item number 10, hearing too examine the current san francisco public utility commission rates and cost of service before city departments and other customers and consider impact of change in rates to cover cost of service. >> thank you very much. for this item, we're joined by supervisor campos. i want to make sure that we are hearing this in conjunction with budget updates. i would offer to the supervisor opening comments for the power rates. >> the staff has been diligently working on this issue. this is an item that we ask for a hearing on because it raises some very important issues about how the san francisco public utilities commission is charging city departments, the cost of providing electricity. this is important for us to understand that there are long- term implications on the puc. the p c is a very important asset to the city and candy of san francisco 10 too want to make sure how this is properly handled. we will be hearing from the public commission today. some of the numbers are so sick with that practice and some thoughts about moving forward to. what happens, there wi

the san francisco public utility commission failed to put together a crucial joint that holds pipelines in place. more than $1 million gushed flooding a number of homes and cars. there are still no estimated totals on the damages. >>> well it has been a dry winter and drought concerns are starting to rise. this time last year rain was coming down in buckets and the snow was buried. reservoir have spill -- reservoirs have spilled over and it could be a different story in a month or two. >> i would say we are planning a wait and see game and contribution is always a good thing for customers to be aware of. >>> january through march are usually the wettest months so hopefully we will not have to worry about another drought for another year. >>> we are getting reports of a pedestrian rocking around the off ramp. chp is reporting to the scene. right now it is unclear if that person is inn but we will keep an eye on that. >> this still looks normal at this hour if you take a look and over on the bay bridge, if this is your commute, there is some routine maintenance going on. the upper and low

. >> the san francisco public utilities commission is very engaged and has been doing this for quite a while. is not so much technology, but a new policy. >> compliance. >> since i have stolen the mic, may i think my colleagues on the commission of the department of the environment. we did not do that without their help. >> absolutely. >> i had one comment. i will say, at the break time, i went to get something to drink and the water was sold in a permanent water bottle that was $7. that is compared to getting lemonade in a plastic bottle at $3. so, of course, and ended up buying the $3. i did not want to spend at $7 for water. you've got to think about in a sense -- i do not know if you are applying everything in plastic. in that case, i chose the lower cost alternative. for my thirst. have to think through some of those things and offer other alternatives. if you make it a $7 water bottle, people get turned off by that. will have to look at what alternatives there are there for the public -- we have to look at what alternatives there are for the public. i immediately said, "i am no

san francisco. it sent water flying 60 feet into the air. it forced evacuations and caused a mudslide to damage several homes and cars. the san francisco public utility commission said something was not insteald properly. the puc engineers looked at other coupl ny gs and seven more had to be replaced. >>> governor brown said california is finally on the cusp of final stability. >> i looked at the economic forecast, and i think the schools are going to be in pretty good straights in another two to three years. i think california itself come 2014 will be better than it was after it started. >> governor brown says cutting the state's deficit in half freed up billions of dollars. the governor also said that california's economy will rebound on the strength of its leading role in energy technology, medical research and venture capital. >> a lot more to bring you. an extraordinary scene is playing in north korea. >> a two-day funeral begins for the leader kim jong-il. and so many people are ignoring a wood burning ban that air quality officials are considering a new plan to deal with it. we will have that story. plus, the new epidemic that strikes 15 million american

>> considered to be retained by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted on by a single vote of commission. a, for the new a ministry of building. and authorize the hon general manager to execute and increase the agreement not to exceed 14,001,400 --- the water systemt funded program to lowest qualified bidder. award water enterprise fund contract for recovery project. [reading items] this was the item that miss lamonte discussed. [continues reading] if you could entertain a commotion for -- a motion for items 9a through e. >> so moved. >> the questions on item d are still important, but we will pursue the answers to them anyway. president moran: any other public comment? all those in favor? the motion passes. let's see. for regular business, mr. cheng is not here. so let's pass on that item. we also, it's not 1:30 so we can't go to item 11. >> we can start item 12 if you like. president moran: ok. there's nothing before that that leads into that. why don't we do that. you're our next. >> ok. good afternoon. i'm mike campbell from clean powersf. i have five slid

