, i would strike acting puc. i would say the puc has agreed to provide advance notification to the puc commission and the board of supervisors and give opportunities for consultation by the board of supervisors through a -- through a resolution if the general manager believes that they seek the retroactive approval of power supply contracts. >> president yee: any objection to the additional amendments? >> no objection. >> president yee: thank you. supervisor peskin, are you making a motion to include all the amendments mentioned? >> supervisor peskin: yes, sir. >> president yee: is there a second? >> supervisor mandelman: second. >> president yee: second by mandelman. madame clerk on the amendments? >> sorry, may i ask for clarity on the amendments before the roll is taken. it's deputy city attorney. i'm sorry for the interruption. i wanted to get clarity on the amendments of the long title, because the number that supervisor peskin read is as it appears in the version i'm looking at. so the version i'm looking a

couple of sentences, a couple of comments about what has been happening over the past week within the puc and one of the things that wore doing is we're internal control and ensure and the on going and this is looking at our contractors and improvement project now with head works and biosolids underway and these are large, large contracts and we're going to address and keep you informed of what is is going on and we have operation this is this pandemic and we are in a surge here in san francisco and the bay area and we're being called upon to provide resources to the covid-19 command center in san francisco and we will be doing that and there's an essential service and we're providing service 24/7 and we're committed to doing that so, those were just some comments i'd like to make. members of the comment who wish to make comment on item 8b dial the number on your screen and use the meeting i.d. to raise your hand to speak, express star. public comment is close and that concludes the general matters report. the next is item 9, new commission business. >> commissioners. >> commissioner mora

their ability to get to the island. >> more than 250 people have already signed a petition urging the puc not to cut that service. >>> a new face at the 49ers practice field in glendale, arizona. josh rosen who they signed from tampa's practice squad. he will be wearing the number 2 and will be the backup for c.j. beathard. jimmy garoppolo practice yesterday and may be healthy enough to return to the final game for the seattle seahawk. >>> one of the hottest names in college football staying in the south bay. head coach brent brennan signed a contract extension with san jose state. the terms of the new agreement have not been made public and validation that that program is going in the right direction on and off the field. >> very deserving. >>> it is 6:39. coming up on "today in the bay." breaking news out of washington. up next, the action house republicans just took on president trump's push to give each american a $2,000 check. >>> and one restaurant in san francisco's chinatown should be celebrating 100 years this holiday season but, instead, closing for good. just ahead for you, we'

. >> so far more than 250 people already have petitioned urging the puc not to cut that service. >>> all right. well, new for you this morning, a new face seen at 49ers practice. josh rosen. he will be wearing number 2 and will be the backup to cj opsaturday. the niners are taking on the arizona cardinals this weekend. jimmy g. also practicing this weekend and might come back for the final game of the season against the seattle seahawks. >>> one of the most famous names is staying in the south bay. brent brennan agreed to a contract extension with san jose state. the terms of that agreement has not been made public yet. validation that the program is going in the right direction on and off the field. >>> well, 4:39 for you this morning and the markets are open on christmas eve. we're going to check in with cnbc to find out how things aric looing this hour. >>> plus, everyone wants a play station 5 for christmas, but turns out another leading contender for the hottest gift this season. we'll tell you what that is and can you even get it. you're watching "today in the bay." ♪ sfx: dog

. >> more than 250 people have already signed a petition, urging the puc not to cut that service. >>> it is christmas eve. crunch time for so many americans, wondering if that gift will arrive in time to get it under the tree. here is nbc's kathy clark. >> on this christmas eve, u.s. shipping services are now on the final push. a tidal wave of packages this holiday season swamped our systems, roughly 3 billion, 30% more than this time last year, as the pandemic drove more shoppers to buy online. for those who deliver for a living, it's been a rough nine months. >> when you add in the stress of the covid pandemic and going to work every day as front line, essential workers, postal workers are truly exhausted. >> reporter: post office added tens of thousands of seasonal workers. extended overnight and sxaexpan sunday deliveries. still the pandemic hit their ranks hard. roughly 19,000 workers are out every day nationwide because of virus-related issues. competitors u.p.s. and fedex have contracts with retailers. the number of shipments hits the limit, the rest spills over to the postal s

