madam chair >> thank you and we have puc here >> and supervisors.thank you very much for entertaining this itemfu joined by myes as well. nick sklara from capitol finance director. make you felt pu c. in a way this tries to achieve the lowest payors. one of the most important tools that we use is borrowing allows us to spread the costs over years and allow inter~ generational equity having future users share in the cost. we do this through tax exempt financing. federal loan and state revolving fund loans. the most impactful flam we have to manage the costs and impacts on us is program. currently, we have an interim financing progr 1. 5 billion dollars over 3 enterprises. and that providesof the capitol that you have authorized. nothing about the this -- nges what will financing or how much debt we will under take temperature is providing a lower cost tool to do that. interuponim funding program provides uskey advantages. first, as you know you have authorized our borrowing part of the c ip in june. funds were put on controlle in order to release the

this commission adopted the puc policy in december 2019. in march of 2020, all shut off and liens suspended in response to covid-19 global pandemic. it is 4 years and 7 months. we are requesting to return to full collection activities outlined in the policy adopted december 2019. next slide, please. the sfpuc has over 14 thousand accounts in arrears. as outlined in the staff report, rate payers not paying bills can result in challenges, revenue short falls, service cutbacks and more. threatening the utility long-term financial stability. lack of consequence encourages poor customer payment behavior. you note that prior to the moratorium, we averaged 2700 accounts with arrears over 60 days. after the moratorium, may of 2022 when we received the state relief we had over 10 thousand accounts [indiscernible] after state funds were applied customer payment behavior declined further. in may 2023 we initiated shut off avoidance campaign an tisitation resuming in july. this compain caused a brief up tick in payment of arrears however prompted [indi

i phoned puc and spoke to linda and add administrator there and she said not her department she is puc but if a sewer combraks he was under the is supposed to made right, too. i talked to steve pin ellie and asked him to move sewer. in front of the house it belonged. he never told me i had appeal rights. i told him i don't believe it is implied easement it is pre-existing but >> the need the necessarity for to be there no long upper exists when i spoke to puc they said all suers the code is to put it within the confined owner's property line. that was plumbing replaced the sewer 28 feet from my neighbor the side of her house. i sent all the way across the sidewalk and have a few pictures. to in front of and put it in a different place. it was in the grandfathered inform they moved it from in front of my front stair case to by the curve. fresh air vent makes voice. to beingic gas coming out. . it was only two weeks ago that ace plumbing replaced the sewer from my other neighbor and talked to the owner jan than millington and said you should apply for a hearing an appeal i never heard of

had a design build and september 11th the puc received one proposal. the proposal was materially responsive and the - staff performed um, to probable and further outreach or modification of the requirements will not um, result of in a large or lower cost proposal therefore we recommend awards to the responsible proposals for the pc l construction to read again, the condition action will be to award contract design build in the amount of one hundred and $21 million plus and with a duration of 1,000 in 20 consecutive days at the southeast plant and with that, answer your questions. >> >> thank you for your presentation. >> commissioners questions or comments. >> commissioner arce. >> >> thank you for your presentation. and i want to ask you are to the general manager to - thank you. i understand that um, one of the concerns and considerations that i learned about that particular contractor sounds like maybe have been addressed and maybe help us provide some best practices or maybe, you know, ways to look at issues like this should arise in the future wit

the national highway traffic safety administration and the california puc. cruz, releasing a statement to us, saying in part, quote, we continue to move forward under new leadership and a firm commitment and with a firm commitment to transparency with our regulators. a new lawsuit has been filed against san jose state university and the mountain west conference. this lawsuit was filed by an sjsu volleyball coach and a co-captain on the squad, along with ten other athletes from five universities. they're calling for sjsu and the mountain west to stop allowing transgender athletes to play on the women's volleyball teams. the spartans have faced several forfeits this season over reports of a trans woman being on the roster. that player has not publicly identified herself as trans. the spartans co-captain in this lawsuit is already part of a similar suit against the ncaa. we did reach out to san jose state and the mountain west conference about the new lawsuit, but we have yet to hear back. up next here at 6:00, more invasive mosquitoes in the south bay. the war

to come back in the spring to summarize the feedback and provide concepts and working together with pucta and um, all the community groups to refine those into the new year want to mention those interested can learn and take will online survey and look at on the website and finally the treasure island authority held an open house on the did and transferring staff joined tida and sfmta and planning as well as commissioner dorsey at the event and met with the neighborhoods on the island about the west side bridges and to answer questions about the multiple use pact and the program we're developing there and heard a lot of input about concerns related to growing traffic congestion and continue to work with the community going forward on what we heard and thank you for the opportunity to project deliveries note that sfmta recently completed the traffic signal upgraded i upgrades with $70,000 of sales tax dollars 78 traffic signals without sized excuse me - locations across the city replacing - signal heads to improve vibrance and appreciate sfmta efforts to make those more prominent. bart h

