from the puc, the message from the puc is that we, this is a new industry. that once we see the data and once we have information, we will make sure that there is regulation in place to prevent discrimination by anyone but we can't just make decisions on the fly just because. and i mean, if this city wanted to make regulations and the regulations you are free to do so. ahead of us. no one is stepped in. there was not one local government was not here when these companies were in place so i ask you, where were you? >> well, i think that we are here today. and that is... >> you are here today because we have 28 sets of rules and regulations in place and we are willing to improve it and we are willing it revise it and add to it and we are not saying that we are not adding to it, but you have to give us an opportunity to do it. >> well, i think that you have had an opportunity to do it. and you are choosing to... >> we have not closed the case sir, we have not closed this proceeding but we would like due process and we would like public participation and we woul

i want to ask puc about that and that is the status of the shell contract. i can speculate probably accurately but i want to hear from you. >> barbara hale from power. we have not engaged with shell. our department let us believe that we are not going forward with the cca program as was conceived since we did not get authority though go forward. we have not been engaging with shell. >>supervisor john avalos: thank you. seems like a land with a big thud. okay, i thought the puc, the commissioners just did not approve not to exceed rates. but have they made an occasion that cleanpowersf is dead and gone? that wasn't my understanding. they just didn't approve not to exceed rates. >> i think it's accurate to say there has been no formal vote on the status of the program. the general manager and the commission have engaged in public dialogue about the program. we've been given direction at the staff level to focus our efforts on the need to get our financial house back in order. so that's where our focus has been. >>supervisor john avalos: okay. we'll have a pres

barbara hale at the puc. speaking on item b and c first. as i believe you have been following, we've been having our public presentations about our budget and in private conversations as well with our general manager wefrment facing difficult times with the financial circumstances within power enterprise and with the power operations of hetch hetchy. we have some capital needs. we have higher than anticipated increases and cost for distribution services from pg & e and we are projected to be out of balance by fiscal year 16-17. in light of that, our direction from the general manager and commissioners are to really focus our efforts at the puc on solving that problem. so we are really refocusing in a way that helps us achieve our highest value revenue which points us more toward increasing the customers we serve on our publically owned utility side of the house if you will and not on our cca side. we are also looking of course at ways to reduce our cost. so that's where our focus is at puc and with respect to item a, we did make a presentat

and the plans how we will meet the puc's goal of a 10 percent usage reduction. no. 3, and overview of city water unl by the department. what are the departments doing in terms of consumption and conservation and who is doing well and not. no. 4, how are we protecting the water system, maintaining and updating and improving the water structure and guarding for fire and funding for immediate projects. no. 5, long-term planning. how are we planning for population growth. what are we doing to find sources water whether it be desaulization and i know puc grant was putting a proposal on hold and i would like to hear more about that. what are the departments doing to educate water customers, no. 6, to educate customers about the needs to previous and the methods to preserve. those are my objections today. thank you all for being here and with that, i want to turn it over to richie, assistant general manager for water. >> thank you, madam chair and supervise ofrments -- supervisors. the last time we called for reduction it rained. when people start paying attention, we

the departments including the puc all have to develop their own water conservation plans by august 1st. why it's taken until august 1st? it's to literally target those fixtures that are older that use more water and we have to replace those old plumbing fixtures. the department is also directed to educate staff on water conservation practices. we have a lot of contact with the departments already and signage to put out there to tell people to save water in their facilities and that is a good thing and exploring with dpw the use of non-potable water. there is a lot of building basements that have to have water pumped out from around them to keep the basements dry. that water goes to the sewer system. we think that's a potentially good source of water for street cleaning. we will explore that in the near future. and we have also directed water supply and conservation. three things in particular for us in the puc one lower cherry aqueduct rehabilitation to access cherry lake. our local ground water outside of san francisco just approved by the puc and by the planning department. we'll be

malcolm and add infinitum that the puc can actually purchase this power in-house. this can actually provide more revenue opportunities for the puc and allow this 19 million to conceivably be used for something else. lastly on jobs, we need the rfp to show the jobs. and, so, i would really hope that the puc commissioners and staff would be as supportive of this process as possible. this is to answer your concerns and to provide answer to your questions. so, to that end please involve ms. malcolm [inaudible]. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>> hello again, commissioners, jeff dorian, 350 bay area. i'm definitely the dummy in this group but i can see a few things i'd like to share. just from probably what any member of the public might be able to see, i think the little i do know, i was involved with the meeting last friday, the bay area air quality management, and was told by somebody there that last year there were three members at the community in the audience and this year there was standing room only. i can kind of anticipate the same thing happening with th