the puc approving a new pg&e rate hike set to take effect in march. average month household bills will rise 8% or more than $13. that is more than $150 or so over a year. pg&e say the numbers to help improvement to lower wildfire risks. >>> a live look outside. a beautiful shot at the golden gate bridge. looking nice and wind blowing there with the flag but another chilly start to the morning. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the weather. you know we are thinking about the weekend because it's friday. >> yes, we are. trying to get outside. i wanted to show you a live look outside in walnut creek as the republicans are starting to warm up. hazy out there and wildfires burning nearby and fire in san jose. we are seeing not a lot of movement with the air in these winds so it's going to be very hazy. in fact, bay area air quality district issued an air quality advisory. a cold front is approaching this weekend that will bring in more breezy winds late tomorrow evening and spotty rain chance. we could have a fire danger into early next week starti

presence of the could be picking up from people or nice took especially when they're in your sever pucwhich they will fit into even the school control we saw was very close to the age of the boundary but we also preserving the symbols to school could be done until. the pandemic has made more people aware of the potential risks of interaction between animals and humans. here gladys is discussing the situation in a video conference. she says we all have to do a better job of dealing with these problems. we have to respect nature we have to spend less time cutting down trees the more that we are closer and closer to wildlife in ways that we shouldn't deny a chance of getting semitic diseases and then we also sit a very strong health systems one health systems that prevents diseases spreading once they're in one species going from one species to another people even called me said in humans and now we understand what you've been talking about all these years since the disease is very important if we are to have a secure future. i mean lungs that let nature and humans to breathe easily. in t

. >> chair borden: that was for the puc project. >> the bulk was puc but it's not all of it. sfmta had a power conduct bank. one was ours and the other four were puc's. that was the biggest challenge is the not knowing what was underground. >> chair borden: do we foresee -- are we doing less shallow digging at this point? >> at this point we are primarily removing existing pavement, we're not anticipating hitting any unknown objects buried in the ground because we're not really doing digging. just taking out existing concrete. >> chair borden: are there potential hazards that could be a delay that are not digging related? >> we've had minor challenges with supply chain issues related to covid. concrete has been difficult to -- challenging to acquire and bring in in recent months because of covid. it hasn't actually impacted our construction but it has been a thing, it's not as easy as during normal times we can call up the supplier and have them ship in the concrete. it's a matter of how soon can you get it to us and order it well enough ahead of time. something like that not

. >> chair borden: that was for the puc project. >> the bulk was puc but it's not all of it. sfmta had a power conduct bank. one was ours and the other four were puc's. that was the biggest challenge is the not knowing what was underground. >> chair borden: do we foresee -- are we doing less shallow digging at this point? >> at this point we are primarily removing existing pavement, we're not anticipating hitting any unknown objects buried in the ground because we're not really doing digging. just taking out existing concrete. >> chair borden: are there potential hazards that could be a delay that are not digging related? >> we've had minor challenges with supply chain issues related to covid. concrete has been difficult to -- challenging to acquire and bring in in recent months because of covid. it hasn't actually impacted our construction but it has been a thing, it's not as easy as during normal times we can call up the supplier and have them ship in the concrete. it's a matter of how soon can you get it to us and order it well enough ahead of time. something like that not

