public utility. the san francisco public utilities commission, which has been providing safe, reliable energy for our city facilities for more than 100 years, as well as delivering fresh and clear drinking water throughout the city. san francisco public utilities commission has had a high bar for a partnerships and a real commitment to community education, arts, environmental justice and workforce about me. taking full ownership of our power system, opens exciting opportunities for san francisco to invest in green jobs and infrastructure, to make our grid smaller and saved her and and make environmentally sound decisions about energy sources. it is time, beyond time really, to break the tie to pg&e and create a green, renewable, publicly owned system ". i agree with what chair peskin's head. i'm excited about this hearing and appreciate the work that has i believe there is not just a broad majority that shares the perspective that chair peskin just articulated. a full consensus on this approach. i appreciate the work, and i'm looking forward to doing whatever we can to support it. >> ms. hale, the fl

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 commissionhe program 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.

that used needles are making their way into the bay, however, officials at the san francisco, public utilities commission explain why a drug needle reaching the bay. it's highly unlikely kron four's haaziq madyun has the story. >>used drug needles flowing in tof san francisco's. >>grades and >>that's what president donald trump says is happening in connection to the city's ongoing homeless crisis that the president called did tremendous pollution and warned that the us environmental protection agency will be giving san francisco, a notice for being what he says in total violation the spokesperson for the san francisco public utilities commission kerry being we're very proud of a system that does a great job. >>separating out so it's organic or otherwise, including needles and there are multiple lines of defense before we reach the day and yours. >>just last 2 water treatment facilities, the largest is here at the south east water treatment patrol plant here that the 3 million gallons of water is processed every day talked about how this is to prevent. primary treatment it captures did. >>and so it's and

bad that used needles are making their way into the bay, however officials at san francisco's, public utilities commission explain why a drug reaching the bay. his highly unlikely. forces unit reports. >>used drug needles flowing into the pacific ocean by way of san francisco's board trade sources. that's what president donald trump says is happening in connection to the city's ongoing homeless crisis that the president called it tremendous pollution and warned that the us environmental protection agency will be giving san francisco, a notice for being what he says in total violation the spokesperson for the san francisco public utilities commission kerry being we're very proud of a system that does a great job. >>separating outsell its organic or otherwise, including needles and and there are multiple lines of defense before we reach the day and yours. >>san francisco has 2 water treatment facility. this here at the south east water treatment patrol plant here, the 53 million gallons of water is processed every day. she talked about how this is to prevent. >>and so it's and separates them discharges no d

san francisco bay. however officials at the san francisco, public utilities commission explain that a drug needle reaching the bay is highly unlikely kron four's haaziq madyun has the story. >>used drug needles flowing into the pacific ocean by way of san francisco's board trade sources. that's what president donald trump says is happening in connection to the city's ongoing homeless crisis that the president called did tremendous pollution and warned that the us environmental protection agency will be giving san francisco, a notice for being what he says in total violation the spokesperson for the san francisco public utilities commission kerry being we're very proud of a system that does a great job. >>separating outsell its organic or otherwise, including needles and there are multiple lines of defense before we reach the day and yours. >>san francisco has 2 water treatment facilities, the largest is here at the south east water treatment patrol plant here that the 3 million gallons of water is processed every day. she talked about how this is to prevent. primary treatment it captures did. >>and so it'

into the bay in the city crowd forces he could you talk to officials today at the san francisco, public utilities commission. they say the president's claim is extreme. >>used drug needles flowing into the pacific ocean by way of san francisco's board trade sources. that's what president donald trump says is happening in connection to the city's ongoing homeless crisis that the president called did tremendous pollution and more that the us environmental protection agency will be giving san francisco, a notice for being what he says in total violation the spokesperson for the san francisco public utilities commission kerry being we're very proud of a system that does a great job. >>separating out so it's organic or otherwise, including needles and and there are multiple lines of defense before we reach day and yours. >>san francisco has 2 water treatment facilities, the largest is here at the south east water treatment patrol plant here that the 3 million gallons of water is processed every day. she talked about how this is to prevent. >>and so it's and separates them discharges no debris leaves the city say

but officials at the san francisco, public utilities commission explain why. drug needle reaching the bays unlikely prom for monday and has the story. >>used drug needles flowing into the pacific ocean by way of san francisco's. >>grades and sources. >>that's what president donald trump says is happening in connection to the city's ongoing homeless crisis that the president called did tremendous pollution and warned that the us environmental protection agency will be giving san francisco, a notice for being what he says in total violation the spokesperson for the san francisco public utilities commission kerry being we're very proud of a system that does a great job. >>separating outsell its organic or otherwise, including needles and and there are multiple lines of defense before we reach day and yours. >>san francisco has 2 water treatment facilities, the largest is here at the south east water treatment patrol plant here that the 3 million gallons of water is processed every day. she talked about how this is to prevent. >>and so it's and separates them disch

