puc. here i have a map of ss puc's properties that contain mostof our trees . much of the land we own in san francisco offers credit for the operations of our utility systems. we don't have a lot of street trees but we do have vegetation and trees in the public facing parts of ourfacility . we have approximately 4000 trees and half of which are at lake murray said and as we spoke about earlier they are maintained byreference parks . >> you so much. i know the colonel will look into this but how much the work order is to wreck and park and how much of that work order is for tree maintenance and removal and reforestation. >> i don't have that off the top of my head but we can look into it. okay. our responsibilities are focused on trees updated on sf pc properties. many of them which are in watersheds or reservoirs. we also evaluate trees and take actions as part of our operational maintenance or as part of our water power and wastewater capital projects . and i'm going to go over and show youexamples of properties . here's a list of our big locations so lake mer

of course at the puc we recommend that you store our wonderful delicious tap water. it's free. it comes out of the tap and you can store it in any plastic container, a clean plastic container for up to 6 months. so find a container, fill it with water and label it and rotate it out. i use it to water my garden. >> of course everyone has plastic bottles which we are not really promoting but it is a common way to store it. >> yes. it's an easy way to pick up bottles to store it. just make sure you check the label. this one says june 2013. so convenient you have an end date on it. >> and there are other places where people have water stored in their houses. >> sure. if you have a water heater or access to the water heater to your house, you can drink that water and you can also drink the water that the in the tank of your toilet. ; not the bowl but in your tank. in any case if you are not totally sure about the age of your water or if you are not sure about it being totally clean, you can treat your water at home. there is two ways that you can treat your water at home and one is

the results have been down 9% in the south bay and 8% for spain mind and san francisco puc customers. despite lackluster numbers neither is currently considering financial penalties for customers who do not conserve. >> it is another try year we would reassess and consider going to a different stage of drought that has more restrictions where we are asking customers to do more. >> reporter: the widening differing approach and part the overall strength of each water supply. the santa clara valley water district has all but depleted aboveground storage. reservoirs are 11% of total capacity. san francisco is in much better shape, 67% of total capacity. east bay mud is currently at 55%. it allows both to take a wait- and-see approach. >> will we do our guidelines we do a lot of modeling and engineering analysis. we plan for multiyear droughts. >>> the san jose water company is expected to vote later this month and they go into effect in mid-november. there are no similar penalties being considered for east or san francisco puc customers. >>> an fda advisory panel recommendation of booster

puc has their own budget. we have $28 million remaining. i'm planning on keeping us within the rest of the estimated budget. where our overall funs come from. some of it comes from kevin grand. majority of it comes from the general obligation bonds. construction canned yule we advertised in june. we're seeking a wars today and notice to proceed in november if we aren't scheduled in november we are expected to reach completion in february of 2023. >> thank you so much. before we go to public comment are there any questions for staff? >> did you want to go to public comment first or -- >> i think it's okay. go ahead. >> thank you for the presentation. i have a few questions. can you tell us about the ridership and where it goes and where it comes from. >> sure. julie do you want to take this question or do you want me to jump in. >> because we're making such a substantial investment in this line. i wanted to ask a little about the 22. what do we know about the demographic of who rides it and the route itself. >> it's a really wonderful exampl

we can monitor realtime things which at the puc, i didn't have. the software can be compromised easily. during shut down. if you study the type of data they collect. one department stopped talking to the the other. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comment. next caller, your line is open. you have two minutes. >> on this item related to the budget, i'm not in front of my notes right now. we really need to find a way to post these presentations on the web. i do not use e-mail but have access to the internet an can download materials. this presentation along with many many others is not linked to the agenda, it's not available to the public only as you flip through the slides. the public has no access to it. you need to fine a way to post these materials so the public has access to the document and can respond. i'm assuming this presentation was sent to you as members of the commission. the public need to have access. those are my comments on 7b. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. madam secretary, there are no more public

