54957b and san francisco administrative code section 67.10b to consider public employee appointment, hiring for the position of general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission and pursuant to government code sections 14954.5f and 54957.6 and san francisco administrative code section 67.8 a 5. conference with labor negotiate tor unrepresented employee. sophie maxwell. unrepresented employee general manager san francisco public utilities commission. anticipated issues. wages, hours, benefits, working conditions and other. members of public who wish to comment for two minutes on item 4 dial 415-655-0001. ed1462550665 point pound pound to speak press star three. do we have any callers? >> there is one caller wishing to be recognized. >> i have opened your line, caller, you have two minutes. >> caller: thank you very much. this is an anonymous speaker. i sent an e-mail about legality of holding asserting attorney-client privilege over the conference of labor negotiator at closed session how that does not appear to be legal. it seems that your commission legal counsel has stated that was in error. thank you for correcting the error as you likely know. you cannot

54957b and san francisco administrative code section 67.10b to consider public employee appointment, hiring for the position of general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission and pursuant to government code sections 14954.5f and 54957.6 and san francisco administrative code section 67.8 a 5. conference with labor negotiate tor unrepresented employee. sophie maxwell. unrepresented employee general manager san francisco public utilities commission. anticipated issues. wages, hours, benefits, working conditions and other. members of public who wish to comment for two minutes on item 4 dial 415-655-0001. ed1462550665 point pound pound to speak press star three. do we have any callers? >> there is one caller wishing to be recognized. >> i have opened your line, caller, you have two minutes. >> caller: thank you very much. this is an anonymous speaker. i sent an e-mail about legality of holding asserting attorney-client privilege over the conference of labor negotiator at closed session how that does not appear to be legal. it seems that your commission legal counsel has stated that was in error. thank you for correcting the error as you likely know. you cannot

san francisco utility assets and they have rejected outright that proposal and said it does not represent a fair market value for their san francisco assets so today, our office filed with the california public utilities commission and eye vallation petition to assess the fair market value of their san francisco assets so we can move forward with the goal of getting reliable public power here in san francisco and shouldn't be a surprise. under the law they have had the authority for 100 years to make evaluation of a utility as set that a public entity wants to purchase and it's probably occurred over 40 times in the last 100 years. and so this is not new. it is established. and let's set out the value. they say that we haven't made a fair offer. we are more than willing to go before the public utility commission and make a clear case why we want to acquire these assets and what we believe the value is and it is time to move forward and this filing today is the next step in demonstrating san francisco's commitment to purchasing these assets. i think the mayor alluded to the failure of pg&e to come to the table has been compounded by its obstruction. whether it's affordable public housing, or even a children's mus

these are considered retained by the san francisco public utilities commission and there will be no openunless a member of the commission or public request in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar. we have had a request that 9b be removed for discussion. thank you. >> is there any further comments, questions, removals? seeing none, may i have a motion and second to approve items a and b? items a and c. >> and public comment. >> thank you. public comment please. >> members of the public who we shall to make two comments on 9a and 9b, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146 434 0611, pound, pound, and to raise your hand to speak, press star 3. note you must limit comments to the topic of the agenda item being discussed and remind you if you don't stay on topic the chair are interrupt and ask you remain to the agenda item. please refrain from the use of profanity and address the remarks to the commission as a whole and not individual commissioners or staff. >> do we have any callers? >> we have one caller in the queue. caller, go ahead. >> can you hear me now? >> yes. >> i wa

listed here are constituted consent calendar are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests. in which, the matter will be removed from the calendar and be discussed as a separate item. >> hello, caller, your line is open. you have two minutes. >> can you hear me now? >> loud and clear. >> great. david pillpell. so i have comments on 8b,c, andd. i don't think they need to get pulled. i don't have any fatal issues with them. could i just make comments on those three items right now within two or two and a half minutes? does that work? >> i believe it does. >> okay. thank you. so on 8b, the cdd warehouse office suite renovation contract award on 8b and 8d, the staff report indicates that it's not subject to the ceqa review. i'm just questioning whether that was a planning department determination or a p.u.c. staff determination it's not like a huge issue and i don't disagree with that determination, but i'm looking to find out who made it and whether it's documented

