you inspired me with a lot of hope for the future for puc. i really like a lot of the ideas, they are out of the box, efficient and i just wanted to make sure that we are including the community when we reach out looking for candidates. that we have to me it is like san francisco is still the gold mine. our people are the heart of our department, and so making sure we are reaching out to the community, finding people that are within the city that i believe will be great contributors and it was great to hear about the social media recruiters. when i'm trying to get a hold of my kids i have to sends a instagram chat for them to talk about to me, so society is changing, things are changing, i love that, i think that's great, and i look forward to more young people being involved and becoming part of the sfpuc so thank you very much. >> thank you. commissioner stacey. >> thank you for the update. as i was looking at your slides and the vacancy rates, the linear graph and then you have a more of a bar graph, i don't know if you have this informati

the puc can really proud that we are actually a leader in this space.he significance of the sewer system improvement program investment demanded a different approach to fund it. we have been successful in securing and drawing on low interest loans from the state and the epa, which have been a big help with the volatility that we've seen in the market in recent years. thanks to our budget and finance team working with the project teams, our loans and grants team that you've heard about today and our finance and this work has real benefits, saving us all some money now, next on our agenda, we turn to what we have already talked a little bit about this morning and this afternoon. the capital planning improvement initiative. thank you for some of the questions. earlier, we wanted to touch on this because we started a year or so ago to imagine what it would look like. it was really a result of our unbalanced cip at that time. if you recall, at that time, our uses were more than our sources. we had an unbalanced cip, so we needed to think differently. we want

so we, uh, we're expecting to see a decision from the california puc soon. um, and given the lead time for soliciting and then constructing a project, we're currently projecting that that community solar program would begin operating in the 2025 2026 time frame. so that was program. um, shifting gears for a moment, no pun intended. i wanted to share some information with you about an important upcoming action we have before the board of supervisors. um, since the city began serving customers under cleanpowersf, the sf puc has maintained a bank credit agreement to secure some of clean power, assess financial obligations. the credit agreement provides clean power sf with the ability to issue standby letters of credit to secure payment obligations under some of our power purchase agreements. a standby letter of credit is essentially a promise from a bank that it will cover a specified amount of our financial obligations under a contract. if clean power sf is unable to perform in our current environment, standby letters of credit are a more cost effective and ef

unclear why the puc shifted from the west side this policy changed not appear to be approved by theublic record request has been submitted with the changing policy and we'll have no connection for the community advisory group the language for the 2028 is for thd i disagree with the protocol this can be part of the development agreement for the balboa and the chief to flush out the pipes contaminated with saltwater and anyone else has public comment on this for the emergency firefighting water system? >> thank you with that, public comment is closed. (gavel). >> so as per supervisor chan i'd like to make a motion that we continue this item to the call of the chair. >> the motion offered by the chair in the hearing continued to the call of chair and supervisor melgar and supervisor dorsey a absent and supervisor peskin. >> tow i's. >> that motion passes. we will continue talking about this and i want to thank supervisor chan for bringing this to our attention and continuing the conversation so we can continue to make sure we all are engaged. >> any other items on the agendas. >> no ot

the construct that is described to you is the puc california puc regulated entities, right? if we are our own public power provider throughout san francisco, we are the provider of last resort in that scenario and these regulation do not apply in that scenario. okay? >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner ajami. >> maybe a comment and a question. i know this is only a credit line for us to use when we need--i'm wondering if and maybe missed it and it is in there, if there a provision we can add or we can make sure you will come back to us every time we draw from this significant amount to make sure we are up to date, what's going on. just having that dialogue going to make sure everything is- >> you mean from a information perspective? >> yes. because i think it is important not just for us, who knows who will be here in another 7 years but think it is important valuable knowledge for future commission to know who is taking what from who. >> if i may clarify, while this authority grants-while this action from the board of supervisors grants this authority, still e

as mentioned, this is public work paving contract joint with puc sewer work.ng vehicle [indiscernible] to fund the paving work. the public utility commission will be using their sewer rehab and repair money to fund the sewer work. also, each agency will set aside 10 percent of contingency use in the same funding source. to recap, we requesting to approve the award of san francisco public works contract hunters point central waterfront and potrero hill in amount of 6 million, 101 thousand, 953 dollars and 50 cents with duration of [indiscernible] this concludes my presentation and available to answer any questions you may have and thank you for listening. >> thank you mr. cong and welcome. nice to see you again. i just wanted to mention to colleagues that you probably noted this presentation and contract is similar to the project we just approved on the consent calendar. the reason that was on consent and this one is on regular is because of the $5 million threshold for contract approvals. this is over $5 million, the other was under so if you notice similariti