. >> but the puc wasn't in a corporative mood?no, they wouldn't give it to us without a subpoena. >> reporter: the prosecution had to put together a grand jury to hear their case. that didn't only hold up evidence, prosecutors say it also kept them from talking to cpuc staff. the state employees who know the very most about how pg&e works. >> can you give us not just the information that you got but give us experts. >> they got a subpoena. >> do you run into that with any state agency prosecuting crimes. >> usually not, no. >> reporter: the cpuc is led by the president. like governor gavin newsom, shee delivered tough talk. >> you guys failed on so many levels. >> reporter: she declined to be interviewed and in a written statement it was disappointed by the characterization of the agency's behavior. >> we can work together. >> reporter: you still don't have a good answer? >> no. >> reporter: the campfire was also harder to prosecute because pg&e is a corporation. american law treats corporations just like people which means we've

the puc approved a new pg&e rate hike set to take effect in march. average monthly household bills will rise 8% or more than $13, pg&e says the money will go to improvements to lower wildfire risk. >>> bart finalized deals with its three largest unions. while it ensures no strikes for at least the next three and a half years some critics question the timing of the deal in light of b.a.r.t. hemorrhaging tens of millions of dollars and talking about early retirement buyouts not to mention possible layoffs. salary hikes strictly tied to higher ridership numbers. rents continue to plummet because of co-vitt which may help some make it in the bay. apartment list looked at the biggest cities and found rent is dropping for both one and two bedroom apartments. rent has dropped around 25% in san francisco. san francisco had the biggest plunge in the nation. more than a 13% drop in oakland. >>> so we've been watching dozens of little quakes hitting one region. we actually made some calls for you. dozens isn't even close. wait until you hear how many have hit t

into corruption the general manager has now been charged with accepting a bribe while seek a major puc contract. this is only the latest in a long list of charges that have undermined the trust of the public and city government. restoring public trust starts with transparency and that's the goal of the letter of inquiry to ensure public funds are used appropriately city agencies are held to the highest con standards to meet the needs of the community and residents. . >> clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor peskin. >> i have several items i'd like to speak to and will attempt to be as brief as possible. first i'm introducing a legislation urging the california democratic party to amend by-laws to allow non-citiz non-citizen to run to delegate members of the party not merely to be appointed but elected and last year the democratic party adopted the resolution to expand representational access to the party for some 5 million non-citizen residents of the state of california and that was sponsored by the san francisco latino democratic party and long list of individuals and organiza

puc approving a new rate hike set to take effect in march.verage monthly household bills will rise 8% or more than $13. over the year that's $150 or so. pg&e says that the money will go to improvements to help lower wildfire risk. >>> president-elect biden says he will ask americans to wear masks during the first 100 days of his administration. >> now, scott mcgrew, you suspect we will be wearing those masks far longer than that. >> i think that's right, marcus. good morning. even the inventor of the pfizer vaccine says he doesn't think things will get back to normal until late 2021, so 100 days into the biden administration is just april 30th. that's mid spring. the president does not have the authority to create a nationwide mask mandate and that's not what biden is talking about, rather he's starting with a simple ask. he says masks should not be political. they're just there to save lives. biden also says he will ask murthy to return as u.s. surgeon general with expanded duties, appointed by president obama but served under president trum

into corruption the general manager has now been charged with accepting a bribe while seek a major puc contract. this is only the latest in a long list of charges that have undermined the trust of the public and city government. restoring public trust starts with transparency and that's the goal of the letter of inquiry to ensure public funds are used appropriately city agencies are held to the highest con standards to meet the needs of the community and residents. . >> clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor peskin. >> i have several items i'd like to speak to and will attempt to be as brief as possible. first i'm introducing a legislation urging the california democratic party to amend by-laws to allow non-citiz non-citizen to run to delegate members of the party not merely to be appointed but elected and last year the democratic party adopted the resolution to expand representational access to the party for some 5 million non-citizen residents of the state of california and that was sponsored by the san francisco latino democratic party and long list of individuals and organiza