listed here are constituted consent calendar are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests. in which, the matter will be removed from the calendar and be discussed as a separate item. >> hello, caller, your line is open. you have two minutes. >> can you hear me now? >> loud and clear. >> great. david pillpell. so i have comments on 8b,c, andd. i don't think they need to get pulled. i don't have any fatal issues with them. could i just make comments on those three items right now within two or two and a half minutes? does that work? >> i believe it does. >> okay. thank you. so on 8b, the cdd warehouse office suite renovation contract award on 8b and 8d, the staff report indicates that it's not subject to the ceqa review. i'm just questioning whether that was a planning department determination or a p.u.c. staff determination it's not like a huge issue and i don't disagree with that determination, but i'm looking to find out who made it and whether it's documented

54957b and san francisco administrate icode section 67.10b to consider public employee appointing hiring for the position of general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission and pursuant to government code sections 54954.5f and 54957.6 and sfrang administrative coat sections 67.8a 5. representative of the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission. wages, hours, benefits, working conditions, and other. item 19. conference with legal council pursuant to california government code section 54956.9d 1 and san francisco administrate icode section 67.1d 1. proposed settlement of action as to munition. item 20 conference with legal counsel pursuant to california government code section 54965.9d 1 and san francisco administrative code section 67.10d 1. members of the public who wish it to make two minutes of public comment specifically during these items to be discussed in closed session, dial (415) 655-0001 meeting i.d. 146 355 9001. pound, pound, press star to speak. are there any callers? >> there are no callers to be heard at this time. >> secretary: public comment on items to be discussed in closed session will be closed. >> president:

54957b and san francisco administrate icode section 67.10b to consider public employee appointing hiring for the position of general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission and pursuant to government code sections 54954.5f and 54957.6 and sfrang administrative coat sections 67.8a 5. representative of the general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission. wages, hours, benefits, working conditions, and other. item 19. conference with legal council pursuant to california government code section 54956.9d 1 and san francisco administrate icode section 67.1d 1. proposed settlement of action as to munition. item 20 conference with legal counsel pursuant to california government code section 54965.9d 1 and san francisco administrative code section 67.10d 1. members of the public who wish it to make two minutes of public comment specifically during these items to be discussed in closed session, dial (415) 655-0001 meeting i.d. 146 355 9001. pound, pound, press star to speak. are there any callers? >> there are no callers to be heard at this time. >> secretary: public comment on items to be discussed in closed session will be closed. >> president:

these are considered retained by the san francisco public utilities commission and there will be no open discussion unless a member of the commission or public request in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar. we have had a request that 9b be removed for discussion. thank you. >> is there any further comments, questions, removals? seeing none, may i have a motion and second to approve items a and b? items a and c. >> and public comment. >> thank you. public comment please. >> members of the public who we shall to make two comments on 9a and 9b, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146 434 0611, pound, pound, and to raise your hand to speak, press star 3. note you must limit comments to the topic of the agenda item being discussed and remind you if you don't stay on topic the chair are interrupt and ask you remain to the agenda item. please refrain from the use of profanity and address the remarks to the commission as a whole and not individual commissioners or staff. >> do we have any callers? >> we have one caller in the queue. caller, go ahead. >> can you hear me now? >>

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they 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 opportunitie

the district has also talked to the san francisco public utilities commission about tapping into their water supply as well. not all 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside and beautiful shot of san francisco. but you can certainly see the haze between the city in the east bay hills and our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here now with a look at the current drought monitor map. it doesn't look nice. we don't like to see it all covered in red and really some of them deep red. but that's where we sit right now and not much hope for the next couple of months to get anything in the way of significant rain to change things. so. >> there you go. exceptional conditions from san francisco across the east bay all the way into the north bay and up the entire western half the united states is experiencing this drought all together here. and you can see the variety of a drought areas that your experience and that right now but it is it's been extreme. it's been going on for about 20 years now. we may be in a mega drought and it may go on a lot longer. we need to prepare for that need

the district is also holding talks with the san francisco public utilities commission about tapping into their supply as well. and john, we're looking at pitcher side to side. back to back and it is really jarring to see what's happening out there. not only are we concerned about our water but also the air for today. good morning. yeah. water is obviously the biggest concern from the drought as far as air quality goes. >> that's an immediate concern as we start to see some of that smoke drifting its way back on into the bay area as we see this pattern shift occurring. that's also going bring us quite the warm-up temperatures climbing notably today as compared to where we have been. now. you're north calhoun. the weather center forecast this morning is showing some of the low gray that we do have across the east bay here, cloudy blanket is hanging out a little bit lower this morning. so do anticipate more of a foggy impact, especially for the south bay am seeing some spots of fog between san jose in mountain view this morning as well as along the east bay right pitas on up to union city.