and so puc decides, oh , bthe way, you will do a bit of electronic repair on taraval, we will replace that happens like to qatar val. other times like on ocean avenue or america line or j line work that did not happen. we got special dispensation to not replace under ground on ocean. as a result the imp were almost not noticed by merchants in that corridor. one thing we need to learn from other cities to do is to not brand utility replacement projects as muni forward. but rather brand utility replacement and muni upgrades as major street infrastructure repair project this is include a muni forward component. we have been hurt in the past by having san francisco think that the utility projects are mt a projects and mt a project will come with this mess. so, that is one of the things we were working on. another challenge we face is our ability to do community engame than other city department of we are often the face of other departments work. because we know we will get blamed if it is not our project. so, we putur out there. to help with the engagement and this further associates our

started as a intern guided through the process eventually one day a a deputy director or staying with the puctut >> my name is andrew england the owner and collector at real old paper. i'm a native to the bay areaismt grew up in oakland, spent high school yeawprs here and lived in hawaii about 10 years. moback shortly. been in san francisco proper now for about 8 years. when i realized i wasn't a dealer anymore in san francisco, i found openings and decided to opening my own store in north beach north beach was a great place to start. i got a neighborhood feel from it. i got involved in the community, but as far as business turnover, fisherman's wharf is 2 fold, 3 fold because there are so many more people here. we have been here going on 3 and a half years. i started as a hobbyist. i started collecting movie posters in high school. not originals. just favorite. when i mouved to hawaii there was a gallery that specialized in viptage posters and that taught me about the variables beyond movies and that is where this is my career path and whatol iment to do. i with irked for them for 8 years, t

. >> the puc is set to consider the latest rate increase on december 19th. if approved, p-g-and-e's says it won't be reflected on your bill until 2026. in san francisco, dion lim abc seven news. >> ousted now comes filling her seat. there will be a special election to replace her, and there's a long list of things people want to see the next mayor focus on. there's also one person the recall supporters don't want to see run for mayor. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has been following this story and takes a look at what's next in oakland. >> oakland mayor tao has already conceded defeat, but the recally campaign is staying in the fight to help elect a new mayor and lay out priorities for what they want. the next mayor to do. >> the top of the list is going to have to be renegotiating union contracts. we got to start there because that's where a lot of the money in oakland is going. >> retired alameda county superior court judge brenda forte, who goes by judge brenda, says oakland's massive deficit will require concessions by the union on pensions and

. >> the puc is set to consider the latest rate increase on december 19th. if approved, p-g-and-e's says it won't be reflected on your bill until 2026. in san francisco. dion lim abc seven news. >> let's move now to the latest in the ongoing saga surrounding the san mateo county sheriff's office. a letter posted today by sheriff christina corpus reiterates that she's not resigning. the letter reads in part, quote, this moment challenges not only my leadership, but the independence and integrity of this office. i will not step down, nor will i allow this institution to be politicized or influenced by special interests. end quote. last night, san carlos became the first city to call on sheriff corpus to resign over misconduct allegations. san carlos has relied on the sheriff's office for law enforcement services since 2011, rather than have its own police department. the city council's vote follows the release of a report that says the sheriff has abused her power while in office, and an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, and sent out racist a

the plumbers, a long time ago at puc clean water had the only apprentice program and 261 started it.ery successful program. on the youth program that you have, do some of those folks have a pathway to get into those apprenticeship programs? >> we do two things with our youth programs. one of the things is we partner with the high school to provide it a shadowing program. those individuals can come to the operations yard and shadow our program so they actually shadow some of our plumbers, some of our painters and so forth to get an introduction to the actual trade to see if it's something they want to do and participate in once they graduate from high school. and our summer youth program works with buff to see if they want to embark on a career field as a general labor if they want to because they work with that program as well, but in landscape maintenance as well. >> very good. thank you. >> yeah compliments, i'm echoing the individuals. this is pretty amazing. >> next up is our community engagement team. good morning, everyone. glen alvarez, community engagement. we are about conne

the puc is also scheduled to relocate the large capacity generators from yerba buena island and hangar three to the switchyard next monday. continuing the process of improving the system reliabilit, titus staff have also been continuing to work with recreation and parks on their planning to begin maintaining the new parks on yerba buena island and treasure island beginning in july of 2026. currently, the work is being led by rubicon. beginning in january, brandon young, who with recreation and parks department, who is the manager for parks and mission bay, and joe rothner, who's the garden director for the gardens of golden gate park, will be consulting with tida rubicon and cmg staff, who designed the parks on horticultural care for our new parks, including biweekly maintenance meetings, monthly site visits and reports, and formalized design review for upcoming parks. we'll have a more fulsome update on the projected rec park staffing levels and projected budget at our february meeting. jamie rubin, our finance manager, has been working with capital planning and office of public finan