san francisco. it sent water flying 60 feet into the air. it forced evacuations and caused a mudslide to damage several homes and cars. the san francisco public utility commission said something was not insteald properly. the puc engineers looked at other coupl ny gs and seven more had to be replaced. >>> governor brown said california is finally on the cusp of final stability. >> i looked at the economic forecast, and i think the schools are going to be in pretty good straights in another two to three years. i think california itself come 2014 will be better than it was after it started. >> governor brown says cutting the state's deficit in half freed up billions of dollars. the governor also said that california's economy will rebound on the strength of its leading role in energy technology, medical research and venture capital. >> a lot more to bring you. an extraordinary scene is playing in north korea. >> a two-day funeral begins for the leader kim jong-il. and so many people are ignoring a wood burning ban that air quality officials are considering a new plan to deal with it. we will have that story. plus, the new epidemic that strikes 15 million american

[applause] >> again, my name is harbaugh alan kelly with the san francisco public utilities commission. one of the major programs that is currently under way is a water system improvement program. it is a $4.6 billion program, and the current status is that we have 50% of the program complete. a lot of the projects are in major construction. a lot of the construction is in the region area which is outside of san francisco. so we have been working with h. r.c. to partner with a lot of our wholesale customers to participate in that. we are looking at ways we can break contracts down. a lot of these contracts are large, and so we are looking at ways can break these contracts down. the other thing we have been working on is a sewer system improvement program. we are in the planning phases, but we do have a couple of projects that are out. we have the channel bay side contract which is more of a design contract that is out in the street right now. the other thing we have been working on other than that program, that one is about $6 billion. so that is in the planning stage. the other thing

i want to thank the san francisco public utilities commission for all their work. i also want to thank my colleagues on the local agency information commission and in particular supervisor mirkarimi who has for many years been working on this matter. i look forward to having more in depth discussion with all of you and there will be an opportunity to fully vet this program but again we're excited that we're taking this step and i also want to acknowledge the work of so many people over the years who have made this possible including current assembly member tom amiamo as well as senator carol migden, mark leno. look forward to that discussion. the second point is that we are introducing today and i want to thank supervisor avalos for his co-sponsorship, a charter amendment on rank choice voting. i know that much has been said about the issue of whether or not we should keep rank choice voting and what this charter amendment does is that it reaffirms our commitment to maintain rank choice voting with some tweaks. we believe that the program, as it currently stands, i

the san francisco public utility commission wants its park routine maintenance, with an increase in pressureg the milky water and officials say the change is only aesthetic and safe to drink. they expect it to return to normal the first week of january. >>> you can add a cupertino senior high school to the list of the brightest minds in the bay area if not the nation. angela zang goes to montha vista high and won a $100,000 scholarship for her research on cancer cells that drives the growth of tumors. the siemens foundation announced the winners of the annual science competition for the high school seniors today. zang not only won the top award but bragging rights as well. she is doing cancer research and as you can see, as a senior in high school. brag all you want. >> we would have to win the lottery to win $100,000. >> good for her. >> she should find something good to do with her life. slacking off. >> quite impressive. >> kids these days. >> a little warmer than when we checked in this morning. i know it is a little cold for some folks. we saw some frost in some locations in the early m

charles clifford has details >>reporter: the san francisco public utilities commission said that a coupling connecting the crystal springs water pipeline that runs just below where i am standing to the building right there that big concrete block, it failed. that is what led to the massive border leak back on december--from some form of review of whom have refused to back in november. rome is the effect now here is what the assistant who general manager had to say when asked why the restraint was absent. >> there is no excuse, there was human error that caused it that is why we are printed putting in crosses to make to this and i haven't in the future. >> if we do it rapidly, the momentum of the water is forced back into the system if he should down to fast it will bolt back up into the system and bring something else. >>reporter: they found 28 similar couplings' throughout the water system, but those connectors did have the proper restraints attached. there also seven couplings that have not been installed yet that do need to be redesigned. >>reporter: to longstanding american stores, sear