serious damage that's been left behind the problems began monday when cruise from san francisco's public utilities commission. we're working on a water line at 22nd avenue and slowed as that crew was tightening a bolt an air valve failed sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into the air and then down at the stern grove park. the park now closed. until further notice it's completely buried the concert meadow under about two ft of silt and sediment and um, it's surrounded three backstage buildings one of the major concerns the danger of falling trees the ground was just saturated um and it undermined their root systems about. of about 50 of those big trees and several trees are already on the ground. we estimate it will need at least two weeks to dry before we can even get equipment in there to start repairs and restoration of strong growth of the league taking place just days before the final concert of the stern grove concert series which was set for sunday oakland's own tower of power and too short were set to perform now, concert organizers say with the damage to the site and the danger posed

these are considered retained by the san francisco public utilities commission and there will be no open discussion unless a member of the commission or public request in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar. we have had a request that 9b be removed for discussion. thank you. >> is there any further comments, questions, removals? seeing none, may i have a motion and second to approve items a and b? items a and c. >> and public comment. >> thank you. public comment please. >> members of the public who we shall to make two comments on 9a and 9b, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146 434 0611, pound, pound, and to raise your hand to speak, press star 3. note you must limit comments to the topic of the agenda item being discussed and remind you if you don't stay on topic the chair are interrupt and ask you remain to the agenda item. please refrain from the use of profanity and address the remarks to the commission as a whole and not individual commissioners or staff. >> do we have any callers? >> we have one caller in the queue. caller, go ahead. >> can you hear me now? >>

we cannot get -- you have a dark cloud hovering over the san francisco public utilities commission and you supervisors have no transparency. we want good people to represent by voting. can we get a good representation from the politicians? let's -- that's the million dollar question. thank you very much. >> supervisor peskin: are there any other members of the public for this item? >> clerk: there are no more people in the queue for public comment at this time. >> supervisor peskin: okay. public comment is closed. colleagues, are we all in agreement we should send this to the full board. roll call please. >> clerk: on that motion. [roll call vote]. the motion passes without objection. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. please read the fourth and final item. >> clerk: ordinance amending the administrative code to add clerk of the board of supervisors and the executive director of the human rights commission as permanent members of the committee on information technology. >> supervisor peskin: that's exactly what this legislation that president walton brought to us would do. the floor is y

we may not know this from some agreement that the city and the san francisco public utilities commission have given large tax breaks to salesforce. and while i admit that the salesforce have helped our children by building hospitals and so on and so forth, the state of affairs in the tenderloin and in some other poor neighborhoods is pathetic. so we have to come up with solutions or otherwise to help our infants, our children, our youth -- >> 15 second warning. >> our young adults and elders. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other public comment on this item? >> that concludes public comment at this time. >> thank you. thank you for the hard work on this item. and thank you to the members of the committee from the east cut cbd for the collaboration. this is more than a park, this is a partnership with the east cut cbd. i appreciate the clarity and working together because this is a long-term effort. clearing up the lines of communications and procedures is really important going forward. thank you for that. colleagues, this is an item for action. is there a motion and second? >> mo

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 commissionabout 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 opened this s

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. 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 on the way to th

public safety benefits. >>> san francisco is expecting d expanding its leak alert program in an effort to conserve water during the dire drought conditions. san francisco public utility commission says it will notify more people. right now it small multifamily properties when they have three days of nonstop water use which could signify a leak. the system will send it to commercial, industrial and multifamily buildings and screen for increases in water use of 50% and over within the last 90 days, and spikes in nightly water use. >> that's important because my parents house they didn't know there was a crack in one of their garden pipes until the numbers went up on their bill. what's going on. >> always check for a leak. conserve where we can. >> yeah. all right. >>> conserving water is what they're asking everyone to do, but as we're heading into the weekend we're looking to have a little fun. >> the air quality has been an issue here and there. the heat. but i think we can still have a great time this weekend. let's check out the giants game this evening. that starts at 6:45 and going to be in the upper 60s. at first pitch. then cooling down for the rest of the game as the fog