the puc spokesperson was a complete disappointment. she sounds like the famous court craze that argued that separate and equal were going to make good accommodations and adequate runs for blacks as well as whites. we certainly know where that went. >> 1934, we got to the civil rights act that completely refuted that and it took us 26 years to add disabled people to that list, one would think that the puc, did not have to see what the harm was. all that they have to do is make their rules compliant with current federal law thank you. >> thank you so much. >> i am going to call a couple more names, cuterer harrison, robert fasana and richard hible., and tara houseman and bob plantle. >> and i am charles and on behave of the lexos cab company and neighborer to the services we have provided wheelchair for decades, we introduced taxi magic for 2008 and provided the first rides in that year, or two years before uber's first ride. and we now, participate probably in flywheels and the network of 1400 cabs, and i would like to use the rest of m

>> yeah, thanks for holding the meeting what i am here just now to response of the puc lady in which she said that we have been waiting for 25 years to implement the regulation, and the speaker, and now she has the courage to stand here, and to say that we will look at the regulations she is not... but if we have to wait and we have 25 years, for that, no, it is that 30, and it is within your authority to implement the regulation and not the state. what she sees in the book she does not go in the state and see how much, and how many cabs, and okay? and the same, same driver, in the driving taxi and the driving for x, okay? and the lower (inaudible) ten hours, because i said, that (inaudible) and it starts and at 8:00 in the morning and they go, to ten at night and so that it is 18 hours or 19 hours a day and then you figure out how safe that is. and thank you. >> supervisors, jim galespie general manager of yellow cab cooperative and i am encouraged by this hearing and we need the help of staoet and we are not sure where things were and we have to rely on the state and the drivers an

as i say, that's all activity ongoing at the california puc

so, i wanted to know if puc is making arrangements to make those requests to the state. and if received, that could mean freed up revenue for, you know, other possibilities, correct? >> yes -- >> but would allow us to go into our planned action as listed here? >> well, i think they're looking for shovel ready projects. >> we have three shovel ready projects? >> mount tunnel is not shovel ready. the one we identified is cherry aqueduct where we can tie that reservoir into our drinking supply. the other one was the direct install because a lot of -- we give rebates, but people can't afford to actually take out the old and replace it. then we have groundwater projects. we're ready to rock and roll. we're working with the rec and park to move forward with those projects. those are the projects that do qualify. unfortunately it just helps the water and not help the financial of our power enterprise. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner vietor. >> [inaudible] on the procurement issue and i know that there was some -- during the [speaker not understood], there's was market prote

the mou permits the puc to constructs the project on park department lands. it permits the puc to access those facilities in the future for operation and maintenance. it identified measures to be used during construction to avoid interference with recreation uses. it gives the recreation and park department the right to use the project areas for all purposes that are not inconsistent with the puc purposes, and finally it allows the puc to maintain and operate certain monitoring wells located on park properties and we need to do that monitoring as part of our parks operations. public outreach for the project has been ongoing since 2007, and that is included outreach having to do with locating facilities on parklands. we've conducting a van such as neighborhood meetings where we've shown the design to the neighbors and we've conducted community wide open houses where we've talked about project objectives and all of components of the projects and the planning department as part of their sequa process had mailing and hearing with dir. there's a detailed summary o

the agencies and boss supports the call for 10 percent reduction by the puc we're seeing actions that happened immediately a couple of things we're not quite intuitive the last drought predated some of the current regulations for the water sites and they're thinking about how to deal with with what you do with your process if we go into a mandatory drought situation and all those things like that are important as well as preparing the community for the reductions if they have to do that taking those drought managed plans and dusting them off so they've taken all the actions as well as increasing the message to the community about reducing the water use. and to do that it's been actually, the response is almost immediate in my office. shortly after the announcement from the puc we got several calls from local schools or a water agencies to increase the messages out to community fire department's that level of activity has increased and we're anticipating to see that in all the activities around the region. we've been having discussions with our public information office so the regional

i have informed that the puc, gave miss ellis something like a five-day suspension. and we have accepted a stipulation in which she admitted to some fairly important and agregious corrupt conduct in my opinion, influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial interest, so my motion for next time for discussion is going to be that we recommend to the puc, in light of her admissions, contained in the stipulation, that she did indeed commit these violations of influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial interest, that we recommend to the puc that she be terminated. >> is that something that we need to vote on? >> you can't, this is a discussion item only, that is for the in-coming chair to take under advisement when he and i plan the next month's agenda. >> thanks. >> dually noted commissioner keane. >> anyone else? >> and any public comment on matters appearing before the commission, or not appearing on the agenda? >> actually, you have to have public comment for items for future meetings. >> okay. >> comments on the m