and green power, that's really a puc function, but the puc has promised from the beginning to be delivering green electricity, green-source electricity to the island for us. we can go on to the next slide and talks about transportation. and the headline here is electrification and bob knows we've been working actually in partnership with weida who is going to run ultimately the ferry service to understand the specifications and make sure we have a plan for infrastructure that's going to go in the ground to support charging ferries on the island. that's happening now, we're working on locations for big ugly boxes that have to fit in the park for transformers to support this. but i think we're fairly close to some decent solutions there and we'll be ready to support charging of the ferry vessels in the near future. i think other things are items in the plan that have been under heavy discussions. congestion policies and the policies are hopefully being finalized and this is to support discouragement of land use. bicycle access has been enhanced, both the bay bridge path and potential for the

puc. here i have a map of ss puc's properties that contain mostof our trees .much of the land we own in san francisco offers credit for the operations of our utility systems. we don't have a lot of street trees but we do have vegetation and trees in the public facing parts of ourfacility . we have approximately 4000 trees and half of which are at lake murray said and as we spoke about earlier they are maintained byreference parks . >> you so much. i know the colonel will look into this but how much the work order is to wreck and park and how much of that work order is for tree maintenance and removal and reforestation. >> i don't have that off the top of my head but we can look into it. okay. our responsibilities are focused on trees updated on sf pc properties. many of them which are in watersheds or reservoirs. we also evaluate trees and take actions as part of our operational maintenance or as part of our water power and wastewater capital projects . and i'm going to go over and show youexamples of properties . here's a list of our big locations so lake merc

the california puc has to sign off on this. their public hearing is october 28th. so cut back 15%. how much water is that exactly? the water district says the average household uses about 8,000 gallons of water each other. so based on that number, 15% of that would be about 1,200 gallons. for some perspective here, one shower uses about ten gallons of water. so you're looking for ways on how to conserve? head to nbcbayarea.com or our nbc bay area app. find water conservation tips at the top of our page. it goes through on how to cut back in every part of your house from the laundry room to the bathroom, even when washing your car. >>> up next, this one's going to hurt for a while. the umpire explains that questionable call that ended the giants' magical season. was it a strike? was it a check swing? what's the actual rule here? >>> also a manicure done by a machine. it was created by a bay area company. you're watching nbc bay area news tonight. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area news tonight. we continue our breaking news. our nbc bay area skyranger overhead in the santa cruz mounta

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consumption levels according a chronicle the new rules would take effect next month if approved by the state puc, san jose recorded its lowest rainfall total ever last year. police in fairfield say illegal marijuana growhouses are becoming an increasingly serious problem across the city over the past six months 9,000 marijuana plants have been seized. they say a total of 10 illegal grow house operations were discovered including two that were found because of fires seven of the locations had to be red tagged. say the illegal operations are dangerous obviously because of the chemicals used and the structural and electrical modification made to those homes by growers. extending bart to next steps beg taken as the transit agency gets closer to digging out the six mile extension into the hea human services secretary is in san francisco today promoting provisions of the president's bill back better plan secretary. marsha fudge toured the hope sf housing community with house speaker nancy pelosi and mayor london breed fudge called the buildback better plan the last best chance to solve america's housi

the puc, saying its staffing up. to get ready for this weekend. we have strike teams, which are employees with rakes that clean the debris on top of the storm drains to make sure they don't clog and we're keeping an eye had potential problem areas in the city and will deploy those kind of at a moments notice because we know that the rains are coming, and we also spoke with the city's department of emergency management. they say there will be an all hands on deck situation this weekend. they will have a full staff on full alert sunday. the day the biggest storm is expected to roll through. in the meantime there advising residents who live in low lying areas like where we are right now at 15th, and we wanna to get any items that could be damaged by floodwaters up to higher locations in their homes are also advising people to consider sandbagging. they're saying that they are expecting some localized flooding in the city this weekend. as well as some isolated power outages in san francisco. christian catherine ktvu, fox two news. and christian is a g

um fixing the storm drain and in anticipation of the storm, the puc says it's been staffing up with additionalcrews ready to be deployed when the weather hits and san francisco zach sauce ktvu fox two news. san francisco department of public works is extending its sandbag giveaway hours for city and residents for city residents that is in businesses will be handing out more bags on sunday and their operations yard from eight a.m. until two in the afternoon. see up to date on this powerful storm by downloading our ktvu weather app on your mobile device. there's an interactive radar and hourly forecasts for the area where you live highway 17 in santa cruz county has reopened in both directions following some sort of police activity in the area. the location affected by the shutdown included a four mile stretch of the highway between summit road and sugarloaf road. chp did not say why the highway was closed. only that it was done quote. out of an abundance of caution for public safety. in all the closure lasted less than one hour. will be to workers and members of 80 you local to 65 took to the s

