supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. a couple of questions. 2 million that was transferred from the covid emergency to the tenderloin emergency, what was that used for? >> let me look it up quickly. >> i'm happy to explain what i do know. my recollection is that that was $2 million that had been previously budgeted for covid in the department of emergency and so, that was repurposed for costs associated with the linkage center. i would be happy to provide you more specifics unless michelle is pulling them up right now. >> that's what i have. we can follow up with more on that 2 million. >> supervisor ronen: okay. that would be great, thank you. how does it work with the police and fire overages. are they overages or requests for additional funds for the future. what happens for instance if the board does not approve the supplemental? >> these are projected overages for the current year, given what we can see and so under the charter, the controller has kind of a duty to when there's a recognized short fall, to develop a plan to close that shor

. >> president walton: supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. what happened at. budget committee, i was so frustrated because we had declared an emergency in tenderloin the night before. only way to get out of this emergency is by having permanent supportive housing shelters resources to take people who are living on the streets to get folks that have no other options off the street. i want to take a moment to appreciate you supervisor peskin. i understand why you did what you did. i think you did a phenomenal job. i think those types of agreements are necessary. i have to say that in my district, the situation on the street is getting worse by the minute. it's something we work on every single day. it is awful. i cannot blame the people running the city departments. i went to the lincoln center yesterday with my entire staff. the bottom line is our director of department of emergency management, our director of behavioral health services our director of h.s.h., they cannot work any harder than they are working. they are working, them air their staff, they are wo

. >> president walton: supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. what happened at. budget committee, i was so frustrated because we had declared an emergency in tenderloin the night before. only way to get out of this emergency is by having permanent supportive housing shelters resources to take people who are living on the streets to get folks that have no other options off the street. i want to take a moment to appreciate you supervisor peskin. i understand why you did what you did. i think you did a phenomenal job. i think those types of agreements are necessary. i have to say that in my district, the situation on the street is getting worse by the minute. it's something we work on every single day. it is awful. i cannot blame the people running the city departments. i went to the lincoln center yesterday with my entire staff. the bottom line is our director of department of emergency management, our director of behavioral health services our director of h.s.h., they cannot work any harder than they are working. they are working, them air their staff, they are wo

>> second, ronen. >> seconded by ronen. thank you, commissioners melgar and ronen. madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call on item 8] >> 10 ayes and the item is approved. >> president: thank you, madam clerk. please call item 9. >> introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> see if anybody has any new items. not seeing any. madam clerk, please call item 10. >> general public comment. >> all right. open to public comment on item 10. >> chair, there is no public comment. >> public comment for item 10 is closed. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item 11, adjournment. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. >> the bicycle coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. i was happy to receive one of them. >> the community bike build program is the san francisco coalition's way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give orga

supervisor ronen?> i just wanted to thank supervisor peskin and his office and all of the veritas tenants who really got creative and took strategies and tactics from other fights and transferred them over to the tenant context. it is exciting legislation. i love this cutting edge type of creativity and three cheers for this. let's pass it unanimously. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronen. supervisor haney? >> thank you. ditto to that. i want to thank supervisor preston for your leadership on this and your staff and really acknowledge, a supervisor ronen just did, the work of the veritas tenant association. i am a tenant myself and i have been involved in working with other tenants and they have really demonstrated what is possible with this kind of model of being able to organize and negotiate collectively, and obviously it was incredible during the pandemic and will continue to be. i want to make sure that i am added as a cosponsor. thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, supervisor haney. sup

supervisor ronen? >> please add me as a cosponsor.thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin? >> i want to associate myself with supervisors chan and preston and i am proud to be a cosponsor. it is a painful subject and i also wanted to remind everybody that the subjects of that internment were first interned in horse stables at the racetrack. there is a small reminder and then we are taken by train to a piece of land north of delta, you caught -- utah called the topaz internment camp which is now a national historic sight and there is a museum of the internment in delta, utah, the topaz internment museum. if you are ever on highway 50 driving east of baker, nevada, go check it out. it is quite impressive hand moving, and is full of the histories of people who live here whose descendents continue to live here, and many of whom will return here, and some of whom who were born there. [please standby for captioner switch] made by supervisor chan and seconded by -- >> i have supervisor peskin and i believe we can