san francisco public utility commission said an engineer failed to include a crucial joint which holds pipelines in place. more than 1 million gallons of water were released flooding a number of homes and cars, there are still no estimated totals on the damages. >>> time now is 505, starting to pick up on the east shore emoryville, everything is looking pretty normal there. >>> bay bridge toll plaza, we couldn't get more crowded but as we have been reporting there is road work, routine maintenance road work being done on upper and lower deck. they usually wrap up construction work at 5:00. >> we are just getting word and both vehicles are now on the soldiers and chp is now on the scene. >> sal castaneda is off and we are not replacing him permanently, tara moriarty will be here shortly. >>> the pattern changed, high and dry and there is a little system that will get us friday but even that looks suspect to me. today high clouds, warmer lows due to the cloud cover but we are started off with upper 30s to 40s around crescent city but after that i have not heard of anything yet. you can a

san francisco public utilities commission admits that they blew it. >> there is no excuse, human error. >> what a spectacle. firefighters called mother of all water main breaks sent a geyser into the sky and caused a mudslide and damage to homes and cars. and says it was a design flaw. >> this company need to have had a restraint to make sure it couldn't move around. that was moving in

san francisco's public utility commissions says it's revising the design and construction standards. >> here is a live look at candle stick park in san francisco where the lights are on now. that was not the case when two power outages interrupted the 49ers game during football. santa clara county leaders are reacting to the outages. mon tee francis is live at 49ers headquarters with an update for us. good morning. >> laura, good morning. that was not the only problem at candle stick park. san francisco police ininvestigated a bomb threat before the 49ers game against the steel ers. just before kickoff on national television, the lights went out delaying the game by 20 minutes. there was another blackout during the second quarter. the blackouts were traced to a transformer touds the stadium. they are still looking into the cause. city leaders are optimistic. >> what what i'm hearing, $150 or more. that's great news. >> santa clara city council approved a loan to fund a new stadium for the 49ers. the power outages are bad pr for san francisco. mayor ed lee is conducting a full investig

san francisco. it turns out it was human error. water shot nearly 100 feet into the air when the line broke in south san francisco on the day after thanksgiving. today the san francisco public utilities commission released the findings of an outside consulting firm. their investigation found that a fixture that connected two 12- inch pipes was not tight enough. >> there's no excuse, it was human error that caused it. and that's why we're putting in place to make a difference to make sure it doesn't happen in the future. >> reporter: more than 1 million-gallons of water was released damaging at least six homes and nine cars. the puc hasn't put a price tag on the damage yet but is working with homeowners and the city to settle claims. >>> governor brown spoke today on its effect on the state. ken pritchett live now in sacramento with that and the key question that the governor wouldn't answer. >> reporter: it could be said that this year was marked more by a major cut backs than bold landmark legislation. it was a year that did see deep cuts, millions of the dollars to social service programs and legislation. but the governor can hang his hat on a major establishment that was his plan to realign

san francisco. >> it sent water spewing 60 feet into the air causing a mudslide that damaged several homes and cars. the san francisco public utilities commission said a coupling connected to an old pipe to a new one was not installed properly. >> engineers are inspecting all 35 location was similar link autos of the 35, 28 were defined proper lism we have found seven. this is not designed properly. we've had design changes to make sure they're corrected. >> the san francisco p.u.c. owns and manages broken pipe, part of a hetch hetchy system delivering water to two and a half million people in the bay area. >> broken pipe forced a closure of several streets today near broadway plaza center. the ruptured six-inch pipe feeds a fire hydrant and broke about 8:00 this morning and some businesses had to deal with more than it streamed into store fronts but opened as usual. >> investigators are on the scene of a fatal crash that shut down did he have devil's slide this afternoon. sky 7 was overhead after a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck. a motorcyclist was kill skptd crash happened south of the new bypass tunnels after 3:00 p.m. witnesses rep