and there are numerous in puc alone. so i want to be that person to give back and that company to give back to my community and my youth. you know i have nest use look to are carpenters. a lot of biosolid projects going on now that everybody not just me myself but everybody can be i part of. we want that fair opportunitiful we are qualifyd and certified. jumped hoops we want that fair opportunity to put our commune back to work. thank you. >> thank you. will i'm dins williams. community leader. subchair of the merchant's collaborative and a real estate developer. and others have stated that we are having a hard time in our city finding work. you know real estate developers most of the time you use cdc's nonprofits unfortunately are not reaching back to the local levels. and hiring private companies. we uncourage to you when you make the contracts and don't forget about the plaque community and we are the lowest received contract in our community we had build the youth are suffering and people are suffering and motivation

the ordinance includes reporting requirement stating the puc and city attorney submit biannual reports to government audit oversight committee on the settlement of claims or litigation arising of the september 10 main break. thank you for your time and thank you supervisor stefani for sponsoring the ordinance. >> thank you mr. spits. let's go ahead and open this item up for public comment. >> members of the public who wish to speak should line up now along the side by the windows. all speakers have two minutes to speak. >> this is exciting. i heard in the news when the pipes burst and i was out on the street. homeless guy. this is exciting because a lot of people will get paid and curious how does it work? if you sleep outside, homeless guy and sleeping outside and water starts flowing into your encampment do you get payment? can you petition the city for some relief? i don't know. i'm all for the people that live there. the businesses and everybody effected by this. kind of like you know, not bad thing when you get $25 thousand and a million-not to exceed a million per claim. wow, tha

it alsoed and puc approval to monetize its l.a. area operation which is in a trial run.e now part of the self-driving taxi approval process. >> continuing coverage this midday, new closures in the same part of san francisco has been hit by a mass exodus of businesses. a popular coffee shop will close at the end of the month and a walgreens on sacramento and front street will close at the end of february. critics say the city is trapped in a so-called doom mood with less business activity due to crime and this is because of tax revenue and higher operating costs. >> a house in san francisco overlooking baker beach is set to sell for what some sell is a low price. the salmon-colored mansion there in the sea cliff neighborhood could sell for a discounted price of $7 million. not too much, right? that is unless another buyer can come in in that auction tomorrow. according to san francisco gate it housed stolen art in the garage and was raided by the fbi and a longtime home of felon and real estate mogul luke berganara and it has six bedrooms and hidden wine cellars and doors

um, and hopefully the puc will realize that they really, you know, they've gone a bit too far. uh, the investor owned utilities have been a little bit too, too greedy, frankly, in what they're asking for. um, and we're sending a clear message to them that that's totally unreasonable. uh, and absolutely not something that should be implemented and placed on californians. look obviously they want more money. >> the utilities need to raise more revenue. but i think many californians are worried about giving them more money, especially skeptical of what p-g-and-e's is doing with it all. after so many wildfires and rolling blackouts, what do you think they need to do? >> well, i think the legislature is going to have a lot of oversight and accountability hearings to learn to get to dig deeper into what p-g-and-e's and the other utilities have been doing. uh, you know, for example, just came out earlier this year that the office of energy infrastructure safety did an evaluation of p-g-and-e's 2021 wildfire mitigation plan, and they gave p-g-and-e's a failing grade. uh, they said that

i would offer that -- for departments look sfo, puc and now sf public work and rec and park. and the da's office have projects looked at during the look back period. our numbers where well is a relationship upon where well is a true partnership trend high and ares better out come for not just aprentices on the whole but local workers in san francisco. i really seat city pla as a policy extension of values that the board of supervisors has adopted and had adopted you know a decade or more ago. we enter our 13th year of construction under the local hire ordinance. upon we are able to show that this is the mechanical implementation of the stated policy goals. we are proud. and yes t is a compromise and a trade off. and the private sector our members sxraul we are reserve in the our approach to the actions, we never take off the table our right as trade unionists as people to with hold our labor if well is a safety issue and a lack of dignity or respect on the job inform this instance we give up that rival to participate along side our partners. i want to draw your attention to a

i'm nick, the capitol finance director for the puc. my team works with all 4 rated entities to access the capitol markets for various bonds. letters of credit and other financial products. the legislative file before you today has a lot of paper in it but it is simple. item. >> and in 20 antiboard of supervisors authorized the general manager to enter in credit agreements to facilitate the operations of cleanpowersf. that authority is coming to end and it is time now to renew that. this renews the existing authority for the existing amount of 1 fate million dollars up to for another 10 years. this facility is -- a key fasillity for allowing cleanpowersf to function in san francisco. can i have the next slide? we provide you with the legislative history and as i mentioned this was originally authorized in 2018. subsequent the puc did have a competitive process, for jekdzs jp morgan to provide a facility for 75 million dollars. the cleanpowersf rated by moody investors with the highest rating of any community choice in the state that all