those included the puc, the airport and the puc. as you recall, the mta is fixed separately by charter as a two-year budget. all our other departments have remained rolling two-year budgets. the item in front of you today would expand our fixed two-year departments. it would continue the puc, the airport and the port and would add two new departments, library, child support services and retirement. our rationale for including these departments is that they are ~ [speaker not understood] revenue and expenditure out looks are fairly predictable. the library has a space line and set aside. child support services receives as you know state funding for all of its budget. and the retirement -- the operating budget of the retirement system is quite predictable. all other departments would remain two-year rolling budgets, and that is my summary. >> okay, thank you, ms. howard. >> happy to answer any questions. >> colleagues, any questions for ms. howard? okay. seeing none, thank you. mr. rose, can we go to your report, please? >> yes, mr. c

these issues are and must be our puc's priority. supervisor, i'm glad you mentioned the climate action strategy. i want to congratulate the department of environment and all of our departments for working together to create the climate action strategy. there is a lot of good news to share. thanks to the hard work of our departments, our residents and our businesses, san francisco greenhouse gas emission are down 14.4% from 190 levels in the year 2010. our power is cleaner, shutting down the power plants in san francisco. and we are a national leader in energy efficiency in the building sector. i think it is wise to continue to focus on energy efficiency. it reduces energy we need to produce in the first place and it creates jobs and makes a lot of financial sense. i am proud to have launched green finance s.f. with supervisor farrell to provide an innovative financial model to help homeowners undertake energy and water efficiency improvements. and my staff and the department of environment are continuing to work on this program to h

you know, i think at the time there was a lot of discussions going into the morning when the puc was countering or considering the impacts of the jobs and i think that led to a lot of reasons to look at the program and the support from advocates. i think for us we want to see programs that are successful we need the green pour purposing programs. i think for certainly for my colleagues and myself we're open we need to get a clear direction from the puc and get a clear direction from the board clearly we want to carry forward this is the first time we've met together in six or seven years. >> thank you. i think that when it comes to you mentioned considering an opt out program that's where the state law determines how people stay enrolled in the program so i think you knew that going in and bringing it up didn't make sense to me >> i want to minimize the goals of minute missing opting out is purpose in saying that. >> i don't have any other folks coming down. folks thank you for hearing the climate action and thank you. the vice president of environment for your work. the plans and fr

, is of an on demand nature, and rather than a prearrangement and here in california, michael pv of puc had to approve or argue that it was actually prearranged and the two criteria that are used are bogus in my opinion and first of all it has to be put on file by the customer and tap for a ride. he could argue that it under the purview because the customer has put the money in the wallet and raised the hand and it is appealed and throw out in court that these are taxi rides that are happening and i think that it is incumbent to take all vehicles off of the street that don't have proper insurance. i think that a seize and desist order would be good until there is proof of insurance and also to protect the taxi industry that works hard and you have process, and to determine how many vehicles should be on the road. thank you. >> thank you, sir, next speaker? >> one minute is too short. >> my name is tara and i drive for the desoto cab and cpuc does not have data because they refused to have data and there was a formal request for an evidentiary hearing and at least 20 entities seconded th

as i say, that's all activity ongoing at the california puc. and then of course there is some legislative activity picking up. we have new legislate ~. we have a bill introduced by assembly member bradford ab [speaker not understood] that we're keeping an aye on and a bill introduced by assembly member ammiano, ab [speaker not understood]. we don't think they're meaningful so i'm not going to get into that. they are on our watch list so we encourage you to keep an eye on them as well. thank you. >> if you could give us an example of what 20 megawatt would be serving the community. >> so, for example, there are some large warehouses in the -- sorry, in the bayview hunters point area. we thought solar there would be less than 20 megawatts greater than 1 megawatt. those would be system that would be considered distributed under the rules. they'd be local. they could be located and what qualifies as a disadvantaged community here in san francisco. so, that's an example. >> great, thank you. and then what's the current status of our shell contracts?

and as a result, the puc has taken five to six months to investigate this matter and i met with the puc investigator at the end of january, and first of all she does not have the courage to show up to this hearing, and secondly, she did not even know if he had a dui or not, we had to provide the records to the investigator she could not go to martinez and pull them out himself. >> could you share the information with my office, please? >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, i am the general manager of the cab companies of san francisco and provides thousands of rides to the customer and the wheelchair customer and we have a smart phone technology and it is working wonderfully and other than the fact that we are short of drivers and we need your help to bring back the drivers to the regulated market where there is safety and concerns are met and fees are paid and we have experienced a great shortage of drivers which is why we can't fill the ramp orders which is why they stopped calling us, this will end in the taxi demise and only tnc and there will not be service for the most important