and vice president of the commission, each to serve a one-year term, as per the san francisco public utilities commission rules of order, rule number 6. >> thank you. as the outgoing san francisco public utilities commission president, i'd like to thank the people of san francisco and our knowledgeable stakeholders who has made our lives better. lastly, it's been an honor to serve with such dedicated, knowledgeable, and committed commissioners. i've never served on any other commission, but if the people are like you, san francisco has a lot to be thankful for, so thank you very much for all that you are and do. next, i would like to go over this procedure. first, you will have public comment, and then nominations for commission president, and then, a motion and a second and a vote. and then, we will be followed by the vice president. so public comment at this time. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment specifically on item 3, the election of the commission president, and this is for the president only at this time, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146-067-9420, po

and here in san francisco the san francisco public utilities commission have a grant program.nt program where we've already provided over $2 million to various companies to change their businesses so that it doesn't impact their business directly so they can accommodate technology like this to make adjustments and anchor received a $1 million grant to make such changes. we're grateful to be here today because when you think bit, what they're doing in just this location alone is anticipated to save over $20 million gallons of water. that's the equivalent of over 1300 residents in san francisco and san franciscans used 32 gallons of water a day which is one of the lowest anywhere and we believe in conservation and try to do our best but we also understand there's a need to change infrastructure and businesses and how we support companies in san francisco to be innovative and creative in new developments that will help us to do exactly what we're doing here today. i'm grateful to be here and i know it's not after hours but i would hope that after we're done with this press confer

the goal is to have a transparent conversation with the san francisco public utilities commission and a public acknowledgement from this body about the cleanpowersf rate increase as it is our duty to conduct oversight, but i also hope that we take this moment to hear the details about cleanpowersf, where it is at, so perhaps give us the opportunity to affirm our commitment to support cleanpowersf. please recognize that from the report that there was a 16%, 16% decrease in rate for cleanpowersf in january of this year. we recognize the rate increase by 4% in july and now is an additional 6% increase on top of that starting november 1. now, colleagues, this all in a way is to be comparable to the pg&e rate that has also increased in the summer, so the goal is and the question is how do we ensure cleanpowersf stay competitive and is affordable? it has been the process of this body when we set forth to establish cleanpowersf that we ensure cleanpowersf stay affordable for san franciscans. so i understand there will be a rate study coming spring 2022 to help us understand how cleanpowersf

the goal is to have a transparent conversation with the san francisco public utilities commission and a public acknowledgement from this body about the cleanpowersf rate increase as it is our duty to conduct oversight, but i also hope that we take this moment to hear the details about cleanpowersf, where it is at, so perhaps give us the opportunity to affirm our commitment to support cleanpowersf. please recognize that from the report that there was a 16%, 16% decrease in rate for cleanpowersf in january of this year. we recognize the rate increase by 4% in july and now is an additional 6% increase on top of that starting november 1. now, colleagues, this all in a way is to be comparable to the pg&e rate that has also increased in the summer, so the goal is and the question is how do we ensure cleanpowersf stay competitive and is affordable? it has been the process of this body when we set forth to establish cleanpowersf that we ensure cleanpowersf stay affordable for san franciscans. so i understand there will be a rate study coming spring 2022 to help us understand how cleanpowersf

depleted reservoirs water providers are taking a get tough approach, but not so for the san francisco public utilities commission, who said the measures are premature for their customers. >> we are not making any quotas, we set this goal as an aspirational goal. >> reporter: gavin newsom declared a drought emergency in april urging california's the got water usage. the results have been down 9% in the south bay and 8% for spain mind and san francisco puc customers. despite lackluster numbers neither is currently considering financial penalties for customers who do not conserve. >> it is another try year we would reassess and consider going to a different stage of drought that has more restrictions where we are asking customers to do more. >> reporter: the widening differing approach and part the overall strength of each water supply. the santa clara valley water district has all but depleted aboveground storage. reservoirs are 11% of total capacity. san francisco is in much better shape, 67% of total capacity. east bay mud is currently at 55%. it allows both to take a wait- and-see approach. >> will we do our gu