>> second, ronen. >> seconded by ronen. thank you, commissioners melgar and ronen. madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call on item 8] >> 10 ayes and the item is approved. >> president: thank you, madam clerk. please call item 9. >> introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> see if anybody has any new items. not seeing any. madam clerk, please call item 10. >> general public comment. >> all right. open to public comment on item 10. >> chair, there is no public comment. >> public comment for item 10 is closed. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item 11, adjournment. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is

>> second, ronen. >> seconded by ronen. thank you, commissioners melgar and ronen. madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call on item 8] >> 10 ayes and the item is approved. >> president: thank you, madam clerk. please call item 9. >> introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> see if anybody has any new items. not seeing any. madam clerk, please call item 10. >> general public comment. >> all right. open to public comment on item 10. >> chair, there is no public comment. >> public comment for item 10 is closed. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item 11, adjournment. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. >>> dev mission's goal is aiming to train young adults, youth so we can be a wealth and disparity in underserved communities like where we are today. my name is leo sosa. i'm the founder and executive director for devmission. we're sitting inside a computer lab where residents come and get support when they give help about how to set up an e-mail account. how to order prescriptions online. create a rÉsu

supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. a couple of questions. the 2 million that was transferred from the covid emergency to the tenderloin emergency, what was that used for? >> let me look it up quickly. >> i'm happy to explain what i do know. my recollection is that that was $2 million that had been previously budgeted for covid in the department of emergency and so, that was repurposed for costs associated with the linkage center. i would be happy to provide you more specifics unless michelle is pulling them up right now. >> that's what i have. we can follow up with more on that 2 million. >> supervisor ronen: okay. that would be great, thank you. how does it work with the police and fire overages. are they overages or requests for additional funds for the future. what happens for instance if the board does not approve the supplemental? >> these are projected overages for the current year, given what we can see and so under the charter, the controller has kind of a duty to when there's a recognized short fall, to develop a plan to close that

supervisor ronen. >> caller: thank you for the honor to address the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm very disappointed we're reframing harm reduction as things utter than harm reduction. i endorse and second everything supervisor stefani said. i definitely think it's theater that we are having a conversation about giving drugs as harm reduction. drugs are bad. there's a reason why someone who's a supervisor stefani saying reopen alcatraz for drug dealers. it isn't rocket science. it's not trying to one of the world best for muni. this is kind of stuff you need a criminallology tremendous or go to law school for. we needed to say no to doing drug. it's just a matter of common sense. just use some common sense. i can't wait for you to reopen your chambers. adventure i'm a cofounder rescue sf. >> caller: i want to thank the supervisors for the mayor's proclamation for the city of tenderloin. we have not seen a surge in law enforcement. the biggest weakness are the current reporting the metric show

ronen. >> present. commissioner safai. >> present. commissioner stefani. >> present. >> commissioner walton. >> present. >> chair we have a quorum. >> thank you. would you like to make an announcement about public comment. >> public comment is available for each item via telephone by calling 415-655-0001 access code 249694401967. pound pound you will be a participant. to comment press 3 to be added the queue to speak. do not press 3 again or you will be removed. you will be allowed two minute goes to speak. calls are taken in the order receive. speak slowly, clearly and tun down your television or radio. >> item 2. chair report. >> we have a presentation on the thanksportation authority 2021 annual report from executive director chang. we have a lot to be proud of and a lot more work ahead. we allocated $100 million in local funds for transit, streets and bike lanes. infrastructure and paratransit service and the subsidy program for seniors and people with disabilities cut off for transited

