director of the san francisco public utilities commission with updates about enrolment, as well as statetive updates. go ahead. >> good morning, commissioners. i'm the director of clean power s.f. for the san francisco public utilities commission. i do have a few slides for you today that will run through in a fairly brief update, it is a pleasure to be with you in this meeting in april. it is a big month, it is earth month. it also happens to be the month that clean power s.f. really and truly goes citywide by completing our enrolment of residential accounts in the city and county. so we are going to cover our enrolment and service status and we will provide, as the chair mentioned, a state legislative update and then we are happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you very much. >> as i just mentioned, starting the beginning of this month, the clean power s.f. program began enrolling about 280,000 customer accounts citywide, mostly residential, a little under 1,000 of those were commercial customers, so what that means is now -- as of the end of april, about a week and a ha

clean power sf is san francisco's key way of fighting climate change by renewable energy and offering it to san francisco customers. i'm from the san francisco public utilities commissionram came about with state wide legislation in 2002 to enable people to take more control over supplies. i first heard of the program when the organization was advocating to launch clean power sf. what i'm most excited about, it's going to bring 100% renewable energy to my home and reinvest into renewable energy infrastructure and jobs. i had gone to a lot of street fairs and heard from the staff at the san francisco public utilities commission to sign up for clean power sf even before it launched. >> we learned about clean power sf because our sustainability team is always looking for clean operations. linkedin is the largest online network. there are about 530 million members using our site. in this san francisco office there's about 1400 employees working in roughly 400,000 square feet. >> after signing up for the program we heard about the san francisco program and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. i'm the co-owner of the new wheel electric bike shop. we open

public comment? seeing none. the next item, please. >> item 7 is other commission business. >> commissioners -- >> item 8 is a consent calender, all matters listed here are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests in which event the matter will be row moved from theder and considered as a separate item. >> i have a request from the public. any item to be removed from the commission? seeing none. could you please read the items. >> you want me to read each individual item? i read the summary. >> that wouldn't be necessary. i'd like to move the consent calender. >> second. >> and that motion is approved items a, c and d. and not item b. >> i'd like to move the concept calender with the exception of item b. all those in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. the motion carries. now we will hear item 8b from susan carloff. i have a speaker card from her. >> hi, i'm susan an fran resident and i'm with california native planned society. southern california's metropolitan water district is moving from recommending drought toller apartme

i'd like to call to order the regular meet of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday may 14, 2019. roll call, please. [roll call] >> clerk: we have a quorum. >> commissioner: good. before we move on, i want to interour two new s, commissioners, sophie maxwell and tim paulson. you have the minutes of april 23. are there any additions or corrections. >> mof move for approval? >> any public comment? seeing none. those in favor. the motion carries. and i assume the new commissioners did not vote, correct? >> clerk: they are allowed to vote. >> commissioner: okay. moving on to the next item, please. >> clerk: item 4 is general public comment members may address the commission on matters which are not on the agenda or in their jurisdiction. >> commissioner: i have two speaker cards. francesco. >> commissioners, my name is francisco di postra. i'm here to state a few things. it pertains to morals, ethics, standards having your heart in the right place so we can go to a better place. the san francisco public utilities commission in the year 2019 has a

public school system here in san francisco as a result of legislation that had passed from the state requiring all of the public schools to do lead testing. and so as a result, the public utilities commissionand the water quality team in particular was asked to meet with the san francisco unified school district to begin to prioritize which schools to test to meet that state mandate. >> the team that tests, we're a full service environmental laboratory, and we take care of both the needs of the water quality division and the waste water enter price. and on the water quality enterprise, we have to also have drinking water that meets all federal and state quality regulations. and lead in schools, we're playing a problem in remediating this problem of lead in schools. >> our role here in communications is being able to take the data that we have that we know is protective of public health and safety and transmit it, give it to the public in a way they understand we are really doing our jobs well and making sure that they are safe always. >> the public learned very quickly all the accurate facts and all the critical information that they needed to know, and it's up to these individuals and the

call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. tuesday, april 23, 2019. roll call, please. we have a quorum. >> president caen: commissioners, before you you have the meeting, the minutes of march 26. are there any corrections or additions? >> no, i would like to move the item. >> second. >> president caen: any public comment? all those in favor? opposed? the motion carries. next item, please. >> clerk: item 4, general public comment. members of the public may address the commission on matters in the commission's jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. >> president caen: i do have a speaker card from mr. rosecrans. welcome. >> thank you, chair caen and commissioners, and nice to see with mr. carlin in the chair on the horseshoe. some of you may have seen the article in the chronicle how hard it was to have a unique experience in yosemite, and 4, 5 million people a year go there, and most go to the yosemite valley and very few go to hetch hetchy, and the rain reason -- well, a reservoir there. but there's more. it's not just as a r