, one before kickoff and another during the second quarter of monday night's the san francisco public utilities commissions repair work was done by pg&e on one of the 12,000 volt powerlines. pg&e officials couldn't tell regulators when it had been done because the utility says it isn't record to keep those records. >> it doesn't appear there were any electrical faults on our end. we are continuing to work with the city. >> officials say the first outage was caused bay a supplies failure on an overhead line near the stadium they are trying to figure pout if the first blackout caused a surge that led to the second. >>> four thousand nurses set to hold a one day strike tomorrow over failed contract negotiations. nine bay area hospitals are affected more than half the nurses work in berkeley and oakland. hundreds of replacements have been hired, hospital management pledges to lock-out nurses who strike. nurses were locked out five days in september after a similar strike. one patient died after being treated by a replacement nurse during that walk-out. >>> san jose police approved a deal that tends a 10% pay

but this is something that could happen if you receive your water from the san francisco public utilities commission on what is behind this. the utility will do work on two water lines in the valley. doing maintenance on one. that means temporarily water won't be coming from the hez voir, which is the usual soirs. instead, it will be diverted instead from local reservoirs. as a result, the water treatment plan in sunol will be working at a greater capacity. and in the process will be more air in the water. so that milk appearance would be air bubbles in the water. we understand eventually the air would dissipate. so again, it's just a warning. it's a heads up. the water will still be safe to drink. not everyone in the bay area gets water from the puc. they serve 2.5 million customers in 28 cities and the counties of san francisco. you want to check with your local water provider to see if you would be one of those people. the work should be done in january 7 lt. the first game of the knew year is when the stuff will dissipate and go away. it's clear now. but that could be changes in a few hours. jon

the san francisco public utilities commission says routine maintenance beginning monday will result initional air bubbles in the water is going to give that water a cloudy appearance. if the watter is allowed to sit for a few moments, you'll notice it will dissipate. >>> coming up at 7:00 on "today in the bay," the effort to recall oakland mayor jean quan. that story and all of the day's top news at 7:00. plus, the chilly, chilly forecast. right now, back to the "today" show. >>> back on a sunday morning, december 4, 2011. nice crowd on the plaza. our thanks to them for taking time out of our holiday shopping. spending part of our sunday morning with us. i'm jenna wolfe with lester holt. and let's talk about charlie sheen again. unfortunately, in the news one more time. >> well, his ex-wife brooke mueller, arrested on saturday in aspen, colorado, charged with assault and cocaine possession. we'll get details coming up. you can tell from the big christmas tree, holiday season is here, holiday cheer and holiday stress. we'll go through an etiquette list. when you are invited to a party a

san francisco, that was the day after thanksgiving. it sent nearly 1 million gal. of water surging through the city streets. charles clifford has the details. >>reporter: the san francisco public utilities commissionow says the mass of water main break back on november 25th was a result of a failed coupling on a 12 in. water pipe. this photograph was taken shortly after the war was turned off. the 5 ft. in diameter to pipeline that carries water from san francisco is on the left, on the white is a water meter volk that distributes water to the homes in the neighborhood. as should exceed the 12 in. pipe connecting the two has come apart at a joint connector in the middle. and this is where the water was leaking out. they said today that the couple and should have restraints and to keep from moving when a line with price. and here is what the assistant general manager said when asked ride the restraints were absent. marine who >> there is no excuse, it was human error that caused it. and that is why we're trying to make sure that this does not happen in the future with additional reviews to make sure it does that happen. it is as simple as that. >>reporter: they also said today that they found 28 si

. >> the public hearing before the san francisco utilities commission for the new rate fees and charges for the electrical services, for the city and county of san francisco, and those currently paying for those services, -- for each kilowatt hour, to be applied to the meter readings -- through june 30, 2016. the city attorney has a notice that she would like to make to follow up. >> commissioners -- he is referring to the request for the motion, the we have elected to suspend the rules, but we will look for -- we will wait -- >> i have a brief presentation for you, many of these are from previous presentations you have had in the liberation. as well as the commission -- the new slides are slide #7 and no. 8, 9 and 14. if i can spend one moment going over the other slide, this gives you the history -- historically of what we have done, with the various policies that the board and commission have adopted. we have gone about 12 years without doing a rate increase, for those entities that are provided, the general fund at subsidized rates. what is before you is the consideration to move th