from the san francisco public utilities commission. >> good morning -- supervisors. i am to accept and expand the fema mitigation grant. this was passed through the california governor's office of emergency services for an amount not to exceed 488,259 did. phase two of the project. >> so the early switchyard is a facility of the san francisco public utility commission water and power division located on the river on groveland california. the switchyard transmits electric power to kirkwood and home powerhouses to the city. in 2013, the rim fire severely burned the slopes adjacent to the switchyards as you can see. this increased the rock falls and landslides which could damage the switchyard and impact power transmission. at that time we declared a major federal disaster applying the fema grant funds for this project. in 2014, the san francisco public utility commission submitted application for the project and the project is divided to two phases. first is pre-award of grant and environmental studies and engineering design. second is where we are today the constructi

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. ey are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities o

they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to

we reached out to the san francisco public utilities commission for comment, we have not heard back.> more people may be demonstrate at bart stations this week by eating sandwiches on platforms and other paid areas to protest the actions of the transit agency's police force. b.a.r.t. police detained a man and handcuffed him, this was a week ago. officers say he violated b.a.r.t.'s rules by eating inside the's li he wnd arrest and then later cited and released. that incident sparked protests like this one where people ate on the station platform over the weekend. >>> nearly 70% of americans secretly disclik a clalike a cl thanksgiving food but they'll eat it any way out of tradition. the top offenders are canned cranberry sauce at 29%. i like seeing the rings. >> i do, too. and the sound it makes when it comes out of the can. >> it's comforting. >> no. >> oh, my gosh. >> green bean casserole, 24%. >> what? >> 19% say they dislike turkey but they'll still eat it. here's the crazy one. 59% of americans say they would prefer to host thanksgiving so they could make what they want. >> wow.

i would like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. may i please have the roll call madam secretary? [roll call] thank you very much. can we have the next item? >> approval of the minutes of october 8, 2019. >> you have before you the minutes from october 8. are there any questions or comments on the minutes? any public comment on the minutes. motion to approve? all those in favor? opposed? the motion carries. the next item is general public comment. i have a card from mr. decosta. it afternoon. .-ellipsis good afternoon. >> i don't say this too many times. when i fill out my card you will see environmental justice advocacy. i have gone your website. in all of this time from 2,002 up to 2019, how has sfpuc addressed environmental justice when it comes to our infants, our children, our youth, our young adults, our elders, those with compromised health, the physically and mentally challenged? i want to know. do we have a department, or whatever term of external affairs/chief strategist? i would like to have some sort of an explanation wi

the san francisco public utilities commission which is responsible for maintaining the aging infrastructure then switched over to a back up generator. but neighbors say it ran out of fuel which prompted another outage in the middle of the week. then on friday, the generator failed. the treasure island development authority owns the power infrastructure which was inherited from the navy. >> it's not fair to the residents. this whole mess needs to be fixed. and not next week. it needs to be fixed now. >> on avenue of the palm, this restaurant has lost thousands of dollars in revenue because of the outages. >> sometimes we do get communication. sometimes we'll have a scheduled outage. but when we get the black out without knowing about it, we have no way to need better communication and need to have that ready to go. >> natalie came to danville to dine once they heard the power was back. >> my son wanted to come here and bring his girlfriend and friends, so that's why we're here. >> an extensive redevelopment plan is under way on the island and the power will be replaced as part of it but not

i hope people shop locally. [ ♪ ] >> i came to the san francisco public utilities commission as a sanrancisco 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 lat

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.

>> i'd like 20 call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday, november 12th, 2019. roll call, please. >> before i call, i'd like to let everybody know that items 6, the citizens advisory committee quarterly update will be removed from calender at the request of the cac chair and we'll reschedule that. [roll call] >> we have a quorum. commissioners, before you have the minutes of october 22nd, 2019. are there any additions or corrections? any public comments on the minutes of october 22nd? may i have a motion? all those if favor? >> aye. >> opposed. the motion carries. next item, please. >> clerk: item 4 is general public comment. members of the public hey direct the commissioner on matters within the commission's jurisdiction and not on today's agenda. >> president caen: i have some speaker cards. mr. decosta. >> commissioners, it's novembe november 2019 and the community in the bay view hunters point keep asking the advocates why is it smelling so much? the stench? from the digesters that are now operating. the stench a