at 10:00 this morning the san francisco public utilities commission and its partners will celebrate completion of the cal bare has dam replacement problem, the biggest, last major undertaking of the $4.8 billion water system improvement project. it is really important to the water supply with almost 3 million customers in four bay area counties. >>> well, the mississippi river topped a mark not seen in more than 25 years and earlier this week iowa's governor issued a disaster proclamation for clinton county. >> most years we don't have to have sandbags and worry about the river ever touching them, but this year, this is the first year i have ever had to deal with this in my life. >> many businesses in downtown davenport have been damaged. people are just trying to salvage what they can. city officials say the water may take up to a month to recede. >>> a bill that calls for charging visitors to san francisco's crooked lombard street a fee in order to drive down the street is headed to is state senate. yesterday the state assembly approved a bill that would allow san francisco to charge a toll

all matters are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission only acted upon by a single vote of the commission. no separate discussion of the items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests, in which matter will be removed and considered as a separate item. >> president caen: read the items? summary. >> clerk: i just finished. >> commissioner moran: and i have nothing i would like to remove. i would move approval. >> vice president vietor: i'll second. >> president caen: anyone in the public, any item to be removed? all those in favor? next item, please. >> clerk: 11, accept work performed by u.s. electric technologies for contract number ww-559r, decreasing the amount 46,945, and authorizing final payment to the contractor. >> this item is pretty self-explanatory. the work by our contractor, u.s. electric is complete and we would like to close out the project. >> i would like to move the item. >> commissioner moran: second. >> president caen: any public comments? all those in favor? opposed? motion carries. >> clerk: item 12. approve th

some lake the san francisco public utilities commission and east bay mud say they are still checking out that report but they are assuring customers their water is clean, safe and reliable. you can check the water contaminants by going to ktvu.com, click on web links and then plug in your zip code to find the local information. >> the medical examiner is working to identify a body found. the police officers pulled the male body from the water yesterday morning. they did not say if there was any signs of trauma. the medical examiner says an autopsy is pending. >>> investigators in san mateo county identified a body pulled from the ocean over the weekend. he was boogie boarding. he was pulled under by the surf. he was a senior at heyward high school and a talented football player who already received a scholarship to play for the university of wyoming. >>> our time is 4:40. still ahead, fox is renewing empire but the actor jussie smollett may not be part of that package. >> how producers of empire plan to move ahead while dealing with it. >> >> how today's transitioning to a new head o

brings us up to item 14. >> approving to the memorandum of understanding between the san francisco public utilities commissionnd local agency formation commission and thunder showers the general manager to extend it a total mou term subject to board of supervisors approval. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm the director of the clean power s.f. program for the pour enterprise. i wanted to welcome our new commissioners, maxwell and paulson. i look forward to working with you. have you before you an amendment and center hill mentioned it in the update to provide a one-year extension to the memorandum of understanding between the p.u.c. and local agency formation. the amendment would extend duties to monitor and advise the p.u.c. and the san francisco board of supervisors regarding the progress of the clean power s.f. development and i implementation.

. >> reporter: water districts like the san francisco public utilities commission say they're still reviewing the reports but they assure customers their water is clean, safe, and reliable. >> our water meets and surpasses all state and federal standards. our water is safe. the study itself paints a broad brush approach. so we're reviewing the methodology. >> reporter: they say their 2.7 million customers receive high-quality tap water every day. part of a statement reads "to ensure quality, we test our water more than 100,000 times annually." >> while the majority of systems in california do get a passing grade according to the federal legal standard, there may still be health risk below those levels. >> if you want to look up your neighborhood, head to our website, k, it vu.com. and click on web links. >>> bird scooters may soon be returning to san francisco after the company discovered a loophole in city rules. the the scooters were banned last year after the santa monica company failed to be chosen for the city's pilot program for electric scootereds. san francisco's, scooters. san franci

officials for the san francisco public utilities commission just dropped off a tour and ceremony of the calaveras dam replacement. this is the last of a water system improvement project. it is crucial for some 3 million customers in four bay area counties. >>> no more free rides on bart. how it could save bart millions of dollars a year. >> also standing strong. in oakland after 150 years of serving children and the community. the big ceremony this weekend to celebrate the history of the prescott school. >>> we are looking at changes getting into the weekend. i'll take a look at what you can expect for this afternoon and your weekend coming up in just a bit. >>> vice president mike pence traveled to louisiana today to meet with the pastors of three black churches recently targeted. he traveled to mount pleasant baptist church and met with church and community leaders impacted by the fires. the son of a deputy is charged with setting the fires in march and april. >>> many stemming from rapid gentryification. but for the last 150 years prescott school along campbell street has stood stron