san francisco. communities around the bay area are prepping for those heavy rains in san francisco, the public utilities commission spent at a checking and vacuuming out catch basins, many of them filled with water or just covered in debris. they're asking residents to pitch in and clear those basins to prevent localized flooding. it's really just about scraping off those leaves that can accumulate or other debris that can cumulate on the door breeze that storm drains that keep them from draining properly. so, yeah, we have a great, uh. um public participation program in that our residents are very passionate about keeping the streets clean. the city's department of emergency management says they will have staff on full alert come sunday. well, preparations are also being made in the north bay in anticipation of lots of runoff tomorrow, the sonoma county water agency will begin deflating it's rubber dam. located in the russian river near forestville. the damage routinely deflated when the rivers forecast rise. so for more on the timing of sunday's rain, we turn to meteorologist collar grogan with much more, cala,

attorney david herrera has herrera the parts from his 20 year tenure to head the san francisco public utility commission. she is a former civil rights attorney and he says he plans to carry that passion into his new role. >> not well, as a former civil rights attorney. i'm very interested in how this office can really fight for all of our collective civil rights in the wake of anti-asian hate for black lives matter or the me too i think it's incumbent on this office to stand up for the values of san francisco. >> again, dennis herrera moves on to the public utility commission. meantime, light of the change. now to start his role at the end of the month and governor newsome will appoint a new assembly member to fill his seat. >> because of the ongoing drought city. livermore has 3 new water restrictions in place. first landscaping irrigation is limited 2, 3, times a week and only on certain days and times residents are prohibited from using their sprinklers between 09:00am and 6 and you have to choose. you have to use a water hose. a watering can or a drip irrigation system if you water your lawn, the ci

. >>> with the rainy season coming san francisco's public utilities commission is reminding residentsthey can do and what it is doing to ease flooding risks. the city provides a flood water grant program which will reimburse property owners up to $100,000 for storm water run-off improvements that lower the risk. those include things like flood barriers, sump pumps, and other improvements. also the pec is doing its own work, capital improvement projects to help reduce the risk of flooding. >>> and we know that the concern about flooding is certainly very real as the rain continues to fall. not the biggest storm we've seen but the biggest storm so far. >> yeah, there is a bigger one on the way and the biggest one we've seen since january. we've seen this light on and off again rain for the past several days because of the instability. great shot of walnut creek. for the most part, if you live south of the golden gate bridge you'll get a lot of cloud cover today much like yesterday. however, take a look at satellite radar so we've still got some instability. you can see the rain bands pu

now the bay area is looking forward to the next round of storms in san francisco, the public utilities commissioning catch basins, many now filled with water or covered with debris. they're asking residents to pitch in and clear the basins. to prevent localized flooding. it's really just about scraping off those leaves that can accumulate or other debris that can accumulate on the door brace that storm drains that keep them from, um, draining properly. so, yeah, we have a great, uh. um public participation program in that our residents are very passionate about keeping their streets clean the utility sending out trucks like this to vacuum out the catch basins to make sure that when they are clear they're able to handle the coming storm. the puc, saying its staffing up. to get ready for this weekend. we have strike teams, which are employees with rakes that clean the debris on top of the storm drains to make sure they don't clog and we're keeping an eye had potential problem areas in the city and will deploy those kind of at a moments notice because we know that the rains are coming. we also spoke

authorizing the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute a second amendment to the planning accordator agreement between the city and county of san francisco public utilities commission and the california independent system operator, extending the agreement term from november 11, 2021, to november 10, 2031, pursuant to charter section 9.118, for a total duration of approximately 16 years, and for a total cumulative amount not to exceed $500,000, and delegating to the general manager authority to approve certain nonmaterial amendments, as defined herein. members of the public who wish to make public comment, call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2483-619-1631, then press pound and pound again. please press star, three to enter the queue and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comments. >> chair haney: thank you. and margaret [indiscernible] is here to present the item. >> hello. i'm the division manager of hetch hetchy water and power, so i'm coming to you from moccasin, california. the sfpuc must comply with applicable reliability starts developed by the north american reliability corporation or n.a.r.c., and the