we reached out to the san francisco public utilities commission for comment, we have not heard back. you see people eating sand riwiches on platforms and other paid areas to protest the actions of the transit agency's police force. b.a.r.t. police detained a man and handcuffed him, this was a week ago. officers say he violated b.a.r.t.'s rules by eating inside the s refusing to provide his name and then resisting arrest and then later cited and released. that incident sparked protests like this one where people ate on the station platform over the weekend. >>> instagram says it will start testing hiding the like counts on posts in the u.s. as soon as this week. >> this caused a debate among celebrities because it effects their money. nicki minaj said on twitter she will no longer post on instagram because they're removing the likes. she says it hurts social media influencers who depend on sponsored posts to make money. cardi b. agrees. in a video she said it's not the number of likes on posts that are the problem, it's the users who leave hurtful comment. instagram tested hiding like

the san francisco public utility's commission say resident dens can go online and file claims if they have any food spoiled. on treasure island, lee martinez, ktvu fox two news. >>> crews have contained a wildfire that burned near the hollywood sign and the universal and warner brothers studios. >> the fire has burned 30 acres of tall dried grass so far. five helicopters and one water dropping plane were called in to help control flames. no evacuations have been ordered. the cause of the fire still under investigation ofrnlts main wanted for assaulting a postal worker in south san francisco last weekend has turned himents in. the u.s. poes stall inspection service sent out this photo. the man on the left attacked the employee on november 2nd at alta near el campo drive. he surrendered to police in san francisco on friday night. >>> outside our doors this morning cloudy and cool. we have another dry mild one coming our way. we'll check on current conditions and show you what you can expect today and the week ahead, coming up. is your business still settling for slow internet? switch to

the san francisco public utilities commission identified damage to 12 8 by 6 water mains. >> water was coming down the hill so it was like a flood. this is the third time during the week they'd had our water shutoff. so it's a bit of a challenge, but these guys have been working very hard all night long and we appreciate that. >> highway also poured on the 101 forcing chp to close the northbound lanes for a short time. the utility admits its equipment may have started a recent one. pg&e says its distribution lines sparked no damaging wildfires since it began public safety shutoffs. but in a court filing today the company did not rule out the possibility that failed transmission commitment may have started the kinkade fire last month in sonoma county. the cause of that fire is not yet known. >>> fremont police have been arrested five suspects in connection with the robbery and shooting at target last night. sky 7 was over the store where four adults confronted a teen and a juvenile. one suspect fired multiple shots in the air as a get away car pulled up. they jumped in and took off. a p

the agencies include san francisco public works, the san francisco public utilities commission, as well as us the sfmta. the timeliness of this request was spurred forward by the opening of the chase center. >> as you're well aware on any given day we have hundreds of projects that visually touch the streets of san francisco. to the outside observer, they have no idea which agency is responsible for a given project. what we sought to do was provide a user friendly solution so people could find out about project information on the street that they may encounter, in their neighborhood, or elsewhere in the city. the sf streets interactive map does this and it's fully mobile as well as on desktop. it further allows sfmta to actualize two of our strategic plan objectives, 4.3 and 4.5 to enhance customer service and also enable better project delivery. so we'd like to give you a quick demo of what you can expect when you get to the sf streets project map. if you visit this map on mobile, so you'll be greeted by a splash screen that gives you some basic information about the map. when you clos

i would like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order.ay i please have the roll call madam secretary? [roll call] thank you very much. can we have the next item? >> approval of the minutes of october 8, 2019. >> you have before you the minutes from

and possible action to authorize the general manager to consent on behalf of the san francisco public utilities commission to the development agreement between the city and county of san francisco and laurel heights for the project at 3333 california street block 1032, lot 003, as it relates to the matters under the sfpuc jurisdiction and adopt findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act and a mitigation and monitoring reporting program. >> the development agreement is approved by the board of supervisors. that was referenced in the approval was the auxiliary water supply system and the community benefits to the p.u.c. to bring the awss system to the out skirts of this development project. you are authorizing the general manager to consent to the development agreement as it relates to the fee 1.05 $5 million and adopting the findings. that is it in a nutshell. >> one question. can you speak for the trees? >> i can't speak for the trees. it is not in my jurisdiction. >> i don't want to take things out of order. >> from the office of economic and work force development and i am the project