i would like to call the meeting at the san francisco public utilities commission to order.an we please have the roll call , madam secretary? >> president cane is excused today. [roll call] we have a quorum. >> the next item is the approval of the minutes for july 23rd, 2019. is there a motion to approve the minutes of july? >> so moved. >> is there a second? >> second. >> any further comments on these minutes? all those in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? the motion carries. the next item is general public comment. i have a few cards here. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners today, i want to recap, you know , when i come over here during general public comment, sometimes i reveal to you all a few things and then when i sit down, and, you know, i cannot be here forever, because i have other things to do, i leave. and other people come and they talk about your interns and this and that, and we the public, and the constituents and taxpayers of the bayview hunter's point area, we are not fully cognizant of what is happening with large amounts of money, okay? so one of th

this past year, the san francisco public utilities commission water quality division started receiving many more requests to test for lead in the 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 commission and 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 w

san francisco a notice. >> if you look at san francisco, it is a total disaster, what's happening. they will ruin ry sooa federal basis if they don't clean up their act. >> according to the san francisco public utility commission's website, most crates on street corners are actually catch basins and what is collected there goes to a treatment plant, not the ocean. the only places were some storm drains go directly to the ocean with minimal treatment are on the outskirts of town. this statement was released thing in san francisco we are focused on advancing solutions to meet the challenges on the streets, not from off ridiculous assertions as we board an airplane to leave the state. if the president wants to talk about homelessness, we are committed to working with our state and federal partners on actual solutions. >>> happening today in washington, the epa administrator is set to take part in a news conference less than a half an hour from now regarding the trump administration's battle with california over air quality standards for vehicles. the transportation secretary elaine chao will onhand. meanwhile governor gavin newsom says the state has a waiver through the clean air act to set its own tougher emission

>>well the san francisco, public utilities commission. they say that they are open to the idea of working with the city to collaborate with the epa. for justin trudeau's upon college i sing after more images have surfaced of him wearing blackface years ago now his reelection campaign is overshadowed by his past actions. randi kaye has that story. >>a young justin trudeau the future canadian prime minister in new video obtained exclusively by global news. it's from the early 1990's and while unclear where it was shot, you can see trudeau wearing black face laughing with his tongue out and his hands in the air. it appears his arms and legs are covered in as well trudeau apologized for it all at a press conference late today. it was black face. not right. >>that was trudeau's second apology in less than 24 hours. now having to answer for not one. but 3 instances of wearing black face dating back decades. the first was reported by time magazine wednesday evening. the picture shows trudeau at a party at a private school where he worked as a te

these are the kinds of things that san francisco public utilities commission is doing.ey're doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. it is a place where we can connect, where we can laugh, where we can talk about issues and politics, and 45 and kentucky and everything else. we can talk here and this is a good thing. we don't have any banks to wait in line anymore. you are in the bank used to talk to people about things, that is gone. walgreens, used to meet people at walgreens, well, that is gone , and so we have this and this is where we will connect. i want to thank all of you and i want to thank our partners. i want to think people who have a vision, you understand that, yes, while you are building in the programs, while you are building the sewage plant, there were other things. there are other places and people around you, and that these people have come to the conclusion that is part of their responsibility to help us live and thrive in this community. i want to thank the p.u.c. and i want to thank a

also for the past three years, san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco fire department has collectively analyzed various options for implementing an emergency firefighting water system on the west side of san francisco, and developed a proposal for an e.f.w.s. for the west side that incorporates stake holder feedback. the proposal includes a portable e.f.w.s. that will bring a robust and resilient high-pressured firefighting system to the western neighborhoods of san francisco, while providing a seismicly resilient pipeline that is able to provide drinking water during non-fire situations. i'm so appreciative of the work done by the fire department and the s.f. c., that takes into account many of the concerns raised throughout this process. and i want to say how appreciative we are of the silver grancivil grand jury. the work of the civil grand jury is helping to ensure that as a city, this is priority. i will not be able to stay for the whole hearing, but i appreciate chair mar for allowing me to sit in. >> chairman: i just wanted to thank you for all of your leadershi

san francisco public utilities rules and regulations and cross connection control, affirming appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. are there any representatives from the department of building inspection or the san francisco public utilities commission that we are going to continue this, because apparently, those two organizations have not yet come into agreement on this. are you coming up on behalf of either one of those organizations, or just -- no, you're just walking around. okay. is there any public comment on item number 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. and, colleagues, this actually was one portion of the building code that came to us wherein there was agreement between two departments. and i was told last week that they had come to agreement, but apparently they have not. so i'd like to continue this item to the call of the chair. is there a motion to do so? made by supervisor safai and we'll take that without objection. item continued to the call of the chair. please read the next item? item number 2 is hearing on state of the restaurant industry, including but not limited to strategies city departments are utilizing to support restaurant operators through the permitting and inspection process. >> >> supervisor pes

