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 eat, people. >> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market rate program. i got my certificat

are there so to no items for item c >> general engineering construction work on san francisco public utilities commission systems and operations around hetch hetchy. any items the commissioners want to remove from consent calendar. >> yes. a question. yeah. >> okay. item consideration pull for questions and item d, please and um, item d? >> and c. >> right. >> not pulling just clarifying questions. >> can i have that two for c, d, and e just questions on so i think we can um, do we need to open public comment? >> continue to make a motion than to. >> i'm sorry, go ahead and have your conversation and- >> (multiple voices). >> let's have the conversation. >> let's talk about item c commissioner. >> are we going to hear. >> it is the consent calendar. >> i'm sorry can you speak into the microphone. >> my question is why now are we having this extension that's my question. >> um, (rustling of papers.) >> i why are we um, doing this now. >> good afternoon, commissioners realtime services expending the contract to support existing work and we're doing it in, you know. in the increment we think will take to ac

. >> item 4 is resolution approving emergency declaration of the san francisco public utility commission pursuant to administrative code to contract resources to perform sewer main water main on fillmore between green street and union street which were damaged by a water main failure with total estimated cost not to exceed $5 million. madam chair. >> thank you. today we have mr. steve ritchie assistant general manager for water from sfpuc for our san francisco public utility commission. thank you and tell us all about this one. >> steve ritchie, assistant general manager for water here speaking on the fillmore and green 16 inch water main break which in 14 years is probably within the top 3 in terms of community disruption, so this was a very big deal. just background on the san francisco water system. we actually have 24 pressure zones throughout the city. this map shows those pressure zones and where all the water mains are. there are about 1250 miles of water mains serving all most a million residents and workers in san francisco during the day, so a very long complex system we have.

memorandum of understanding with a san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco department of public health to deliver the green business program. the puc supports the efforts, our waste water compliance and make our business to 100% energy. the department helps by verifying businesses are compliant with health and safety code and storage and disposal standards. and next slide. and here's our jaim, it consist, the tlaoef us, myself, jax, who sadly this tomorrow will be her last day, and she will be greatly missed. and alejandra who came from an environmental now team and has a tremendous amount of expertise with helping businesses switch from single use items to reuseables. next slide. so we have three different recognition levels to work with business where ever they're at. the entry level is focused on low cost and low impact to help the business save money and roughly 16 measures at this level. the certify level is based on environmental measures. and the innovative level is for leaders in the environmental movement and has four additional big impact measures, such as up

i had a project with the san francisco public utilities commission which i believe is the first time that a city actually funded research at a national laboratory. and this was, the city of san francisco is charged with rebuilding the wastewater management, sewers. they consider climate change with this. and they asked me about extreme participation -- precipitation. they told us to give us a dozen of storms and satellite area and we were able to analyze six of those. the atmospheric river storms have a bomb cycle associated with responding in a way that i was surprised about twice the expected rate. that was used by their consultants to modify their curves, the intensity duration. they are intensity duration frequency it is designed tool that engineers use. that is the extent of my knowledge. i will quote what susan liao said who was the former director of the public utilities commission and she said, i quote, "there ain't no pipe big enough. " and since that has been the engineers and do not -- designers going back to the drawing room saying how do we accommodate these storms in a

i had a project with the san francisco public utilities commission which i believe is the first time a city funded research at the national laboratory. the city is charged with rebuilding the wastewater management and charged with considering climate change. they asked me about extreme precipitation. we asked to give a dozen storms and satellite internet that was in patchouli and we would take a look at them and we were able to analyze six of them. the atmospheric storms that had to the so-called bomb cyclone associated with them responded in a way that i get i was surprised about twice the expected rate and that was used by their consultants to modify their idf courtesies, the intensities. intensity duration frequency, a design tool engineers use and that's the extent of my knowledge. i will quote what susan said, a former director of the public utilities commission and she said and i quote, there ain't no pipe big enough and that has sent the engineers and billionaires back to the drawing room saying how are we going to accommodate these storms that might come in the world, might b