i assume the puc pays you for that. >> we have an ongoing work order for the lake merced track whichcovers urban forestry money, natural resources maintenance and that type of thing. >> do you know how much of tha goes to your tree maintenance and operations ? >> i do not have that number but i can get it for you. >> i think that would be a good thing to know. and then on a related thing and this is a conversation that's been bouncing around city hall for a long time . relative to, and these are always painful physically and financially, to what the city pays out in legal settlements for people who are injured by trees. do you have any sense of how much of that, how much it is and how much of an annual basi . i realize they don't all happen every year and i assume those don't come out of wrecked and parks budget. >> that's correct supervisor. i do not have any payouts due to tree related injuries. i can get that for youbut in those do occur , those people settlements are paid for not by reckoned park out of the, i can't point to where it is. >> the claims and settlement budget at the

he said the san francisco puc, we know almost the next day we know. so, if we know how to do it, i think it behove us to talk to our other folks and have them do it the way we do it. >> agreed. >> this is our project and they're working for us. >> we can talk to the joint venture about that. >> great. thank you. >> will you get back to us about when you come up and how we are going to fix that problem? >> yes, i will. >> thank you. >> were you raising your hand? >> i was but i'm not. i'm taking it down. >> ok. >> thank you. >> next is the employee vaccination status you've asked about this and i want to preface this a little bit before i ask justine to make the presentation. we do have a continuity of operations planned which we were update ong a weekly basis. i want to assure you if we have a gap in the types of people that we need to provide service, we will fill that gap. right now we are focused on this and why think we're going to lose service in any one of our areas. that's still a concern of ours as we move forward. the city makes mandates such

drains because the city never finished, um fixing the storm drain and in anticipation of the storm, the puc says it's been staffing up with additional crews ready to be deployed when the weather hits and san francisco zach sauce ktvu fox two news. the san francisco department of public works is extending its sandbag giveaway hours. residents and businesses can get them at the city's operation yard from eight am until two tomorrow afternoon. just a day after opening night. the alameda county fair will be closed sunday due to the storm. officials say the health and safety of guests is our top priority, so they've decided to close their gates for one day. people who were planning to attend the fair tomorrow could use their tickets any other day for admission. the alameda county fair will reopen monday and run through sunday, october 31st stay up to date on this powerful storm by downloading our ktvu weather app on your mobile device, you'll find an interactive radar and you can also see hourly forecasts for the area you live in. also the news and new attend. oakland police are asking for the p

a surprise we came back in and the issue we took up was fixing the power grid and restructuring the puclection was not stolen, and the electrical grid really was broken. >> that was what was on our minds. coming into the session in january was right at the conclusion of that election cycle and then the attack on our capitol. so elections were on our mind. and so it's not unusual for us to take those things that are topical, that are hot at the moment, that people are focused on, and, okay, is there policy we need to review? >> the texas election bill became law in september when the governor called a second special session. >> election integrity is now law in the state of texas. >> there's no question that this bill will make it harder to vote in a state that is already among the hardest to vote in the country. and that's why we're always in the lowest quintile in voter participation. the texas legislature has repeatedly shown they care more about partisan advantage than they do about voting rights and they're willing to do whatever they can to stay in power. >>> coming up. >> you under

puc has their own budget. we have $28 million remaining. i'm planning on keeping us within the rest of the estimated budget. where our overall funs come from. some of it comes from kevin grand. majority of it comes from the general obligation bonds. construction canned yule we advertised in june. we're seeking a wars today and notice to proceed in november if we aren't scheduled in november we are expected to reach completion in february of 2023. >> thank you so much. before we go to public comment are there any questions for staff? >> did you want to go to public comment first or -- >> i think it's okay. go ahead. >> thank you for the presentation. i have a few questions. can you tell us about the ridership and where it goes and where it comes from. >> sure. julie do you want to take this question or do you want me to jump in. >> because we're making such a substantial investment in this line. i wanted to ask a little about the 22. what do we know about the demographic of who rides it and the route itself. >> it's a really wonderful exampl