puc regulators accused the company of covering up information.re offering $75,000 to settle the dispute. they are facing more than $1 million in fines and cars are suspended all over the country.>>> we are 200 days away from the paris olympics. and the paris president launched countdown. the video posted on social media. he is urging the public to become more involved in sports. athletes village will be delivered on march 1st. >>> olympic dreams could be made right here. we are hosting a fencing event. you can see the action for free. kris sanchez is joining us. >> reporter: this is an olympic qualifying event. not only can you see olympians in action but you can see hopefuls and there are a lot of locals. this is the top answer with a world cup gold medal. and now he's working to make the team going to paris. he is more than 2000 sensors competing. olympic hopefuls have three years instead of four years to qualify. this olympian is also going to medical school.>> there was not time to take a break after the olympics. i cannot believe we are in t

started as a intern guided through the process eventually one day a a deputy director or staying with the puc is where i love it >> sfpuc regular meeting of january 23 is called to order. roll call of commissioners, please. >> good afternoon. before i call the roll i like to announce item 6 is going to be [indiscernible] item 15 on closed session will be rescheduled. president paulson, aye. here. vice president [roll call] you have a quorum. >> thank you. before the first item i like to announce that the

we love that color. >> puc blue. anymore questions for mrs. miller? okay. thank you very much for that report and if we can open this up to public comment. >> any members provide comment on item 6b? >> this is a very good presentation in general. i would like the general manager and the commission to focus on the bayview hunters point. there are many, i repeat, many homes that have lead pipes. it is easy to say and make general statements, but it is quite another thing to first locate the homes and then do something about it, because with the water system improvement project and the sewer system improvement project, there is a lot of >> steve ritchie, assistant op. i want to let you know the commission is recommending the board approve the settlement for item 15 and no other action in closed session. i need a motion whether to disclose discussions pursuant during the closed session. >> move to not disclose. >> second? >> second. >> roll call, gned by president- >> it took the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire and 500 city blocks burning to the ground for

the assembly of islamic countries or puc has started, an opportunity to use the legal levers of the countriesconfront the crime of the zionist regime, which the periodic head of this committee considers to be a full-scale war against humanity in gaza, the issue of ending the aggression in gaza should be prioritized against the occupation. . this is a humanitarian issue to help the palestinian people. this is what all governments should do in this field to try these talks continued in the afternoon with the follow-up of the issue of palestine, this time in the first meeting of the committee of the assembly of asian parliaments or ip. in this meeting, the speaker of the parliament said four priorities that should be placed on the agenda of the governments. including the immediate complete permanent cessation of attacks, facilitating, accelerating and increasing. the sending of humanitarian aid to gaza and the opening of a humanitarian corridor to transport the wounded and sick outside of gaza, the complete lifting of the blockade of gaza and the firm opposition to forced migration should be on

we coordinate closely with california dmv and puc to reach agreement where we can and continue to press forward on them on the regulatory gaps that do remain. now on the prop aa . this isoir vehicle registration fee funded voter approved 10-dollar per vehicle fee and modest and $5 million a year but it does make important investments particularly for quick builds. we saw the fifth project completed and the light negligence chinatown as well as the page street ways. >> . >> always the transportation fund for clean air. is this the $4 of the vehicle registration fee that goes to air quality projects that we're provided from the air district and cash and funded short term bike funding and emergency ride home and taxi electrification projects as well as ev infrastructure. one of the best i think most popular projects is the presidio battery electric shut and he will a great service and as well as we have mix building fast charging investments in that program. here we are at the reporting -- on the reporting side and seen clean audits throughout and thank to the excellent staff as well as ag

and many are blaming a decision last spring by the state puc.rm in phase energy in fremont, well they now plan to lay off 350 workers and it links them to the puc's move. for any new systems installed after april 15th of last year, the net metering rate would be slashed by 75%. that led to a mad dash to install solar power followed by a dropoff. >> more public comment came into the cpuc about this issue than any other topic in cpuc history. and still, the governor and the cpuc chose to cut solar credit for all of these consumers and we are seeing the cliff that this has created starting now. >> but some energy industry observers say the old rate was too generous. they say it was also unfair since it left those without solar to pay a higher rate to support the power grid. g? >>> time now for a look at what's coming up later on cbs this morning and jericka duncan joins us live from new york. hi, good morning. the "golden globes" are coming up. do you have any favorite movies or tv shows? >> reporter: hey, good morning, gianna. ooh. favorite movies