and also by staff at the san francisco public utilities commission. and i must also mention that our work was greatly supported by the leadership, vision, and just commitment to this work that cal had exhibited throughout all of this proprocess. definitely want to mention that. the report is actually dedicated to cal. the -- one thing in closing, the context of this, that i also wanted to mention, is that for us the focus in terms of looking at energy efficiency in san francisco, as stated in the legislation, was definitely to do this from a perspective of equity. so, for example, in the language from the legislation, it's talks about how our recommendations should be shaped by, for example, how the city should give priority in connection with energy efficiency spending, to low-income communities and communities that are disproportionately impacted by localized health and economic threats of toxic pollution. that the city should maintain and monitor the effectiveness of policies that ensure jobs and other economic benefits and energy efficiency. and g

customers that register with pg&e, how to get that information and working with the san francisco public utilities commission to distribute flyers in the utility bills so people know what may happen to take the steps to protect themselves. for public alert and messaging, pg&e intends to do the notification 48 hours ahead of time. at that point the department of emergency management is going to do alert sf. that's our common platform for emergency messaging, sending the text messages and e-mails before a shutoff takes place. we'll also be using traditional and social alerts. if this happens, the media market in the bay area will light up and there will be all kinds of information sent out from us, from all the different channels and we want to -- and radio, and we want to make sure people have that consistent information. through our partner outreach, whether it's the homeless outreach teams, elected officials, business associations, many others listed here, community organizations for individuals that are homebound, make sure everybody has as much information as they can to get to the individuals. other opti

listed hereunder constitute a consent calendar, are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by a 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 removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. we are removing item 8 (d). >> move everything except for (d)? >> i'll second. >> any questions? comments, commissioners? any public comment on the consent calendar? hearing none, all those in favor? aye. opposed? the consent calendar passes. >> i would like to hear on # 8(d). cathy or dan can present on that. just to better understand the increase of $4 million and the extension of time and why that's happening. that seems like an important project to move forward if possible. >> let me first say the construction is completely done. so what we're doing is we're working out change order requests with the contractor and negotiating those. so we've trended money that we feel is needed to be able to negotiate appropriately wi

we did actually do some testing with san francisco public utilities commission. they wanted to analyse the samples. we did find that lead was led was present in the drinking water, specifically one level inside the building was above the action level for drinking water quality standards. being that all the staff are being provided eight -- and continue continued to be provided bottled water, they'd -- it is not a health hazard at this time and they will continue to be prided -- provided with bottled water. and continuation of that, there are localized fixtures within the building to help reduce the handwashing and dishwashing -- and dishwashing is not a concern for occupants. the crawlspace standing water has been an ongoing issue out that hunters point, specifically due to some sump pumps in the crawlspace not functioning appropriately. those are being rectified, but concern was addressed by facilities personnel to enter those spaces and d.p.w. folks who have to go down there. we did not encounter any standing water throughout this whole entire wet season. that

>>so there's a mayor appealing for help in the san francisco, public utilities commission says that they are open to the idea1of working with the epa. >>i'm tracking a warm up coming to the bay area this afternoon for now temperatures are definitely moving the were mostly in the 60's upper 60's in some spots, the 80's are on the way i'll have more details just ahead. and finally some early clearing right now heading into san francisco traffic looks great at the bay bridge toll plaza, no longer backed up to the maze but we are tracking a major power this is the chevy silverado, with the world's first invisible trailer. invisible trailer? hop in. silverado offers an optional technology package with up to 15 different views- including one enhanced view that makes your trailer appear invisible. wow. that's pretty sweet. that's cool. where'd the trailer go? or, get a total value of ninety seven sixty on this silverado all star without optional tech package or enhanced invisible view. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>we're back at 9.41 happening today students across the bay area a

item 42, 190766, resoln authorizing the san francisco public utilities commission to accept and expend a grant in an amount not to exceed $3,759,822 from the california state water resources control board for planning, design, and construction of the sewer system improvement program baker beach green street early implementation project for the period of november 4, 2017, through march 21, 2022. >> supervisor yee: can we take this item same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call the next item . item 43, 190764, resoln approving and authorizing the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development to execute documents relating to loans for the acquisition, rehabilitation, or permanent financing of four project sites pursuant to the small sites program, preservation and seismic safety program, and downtown neighborhoods preservation fund, for a total loan amount not to exceed $37,493,000; confirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act; and finding that the pro

environmental protection agency will be giving san francisco, a notice for being what he says in total violation the spokesperson for the san francisco public utilities commissioneing we're very proud of a system that does a great job. >>separating outsell its organic or otherwise, including needles and there are multiple lines of defense before we reach today in years. >>san francisco has 2 water treatment facility. the largest it's here at the south east water treatment patrol plant here that the 3 million gallons of water is processed every day. she talked about how this is to prevent. >>primary treatment it captures did and so it's and separates thscem harges no debris leaves the city says it is likely that any drug needles would be collected in the city's 23,000 catch basins before reaching the 2 water treatment plants. >>as what the epa says. >>we're very comfortable. keeping our doors at the the >>san francisco mayor london breed his the president's got it as another swipe at the city's homeless population. ultimately. >>how about starting with a 1000 section 8 vouchers to like it. >>this reaction from raiders quarterback derek carr as the team gets read