public utility commission delayed a vote set for today on the proposed rate hike by pg&e. this morning shawn chitnis was outside the public utilities commission building in san francisco with more. >> reporter: the vote happening at cpuc has been delayed two more weeks . the company saying that this rate hike will help with fire prevention measures, specifically burying power lines. but a new group that is rallied at this location has emerged this week saying they want to see more transparency. they are called, fair california, and they are made up of housing advocates, business leaders, labor unions, and environmental groups. they argue that pg&e has been able to push through rate increases without being transparent about how the money is being spent. the cpuc is considering three proposals that range from a 9% to a 26% hike. with the money the company has a goal of eventually burying 10,000 miles of power lines across the state to reduce the risk of wildfires, but as of today only about 300 miles are complete. fair california said the lack of transparency on spending is hurting ratepayers like small businesses. >> the bill goes up for the consumer and they will come in l

this is a hearing that will be happening tomorrow at the california california public utilities commission here in san francisco. >> sergio, i know a group of people protested this proposed hike. i would imagine they're frustrated and not happy about this. >> reporter: they're not happy about a proposed 26% hike. they say that would come on top of what has already been 37% rate increases over since about january 2021, so 37% plus 26%, that's a pretty good amount of hikes over a spread of about six years. they also contend that some of the reasons why pg&e is proposing this are probably not necessary. they contend that the utilities campaign to bury its power lines for wildfire safety could be avoided by insulating their power lines. they have some contention with the reason pg&e is asking for this rate increase itself. >> sure. it will impact a lot of families. sergio, pg&e saying anything today? >> reporter: we did ask for comment about today's demonstration in front of the cpuc. they have not responded to that request, but if you watch television or if you're on social media, you have no doubt seen this serie

driving in san francisco where they have now ceased and cruz subsequentially decided to pause their driverless autonomous vehicle operations nation wide. the california public utility commission that over san francisco objections issued those permits have [indiscernible] expansion permit for san francisco until a rehearing of their decision that san francisco requested takes place. all be it, the puc did reject san francisco request to stay the wamo permit. today i like to ask the transportation authority staff to work to continue to work collaboratively with the municipal transportation agency staff to further develop our input to state agencies, including through a av regulatory framework study that would look at how av safety and performance metric could be used in a performance based approach. the study utilize best available public data and estimates we have been able to garner to illustrate how the framework could be applied to testing and deployment in san francisco and beyond. thank you mr. chairman for that opportunity and thank you staff for working on this. >> thank you commissioner peskin and thank you for all of the time significant time that you are putting into

san francisco. and according to the california public utilities commission, there have been thousands of attacks against ride sharing company passengers in recent years. back in july, the cpsc began requiring rideshare companies to train drivers to avoid assault and harassment. the company is also had to adopts steps for investigating complaints and use standard terminology in annual reports to accurately monitor the incidents. a major closure happening in the east bay tonight, part of southbound 6, 8 pleasanton will be closed until next week because of road work. kron four's michael thomas has the details. >> the southbound lanes on 6.80, behind me will be closed all weekend starting tonight and it's because workers need to repave the road to say currently it's deteriorating and could cause some safety issues for drivers in the future. take a look. this is a map of exactly where the closures will can see southbound lanes of i-680, in pleasanton starting tonight at 9 o'clock will be closed in remain closed until 04:00am monday morning. that closure runs from the 5, 6, 80 connector all the way down to ko