before calling the next item, i will like to announce that the san francisco public utility commissions acknowledged that we are on the land located within the historic territory. sfpuc recognizes every citizen recognizing the greater bay area continues to benefit on the use of occupation of the tribes have virtual land. next item. >> clerk: next item is item number 3, approve the minutes of october 12, 2021. >> president moran: or there any corrections on the minutes? seeing none, please call for public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment on item 3, dial (415)655-0001. meeting i.d. 146 727 7067 to raise your hand to speak, press star 3. do we have any callers? >> we have two callers in the queue. just a second. >> caller: commissioners, good afternoon. i'm calling you to bring your attention to the last week federal filing against the disgraced former manager. what's interesting as you read the 16-page filing, it is how contracts at the san francisco public utilities commission haw guys are sitting on have been fixed. all the lawyers

public wos all around t ready for this wet weather in san francisco, the public utilities commission spent the day checking catch basins, many filled with water or covered in debris. they're asking residents to pitch in and help clear out those basins to prevent localized flooding. it's really just about scraping off those leaves that can accumulate or other debris that can cumulate on the door breeze that storm drains that keep them from, um draining properly. so, yeah, we have a great, uh. um public participation program in that our residents are very passionate about keeping their streets clean. the city sent out trucks today to vacuum out catch basins to make sure that they're clear and will be able to handle the coming storm this city's department of emergency management, saying they will have staff on full alert this sunday. so the bay area's biggest power provider, pgd says it is ready for the big storm, and the utility says it's working to reduce the impact of any storm related outages. she interviews tom vacar toured one of the utilities biggest supply yards. he picks up tha

everything is considered to be retained by the san francisco public utilities commission. there will be no separate discussion unless removed from the calendar and discussed as a separate item. >> thank you. colleagues any items to be discussed or removed? thank you. open up for public comment. >> members of the public who wish to make public comment specifically eat emmy nine please dial the number on your kreen. to raise your hand it speak, press star pound. do we have any callers? >> madam secretary, there are three callers in the queue. >> i am urging the commission to sever item 9b. >> next caller. >> nothing substantive just two clarification. the font changes. >> on this item, i find that ajm power works for ae come. com. i want you to look into that. the power enterprise, i think this discussion that we had earlier ties to this where there's nepotism. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comment. there are no more callers in the queue. >> okay. item nine. the consent calendar is closed. >> all right. we'll sever item -- >> i'll make a motion to approve item a

authorizing the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute a second amendment to the planning accordator agreement between the city and county of san francisco public utilities commission and the california independent system operator, extending the agreement term from november 11, 2021, to november 10, 2031, pursuant to charter section 9.118, for a total duration of approximately 16 years, and for a total cumulative amount not to exceed $500,000, and delegating to the general manager authority to approve certain nonmaterial amendments, as defined herein. members of the public who wish to make public comment, call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2483-619-1631, then press pound and pound again. please press star, three to enter the queue and wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted to begin your comments. >> chair haney: thank you. and margaret [indiscernible] is here to present the item. >> hello. i'm the division manager of hetch hetchy water and power, so i'm coming to you from moccasin, california. the sfpuc must comply with applicable reliability starts developed by the north american reliability corporation or n.a.r.c., and the

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

now the bay area is looking forward to the next round of storms in san francisco, the public utilities commission spent the day checking catch basins, many now filled with water or covered with debris. they're asking residents to pitch in and clear the basins. to prevent localized flooding. it's really just about scraping off those leaves that can accumulate or other debris that can accumulate on the door brace that storm drains that keep them from, um, draining properly. so, yeah, we have a great, uh. um public participation program in that our residents are very passionate about keeping the streets clean the utility sending out trucks like this to vacuum out the catch basins to make sure that when they are clear they're able to handle the coming storm. the puc, saying its staffing up. to get ready for this weekend. we have strike teams, which are employees with rakes that clean the debris on top of the storm drains to make sure they don't clog and we're keeping an eye had potential problem areas in the city and will deploy those kind of at a moments notice because we know that the rains are com