supervisor ronen. >> caller: thank you for the honor to address the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm very disappointed we're reframing harm reduction as things utter than harm reduction. i endorse and second everything supervisor stefani said. i definitely think it's theater that we are having a conversation about giving drugs as harm reduction. drugs are bad. there's a reason why someone who's a supervisor stefani saying reopen alcatraz for drug dealers. it isn't rocket science. it's not trying to one of the world best for muni. this is kind of stuff you need a criminallology tremendous or go to law school for. we needed to say no to doing drug. it's just a matter of common sense. just use some common sense. i can't wait for you to reopen your chambers. adventure i'm a cofounder rescue sf. >> caller: i want to thank the supervisors for the mayor's proclamation for the city of tenderloin. we have not seen a surge in law enforcement. the biggest weakness are the current reporting the metric show

supervisor ronen?> i just wanted to thank supervisor peskin and his office and all of the veritas tenants who really got creative and took strategies and tactics from other fights and transferred them over to the tenant context. it is exciting legislation. i love this cutting edge type of creativity and three cheers for this. let's pass it unanimously. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronen. supervisor haney? >> thank you. ditto to that. i want to thank supervisor preston for your leadership on this and your staff and really acknowledge, a supervisor ronen just did, the work of the veritas tenant association. i am a tenant myself and i have been involved in working with other tenants and they have really demonstrated what is possible with this kind of model of being able to organize and negotiate collectively, and obviously it was incredible during the pandemic and will continue to be. i want to make sure that i am added as a cosponsor. thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, supervisor haney. sup

supervisor ronen?> i just wanted to thank supervisor peskin and his office and all of the veritas tenants who really got creative and took strategies and tactics from other fights and transferred them over to the tenant context. it is exciting legislation. i love this cutting edge type of creativity and three cheers for this. let's pass it unanimously. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronen. supervisor haney? >> thank you. ditto to that. i want to thank supervisor preston for your leadership on this and your staff and really acknowledge, a supervisor ronen just did, the work of the veritas tenant association. i am a tenant myself and i have been involved in working with other tenants and they have really demonstrated what is possible with this kind of model of being able to organize and negotiate collectively, and obviously it was incredible during the pandemic and will continue to be. i want to make sure that i am added as a cosponsor. thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, supervisor haney. sup

>> a present. >> commissioner ronen? >> present. president safai. commissioner walton? >> a present. >> we have quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk. i will make a motion to excuse commissioner haney for the meeting and commissioners ronen and melgar so long as they need to be absent. we will take that without objection. i think you have some announcements. >> public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 415-655-0001. when two minutes are up, you will be able to move on to the next caller. we will move on to the next caller. calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or radios around you. if you wish to comment during the meeting, it is best to listen to the public comment line to the delay of the meeting. >> please call item 2. >> chair support. this is an information item. >> all right, thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i want to begin this meeting by remembering a d-8 resident bob planthold who died earlier this month and

chair ronen, colleagues. i think it would be helpful to maybe continue this item to the call of the chair and have an opportunity to come back and give us an update on how the application process has gone and just give us an update. so i would move to continue this item to the call of the chair. i know we have public comment. and if there's anything we can do at the board, we're happy to stand in support. >> chairman: i'm happy to support that motion. we will also pay attention to what happens at the school board. so we'll be thoughtful. but i think to have the opportunity and, with that. can we please open this item up for public comment. >> clerk: if you would like to speak for item number four, you need to tress star three. michael, we have eight listeners with two in the queue. if you can unmute the first caller, please. >> caller: hello. this is margaret bradkin. can you hear me? i was the director of new day for learning which in 2009 started the community district for four years and so i have been in t

>> a present. >> commissioner ronen? >> present. president safai. commissioner walton? >> a present. >> we have quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk. i will make a motion to excuse commissioner haney for the meeting and commissioners ronen and melgar so long as they need to be absent. we will take that without objection. i think you have some announcements. >> public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 415-655-0001. when two minutes are up, you will be able to move on to the next caller. we will move on to the next caller. calls will be taken in the order in which they are received. best practices are to speak slowly, clearly and turn down the volume of any televisions or radios around you. if you wish to comment during the meeting, it is best to listen to the public comment line to the delay of the meeting. >> please call item 2. >> chair support. this is an information item. >> all right, thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i want to begin this meeting by remembering a d-8 resident bob planthold who died earlier this month and