public utility commission delayed a vote that was set for today at a proposed rate hike by pg&e. shawn chitnis is live this morning outside the public utilities' commission building in san francisco. with more on what pg&e says that extra money will pay for. and the new advocacy group calling for transparency about how the money is spent. i think the keyword there is transparency. >> reporter: hey nicole, good morning. yeah they definitely want to see more explained about how that money is being used. we do know the vote will be delayed two more weeks and pg&e says that this money is used for wildfire prevention measures, specifically to bury power lines. but that new advocacy group fair california says there needs to be more explained and so they are rallying this week to bring more attention to the issue. they are made up of a group of housing advocates and business leaders and labor unions and those who pushed for better care of the environment. they argue that pg&e has been able to push through rate increases without being transparent about how that money is spent. the cpuc is considering three proposals that range from a 9% to a 26% hike. with that money, the company says th

the protest starts at 11 o'clock outside the california public utilities commission building in san francisco. they're pushing back against pg e's plan to raise rates by 26%. they want to executives at pg and other for-profit utilities to ensure that rate payers are treated fairly and that safety measures are a priority. >> 77 right now and just in time for the holidays, oakland has a plan to get shoppers to return to downtown. yeah. they hope it's going to in order to do that. the city is kicking off a new parking program aimed at routing preventing car break-ins. that would be nice. kron four's michael thomas in oakland with more on the story. michael. >> hi, good morning, everyone. will this new $5 parking in downtown oakland is part of mayor shame tells safety initiative not only to make the community feel safer about parking in downtown, but also to bring back some business to the local businesses in downtown. take a look at some video we put together for you as we know, smash-and-grab situations with car break-ins in downtown oakland are a huge problem. in fact, oakland police say the n

protest is set to begin at 11 o'clock this morning outside the california public utilities commission building in san francisco. they're pushing back against pg e's plan to raise rates by 26%. they want to executives at pg e and other for-profit utilities to ensure that rate payers are treated fairly and that safety measures are a priority. >> it's 907. and just in time for the holidays, oakland has a plan. >> to get shoppers to return to downtown. and hopefully it will reduce the amount of car break-ins, which is what's really been driving a lot of shoppers away from downtown. so they've got something that they think might fix that all kron four's. michael thomas is live in oakland with the details. michael. >> i good morning, everyone. that's right. and ultimately it is near sheen tells part of her safety initiative. it's got a catchy springs excuse me, 5 after 5. but as james mentioned, it really is to bring foot traffic to downtown. take a look at video we put together for you again. this is called 5 after 5. that will allow visitors to park in the city's franklin plaza garage off franklin street and 19th

the public utilities commission hearing where pg&e will be asking for its rate hike is scheduled for tomorrow. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> a developing story we've been tracking today. crews have given the all clear following a hazmat situation in antioch. around 2:30 this afternoon some kind of substance was released inside a hobby lobby store, and customers started to feel sick. 69 people were inside. the store was evacuated. paramedics took three people to the hospital with skin irritation and breathing problems. hazmat crews are working to learn what the substance was. >>> there are environmental concerns related to this, the three boats that burned this morning. this marina is in south san francisco. firefighters rescued at least four people. >> they're deploying environmental protections, an oil boom, to mitigate or reduce contaminants flowing into the bay. >> the smoke was so thick it caused traffic delays. the cause of the fire still under investigation. >>> the search continues for a hit-and-run driver who hit a young boy who was trick-or-treating last night in berkeley.

public utility commission's authority over pg&e. >>> a controversial move to extend parking meeting hours in san francisco appears to be dead now. earlier this year, the sfmta announced plans to extend meter hours to 10:00 p.m. monday through saturday. it was also going to add sunday hours. city lead, had concerns about the impact on tourism and the city's lower income neighborhoods. san francisco chronicle is now reporting that the sfmta dropped that proposal, which means the city's parking meetings will remain unchanged running from 9:00 in the morning to 6:00 p.m. on weekends and saturdays only. >>> another major shake-up for driverless taxi company cruise. the company's cofounder and chief product officer daniel cann has resigned one day after the ceo kyle vogt quit. he abruptly resigned yesterday. he made the announcement in a series of posts on twitter. today a spokesperson for cruise said daniel cann announced his resignation in a slack message. the evp of engineering will now serve as the president and cto. the staffing shake-up comes after a series of setbacks for the autonomous car company. we've documented a lot of th