item number 2 is a motion approving an updated emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to administrative code section 6.60 to replace and repair [inaudible] on sfpuc in alameda sandwiched by the complex by increasing the [inaudible] costing $4.250 to $11 million. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments, mr. chair. >> great. welcome back, mr. laman. any updates? >> yes. thank you, chair haney and supervisors for the opportunity to do additional research on the question. i spoke to the staff that is responsible for implementing the project labor agreement and i was informed that, in addition to contract value, there is explicitly in the project labor agreement, paragraph 2.7 subsection-h, that emergency work is excluded from the project of labor agreement. so, that is why it was not included in the contracts. >> ok. we are -- we're requesting to extend the emergency declaration, the resolution is to extend the emergency and that would extend these contracts and they would continue to be exempt from the project

colleagues, first of all, i would like this thank the san francisco bay regional water quality control board for getting the san francisco public utilities commission to finally address something that has been going on for way too long with regard to the overflows from the city's sewer system and the three aforementioned areas. but i wanted to hear from the puc, because this is an ambitious, over half a billion dollar project, that has to be -- all three projects have to be completed no later than march 31, 2028. so i thought it would be appropriate to hear from the puc as to their plans to finally address this issue and what sources of funding they have so we can get that on the record so this and future boards can hold them accountable. >> president walton: thank you so much, supervisor peskin. and i am looking for the representative. >> mr. president, it's gregory mow bury. i believe you're on mute. >> thank you very much. you'd think we'd know better. i serve as the assistant general manager for the waste water enterprise at the san francisco public utilities commission. and the three projects that are included in this agreement with the state

recommendation r-3, that the recommendation requires further analysis and he or she urges the san francisco public utilities commission to review its policies regarding as billed documentation and the feasibility of establishing a digital document repository and to deliver its findings to the board of supervisors by march 2022. four, the recommendation requires further analysis by the transportation agency to analyze options for adopting a policy for setting forth the best practices or industry practices and to limit the findings. for recommendation r-5, that the recommendation requires further analysis. to analyze options best projects and deliver it's findings to the board of supervisors by march 2022 and urges the sfmta to analyze options for adopting policy to be awarded no later than at the 30% stage. laying out options and key considerations for an ordinance to amend the administrative code. to remove the mandatory criteria and awarding cmgc contracts. for recommendation r-8, that the recommendation has not been >>>ed but willing implemented and hereby urges the sfmta to comment on preconstruction deliverable. f

. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing.ibility 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 this community. >> bayview has changed.

clerk: item 27 is a resolution approving an updated emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to san francisco administrative code, to replace and repair fences on sfpuc watershed land in alameda damaged by the s.c.u. lighting complex fire, increasing the total not to exceed cost. >> president walton: thank you. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. madam clerk, would you please call item 28. >> clerk: item 28 is a resolution receipt owe actively authorizing the office of the district attorney to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 2.5 million from the california victim compensation board. >> president walton: thank you. seeing no objection, we can take this same house, same call, and the motion passes unanimously. madam clerk, would you call item 29 and 30, please? >> clerk: a resolution to purchase real property for the mission smart space senior, l.l.c., 1320 mission street, for approximately 8.7 -- for 87 million. >> president walton: thank you, and seeing no one on the roster, we can take this item same house, same call. with

hear from last because they have the most substantial presentation as well as the san francisco public utilities commissionthat maintains 4000 trees in the city and our recreation parks department that has 14 percent of the real estate in the city and county of san francisco. we all know the benefitsof street trees. they sequester carbon . a clean over 250 tons of pollution on an annual basis and interestingly enough sense before proposition e when the city's urban forestry planand financing plan were developed , ironically those plants really did not equity in treeplanting so i want to delveinto that as well .and i don't want to just have one hearing and be done. i think this touches on many different parts of the city including the planning department where there are laws about treeplanting and new construction and there are laws about payments if the developer can't do those for certain reasons for the department, th planning department waives those requirements . there are issues around urban forestry council that is now housed at the department of the environment. we need tofollow-up and determine whe

one from the san francisco public utilities commission, the other one we started at the department of environment. the third one, the city-wide ethnics compliance. they are similar to the ones before you. it is really to provide stakeholders such as yourself to provide input on the most appropriate and effective to frame the issues here. some of the individuals that have been implicated as they relate to d.b.i. among them are former d.b.i. director tom huey who accepted meals from the developer and the permit expediter. three other individuals that have been criminally charged with fraud related to d.b.i. among them a former d.b.i. senior inspector alleged for conflict of interest. sanchos a licensed engineer and plumber on the building commission project charged with defrauding a client. peter sherman was sued along with mr. sanchos by the city attorney's office for fraud related to several projects in san francisco. additional background, as you probably know building inspection commission is seven members body at d.b.i. it oversees enforcement of electrical and plumbing. within the

