that's the puc response. that's not that this didn't happenor this information is wrong or you don't get the context . it is yes, let's make this work and let's look and see who did what and let's look and see what commitments were made and how can we focus on that so with that i would love to take on your questions. >> you mister flynt. supervisor. >> thank you chair.i do want to make sure i get in touch supervisor more and i'm happy to go after you if you want to start your questions. >> thank you chair.i had a few initial questions. the first time i want to start by acknowledging the department's conference with every finding and every recommendation inthis report . so that's an encouraging step forward . but i do want to start with a district question and i realize you're still relatively new shipping over tothe puc in your role as chief of staff but my question is how did this happen ? how did we reach a point where contracts worth tens of millions of dollars in public benefits and billions of dollars in

that's the puc response. that's not that this didn't happenor this information is wrong or you don't get the context . it is yes, let's make this work and let's look and see who did what and let's look and see what commitments were made and how can we focus on that so with that i would love to take on your questions. >> you mister flynt. supervisor. >> thank you chair.i do want to make sure i get in touch supervisor more and i'm happy to go after you if you want to start your questions. >> thank you chair.i had a few initial questions. the first time i want to start by acknowledging the department's conference with every finding and every recommendation inthis report . so that's an encouraging step forward . but i do want to start with a district question and i realize you're still relatively new shipping over tothe puc in your role as chief of staff but my question is how did this happen ? how did we reach a point where contracts worth tens of millions of dollars in public benefits and billions of dollars in

and this is a state -- we applied to the california puc. we were approved to administer the program and as an administrator the california rate payer will make puc funds available to subsidize this product. if the cost is above what customers would pay to clean power sf, that i an additional cost is covered through the rate payer funds the state is making made available and that 20% discount is also funded through these state approved funds. >> got it. thanks for your work on this. and the updates, mr. hyams. colleagues, i also wanted to take the opportunity to acknowledge the letter that we received last year from i think a couple of dozen environmental justice and climate groups to create 100% local energy and a green job build out plan to follow up and i wanted to acknowledge that which is what i am interested in continuing to work with advocates on and pushing. thanks. >> thank you, commissioner mar. i appreciate your leadership on this as well. [please stand by] . >> it's really concerning to hear the sfpuc putting forward a myth about

i would include actually puc in this. many different departments have trouble making sure we're getting downand that we get our products delivered on time and on budget . all of this plethora of things that we worry about in terms of making government work for san franciscans and this program just doesn't add a huge additional level with it . strikes me that has an additional level of complexity and necessary complexity if it's going to be done fairly and with structure . so i just want to understand that it's actually has beneficial to the community as it is costly in terms of efficient and effective delivery of government service . >> message received. >> supervisor, by asking questions. i wanted to, we talked about the committee by unpaid funds and i think you pointed out what i think is accurate that some of these contracts have not yet expired. it doesn't mean it's on track necessarily. and i think it's probably in my opinion fair to assume thatthe track record of the first batches that were closed out . i don't see

thereafter it will be the puc. we hope to or we plan to issue that one in the spring so by april 2022. >> okay. and then one final question just on the overall work on this audit and in our inquirie here at the board .why did it take so long to produce this audit report? this again as i stated earlier and this really predated the broader corruptionscandal . we were told the work had already begun on this audit . we were told that this audit was really underway back in 2019 and also in 2020 and yet in yourpresentation , you stated that the audit firm did not start the project until march 2021 and you say this was really because of the pandemic and the controllers office staffing resources but seven other public integrity reviews started years after we were told this work was started work completed first. >> thank you supervisor. as mentioned we initiated this with the commission in march 2021 and they completed it and issued it in december 2021 so given the timeframe of the completion of the audit itself it is reaso

we've heard reference to them now running the puc. i have every reason to believe the general manager is committed to rooting out problems in the puc but from a public perception point of view those people moving between departments, between the watchdog and the watched essentially is problematic. i think this issue certainly we are not at the end of it. i will urge that further audits be investigated type audits, there really forensic accounting here and investigating what supervisor mar has referenced in terms of what the fraud, waste or abuse or not. that has to happen and i think it has to happen ideally with folks who are outside of a lot of those existing relationships and potential for the appearance of conflict. so on that, i would just ask supervisor mar is your preference we filethis hearing or that we continue it ? >> thanks chair. obviously this conversation is far from over but i think we will have other hearings and legislative items to continue this conversation. so i would request a motion that we file this hearing tod

. >> reporter: the puc was expected to vote on a package of reforms that would have smashed how muchftop solar owners would pay for the energy they produce and impose a tax of $60 per month to help pay for fixed costs of the electrical grid. >> taken together, this would make solar unaffordable for pretty much everybody. and, it would also be the highest solar tax in thu. only alabama charges a higher solar tax. completely the wrong direction for california. >> reporter: solar advocates say the incentives have created one of the most successful green energy programs in the country, and reducing them would stop that progress. but, those pushing for the changes say the current system is shifting more and more of the costs onto people who don't own solar. >> those who are left behind are disproportionately low income people and renters. that is going to be who ends up paying for the grid. >> reporter: professor severin at the hodge energy institute says as the price of energy increases, the deal just gets sweeter for those who can avoid it. eventually, there will not be enough people pa