driving in san francisco where they have now ceased and cruz subsequentially decided to pause their driverless autonomous vehicle operations nation wide. the california public utility commission that over san francisco objections issued those permits have [indiscernible] expansion permit for san francisco until a rehearing of their decision that san francisco requested takes place. all be it, the puc did reject san francisco request to stay the wamo permit. today i like to ask the transportation authority staff to work to continue to work collaboratively with the municipal transportation agency staff to further develop our input to state agencies, including through a av regulatory framework study that would look at how av safety and performance metric could be used in a performance based approach. the study utilize best available public data and estimates we have been able to garner to illustrate how the framework could be applied to testing and deployment in san francisco and beyond. thank you mr. chairman for that opportunity and thank you staff for working on this. >> thank you commissioner peskin and thank you for all of the time significant time that you are putting into

people on fixed incomes live the california public utilities commission vote on the rate hike at their november. 16th meeting. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> san francisco based cybersecurity firm splunk has announced it's laying off 7% of its workers. this comes as a 28 billion dollar acquisition of the company by cisco was recently announced. that deal has yet to be finalized according to forbes, the layoffs affect about 560 employees around the globe. >> all right. take a live look outside. see how things are shaping up. as you look at the golden gate, the marin headlands an oil as just outside here san francisco in the bar gorgeous, yet warm, nice. it almost looked a little gloomy outside. i thought was going to be cooler. when i left my apartment was actually really warm out what's going you it is really warm. we've had as hazy conditions. but overall, it's is above average temperatures. so we enjoyed a beautiful day. and guess what, if you enjoy today, you're go enjoy tomorrow because we're going to see much of taking a live look around the area. you can see san francisco, east bay hills, san jose, all the way down to the golden gate bridge we're

cruise permits to operate autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in san francisco and the california public utilities commission followed up shortly after that ruling in order. to no longer permit cruise to operate commercial service with a safety driver. we do not yet know what conditions these dmv or cpuc will place on cruise and what it will take for their permits to be reinstated. but we are tracking closely. we also continue to believe that autonomous vehicles have the potential to produce significant benefits for the transportation system, particularly around safety. but this confirms our belief that autonomous vehicles need to meet very, very specific safety thresholds in order to be granted the ability to expand incrementally by demonstrating that they can operate safely under all conditions before being granted limitless expansion rights on on. next up, i want to talk about state funding, distribution of on october 25th, the metropolitan transportation commission staff presented their recommendations for allocating. the $1.1 billion that was allocated by the state government for additional transit reli

cruise permits to operate autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in san francisco and the california public utilities commission followed up shortly after that ruling in order. to no longer permit cruise to operate commercial service with a safety driver. we do not yet know what conditions these dmv or cpuc will place on cruise and what it will take for their permits to be reinstated. but we are tracking closely. we also continue to believe that autonomous vehicles have the potential to produce significant benefits for the transportation system, particularly around safety. but this confirms our belief that autonomous vehicles need to meet very, very specific safety thresholds in order to be granted the ability to expand incrementally by demonstrating that they can operate safely under all conditions before being granted limitless expansion rights on on. next up, i want to talk about state funding, distribution of on october 25th, the metropolitan transportation commission staff presented their recommendations for allocating. the $1.1 billion that was allocated by the state government for additional transit reli

san francisco. that trial date will be set later this month. >> well, get ready. the price of our pg&e bill is going up next year. the calvary public utilities commission approved a 13% rate hike. pg&e says they will use the extra dollars to add power lines and put conductors on another 800 miles. it is official. the a's have been given approval to leave oakland. they voted to approve the relocation approval. there are plans for a $105 billion ballpark on the las vegas strip. the funding is still up in the air. john fisher, saying today, that he understands that this is a difficult day for fans of oakland, but he is focusing on the positive. >> we look forward to opening day in 2028 and bringing some of the success -- the historical success -- of the athletics to las vegas. >> don't need to remind you, but the a's will now be the third professional sports franchise to leave oakland in the last four years. mayor shen thao said it was disappointing but they will continue to pursue an expansion team and will try to maintain rights to the a's name. for now, they will play their home games in the coliseum until the 2024 season. that is when the lease expire