dave is the project manager for the san francisco public utilities commission who are directly managing the emergency firefighting water system. dave? >> thank you, charles. dave meyerson, project manager, sfpuc. for eser 2010, we continue to work on the we have a very super heated marketplace. we can't necessarily anticipate or rely on a lot of favorable responses to our solicitation to bid. i will tell you that this project went through one of the most rigorous cost cutting exercises that i've ever been a party to. the goal always was to sustain the functional integrity of this project. we didn't want to sacrifice this because it is a generational facility. it won't be attempted again for another 50, 60 years, so we felt compelled to get it right the first time and to do whatever it took to get it there. but that said, as i mentioned, we have a deficit all the same. we'll be able to -- perhaps the next time we report out to you be able to give you a more complete understanding of our circumstances. as i mentioned, that will be towards the end of the buyout of all the trade packages th

at 10:00 this morning the san francisco public utilities commission and its partners will celebrate completing calaveras dam replacement project, the largest and last major undertaking of a $4.8 billion water system improvement project. it is very crucial to the water supply of almost 3 million customers in four bay area counties. >>> today iowa's governor is expected to tour some of the damage from recent floods. this one day after flooding that has not been seen in more than 25 years. 61 of the state's 99 counties have been designated as disaster areas. >> most years we don't have to worry about the river ever touching the sandbags, but this is the first year i have had to deal with this in my life. >> many businesses in downtown davenport have now been severely damaged. people are trying to salvage what they can. city officials say water may take up to a month to recede. >>> our time is 5:46. the time snow survey of the season found the sierra snow pack is almost double the average for this time of year. state water officials took is survey yesterday at phillips station above lake tahoe. th

year, the city and county of san francisco is required to fund the lafco from the general fund, in addition we have an m.o.u. from the san francisco public utilities commissionch funds our work as the oversight authority for cleanpowersf. i'm happy to report that the m.o.u. which was scheduled to expire at the end of june, an extension was approved at this week's p.u.c. commission meeting. it now does require approval by the board of supervisors, so it will head there next. this first slide shows our history of our work order balance with the sfpuc. we spent about $5,000 this year. most of it was my time with the cleanpowersf but also to pay a stipend. we set aside of a reserve of about $45,000 or about 15% of the annual budget. you'll see in the far right column at the bottom, that leaves us with about a $23,000 carryover into next year's budget. these are our expenditures to date. everything is right except for one item, which was legal services. we've been asking our legal team to do more work, and we on boarded a legal team member. finally, your final budget for 19-20, i've lowered my salary estimate for the coming year. travel and training mostly to att

dave is the project manager for the san francisco public utilities commission who are directly managing the emergency firefighting water system. dave? >> thank you, charles. dave meyerson, project manager, sfpuc. for eser 2010, we continue to work on the

i'd like to call to order the regular meet of the san francisco public utilities commission.oday's date is tuesday may 14, 2019. roll call, please. [roll call] >> clerk: we have a quorum. >> commissioner: good. before we move on, i want to interour two new s, commissioners, sophie maxwell and tim paulson. you have the minutes of april 23.

this morning, the san francisco public utilities commission and its partners will celebrate the completion of the dam replacement project, this is the largest and last major undertaking of a $4.8 billion water system improvement project. it is crucial to the water supply of nearly 3 million customers and four bay area counties. the governor will scale back plans for the delta water tunnel project. instead of building two tunnels, the governor only wants to build one. jerry brown wanted two tunnels to deliver water from the sacramento river down to southern california. more than $200 million has been spent on the project. >>> a number of democratic presidential candidates are hitting the trails this morning. eric swalwell will spend the next three days in iowa. he was born in iowa but has lived most of his life in the east bay. >>> meanwhile, kamala harris is going to michigan this weekend, she has a sunday event scheduled with the naacp. monday is the first day of teacher appreciation week. >>> there is going to be some presidential campaigning in california this weekend, washington govern

i would like to call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission.ate is tuesday, may 28th, 2019. roll call, please. [roll call] we have uo

it would be great if you would work with the office of cannabis and also with the san francisco public utilities commission specifically workforce opportunities that underscore equity in this neighborhood. it's something that would be of high importance and also you could probably fund it. it would be great to work with them. >> there's nothing further. there's a motion to approve this matter. commissioner fung. >> aye. >> hillis. >> aye. >> johnson. >> aye. >> moore. >> richard. >> com. >> melgar. >> it passes unanimously 7-0. as previous stated, item 18 has been continued and item 19 has been withdrawn bringing us to our final item. 20-18d.r.p. and 237 court land avenue. dis correction ardiscretionary . >> good evening, commissioners and president melgar. david winslow staff architect. the item before you say public initiated request for a discretionary for 20-18.0607 to demolish a one-storey commercial building and construct a four-storey mixed use with three units over a ground floor commercial space. no on site park asking proposed. the building historic resource is a category c. it's mary of 218 cour