>> if $57 million is for sfmta construction cost and $7 million combined with puc costs. so the and so to pay for hard cost and soft cost. >> $56 million is to pay for mta's portion of the hard and soft cost? >> our cost is about $33 million. and money is to pay the bill. >> you mean we're anticipating 50% of the project costs going towards non-hard cost items? >> that's the funding we got approved. >> and thanks for listing out the funding sources. are those sources of funds already secured and in our account the full $56 million including the developer fees? >> we already booked $29 million and in the quarter of the fiscal year we are supposed to receive an additional $10 million and after that moving on based on the coordination. >> so we have $29 million of the $56 million and we're expecting $10 million so there's $37 million left that is t.b.d. allocation? >> correct. we have approved budget for $66 million so $29 million we have allocated right now and are supposed to receive $10 billion more around match. >> we're expecting the remaining $29 million and how do we

the puc, saying its staffing up. to get ready for this weekend. we have strike teams, which are employees with rakes that clean the debris on top of the storm drains to make sure they don't clog and we're keeping an eye had potential problem areas in the city and will deploy those kind of at a moments notice because we know that the rains are coming. little earlier this afternoon. i also spoke with the department of emergency management. they're saying that it will be an all hands on deck situation this week and they'll have a full staff on alert sunday, the day the biggest storm is expected to fall and roll through. in the meantime, there advising residents who live in low lying areas like this to sandbag and move any items that could be damaged by flood waters to higher locations in their homes. they're predicting localized flooding and even the possibility of some isolated power outages. throughout the weekend, but now we're live in san francisco. christian captain ktvu fox two news. alright, let's hope all that work makes a difference when it

as they try to figure out a path both sides can agree to in what will essentially be a temporary pucd what mcconnell is offering is that he would allow a bill that would extend the debt ceiling in exchange for it just being temporary and being assigned to a specific number that they would allow the debt ceiling to rise to. now, the democrats have cautiously agreed to that. but they are concerned that it's going to come with some additional addendums that mcconnell, for instance, is going to force them to pass it on a more long-term basis through the reconciliation process which they are opposed to so that's what they are hashing out right now. exactly, what form and fashion this negotiation looks like before democrats agree to it and before they can finally move forward with getting this legislation moved on and avoiding that calamity of the debt ceiling being eclipse the. >> so it's a short-term solution. what are the next steps? >> they're really -- we don't know what the next steps are, frankly, anderson. this is only a temporary fix. once they pass this and -- and get over this h

it is important that we discuss the process for our puc and how we decide on these rates, not just for us to know at the board of supervisors but also for the public to know and understand. so thank you for calling this hearing and thank you so much, michael and erin, for being here to present this afternoon. and before this committee of the whole is filed, madam clerk, would you please call for public comment on the committee of the whole. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. the board of supervisors is now convened a committee of the whole and they will hear public testimony associated with the electric generation rates and charges. the telephone number is streaming on your screen. it is 1-(415)-655-0001. and when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. 2484 749 5194 please press pound twice. you would have joined the meeting. you'll be able to hear the discussion but you'll be muted and in a listening queue. right now we have 12 individuals in listening queue and we have one caller who is lined up to provide comments. so if you're one of the 12 and you would like to move over to

the puc, saying its staffing up. to get ready for this weekend.s, which are employees with rakes that clean the debris on top of the storm drains to make sure they don't clog and we're keeping an eye had potential problem areas in the city and will deploy those kind of at a moments notice because we know that the rains are coming. we also spoke with the city's department of emergency management. they say it will be an all hands on deck situation this weekend. they will have a full staff on full alert sunday, the day the biggest storm is expected to roll through and coming back to our live shots again, and in the meantime, the city is advising residents in low lying areas to take advantage of sandbags like this to try to protect their homes are also saying that if they have any items in low lying parts of the house that could be damaged by flood waters to get those up to the higher floors in their home. they're predicting localized flooding in various parts of the city and throughout the bay area. they're also predicting the very real possibility o

but i wanted to hear from the puc, because this is an ambitious, over half a billion dollar project, that has to be -- all three projects have to be completed no later than march 31, 2028. so i thought it would be appropriate to hear from the puc as to their plans to finally address this issue and what sources of funding they have so we can get that on the record so this and future boards can hold them accountable. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin. and i am looking for the representative. >> mr. president, it's gregory mow bury. i believe you're on mute. >> thank you very much. you'd think we'd know better. i serve as the assistant general manager for the waste water enterprise at the san francisco public utilities commission. and the three projects that are included in this agreement with the state are all projects that serve the storm water and the combined system for the city. those are under the waste water enterprises overall management and responsibility. so i'll speak to the concerns with the overall ability to deliver briefly and then be happy to answ