item number 2 is a motion approving an updated emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to administrative code section 6.60 to replace and repair [inaudible] on sfpuc in alameda sandwiched by the complex by increasing the [inaudible] costing $4.250 to $11 million. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments, mr. chair. >> great. welcome back, mr. laman. any updates? >> yes. thank you, chair haney and supervisors for the opportunity to do additional research on the question. i spoke to the staff that is responsible for implementing the project labor agreement and i was informed that, in addition to contract value, there is explicitly in the project labor agreement, paragraph 2.7 subsection-h, that emergency work is excluded from the project of labor agreement. so, that is why it was not included in the contracts. >> ok. we are -- we're requesting to extend the emergency declaration, the resolution is to extend the emergency and that would extend these contracts and they would continue to be exempt from the project

item number 2 is a motion approving an updated emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to administrative code section 6.60 to replace and repair [inaudible] on sfpuc in alameda sandwiched by the complex by increasing the [inaudible] costing $4.250 to $11 million. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments, mr. chair. >> great. welcome back, mr. laman. any updates? >> yes. thank you, chair haney and supervisors for the opportunity to do additional research on the question. i spoke to the staff that is responsible for implementing the project labor agreement and i was informed that, in addition to contract value, there is explicitly in the project labor agreement, paragraph 2.7 subsection-h, that emergency work is excluded from the project of labor agreement. so, that is why it was not included in the contracts. >> ok. we are -- we're requesting to extend the emergency declaration, the resolution is to extend the emergency and that would extend these contracts and they would continue to be exempt from the project

clerk: item 27 is a resolution approving an updated emergency declaration of the san francisco public utilities commission pursuant to san francisco administrative code, to replace and repair fences on sfpuc watershed land in alameda damaged by the s.c.u. lighting complex fire, increasing the total not to exceed cost. >> president walton: thank you. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. madam clerk, would you please call item 28. >> clerk: item 28 is a resolution receipt owe actively authorizing the office of the district attorney to accept and expend a grant in the amount of 2.5 million from the california victim compensation board. >> president walton: thank you. seeing no objection, we can take this same house, same call, and the motion passes unanimously. madam clerk, would you call item 29 and 30, please? >> clerk: a resolution to purchase real property for the mission smart space senior, l.l.c., 1320 mission street, for approximately 8.7 -- for 87 million. >> president walton: thank you, and seeing no one on the roster, we can take this item same house, same call. with

now, having said that, we, as a city, worked exclusively through the san francisco public utilities commission to engage with pg&e. that is an obligation that we must observe. we, as public works, cannot go direct to pg&e and compel them. simply put, pg&e cannot be compelled to do anything they choose not to do. we have applied as much political pressure as we could. we may have moved the needle a little bit by applying the influence of our former department head, the current fire chief, the previous fire chief. we have worked every angle to try to compel pg&e to be a better partner in the delivery of this work. it has been a struggle. and i can't -- i'm not finger pointing at them. i'm simply saying that the causation of the delay with the electrification has been a burden for everyone concerned. there is everyone working hard to try to get pg&e to be compelled to work with us. their initial proposal for electrification frankly, on the face of it, was absurd. it would have required an incredible amount of costs and delays, far behind what we're currently seeing. we were able to work with them

hear from last because they have the most substantial presentation as well as the san francisco public utilities commissionthat maintains 4000 trees in the city and our recreation parks department that has 14 percent of the real estate in the city and county of san francisco. we all know the benefitsof street trees. they sequester carbon . a clean over 250 tons of pollution on an annual basis and interestingly enough sense before proposition e when the city's urban forestry planand financing plan were developed , ironically those plants really did not equity in treeplanting so i want to delveinto that as well .and i don't want to just have one hearing and be done. i think this touches on many different parts of the city including the planning department where there are laws about treeplanting and new construction and there are laws about payments if the developer can't do those for certain reasons for the department, th planning department waives those requirements . there are issues around urban forestry council that is now housed at the department of the environment. we need tofollow-up and determine whe