. >> reporter: some bay area water districts like the san francisco public utilities commission say they are still reviewing the report but assure customers their water is clean, safe and reliable. >> the water meets and surpasses all state and federal standards. ecm i water is safe. the study itself paints kind of a broad brush approach so we are reviewing the methodology. >> reporter: tsfp you see says their 2.7 million customers receive high-quality tapwater every day, too. part of a statement is, "to ensure quality, we test all water more than 100,000 times annually throughout the system to ensure we consistently meet or exceed safe and state and federal standards for health and regulatory requirements." they hope to serve a dialogue about looking at contaminants as groups . >> while the majority of systems in california to get a passing grade according to the federal legal standards, but there may still be health risks below those levels. >> reporter: cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> looking at the temperatures from today, certainly cooler by last then last week by 20 degrees,

the san francisco public utilities commission and its partners will celebrate the complete meant.rt of the water system improvement project that is critical could to the water supply in four bay area counties. >>> today is the final day of the competition, of the best in the west in san jose. the santa clara office is hosting this competition. the teams have to negotiate six different courses, testing their physical fitness and developing teamwork. >> we tried to create a real life type scenario for somebody on the s.w.a.t. teams because when you are training them, you are training in a very thorough environment. we tried to get their heart rate up.>> they will determine which team takes the title of best in the west. >>> a tourist in hawaii in critical condition, he fell 70 feet into a volcano crater. the fire crews pulled him out of the crater wednesday night from a volcano on the big island, park rangers say he ignored the safety warnings, climbed over a metal railing to get a better look into the crater. he was found more than two hours later on a narrow ledge. it is believed

i would like to call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. the date is tuesday, may 28th, 2019. roll call, please. [roll call] we have a quorum. >> i would like to make an announcement before we proceed. the first session will do close sessional be called out of order today and it will be heard after item number 4. after item number 4, we will go into closed session and then reconvene

. >> reporter: some bay area water districts like the san francisco public utilities commission and east mud say they are reviewing the report but they are sure customers there water is clean, safe and reliable. >> the water meets and surpasses all state and federal standards. the water is safe. the study itself paints kind of a broadbrush approach so we are reviewing the methodology. >> reporter: the ssp you see says there are 2.7 million customers who receive high quality tapwater every day, too. part of a statement reads, "to ensure quality, we test our water more than 100,000 times annually throughout the system to make sure we consistently meet or exceed state and federal standards for federal requirements." >> while the majority of systems in california to get a passing grade according to the federal legal standard, there may still be health risks below those levels. >> reporter: cristina rendon, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> if you want to look up your neighborhood and the potential pollutants in your water, just had to our website, ktvu.com and click on web links. >>> to encourage more c

the california public utilities commission has scheduled meetings for the public to weigh in. that first meeting is july 9th in san francisco. the cpuc will hold meetings in oakland, san jose and santa rosa. >>> happening today 16 spelling champs from the bay area will find out today if they make the finals in the scripps national spelling bee. 23 local spellers made it to the national competition. two of them lost in the second round yesterday. four others were knocked out in the third round. the bay area still making a strong showing. >> astrography. >> correct. >> all right. well done. the 13-year-old girl is a seventh grader from sunnyvale. the judges will use results of a written test to determine which of the kids who made it through round three will advance to tomorrow's finals, and you can watch the competition on our sister network espn3 which streams online. very cool. hi, lisa. >>> good mrning to you, jessica. we're starting out with low fog and clouds on the peninsula. they're going to stay there for a while because the winds in the north, the upper elevations are keeping the fog out of the north bay. it's cloud

san francisco during power season. happening today the califonia public utilities commission will consider that proposal.g&e would be able to shut off power to areas with a high wildfire risk like the east bay. "the chronicle" reports some transmission lines there are connected to power lines in the city of san francisco so that means a shutoff in the east bay would impact the city. earlier this month cal fire determined pg&e equipment started the campfire. it's the deadliest wildfire in state history. >>> happening today five bay area spellers will compete in the final rounds. >> we are well represented and take a look, here they are. these bright students are from san jose, sunnyvale, dublin, santa clara and look at the two young ladies there, too. yesterday's round one student from idaho exhausted all of her questions for the word ic iconoclastic. >> can i have the language, origin, can i have all the information? can i have the spelling? >> you don't want me to give it to you. >> she dead pans. she ended up spelling it correctly. look at that. yes. the finals begin this morning at 7:00 a.m. on our si