it will mostly be used for potable water by the puc, but there is also a ability for us to use water from lake merced and other sources if we need to in the event of a disaster, because they don't have the high pressure hydrants on the west side of the city. >> that's a little ways out, right? the high pressure infrastructure? >> the auxiliary infrastructure, yes. the infrastructure isn't actually connected to our high pressure system, which is the 3 tanks in the ashbury and twin peaks. it isn't connected to that so they can't call it part of the high pressure system, but it is a auxiliary-it can function as a auxiliary water supply system. it will be able to, but it is very expensive and the main use for the system that is going in will be potable. >> the other topic was one of these reports about the healthy streets operation center and tenderloin joint field operations incident commander position, how is that going or should i ask chief tong or chief fang that? >> i don't have update ont that, but we have for the past several years provided the incident commander, one of the param

moved to the upcoming mta and puc contracts. this was done in in order to avoid paving these locations twice and minimize disruption to the area, neighborhood. so to recap, uh, we're here today to request approval for the contract modification to increase the contract duration, contingency by 40 days and decrease the contract costs by. $655,549.49 for the fulton street and grove street pavement renovation, sewer replacement contract. so this concludes my presentation. i'm open to any questions that you may have. and thank you for listening to my presentation. thank you, mr. kong. it's nice to see you again. and as far as i know, this is the first time we've ever had a to approve a reduction in a contract amount. and we've approved a lot of contracts. i hope it won't be the last. so you're you're wishing us a very nice holiday. i can tell with this good news. um, so thank you again. i have no questions or comments. commissioner turner, i did want to echo, um, it is nice not only to have a savings, but also i wanted to point out t

. >> just last month, the first district court of appeals upheld the puc's decision to change the netering rates . three different environmental groups had challenged it. >>> oakland incoming minor league baseball team, the bees, are being blocked from playing at the coliseum. who is keeping them out and why? >>> plus and east bay comic shop is hit again by burglars, why the owner believes it is the same crew the second time around. >>> we're looking ahead to the next widespread rainmaking for us, we may not have big rainfall totals but it is bringing colder air, we >>> the owner of a comic collectibles store in hayward is set up. he believes the thieves who were caught on camera last month breaking into a shop just struck again. he tells our kelsey thor, they look like they knew what they were after this time. >> reporter: the owners of cuba eight q say they have been broken into twice , in just the last month. the owner says that both times the burglars got away before police arrived but he says the most annoying thing is that they believe the suspects were the same in both cases. h

state puc regulators then accused the company of covering up information about what happened. the sf standard reports cruise is offering $75,000 to settle the dispute ahead of an evidentiary hearing scheduled for next month. they're facing $1 million in fines tied to the case. its cars are currently suspended nationwide. >>> the 2024 bottlerock set list is finally here. the list was released a few hours ago and is featuring headliners pearl jam followed by ed sheeran, stevie nix, mexican rock band mana. tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. single-day tickets will be released closer to the festival date. it starts may 24th at the napa valley expo. always a great one. >> definitely. >>> all eyes on iowa. ahead this midday, the final push under way by presidential candidates ahead of next week's caucuses. >>> plus, the road to the 2024 paris olympics taking center stage in the south bay. we'll take you inside the big event featuring hopefuls looking to bring home gold for team usa. >>> also, get ready to pay more for gas and electricity, not just with the cold weather. the r

as mentioned, this is public work paving contract joint with puc sewer work.ernible] to fund the paving work. the public utility commission will be using their sewer rehab and repair money to fund the sewer work. also, each agency will set aside 10 percent of contingency use in the same funding source. to recap, we requesting to approve the award of san francisco public works contract hunters point central waterfront and potrero hill in amount of 6 million, 101 thousand, 953 dollars and 50 cents with duration of [indiscernible] this concludes my presentation and available to answer any questions you may have and thank you for listening. >> thank you mr. cong and welcome. nice to see you again. i just wanted to mention to colleagues that you probably noted this presentation and contract is similar to the project we just approved on the consent calendar. the reason that was on consent and this one is on regular is because of the $5 million threshold for contract approvals. this is over $5 million, the other was under so if you notice similarities that's why. we