[adjournment] >> i came to the san francisco public utilities commission as a san francisco fellow. as a sf fellow i was in financial planning where i had the joy of working for a me. >> part of the financial planning that sets rates. >> amy is just incredibly kind. one of the most generous and good-hearted people i have ever met. having her assume pe as as supes very helpful. this was my first job out of college. amy supported me every step of the way. i felt like i can do this. >> i have a staff i manage. we have a complement that joins us once a year to help us. they give them the chance to learn financial matters. >> amy would it is for an hour or hour and a half going through these complicated financial things with you, patient. >> i find my strength in sitting down and walking through the project, how can i help you? they appreciate that. it means that you are giving time to them. i hope or interns will be the new leaders. >> amy made should be we were well trained. >> she gave me mangoes. i went home and ate them. the next day i said i like these. two days later there was a c

. >> reporter: according to a study by the san francisco public utilities commission city residents mightee a drop in electric rates, but it's not quite clear how losing nearly 100 million customers. >>> a live look at the airport failure right now, a construction project on one of the airport's busiest runways causing delays and ca cancellations. more than 340 flights delayed and the average delay almost 4 hours. that's what's getting a lot of people surprised. part of a scheduled runway project that started on saturday. comes at the end of a busy travel season leaving some passengers frustrated. >> i which they had told me days ago they were going to cancel the flight. >> if your travel plans include a flight through sfo it's a good idea to keep an eye on your flight status. >>> an investigation into the deadly boat fire off the santa barbara coast. the fbi served search warrants today as crews prepared to raid the sunken boat. >> reporter: in a significant expansion of the investigation the fbi, the atf and the u.s. coast guard served warrants today at the offices for truth aquatics in

>>the san francisco, public utilities commission says that they are open to the idea of working withs 7 thirty-sevens and still ahead on the kron 00:04am morning news reaction from raiders quarterback derek carr about their lawn. tiny homes are making a big difference for struggling veterans in the bay area. >>and i'm tracking a warming trend of it is that going to start today, you're really going to feel it into the afternoon for now temperatures in the 50's to low 60's. i'll have my full forecast coming up. and your commute into san francisco, definitely under the limit we're looking at heavy traffic. it's going back ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you're living with a condition, kaiser permanente's integrated care team will help you get through life without missing a beat. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>in the north bay santa rosa's installation of tiny homes is helping homeless veterans become better established in their community in fact these homes are located in what's called veterans village and here's some video of that they're pretty small 250 square feet but they're perfect for some in fact with

. >> on behalf of the san francisco public utilities commission the floor is yours, thank you, mr. hooper. >> i think charles sheehan, if you don't mind. >> thank you, barrie, thank you supervisors, charles sheehan. earlier the clerk has left you a slightly revised version of this ordinance with the couple of amendments and i just wanted to walk you through them and i don't think they're substantive. they're mainly about tightening language and bringing us more in alignment with the state's definition of renewable energy. you've got copies and i highlighted the amended section in yellow. the first amendment just make sure we pay our greenhouse gas free with renewable energy resources together because that is what we are referring to later and that's what these large buildings will be able to buy. and then what we refer to later, is a series of state codes to make sure that one, we're in alignment with our the state of california defines renewable energy and two, we're also in alignment with how the state of california deals with hetch hetchy power and our ability to satisfy our obl

san francisco, it's a total disaster, they will ruin their cities. and we will get involved very soon on a federal basis if they don't clean up their act. >>> according to the san francisco public utility commission's website, most greats along the street corners arcatch basins and what is collected there goes to a treatment plant and not directly to the ocean. the only places where some storm drains go directly to the ocean with minimal treatment are on the outskirts of town. mayor london breed releasing this statement firing back sing in san francisco, we are focused on advancing solutions to meet the challenges on our streets. not throwing off ridiculous assertions as we board an airplane to leave the state. the president wants to talk about homelessness we are committed to working with our state and federal partners on actual solutions. >> saudi arabia's ambassador to germany says his country has not ruled out any options in response to recent attacks on his country's oil infrastructure. the prince says it is not yet clear exactly where the attacks originated, but he says iran is definitely behind them. last weekend's drone and missile attack targeted a major oil processing center and oil field