san francisco during fire season. and happening today the california public utilities commission will consider that proposal.uld be able to shut off power to areas with a high wildfire risk like the east bay. "the chronicle" reports some transmission lines are connected to power lines if san francisco which means a shutoff in the east bay would impact the city. earlier this month cal fire determined pg&e equipment started the campfire. it's the deadliest wildfire in state history. >>> we do have a countdown clock going on the bottom of your screen, so let's take a look. just 11 hours, 53 minutes until abc's coverage of game one of warriors versus raptors live in toronto. >> and yesterday the dubs practiced on the court at scotiabank, looking great. this is the first finals in their five-year run the warriors do not have home-court advantage. golden state has won at least one road game in a record 22 consecutive series. steph was a star player in eighth grade leading the saints to an undefeated season. >> i think he was 5'2" or 5'3" so i was a little disappointed, but once he stepped on a basketball court, i

public utilities commission. one major change, now, even the high-voltage lines will be deenergized in certain situations, meaning san francisco could possibly be deenergized of multiple east bay transmission lines were to be deenergized due to extreme conditions. >> upd power on is important that you are talking about power to straight lines, power to elevators and cell phone towers. you turn that off proactively, that creates a new set of safety risks for people to consider. >> reporter: people we talked with have mixed reactions. >> i think it is good and responsible in the long run. it could benefit pg&e. >> i understand keeping people safe but at the same time, people keep giving people in san francisco safe, we need lights. stomach a tough loss for the san jose sharks in game five of the western conference final. they came up empty against the blues out of a 5-0 loss. as the game went on, the sharks went down. the sap center was packed for today's game and fans wearing teal and black but on the sharks bench, it got empty. they lost four players to injuries including the captain. the evening proved disastrous for the shar

if the public utilities commission approved the proposal it is estimated that the average bill would go up more than $10 a month. the public meetings in the bay area starts july 9 in san francisco in oakland on july 24 and another one in san jose on juin santa rosa on july 31 we post the details on the times and locations on >>> arts alive, students, teachers and parents rallied to save the music program. we live at the house high school where the appeal work and music classes are no longer on the chopping block.>> reporter: some people say music is the soundtrack of life and for some students here music almost died. but basically that didn't happen and i think madonna said it best, today music brought people together. a joy for the parents that went to the meeting. >> we know the program is very exciting.>> reporter: 2 of the three music classes offered were on the chopping block. >> eight and a jazz band and 12 and the band, about 90 to 100. now about 65.>> reporter: this year will be his last, he said he knew he would retire one day but was not planning to go out yet. >> i do not think i would be fighting again for this in the last couple months. it might have been the final

we're in the public utilities commission commission not planning commission and housing is an extremely issue to everybody in san franciscobecause of the pressure that we have more than almost any other city except for maybe san josÉ and the bay area is in san francisco. and there's a value in the work you've din in this type -- done in this type of assessment. i don't know if you'll continue this or not with the amendments that you're suggesting and i would probably want to abstain on this because it's the first time i'm looking at these things myself but that being said, i do think there's value in putting the assessment together to find out what the water use is going to be. i think it's going to be helpful moving forward here in san francisco we do get these reports as to what the effect on new development projects are based on the use of water and electricity and sewers and everything else. we should not get involved with dealing with the housing crisis officially here at the board. i think the background to the resolution is saying we don't know. we don't know what scenario is going to be the final scenario. >> that

the california public utilities commission estimates the average bill would go up by more than $10 per month. the public meetings start july 9 in san franciscon oakland on july 24 and another meeting in san jose on july 25, and in santa rosa on july 31. we have more information on our website, www.ktvu.com . >>> prosecutors in the ghost ship trial are wrapping up their case this week, the mother of a man who cosigned the lease of the warehouse took the stand yesterday. kathleen bouchard told the jury, derick almena laughed at her when she and her son told him that the building needed to be brought up to code. his attorney disputes that claim. >> i think he was a normal person who had a long history of building artworks and things for burning man, and that sort of thing. and i think that he has a solid record of that.>> a former tenant, carmen, wrapped up her testimony yesterday, she told the jury she felt the warehouse was safe because of he was always awake in the building and a fire station was right around the corner. the district's attorney says the defense could start presenting its case sometime next week. >>> the development team is t