the coalition to stop the p-g-and-e's rate hikes rallied outside puc headquarters in san francisco today. the group is demanding immediate revocation of the 12.8% rate hike that began on january 1st, as well as a 7.8% hike proposed for may. >> 20 million people in california already live paycheck to paycheck. every aspect of our cost of living has gone up since the economic crisis pushed on us by the covid pandemic. we cannot and should not have. yet another financial burden like this, p-g-and-e's says. >> the rate hikes are necessary to underground power lines to help prevent wildfires. the group maintains the utility should pay for infrastructure improvements with its $18 billion in profits not on the backs of ratepayers. >> new developments with crab season. it is finally opening in the bay area, but with some conditions commercial fishermen can go out and drop their traps. but the state is requiring a 50% reduction. this is so humpback whales won't get entangled now. migrating whales are the reason the season has been delayed since november. fishers can start collecting their catches

the puc has not asked for aadditional assistance and will over see the water pipe and road repairs. and lastly, i wanted to note that this saturday we will be kicking off our 2024 season of love our city neighborhood beautification days. these are volunteer events with morning of greening and cleaning projects in the richmond. elementary at 18th avenue and cabrillo and head to project sites. last year volunteers contributed 3290 hours of their time planting trees, weeding medians, clearing off invasive ivy from hillside, removing gufreety, picking up litter, painting street furchture. the events bring people of all ages with lots of multigenerational families in the mix. one great thing about neighborhood beautification day is our staff work alongside the volunteers building partnerships and community pride. every month we focus on a different district so if you can't make saturday kick off we will be in noe valley and other neighborhoods on february 10. the season schedule can be found at sfpublicworks.org/volunteer. i hope you can join us and these are rain or shine events and we

the the approach provides puc the flexibility, leverage, mature project partnerships and find the most beneficial projects in the past. in the past ten years, we implemented projects based upon geography and construction, constructing one geographic gi project per watershed to demonstrate and evaluate gi technologies in a variety of conditions. this new approach pivots from a list of gi project opportunities for watershed to a more performance based strategy that allocates capital dollars for specific projects only when they become available for implementation. um and then they only become when they become available for implementation. the objective of the strategy is to ensure that all major planning functions are complete before projects are listed in the cip and assigned to a project manager, wbs goals with these projects is. deliver the highest possible value per rate dollar um, with stormwater management projects that also deliver esthetic, ecological and urban design benefits to san francisco's parks, schools and streets. and with that, that is our capital program. so that conclu

. >> this resolution is only airport and puc not the mta. >> right? >> that's correct. >> all the enterprises with the resolution is specific for the airport. >> thank you. >> and with that, let's go to public comment on this item. >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak this resolution now is you're opportunity to approach the podium on this item. >> madam chair, no particulars. >> thank you and seeing none, public comment is closed. (gavel). >> and i'd like to move this to the full board with recommendations. >> roll call, please. >> on that motion. >> to move this to the full board. >> supervisor mandelman, aye. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> and supervisor chan, aye. >> we have three i's. >> motion passes. (gavel). >> and with that, let's call item no. 7. >> yes. item >> yes. item 7. >> 7. 231284 [hearing - five year financial plan update and mayor's budget instructions] sponsor: chan and the mayor's budget instructions forfy2024-2025 and fy2025-2026; and requesting the controller and the mayor's budget director to report. >> madam chair. >

it will mostly be used for potable water by the puc, but there is also a ability for us to use water from lake merced and other sources if we need to in the event of a disaster, because they don't have the high pressure hydrants on the west side of the city. >> that's a little ways out, right? the high pressure infrastructure? >> the auxiliary infrastructure, yes. the infrastructure isn't actually connected to our high pressure system, which is the 3 tanks in the ashbury and twin peaks. it isn't connected to that so they can't call it part of the high pressure system, but it is a auxiliary-it can function as a auxiliary water supply system. it will be able to, but it is very expensive and the main use for the system that is going in will be potable. >> the other topic was one of these reports about the healthy streets operation center and tenderloin joint field operations incident commander position, how is that going or should i ask chief tong or chief fang that? >> i don't have update ont that, but we have for the past several years provided the incident commander, one of the param

moved to the upcoming mta and puc contracts. this was done in in order to avoid paving these locations twice and minimize disruption to the area, neighborhood. so to recap, uh, we're here today to request approval for the contract modification to increase the contract duration, contingency by 40 days and decrease the contract costs by. $655,549.49 for the fulton street and grove street pavement renovation, sewer replacement contract. so this concludes my presentation. i'm open to any questions that you may have. and thank you for listening to my presentation. thank you, mr. kong. it's nice to see you again. and as far as i know, this is the first time we've ever had a to approve a reduction in a contract amount. and we've approved a lot of contracts. i hope it won't be the last. so you're you're wishing us a very nice holiday. i can tell with this good news. um, so thank you again. i have no questions or comments. commissioner turner, i did want to echo, um, it is nice not only to have a savings, but also i wanted to point out t