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i have a resolution and a hearing request. the resolution is in collaboration with the san francisco labor council united farm workers which calls on the california state legislature and governor gavin newsom. since 1975 farm workers in california had the right to vote for union representation which state that voting will take place in person at a certain physical location. in the decades since this act was adopted, the state of california has taken step to improve access to the ballot box. for example, the voters choice act makes voting by mail much easier and provides more accessible polling locations. governor newsom signed into law making it easier for nurses to vote. secondly, together with supervisors mandelman and haney to get a report from d.p.h. on the progress and increasing our behavioral health beds by 408. >> the month of february is always packed with tremendous amount of lunar celebrations. we were there this morning as supervisor walton recognized important black history month events as well, which we have cele

supervisor ronen. >> we should call the roll so we have a full compliment. we had a different house and different vote. >> thank you the roll, please. >> clerk: on the motion to continue item 30 to february 15th next week, supervisor chan -- [roll call vote] clear [roll call vote] >> clerk: there are 10 ayes. >> motion to continue carries unanimously and we'll entertain a motion for item 31 to be continued. >> clerk: mr. president i'll just call it very quickly. item 31 is a charter amendment third draft to amend the charter of the city to extend the ban on the initiation of recall petitions from six to 12 months after the official have assumed office to prohibit the submission of a recall petition to the department of elections. if the subsequent recall election would be required to be held within 12 months, of a regularly scheduled election for the office held by the official sought to be recalled and to provide that any interim officer appointed to fill a vacancy may not be a candidate in the subseq

supervisor ronen?> i just wanted to thank supervisor peskin and his office and all of the veritas tenants who really got creative and took strategies and tactics from other fights and transferred them over to the tenant context. it is exciting legislation. i love this cutting edge type of creativity and three cheers for this. let's pass it unanimously. >> thank you so much, supervisor ronen. supervisor haney? >> thank you. ditto to that. i want to thank supervisor preston for your leadership on this and your staff and really acknowledge, a supervisor ronen just did, the work of the veritas tenant association. i am a tenant myself and i have been involved in working with other tenants and they have really demonstrated what is possible with this kind of model of being able to organize and negotiate collectively, and obviously it was incredible during the pandemic and will continue to be. i want to make sure that i am added as a cosponsor. thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, supervisor haney. sup

>> thank you, supervisor ronen. mr. johnson, i'm inclined to like it because we share our first same names. but with that, i thought that i'd change the subject to something entirely different which is not the world of wholesale and retail and hostage taking and 68 projects, but something really simple. which is the lights -- pg&e lights and not sfpuc lights have been out for the better part of the year. can you tell me when pg&e can get my lights back on? >> so we -- supervisor, i am familiar with that project. we have a very old type of lighting equipment that exists throughout the bay area. some cities own the same equipment. and it's street light technology. there are only a handful of individuals that handmake the replacement equipment for that. we are expediting in the next two years the replacement of all of that equipment on our system i put my foot down internally and it's time for it to go. and we need to take that out. and it's very hard to get parts for replacement of that. and so we are see wag it takes to

aide to supervisor hillary ronen.thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on behalf of supervisor ronen onthis item. what i want to highlight is the social history and cultural impact of this site on san francisco's latino community . the mission cultural center was founded in 1977 in the midst of a period when countries were experiencing political conflict and families fleeing immigrate to san francisco greatly country contributing to the latino identity of the mission district . the cultural center was then and is now a foundational component of the unique ideal heritage and mix of cultures that have made the mission a place of sanctuary for residents and attraction for visitors around the world . the board that covers the mission cultural centers are titled spirit of the arts painted in 1972 by carlos manwell and betsy miller claims this space for latino arts and culture and the space inside makes it an anchor for performance, education, community gathering and more . the creation of the mission cultural ce

