. sboth as a former regulator and as an antitrust professor, a couple of tngs jumped out at me. first of all, the complaint eleges that t-mob and sprint already have over half of the market share in both los angeles and new york city. in the first and second largest markets in america they have over half of the market share. >> it is hue. >> it i 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 brands soav they been especially important for lower income consumers for value s consumers because the compete on price. so the concern isu hat as y have two head to head competitors who already have huge portions of themarket, who compete on price, if they merge which they're going to lessen the incentives or exemptions from ta caps

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

. >> i came to the san francisco public utilities commission as a san francisco fellow. as a sf fellow i was in financial planning where i had the joy of working for a me. >> part of the financial planning that sets rates. >> amy is just incredibly kind. one of the most generous and good-hearted people i have ever met. having her assume pe as as supes very helpful. this was my first job out of college. amy supported me every step of the way. i felt like i can do this. >> i have a staff i manage. we have a complement that joins us once a year to help us. they give them the chance to learn financial matters. >> amy would it is for an hour or hour and a half going through these complicated financial things with you, patient. >> i find my strength in sitting down and walking through the project, how can i help you? they appreciate that. it means that you are giving time to them. i hope or interns will be the new leaders. >> amy made should be we were well trained. >> she gave me mangoes. i went home and ate them. the next day i said i like these. two days later there was a c

role in a series of devastating wildfires in 2017, including the north a firestorm so the public utilities commission also ordered pg any to create a mobile app that will allow people to report problems like downed power. so pg equipment has been blamed for several recent deadly wildfires and the utility filed for bankruptcy back in january. says it will cooperate fully with the investigation and is committed to reducing wildfire risk. san francisco pride weekend is here and it's one of the largest pride celebrations in the world. so the events officially kick off today and this weekend is full of festivities. kron four's justine waltman got a sneak peek at the parade, the floats and also has tips on how you can stay safe in the crowds. >>it comes to preparing the 35 floats that will move down market street. the san francisco pride parade and march. crews are in the final stages of bills using hundreds of gallons of paint and miles of relief range with a solid 2 this point. >>people just trying to one up themselves from the year before it's very exciting. >>this year's theme generations of resistance

last month the public utilities commission gave pg & e full discretion to use public safety power shutoffs to prevent the equipment from starting a fire. before launching a power shutdown, the utilities has to take into account high temperatures, wind and low humidity. the utility has said the shutoffs could hatch in san jose, because the distribution and transmission lines are in wildfire-prone areas. in fact the company says the area surrounding san lo say is an elevated on extreme fire threat. people said it would notify via e-mail, phone and text, and nextdoor app, twister and facebook. here are some things the city and utilities say you can be prepare. now hoe to open your garage door mannelly, and have cash on handled in case atms are unavailable. have a fun tank of gas. make sure your cell phone is fully charged and/or have back upbatteries ready and an emergency supply kit that would last five days. the city wants to know how to have their sit enprepared. i'm ros plater, nbc 11 news. >> key lenders also want a name change. the proposal would set aside up to $18 billion to people wh

similarly, on the efws, very complex engineering enterprise managed directly by the public utilities commission staff. it is intended to, as i said earlier, bring around our historic system to a state of very reliable readiness and as well to expand it in locations where it has historically not been evident or robustly present. well, you all know the capital plan so i won't belabor that. suffice it to say that the next opportunity to begin to turn the corner on our infrastructure facility needs for first responders, that next phase is slated for 2027. our city is growing, and with more growth, more residents, more sort of lucky residents of this city, we will have continued need for first responder service and the departments that support that reliability of service. this is about safeguarding our city, scity that we all know ad love, and i'm now available for any questions that you might have. thank you. >> chair fewer: colleagues, any questions? comments? seeing none, i would like to personally thank harlan kelly for working so closely with my office to ensure our participation and our voice