. >> reporter: late this afternoon, we learned that the puc decided to postpone any decision. we also should point out that the the proposed reduced incentives will most likely only be for new customers. >>> california renters could get a big break under a new proposal at the state capital. the bill would raise a tax credit for renters for joint filers that would go from $120- $100,000, and for single toy filers, we go to $500. single parents would also be eligible for the same credit as couples. the bill introduced by the of the t poteial increase to the tax break in decades. >>> san franciscans may want to make sure their phones are not on do not disturb. they could miss a text telling them that their car is about to be towed. san francisco's municipal transportation agency is rolling out a new initiative that would send a text message to customers whose vehicles are about to be towed. it applies to four different parking violations, cars parked more than 72 hours, blocking driveways, construction zones, and temporary no parking zones. >> how hard is it to find parking? >> i

the puc was expected to vote on a package of reforms that would have slashed how much rooftop solar owners paid for the energy they produce, and oppose attacks of about $50 per month to help pay for fixed costs of the electrical grid. solar advocates say reducing the incentives to make solar on and unaffordable, and hope the states progress with green energy. >> we are not rich. unlike those who say solar are for the rich, now you want to break your word. i ask myself, where is your honor? i say, no solar tax of any kind. >> solar energy is changing so many lives. are we really going to take away the tens of thousands of jobs that solar provides and the hundreds of thousands of jobs that it will continue to provide in the future? >> most of us are small and scrappy and doing it because we believe in the mission to make the world a better place, one roof at a time. after all, isn't that what we all strive to achieve to make the world a better place for our kids? >> supporters of the reforms in the current system shifts more of the cost onto people who don't own solar. they had pulled the vo

>> well, we already are experiencing a large dropout rate lar in chicago with our puc schools, with ourst place. ace. going to add to the situation by not having them in classrooms and not having them in school where we leave them to be preyed blowings by gangs and other individuals who want to commit crimes in our community. we cannot. allow our young people to go without education. they're already behind just in our neighborhood. their reading levels was one of the public schools, our neighborhoods for 40% reading levels 60% in math proficiency that's only going to get worse. and when those educational levels get worse, those individuals can becomele frustrated. they drop w out of school. what do they do? they commit crime. soe we cannot allow this type of atmosphere to continue or we're going to continue to see the crime accelerate every single day. pastor vaxx even on the front lines there and trying to help families and at risk youth. w we really appreciate it.ni thank you for your words tonight and a next i have a little bit of a modest proposal for mckinnon and saturday night liv

department of public health, like a lot of other areas even though puc i think also benefit from the use works program and i was part of the inaugural class in the 90s when it was mayor willie brown who launched it . i don't know if that inspired me in to look service but that's a little personal history for you. >> to answer your question we've had in our budget money to participate in themayor's youth program the last 20 years . we've had high school students who have worked in the operations side over the years and with the pandemic the nature of this work needs them to be supervised and mostly in office but i will agree that the deferred comp program has been the most active over the last three or four years as far as getting an intern but we have the money to bring on the high school students that we have and over the years . and not just in the deferred compprogram but also across the organization . >> that's great, i think it was agreat program . i came in as a student and i think it's a great program to give students exposure to public service so i'd encourage that we create

but you need to be really clear, puc, if you're suggesting rates that are above the rate of inflation is driving that? what are the causes of those changes? and you are exactly correct. and commissioner, you are exactly correct that we need to be very clear if our rates are changes and above inflation and what are the drivers of that and that additional increase. and you are correct. >> any other questions? >> i have a question for you, charles. actually, on the power rate side, we are slowly sort of building up our power enterprise and we have an opportunity to think about the whole set up in a way with the enterprises and i wonder, for example, a lot of power utilities have decoupled their rates. and are we looking into that to see how we can -- and put this whole thing together, we can have decoupled rates for the power rates. and in the power side, 80% of the utilities are investor or utilities and 20% nationally are publicly owned utilities. and differences between the two and so much to be learned from what has been done over the past 30 years in that sector that we can actually

but you need to be really clear, puc, if you're suggesting rates that are above the rate of inflation. what is driving that? what are the causes of those changes? and you are exactly correct. and commissioner, you are exactly correct that we need to be very clear if our rates are changes and above inflation and what are the drivers of that and that additional increase. and you are correct. >> any other questions? >> i have a question for you, charles. actually, on the power rate side, we are slowly sort of building up our power enterprise and we have an opportunity to think about the whole set up in a way with the enterprises and i wonder, for example, a lot of power utilities have decoupled their rates. and are we looking into that to see how we can -- and put this whole thing together, we can have decoupled rates for the power rates. and in the power side, 80% of the utilities are investor or utilities and 20% nationally are publicly owned utilities. and differences between the two and so much to be learned from what has been done over the past 30 years in that sector that we can ac

. >> brian: there was a fourth quarter fade that put the pucs back in and tom brady had a lot to do with it's both. it's obviously tactical and strategic and the coaching staffs pour so much into how the match-ups will take shape in the first half, deep in the game. what happens when you're beginning to lose quote/unquote momentum. but most importantly, the quarterback play. and matthew stafford is such a great story, as you know, brian. such a good player, a good quarterback all that time in detroit. he really came of age by finding a way to win that game when so much momentum was lost against tampa, and now he faces jimmy g his own great story. >> brian: not many people thought he'd be the starter at this point. i know you'll be focused on west coast, but kansas city hosts the surprising cincinnati bengals. what game that was. 12-5 and got to the super bowl the last two years. >> well, this is a showcase of two incredible quarterbacks. patrick mahomes, we knows all about. but if people haven't had a chance to have the joe burrow experience, they need to check him out. one of the greate

ahead you have to care about the job and go above and beyond to find out as much as you can the three puc