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they 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

the problems began monday when cruise from san francisco's public utilities commission.e're working on a water line at 22nd avenue and slowed as that crew was tightening a bolt an air valve failed sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into the air and then down at the stern grove park, the park now closed until further notice. it's completely buried the concert meadow under about two ft. of silt and sediment and it's surrounded three backstage buildings one of the major concerns the danger of falling trees and the ground was just saturated um and it undermined the root systems about of about 50 of those big trees and several trees are already on the ground at this point cruz from rec and parks and the puc are working together trying to determine just how much damage was done and how to begin cleaning it up. we estimate. it will need at least two weeks to dry before we can even get equipment in there to start repairs and restoration of stern grove, the league taking place just days before the final concert of the stern grove concert series which was set for su

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the problems began monday when cruise from san francisco's public utilities commission we're workingwater line at 22nd avenue and slowed as that crew was tightening a bolt and air valve failed sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into the air and then down at the stern grove park the park now closed until further notice it's completely buried the concert meadow under about two ft. of silt and sediment and it's surrounded three backstage buildings one of the major concerns the danger of falling trees and the ground was just saturated um and it undermined the root systems about of about 50 of those big trees and several trees are already on the ground at this point cruz from rec and parks and the puc are working together trying to determine just how much damage was done and how to begin cleaning it up. we estimate it will need at least two weeks to dry before we can even get equipment in there to start repairs and restoration of stern grove the league taking place just days before the final concert of the stern grove concert series which was set for sunday oakland's own to

ordinance appropriating a total of 19.3 million of hetchy power revenue bonds fob the san francisco public utilities commission hetch hetchy capital improvement program and deappropriating 2,000 low carbon fuel standard funding for fiscal year 2021-22, deropinging 6.8 million hetchy revenue funds to hetchy fund balance in fiscal year 20-201, and placing 19.3 million of power bands by project on controller's reserve subject to certification of funds available. and item 29, ordinance to amend the annual salary ordinance fiscal year 20-21 and 21-22 to reflect the substitution of three positions at the airport commission and the substitution of nine positions and the addition of 23 positions at the san francisco public utilities commission. item 30 is an ordinance amending the police code to lower the fee for a street artist certificate. item 31 is ordinance adopting the neighborhood buttefication and graffiti cleanup fund tax designation ceiling for tax year 2021. item 32 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to require the rent board to collect the rent board fee through invoices rather than through t

public safety benefits. >>> san francisco is expecting its leak alert program in an effort to conserve water during the dire drought conditions. san francisco public commission utility says it will notify more people. it alerts single and small multi property when they have three days of nonstop water use which could signify a leak. the system will send it to commercial, industrial and multifamily buildings and screen for increases in water use of 50% and over within the last 90 days and spikes in nightly water use. >>> listen to this, scientists are looking for ways to reverse climate change and one sea creature could have paved wait. researchers are looking into how they could pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. california researchers also found feeding dairy cows small portions of seawood drastically reduced how much methane they produced. ocean farmers are looking for kelp that is resistant to rising sea temperatures. this is to help combat greenhouse gases. one marine biologist says that the hard part is getting people on board. >> it's going to definitely take some effort and real good instinct on how to integrate something successfully into the economi

the problems began monday when cruise from san francisco's public utilities commission. we're working on a water line at 22nd avenue and slowed as that crew was tightening a bolt an air valve failed sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into the air and then down at the stern grove park the park now closed until further notice. it's. completely buried the concert meadow under about two ft of silt and sediment and um, it's surrounded three backstage buildings one of the major concerns the danger of falling trees and the ground was just saturated um and it undermined their root systems about. of about 50 of those big trees and several trees are already on the ground at this point cruz from rec and parks and the puc are working together trying to determine ju to begin cleaning it up. we estimate it will need at least two weeks to dry before we can even get equipment in there to start repairs and restoration of stern grove. the league taking place just days before the final concert of the stern grove concert series which was set for sunday oakland's own tower of