supervisor ronen. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. a couple of questions.on that was transferred from the covid emergency to the tenderloin emergency, what was that used for? >> let me look it up quickly. >> i'm happy to explain what i do know. my recollection is that that was $2 million that had been previously budgeted for covid in the department of emergency and so, that was repurposed for costs associated with the linkage center. i would be happy to provide you more specifics unless michelle is pulling them up right now. >> that's what i have. we can follow up with more on that 2 million. >> supervisor ronen: okay. that would be great, thank you. how does it work with the police and fire overages. are they overages or requests for additional funds for the future. what happens for instance if the board does not approve the supplemental? >> these are projected overages for the current year, given what we can see and so under the charter, the controller has kind of a duty to when there's a recognized short fall, to develop a plan to close that short fall.

last week we heard, and i think supervisor ronen said democracy works. i believe that democracy works when you ask the right questions. i don't think most members of this border most members of the school board are familiar with the education code provisions related to governance of school districts. i think if they are they would not have paved the way that -- behave the way that they have over the last several years. i don't believe this is a one-time problem, having come from the city college board of trustees which has been beset by similar types of issues, and having observed the functioning or does functioning of the san francisco school board over many years, i think there is a governance problem on the community college board and on the school board. i think it is endemic. i think having the san francisco board of supervisors and the voters of san francisco describe minimum government standards that are prescribed in education code and best practices that are routinely flouted by these bodies couldn't hurt. i will vote against the motion to table

>> thank you, supervisor ronen. mr. johnson, i'm inclined to like it because we share our first same names. but with that, i thought that i'd change the subject to something entirely different which is not the world of wholesale and retail and hostage taking and 68 projects, but something really simple. which is the lights -- pg&e lights and not sfpuc lights have been out for the better part of the year. can you tell me when pg&e can get my lights back on? >> so we -- supervisor, i am familiar with that project. we have a very old type of lighting equipment that exists throughout the bay area. some cities own the same equipment. and it's street light technology. there are only a handful of individuals that handmake the replacement equipment for that. we are expediting in the next two years the replacement of all of that equipment on our system i put my foot down internally and it's time for it to go. and we need to take that out. and it's very hard to get parts for replacement of that. and so we are see wag it takes to

>> second, ronen. >> seconded by ronen. thank you, commissioners melgar and ronen.am clerk, please call the roll. [roll call on item 8] >> 10 ayes and the item is approved. >> president: thank you, madam clerk. please call item 9. >> introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> see if anybody has any new items. not seeing any. madam clerk, please call item 10. >> general public comment. >> all right. open to public comment on item 10. >> chair, there is no public comment. >> public comment for item 10 is closed. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item 11, adjournment. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. >> the bicycle coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. i was happy to receive one of them. >> the community bike build program is the san francisco coalition's way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give organiza

supervisor ronen? >> please add me as a cosponsor.thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin? >> i want to associate myself with supervisors chan and preston and i am proud to be a cosponsor. it is a painful subject and i also wanted to remind everybody that the subjects of that internment were first interned in horse stables at the racetrack. there is a small reminder and then we are taken by train to a piece of land north of delta, you caught -- utah called the topaz internment camp which is now a national historic sight and there is a museum of the internment in delta, utah, the topaz internment museum. if you are ever on highway 50 driving east of baker, nevada, go check it out. it is quite impressive hand moving, and is full of the histories of people who live here whose descendents continue to live here, and many of whom will return here, and some of whom who were born there. [please standby for captioner switch] made by supervisor chan and seconded by -- >> i have supervisor peskin and i believe we can

sponsor is my colleague on the panel, supervisor chan and is cosponsored by myself and supervisors ronen and preston. i think it is fundamentally a charter amendment aimed at making government deliver the promises of government better and more efficiently. with that, i will turn it over to supervisor chan. >> chair peskin may i read the title? >> that would help. >> item one is a charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco suits to submit the powers and make appointment to the falling bodies between the mayor and the board of supervisors for the area of port commission, arts commission civil service commission, commission on the environment, commission on status of women, health commission, historic preservation commission, human rights commission, human services commission, library commission, the transportation agency board of directors, recreation and parks commission and war memorial performing arts centre. approval to the board of supervisors provide that appropriate appointing authorities and may initiate removal of commissioners as specified as t

supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: thank you. i have a resolution and a hearing request. the resolution is in collaboration with the san francisco labor council united farm workers which calls on the california state legislature and governor gavin newsom. since 1975 farm workers in california had the right to vote for union representation which state that voting will take place in person at a certain physical location. in the decades since this act was adopted, the state of california has taken step to improve access to the ballot box. for example, the voters choice act makes voting by mail much easier and provides more accessible polling locations. governor newsom signed into law making it easier for nurses to vote. secondly, together with supervisors mandelman and haney to get a report from d.p.h. on the progress and increasing our behavioral health beds by 408. >> the month of february is always packed with tremendous amount of lunar celebrations. we were there this morning as supervisor walton recognized important black history month events as well, which we have cele

supervisor ronen? >> please add me as a cosponsor. thank you so much. >> thank you, supervisor ronen. supervisor peskin? >> i want to associate myself with supervisors chan and preston and i am proud to be a cosponsor. it is a painful subject and i also wanted to remind everybody that the subjects of that internment were first interned in horse stables at the racetrack. there is a small reminder and then we are taken by train to a piece of land north of delta, you caught -- utah called the topaz internment camp which is now a national historic sight and there is a museum of the internment in delta, utah, the topaz internment museum. if you are ever on highway 50 driving east of baker, nevada, go check it out. it is quite impressive hand moving, and is full of the histories of people who live here whose descendents continue to live here, and many of whom will return here, and some of whom who were born there. [please standby for captioner switch] made by supervisor chan and seconded by -- >> i have supervisor peskin and i believe we ca

sponsor is my colleague on the panel, supervisor chan and is cosponsored by myself and supervisors ronen and preston. i think it is fundamentally a charter amendment aimed at making government deliver the promises of government better and more efficiently. with that, i will turn it over to supervisor chan. >> chair peskin may i read the title? >> that would help. >> item one is a charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco suits to submit the powers and make appointment to the falling bodies between the mayor and the board of supervisors for the area of port commission, arts commission civil service commission, commission on the environment, commission on status of women, health commission, historic preservation commission, human rights commission, human services commission, library commission, the transportation agency board of directors, recreation and parks commission and war memorial performing arts centre. approval to the board of supervisors provide that appropriate appointing authorities and may initiate removal of commissioners as specified as t

we will entertain a motion made by supervisor peskin seconded by supervisor ronen. madam clerk, on the motion. >> clerk: on the minutes as approved, [roll call] there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: without objection, the minutes will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, let's go to our regular agenda, unfinished business, item one. >> clerk: item one is an ordinance adding territory to and adopting the amendments to the ininfrastructure and overrule plan and to determine other matters in connection here with as defined pertaining to the infrastructure financing plan for the infrastructure and revitalization financing district number 1 at treasure island. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster. . with take this item, same house, same call. without objection, this ordinance is finally passed unanimously. madam clerk, please call item number two. >> clerk: item number two is ordinance to amend the public works code to permit the office of the treasurer and tax collector to collect the mobile food facility renewal fees

>> thank you, supervisor ronen. mr. johnson, i'm inclined to like it because we share our first same names. but with that, i thought that i'd change the subject to something entirely different which is not the world of wholesale and retail and hostage taking and 68 projects, but something really simple. which is the lights -- pg&e lights and not sfpuc lights have been out for the better part of the year. can you tell me when pg&e can get my lights back on? >> so we -- supervisor, i am familiar with that project. we have a very old type of lighting equipment that exists throughout the bay area. some cities own the same equipment. and it's street light technology. there are only a handful of individuals that handmake the replacement equipment for that. we are expediting in the next two years the replacement of all of that equipment on our system i put my foot down internally and it's time for it to go. and we need to take that out. and it's very hard to get parts for replacement of that. and so we are see wag it takes to