live the california public utilities commission vote on the rate hike at their november 16th meeting. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> a live look outside here. quite tower in san franciscoe gray clouds have kind of moved in. going to find out what's happening out there right now with our meteorologist kyla grogan pay their we are going to see those clouds increase, but it's getting very hazy out there, too. especially here in san francisco are looking across at alcatraz. you can kind of see that haze in the air. i was taking a look at kind of the wind directions right now. what we've got is a pretty, you know, light but prevalent northerly flow. so wind coming from the north. so likely we're getting a little bit of smoke from things to the north of us. and there have been some prescribed burns that are out there right with their things that they're taken care of. i also notice there's a little bit of an air quality slip up and around red bluff, which is just south of redding right over here. and that could be what's kind of rolling down our way. little bit of a mystery why the haze has picked up so much. we're expecting moderate air quality today, but starting to see th

california public utilities commission gave the green light for gm's cruise and google's sister company waymo to expand and start collecting fares as they shuttle passengers across san francisco. but last month cruise pulled all of its driverless vehicles off the road. that's fleets in texas, arizona and california. a total of 400 cars. all after the california dmv determined cruise's driverless fleet posed an unreasonable risk to public safety. since then cruise created a new chief safety officer position and is hiring a consulting firm to assess safety on,s and culture. adding in a statement, "the most important thing for us right now is to take steps to rebuild public trust. part of this involves taking a hard look inwards. even if it means doing things that are uncomfortable or difficult." just a few days ago cruise's ceo and co-founder kyle vogt resigned. the company remains under investigation by both state and federal regulators over safety concerns. cruise declined our interview requests, but we did hitch a ride with its main competitor, waymo. >> i believe you are o'record speaks for itself. >> reporter: chris ludwig heads product management for waymo and has been wi

horrible it of reviewed by dbi and fire department and puc and the public utilities commission the property complies with the san franciscobuilding code there has been allegations that some of the dimensions are inaccurate this is true and the normal procedure for where we verify in the field the dimensions are accurate or if wrong there be a revision to rehabilitate the conditions will be routed to planning and building before review i'm sorry for issuance that that will be appealable as well. this is a site permit no construction before the first construction addendum was issued. other than the fact that allegations about inaccurate dimensions which will be verified in the field and dbi recommend this appeal be denied and the permit upheld. i'm available for any questions that you may have. >> president swig or no commissioner lemberg. >> thank you, mr. green. i would like to ask for detail about a revision permit how does that happen what is the process to get to that point i'm not clear from the record whether the plans are inadequate but assuming they were what is the process to get there? >> so we're presuming the d

san francisco responded to a water main break in the cow hollow neighborhood. the flooding was reported at union and divisadero streets about noontime yesterday. look at the pictures where crews from the san francisco public utilities commissionrrived to stop that water leak and also restore water service to homes and bunesses in the area. >> for ten is the time a less rain is expected, i guess. >> but when do you think look, it's a brutal call. my fear was that they'd start trimming mounts back and that's what's happened here. now we could still get rain, but i'm just taking this a day at a time because you know what? look, biblical last week doesn't look so much now, but there's a lot out there. the problem is it's there and i'll put in the jet stream. you can see where the core is right now. i mean, everything right now is staying a little bit too far to the north. the key here is this may be one of those patterns where, say, the coast, san francisco and areas north get rain and inland areas might have to wait till wednesday. it just kind of the way it looks here. a lot of cloud cover to the north could get a little bit of light rain, but there are noticeable breaks to the south. so, i mean, take a look here. again, this i