into corruption the general manager has now been charged with accepting a bribe while seek a major puc contract. this is only the latest in a long list of charges that have undermined the trust of the public and city government. restoring public trust starts with transparency and that's the goal of the letter of inquiry to ensure public funds are used appropriately city agencies are held to the highest con standards to meet the needs of the community and residents. . >> clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor peskin. >> i have several items i'd like to speak to and will attempt to be as brief as possible. first i'm introducing a legislation urging the california democratic party to amend by-laws to allow non-citiz non-citizen to run to delegate members of the party not merely to be appointed but elected and last year the democratic party adopted the resolution to expand representational access to the party for some 5 million non-citizen residents of the state of california and that was sponsored by the san francisco latino democratic party and long list of individuals and organiza

assist any city department upon their request, typically i do not get requests from the airport ex the puc, and mta, rarely, sometimes redevelopment agencies and no, they're in wind down. within their department and they tend to consider themselves with their own real estate needs though we provide appraisal services or maybe consulting services if they request. >> >> thank you. director and let me just say that i think that these, i want to remind folks that these sites, if we're able to acquire them and develop them for affordable housing, these are despite all the debate around buy right and many come more controversial issues in terms of private development. the city has green lighted these sites for affordable housing and through prop e and last year or 2019 and so these are real opportunities and the highest profile for the each of them but in terms of especially if particularly if we see some drop in prices, on some of the land i would hope we're aggressive in pursuing those opportunities. >> over the short ken you'r tene board has preferred purchase over lease and we do look for th

puc, that will end march 13 as well. the employment assistance program, for independent contractors and self-employed folks, originally you were entitled to up to 39 weeks. many of the folks available for pua exhaust their benefits by november or early december. starting this week you will be 11gible for an additional weeks. whatever your amount was for the pua, you will see that moving forward. in addition, you will receive a payment of $300. to make sure everybody understands, if your benefits have exhausted, you don't need to do anything at all other than continuing to file your weekly certifications on sunday. workforce will send those payments to you. once we get guidance from you. thank you, and if you have any questions, feel free to call 1-800-352-jobs. >> next we will go with major general hoyer with the west virginia national guard. >> good morning. i just want to reinforce what governor justice brought out to us regarding senior airman logan young. logan was responding to a fire as part of our mutually agreeme

assist any city department upon their request, typically i do not get requests from the airport ex the puc, and mta, rarely, sometimes redevelopment agencies and no, they're in wind down. within their department and they tend to consider themselves with their own real estate needs though we provide appraisal services or maybe consulting services if they request. >> >> thank you. director and let me just say that i think that these, i want to remind folks that these sites, if we're able to acquire them and develop them for affordable housing, these are despite all the debate around buy right and many come more controversial issues in terms of private development. the city has green lighted these sites for affordable housing and through prop e and last year or 2019 and so these are real opportunities and the highest profile for the each of them but in terms of especially if particularly if we see some drop in prices, on some of the land i would hope we're aggressive in pursuing those opportunities. >> over the short ken you'r tene board has preferred purchase over lease and we do look for th

a prlth letting project manager with the sfpuc working at the sfpuc is a fast-paced environment the puc is american people eye person so breath and depth allows us to work on allows me to move across my career path. >> fill the roadway. >> our unique projects is the heritage puc water treatment long-term improvement plant it's one of the largest projects i've managed and supervised to be successful as a project manager you have to be hard working and self-motivated and being adaptable is important because the construction it is very fabulous that get me up in the morning you're going to be project solving and seeing the project go to me that's fun, i like coming to

but more than 250 people have already signed a petition urging the puc not to cut that service. >>> meteorologisty be the potential of spotty light rain but the main event will be tomorrow with some heavier rain first moving through the north bay ain the early afternoon and spreading across the bay area with lighter rain tomorrow evening. our christmas day will be wet, but saturday looks like it will be drying out before another storm system comes in. we're looking at highs up to 60 degrees today and once again, rain arriving tomorrow. by sunday, we'll be tracking another storm system to add on to those rainfall totals. marcus? >> thanks, kari. we'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes. see you back here then. ♪ santa baby >>> it is 8:30 now on this christmas eve morning. the 24th of december, 2020 thanks for enjoying your holiday with us. >> just a reminder, we have teamed up with toys for tots, a group that's been bringing joy to kids for more than 70 years we've said it so many times, that qr code at the bottom of your screen is an easy way to donate just click your camera o