>> if $57 million is for sfmta construction cost and $7 million combined with puc costs. so the and so to pay for hard cost and soft cost. >> $56 million is to pay for mta's portion of the hard and soft cost? >> our cost is about $33 million. and money is to pay the bill. >> you mean we're anticipating 50% of the project costs going towards non-hard cost items? >> that's the funding we got approved. >> and thanks for listing out the funding sources. are those sources of funds already secured and in our account the full $56 million including the developer fees? >> we already booked $29 million and in the quarter of the fiscal year we are supposed to receive an additional $10 million and after that moving on based on the coordination. >> so we have $29 million of the $56 million and we're expecting $10 million so there's $37 million left that is t.b.d. allocation? >> correct. we have approved budget for $66 million so $29 million we have allocated right now and are supposed to receive $10 billion more around match. >> we're expecting the remaining $29 million and how do we

it is important that we discuss the process for our puc and how we decide on these rates, not just for us to know at the board of supervisors but also for the public to know and understand. so thank you for calling this hearing and thank you so much, michael and erin, for being here to present this afternoon. and before this committee of the whole is filed, madam clerk, would you please call for public comment on the committee of the whole. >> clerk: thank you, mr. president. the board of supervisors is now convened a committee of the whole and they will hear public testimony associated with the electric generation rates and charges. the telephone number is streaming on your screen. it is 1-(415)-655-0001. and when you hear the prompt, enter the meeting i.d. 2484 749 5194 please press pound twice. you would have joined the meeting. you'll be able to hear the discussion but you'll be muted and in a listening queue. right now we have 12 individuals in listening queue and we have one caller who is lined up to provide comments. so if you're one of the 12 and you would like to move over to

to the buyers which includes liquidated damages in the case of default by the city authorizing the pucgeneral manager and/or city's director or property to execute the sale agreement make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution and the sale agreement as defined here in adopting findings requiring the real property is surplus land and exempt surplus land pursuant to california surplus lands act determining its bidding process for the conveyance of the property is impractical and not in the public interest in accordance with section 23.3 of the administrative code affirming the planning department's determination under the council of environmental quality act and adopting the fundings acquired by 1509 one of the guidelines previously adopted by caltrans and adopting the planning apartment funding that the agreement and transaction it's consistent with the general policies of planning code section 101.1. other members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call415-655-0001 . meeting id 2493 341 1331. then press pound twice if you h

some of the best data on this problem exists at the puc where we learned that since 2013 84 of the cities then 288 laundromats have closed down. that's close to all one in three ratio of laundromats closing down over the last eight years with very little intervention oranalysis of the cause or effect . in 2019 alone and this was the year before the pandemic 21 laundromats closed down in you alone and that's a net value so that's a net loss of 21 laundromats in the city . in speaking with operators of laundromats including the owner tons of bubbles which operates a few across the city this is not because of a lack in demand and it in speaking with users of laundromats including the sro collaborative which we worked with on this legislation that impacts are deeply felt when access to all laundromat moves by even a few blocks. it increases by $.50. the staff report gets it exactly right that this is a that for the next three years will allow us to better scrutinize why laundromats are closing down and to the extent they are working thosehearings before the planning commission about subsequen