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 commissionprogram 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

ordinance appropriating a total of 19.3 million of hetchy power revenue bonds fob the san francisco public utilities commission hetch hetchy capital improvement program and deappropriating 2,000 low carbon fuel standard funding for fiscal year 2021-22, deropinging 6.8 million hetchy revenue funds to hetchy fund balance in fiscal year 20-201, and placing 19.3 million of power bands by project on controller's reserve subject to certification of funds available. and item 29, ordinance to amend the annual salary ordinance fiscal year 20-21 and 21-22 to reflect the substitution of three positions at the airport commission and the substitution of nine positions and the addition of 23 positions at the san francisco public utilities commission. item 30 is an ordinance amending the police code to lower the fee for a street artist certificate. item 31 is ordinance adopting the neighborhood buttefication and graffiti cleanup fund tax designation ceiling for tax year 2021. item 32 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to require the rent board to collect the rent board fee through invoices rather than through t

section 54957-b and san francisco administrative code 67.10-b, to consider public employee appointment, hiring for the position of general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission and pursuant to government code sections 54954.5f and 54957.6 and san francisco administrative code sections 67.8-a-5 and section 67.10-e-1, conference of labor negotiator, unrepresented employee, city negotiator, commission president, sophie maxwell. anticipated issues under negotiation: wages, hours, benefits, working conditions, and others. members of the public who wish to call in, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146-799-8908, pound, pound. [inaudible] and that you refrain from the use of profanity. please address your remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or staff. mr. moderator, do we have callers? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no callers in the queue at this time. >> clerk: thank you. public comment on item 4 is closed. >> thank you. we will now go into closed >> madam secretary, will you read the next item, please. >> clerk: madam president, the next item is motion regarding whether to disclose the discussions during closed session

planning department, sfmta, and the san francisco public utilities commission. so this program and -- and project delivery strategy will ultimately apply to all of the efforts in the resilience program. next slide, please. so i'm going to talk a little bit about the benefits of a programatic approach. really, the tension is to develop a strategy for delivery of multirelated projects. through this approach to program management, we'll be able to manage interdependencies among projects, be able to elevate issues quickly for shall resolution. we want -- for issue resolution. we want to really be able to learn as we go and become as effective and continuously improving as possible. we have development, predesign of project, and then final design and construction, and you'll see that the environmental review and permitting process overlaps the design process. what we're trying to do with this overall strategy is to provide a consistent framework for project delivery. this is critical for a construction project of this design and complexity. it's designed to present h

planning department, sfmta, and the san francisco public utilities commission.is program and -- and project delivery strategy will ultimately apply to all of the efforts in the resilience program. next slide, please. so i'm going to talk a little bit about the benefits of a programatic approach. really, the tension is to develop a strategy for delivery of multirelated projects. through this approach to program management, we'll be able to manage interdependencies among projects, be able to elevate issues quickly for shall resolution. we want -- for issue resolution. we want to really be able to learn as we go and become as effective and continuously improving as possible. we have development, predesign of project, and then final design and construction, and you'll see that the environmental review and permitting process overlaps the design process. what we're trying to do with this overall strategy is to provide a consistent framework for project delivery. this is critical for a construction project of this design and complexity. it's designed to present highly

. >>> some people struggling in san francisco are getting help with their bills. the city's public utilities commissionof the pandemic. eligible customers will receive big discounts on water and sewer bills. starting this month those low-income customers can get up to 90% off on their bills for the next six months. since march of 2020 the number of delinquent accounts has grown by more than 250%. >>> back-to-school excitement in the south bay for sure. >> hundreds of excited sunnyvale families loaded up on supplies today. covid delays kept the crayons, pencils, supplies stuck on a fedex plane in memphis for two weeks. rotary clubs here and in tennessee negotiated the transfer of the materials to trucks instead, which pulled in last night. fedex covered the cost and the supplies were ready for 1,600 low-income families to pick up today. >>> chances are you've never seen a sierra nevada red fox because there are fewer than 100 in california. it was feared extinct from california until 2010 when a wildlife camera captured this photo of a fox at sonora pass. this fox is protected by the california endanger