puc announcing a new rate hike set to take effect in march.k. >>> bart just finalized deals for its labor unions. the new deals with b.a.r.t. running in the red. salary hikes will be tied to high rider sship numbers. >>> it's been a nice week so far, but we could use some rain and it's ship dry as we take a look out our window in san jose. we'll have more dry weather for today and the next several days as our temperatures reach slightly above normal into the upper 60s. we'll be watching out for high fire danger by the end of the weekend, especially as those winds pick up between sunday night and monday and we could have another risk of a fire danger heading towards the end of next week. of course, we'll have more updates on that. marcus? >> thanks, kari. >>> we'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes. i'll see you back here then. ♪ ♪ ♪ heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. you live it. >>> 8:30, i

new switch yard has progressed and the developer will be turning over the switch yard location to the puc this week to start setting the switch gear for the new switch yard with the goal discussed at last month's meeting of having the facility operational by the end of march. other construction -- notable construction on the island, the preparation of the east side of the causeway is now complete and the developer is going to start the process over reconstructing the causeway. the work on the west side -- eastbound on ramps to i-80 under the transportation authority is continuing. and bike access for the bay bridge is interrupted by that construction activity during the work week but it is open on the weekend via macalla to treasure island. work on the ferry facilities is progressing. ticd has ordered a contractcont removal in the stage 2 area and planning continues. with the navy remediation efforts, the navy has a contract they're planning to move into the field early next year to work at the area on west side. and we've completed all but one relocation but they have requested to facili

assist any city department upon their request, typically i do not get requests from the airport ex the puc, and mta, rarely, sometimes redevelopment agencies and no, they're in wind down. within their department and they tend to consider themselves with their own real estate needs though we provide appraisal services or maybe consulting services if they request. >> >> thank you. director and let me just say that i think that these, i want to remind folks that these sites, if we're able to acquire them and develop them for affordable housing, these are despite all the debate around buy right and many come more controversial issues in terms of private development. the city has green lighted these sites for affordable housing and through prop e and last year or 2019 and so these are real opportunities and the highest profile for the each of them but in terms of especially if particularly if we see some drop in prices, on some of the land i would hope we're aggressive in pursuing those opportunities. >> over the short ken you'r tene board has preferred purchase over lease and we do look for th

assist any city department upon their request, typically i do not get requests from the airport ex the pucand mta, rarely, sometimes redevelopment agencies and no, they're in wind down. within their department and they tend to consider themselves with their own real estate needs though we provide appraisal services or maybe consulting services if they request. >> >> thank you. director and let me just say that i think that these, i want to remind folks that these sites, if we're able to acquire them and develop them for affordable housing, these are despite all the debate around buy right and many come more controversial issues in terms of private development. the city has green lighted these sites for affordable housing and through prop e and last year or 2019 and so these are real opportunities and the highest profile for the each of them but in terms of especially if particularly if we see some drop in prices, on some of the land i would hope we're aggressive in pursuing those opportunities. >> over the short ken you'r tene board has preferred purchase over lease and we do look for thos

and i know that we have, with the wissip and the ssip project labor agreements that we have and the puc has been diligent, more than any other agency and it's consistent with the standards of having local hire and prevailing wages and adhering to the project labor agreement. there's a couple of them on there, i don't know because they're multi-departmental things, you know, working with public works or mta or whatever the heck it is, i do want to put stephen on is so i just want to flag that and i hope we don't just move forward without, what the rest of your compliance department does so i just want to make a mark on that so i hope nothing slips through the cracks and sometimes it's about resources but sometimes it's about just paying attention. that being said, i just want to make that comment and thank you for that part of the report. >> noted. >> i think you can continue. >> great. thank you. this next part is very brief but for completeness i also need to report on the capital improvement program. part of the quarterly report. next slide just shows a summary of these different elem