the puc public funds. the players are the same. cmd is the biggest exam in the city of san francisco. duane joanses p. the memtion p recommendation put forward is very short p. they essential phet a legal of cease and desist. if you want to stop it, go after the offenderred. the contractors who have made millions, billions presm. billions. a public member staff made it public that there are contract it's that are by pex invite only. you need to be invited. >> it looks like we might have one more person. >> if i can get sixty second extension please. >> if you provide the a detional amount of time to one commenter have you to allow the same opportunity to all callers. joom pp maybe at a later time. >> we have a motion and second to approve guest gruels agenda item number nine. roll call, please. >> a motion as been made and seconded. i'll now call the roll. (roll call). we have a couple more agenda items that will need some time. let's see if we can finish the tw items because i know she sz interested in. nsm. >> i am available to s

to the buyers which includes liquidated damages in the case of default by the city authorizing the pucgeneral manager and/or city's director or property to execute the sale agreement make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution and the sale agreement as defined here in adopting findings requiring the real property is surplus land and exempt surplus land pursuant to california surplus lands act determining its bidding process for the conveyance of the property is impractical and not in the public interest in accordance with section 23.3 of the administrative code affirming the planning department's determination under the council of environmental quality act and adopting the fundings acquired by 1509 one of the guidelines previously adopted by caltrans and adopting the planning apartment funding that the agreement and transaction it's consistent with the general policies of planning code section 101.1. other members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call415-655-0001 . meeting id 2493 341 1331. then press pound twice if you h

not only under public works but under the auspices of the puc and rec and parks department. as well as on private property which was very well handled. the three of us an other members of the board are very engaged in expanding the tree canopy. some of us were on the board a long time ago. the charter amendment that was set aside for maintaining the tree canopy as well as sidewalk maintenance. the good news is that there is really a community from across the city. there's friends of the urban forest and tree advocates that came out in droves last week. that hearing was so long that we're continuing it. i was just trying to hear from chair mar whether it would be on october 28th, unlikely or hopefully on the meeting there after. i was hoping we could come up with a set of recommendations and engage those advocates about this legislation and other similar pieces of legislation that i think are coming out of that hearing. all of us are in receipt of a number of e-mails from folks requesting that. there were some specific concerns of the truncating of hazardous trees. we all hol

not only under public works but under the auspices of the puc and rec and parks department. as well as on private property which was very well handled. the three of us an other members of the board are very engaged in expanding the tree canopy. some of us were on the board a long time ago. the charter amendment that was set aside for maintaining the tree canopy as well as sidewalk maintenance. the good news is that there is really a community from across the city. there's friends of the urban forest and tree advocates that came out in droves last week. that hearing was so long that we're continuing it. i was just trying to hear from chair mar whether it would be on october 28th, unlikely or hopefully on the meeting there after. i was hoping we could come up with a set of recommendations and engage those advocates about this legislation and other similar pieces of legislation that i think are coming out of that hearing. all of us are in receipt of a number of e-mails from folks requesting that. there were some specific concerns of the truncating of hazardous trees. we all hol

it was reviewed by the planning department and the building department, dpw and puc and then a site permit was finally issued. it is a site permit and it will also be an agenda schedule that will allow the work to be performed if the permit is upheld. i did hear some issues on i think property line windows. the property line windows as you know and i spoke of it this many times are covered under ab09 of the san francisco building code. a new property line on this building and any property line windows on an adjacent building that are going to be lost as part of the project and prevents things like the covid amendments the project sponsor can be able to work together on that. i have seen where it's not always necessary to have to fill in those windows. the building department at times does require it. and i think that was the issue. i accept any questions from the commissioners as a followup to that. i think the architect did address this issue and i do agree with them that a separate line will be provided for them promptly and that would be handled by our plumbing and obviously a conjuncti

the puc public funds. the players are the same. cmd is the biggest exam in the city of san francisco. duane joanses p. the memtion p recommendation put forward is very short p. they essential phet a legal of cease and desist. if you want to stop it, go after the offenderred. the contractors who have made millions, billions presm. billions. a public member staff made it public that there are contract it's that are by pex invite only. you need to be invited. >> it looks like we might have one more person. >> if i can get sixty second extension please. >> if you provide the a detional amount of time to one commenter have you to allow the same opportunity to all callers. joom pp maybe at a later time. >> we have a motion and second to approve guest gruels agenda item number nine. roll call, please. >> a motion as been made and seconded. i'll now call the roll. (roll call). we have a couple more agenda items that will need some time. let's see if we can finish the tw items because i know she sz interested in. nsm. >> i am available to s