one from the san francisco public utilities commission, the other one we started at the department of environment. the third one, the city-wide ethnics compliance. they are similar to the ones before you. it is really to provide stakeholders such as yourself to provide input on the most appropriate and effective to frame the issues here. some of the individuals that have been implicated as they relate to d.b.i. among them are former d.b.i. director tom huey who accepted meals from the developer and the permit expediter. three other individuals that have been criminally charged with fraud related to d.b.i. among them a former d.b.i. senior inspector alleged for conflict of interest. sanchos a licensed engineer and plumber on the building commission project charged with defrauding a client. peter sherman was sued along with mr. sanchos by the city attorney's office for fraud related to several projects in san francisco. additional background, as you probably know building inspection commission is seven members body at d.b.i. it oversees enforcement of electrical and plumbing. within the

now, having said that, we, as a city, worked exclusively through the san francisco public utilities commissionengage with pg&e. that is an obligation that we must observe. we, as public works, cannot go direct to pg&e and compel them. simply put, pg&e cannot be compelled to do anything they choose not to do. we have applied as much political pressure as we could. we may have moved the needle a little bit by applying the influence of our former department head, the current fire chief, the previous fire chief. we have worked every angle to try to compel pg&e to be a better partner in the delivery of this work. it has been a struggle. and i can't -- i'm not finger pointing at them. i'm simply saying that the causation of the delay with the electrification has been a burden for everyone concerned. there is everyone working hard to try to get pg&e to be compelled to work with us. their initial proposal for electrification frankly, on the face of it, was absurd. it would have required an incredible amount of costs and delays, far behind what we're currently seeing. we were able to work with them to

recommendation r-3, that the recommendation requires further analysis and he or she urges the san francisco public utilities commissionies regarding as billed documentation and the feasibility of establishing a digital document repository and to deliver its findings to the board of supervisors by march 2022. four, the recommendation requires further analysis by the transportation agency to analyze options for adopting a policy for setting forth the best practices or industry practices and to limit the findings. for recommendation r-5, that the recommendation requires further analysis. to analyze options best projects and deliver it's findings to the board of supervisors by march 2022 and urges the sfmta to analyze options for adopting policy to be awarded no later than at the 30% stage. laying out options and key considerations for an ordinance to amend the administrative code. to remove the mandatory criteria and awarding cmgc contracts. for recommendation r-8, that the recommendation has not been >>>ed but willing implemented and hereby urges the sfmta to comment on preconstruction deliverable. for recommendation r-

this is probably the worst kept secret in san francisco, politics, but today i'm here to make a very important announcement. yesterday, the public utilities commissionroved the contract for our city attorney dennis herrera to become the next director of this incredible department and i'm so grateful to our city attorney for the work that he has done to lead this city for the past 20 years, an office of dedicated public servants who fight every single day to focus on the things that mart the most to the people of san francisco. and with our city attorney moving on, we now have a vacancy potentially soon. and, as a result, we have to fill that vacancy. and i can't think of anyone better to serve as the next city attorney for the city and county of san francisco than assembly member david choo. some of you ask, why david? many of you have reached out to me and expressed the interest in seeing someone like david become city attorney. now many of you may know him as the board of supervisors, but his extensive career, getting his law degree from harvard. working for the nineth circuit court of appeals. working as an attorney for the united states senate.

san francisco with more on the restrictions. >> reporter: is a water submitted the request through the california public utilities commission today. they are also sending out notice to their 1 million customers. if it is approved, get ready to cut back or pay up. it has been 4 months since san jose water asked their customers to cut back, but appealing to their consciences not working, so now san jose water is going after their wallets. >> people should be aware that there is great reason for concern. >> reporter: leanne with san jose water says the company back in june asked for a voluntary cutback of 15% represented by the green line. san jose water did see a steady decline, but customers missed the target. 1% in june, 6% in july, and a percent in august. >> i think it's very hard to get people to completely change their behavior, and i think we made progress. we wish it had been re, but we encrageopto cont conservation. >> reportere proposed residenti customers must get their use down to 15% below 2019 levels. any customers who exceed that target will be hit with a $7.13 service charge per unit. it's 100 cubic feet of water or