. >> i'd like 20 call to order the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday, november 12th, 2019. roll call, please. >> before i call, i'd like to let everybody know that items 6, the citizens advisory committee quarterly update will be removed from calender at the request of the cac chair and we'll reschedule that. [roll call] >> we have a

i would like to all order of the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. today's date is tuesday, november 26, 2019. roll

agency, department of public works, department of children, youth, and families, san francisco public utilities commissionand the department of human resources participate in these committees. and in the next slide is the question that i think is appropriate. what do the committees do? we're charged under chapter 30, the admin code, to increase access to job seekers, to stable sufficient employment with sufficient wages and benefits to support families and advance the needs of vulnerable populations, improve business engagement strategies to engage those workers and also to have a better system across the different agencies about how we track and report out comes across the city and city. we talked about the members. there's two additional agencies that have joined as of 2017. that's when we sought director of human resources and workforce advisory committee. i think in conversation, had a question from supervisor walton, had vacancies in the committees. we would wait for the direction from the board, and in the case of the c.a.c. are board appointees or the mayor appointees on the community advisory comm

i would like to all order of the regular meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission. date is tuesday, november 26, 2019. roll call, please. >> yes, madame president. i would like to let the audience know that item 7, the update on disaster recovery and resiliency planning has been rescheduled to december 10. so that will not be heard today. [roll

projects that we have in the works including the southeast community center with the san francisco public utility commission, which has a focus on plants, but also nature play children. also the rec park tries to integrate native plants into children's everyday lives. something that's been in our agenda is the sunset boulevard master plan. i would like to thank supervisor marr for his support on that project. the planting master plan for the boulevard, but creates a corridor. we brought together an amazing group of partners. it was amazing to bring all of these groups together and to see what the power of that effort includes. thank you to everybody and we support this initiative. >> thank you very much. let's open it up for public comment now. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm a native san franciscan and for the last 20 years i've been doing habitat restoration starting in the presidio and with the natural resources division as a volunteer. for me there's nothing more spiritually rewarding than to do habitat restoration and to watch biodiversity return to areas that were degraded or were concrete. for in

public comment on -- no commission business? next item, please. >> clerk: item nine, all -- or it's the consend calendar. all matters here under constitute the consent calendar are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted on by a single vote of the commission. there will be no discussion of the requests unless the item is requested to be removed and it will be considered as a separate item. >> is there a request to move any of the items from the commission? hearing none, is there a motion to approve the consent calendar? >> move to approve? >> second. >> any public comment on the consent calendar? all those in favor? opposed? motion maycarries, please. next item, please. [agenda item read]. >> is there a -- is there a motion to approve this item? >> i move to approve it. >> any -- [inaudible] >> yes, comments? [inaudible] >> excuse me. commissioner, can you please speak into the microphone? >> i said, could i have a -- a reexamination of what this actually does to the constitution in terms of the presidency. >> with i'll let our counsel address this. >> this amends the commission's rules of order to set forth new clear procedures about what happens when there is an unexpect

commissioners and supervisors, michael hyams, cleanpowersf from the san francisco public utilities commission. for the clean power s.f. update i'll cover three areas, provide sort of our usual enrollment and service statistics update. and i'm going to cover some broad categories what has been happening since we were last here. and i should say a bit of what's been happening because a lot has been happening. and also some key things that are coming up in the next couple months. and if i could get the slides, thank you. so with respect to enrollment statistics, cleanpowersf continues to provide service to customers successfully. and our program percentage 3.6% since the program launch so we have a retention rate still of over 96%. and our super green upgrade is at 1.8%. that represents more than 6,800 accounts that have signed up to receive 100% renewable power through cleanpowersf and there's been about 500 upgrades since august, to give you a perspective on how that's been growing. and now in the category of what's been happening, i'm really happy to be here to announce that cleanpowersf is a