san francisco for the better. let's continue to make history. stand by for the san francisco public utilities commission meeting of september 10, 2024. september 10 meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission is now called to order. can we have roll call, please? >> president paulson, here. vice president rivera, here. commissioner ajami is excused. commissioner stacey, here. we have a quorum. >> thank you. so, i like to acknowledge san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges it owns and stewards of the land of

artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'dplease stand by for the san francisco public utilities commission meeting of september 10, 2024. september 10 meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission is now called to order. can we have roll call, please? >> president paulson, here. vice president rivera, here. commissioner ajami is excused. commissioner stacey, here. we have a quorum. >> thank you. so, i like to acknowledge san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges it owns and stewards of the land of the muwekma oholone tribe of the mission san jose verona band. also recognizes every citizen residing within it greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the muwekma

artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'dplease stand by for the san francisco public utilities commission meeting of september 10, 2024. september 10 meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission is now called to order. can we have roll call, please? >> president paulson, here. vice president rivera, here. commissioner ajami is excused. commissioner stacey, here. we have a quorum. >> thank you. so, i like to acknowledge san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges it owns and stewards of the land of the muwekma oholone tribe of the mission san jose verona band. also recognizes every citizen re

stand by for the san francisco public utilities commission meeting of september 10, 2024. september 10 meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission is now called to order. can we have roll call, please? >> president paulson, here. vice president rivera, here. commissioner ajami is excused. commissioner stacey, here. we have a quorum. >> thank you. so, i like to acknowledge san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges it owns and stewards of the land of the muwekma oholone tribe of the mission san jose verona band. also recognizes every citizen residing within it greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the muwekma oholone tribes aboriginal lands since before and after the san francisco public utility commission in 1932. it is vitally pornts important we recognize the history and acknowledge and honor the fact the muwekma oholone people established a working partnership with the sfpuc and are productive and flourishing members within the greater san francisco bay area communities today. so, i would like to also let pe

. >> 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

san francisco rising. thanks for watching. please stand by for the san francisco public utilities commission meeting of september 10, 2024. september 10 meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission is now called to order. can we have roll call, please? >> president paulson, here. vice president rivera, here. commissioner ajami is excused. commissioner stacey, here. we have a quorum. >> thank you. so, i like to acknowledge san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges it owns and stewards of the land of the muwekma oholone tribe of the mission san jose verona band. also recognizes every citizen residing within it greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the muwekma

please come to the microphone for general public comment. >> commissioners, my name is francisco decosta. what i see today, the san francisco public utilities commission are doing things that are convoluted. we just have to look at your organizational chart and right on top are the commissioners. and right now whoever is trying to remove the commissioners is not doing the right thing and i say this because we already know the san francisco public utilities commission hasn't done a good job. to put things on track with the exit of the last general manager who was a engineer, the new general manager who is not an engineer and there may be city attorneys coming here, but they have no clue chronologically, i have been doing this for 45 years, so i know what i'm talking about, to whoever are these people who are knocking off the commissioners, they are not doing the citizens and the constituents of san francisco right. not doing it. it takes 2 or 3 years to figure out whatever is happening with the sfpuc. billions of dollars wasted not millions. the sewer system started with $8 billion, heading towards $12 billion $3 years to figure out whatever is happeni

. >> 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

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

[music]please stand by for the san francisco public utilities commission meeting of september 10, 2024. september 10 meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission is now called to order. can we have roll call, please? >> president paulson, here. vice president rivera, here. commissioner ajami is excused. commissioner stacey, here. we have a quorum. >> thank you. so, i like to acknowledge san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges it owns and stewards of the land of the muwekma oholone tribe of the mission san jose verona band. also recognizes every citizen residing within it greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the we

. >> before calling the first item, i like to announce the san francisco public utility commission itdescendants of the recognized mission san jose. the sfpuc recognize every citizen residing within the greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and

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

. >> i am paul, sheriff of san francisco. [ music ] please stand by for the san francisco public utilities commission meeting of september 10, 2024. september 10 meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission is now called to order. can we have roll call, please? >> president paulson, here. vice president rivera, here. commissioner ajami is excused. commissioner stacey, here. we have a quorum. >> thank you. so, i like to acknowledge san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges it owns and stewards of the land of the muwekma oholone tribe of the mission san jose verona band. also recognizes every citizen residing within it greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the

item number three is an ordinance amending the administrative code to expand the san francisco public utilities commission'sal impact partnership program by requiring that all covered contracts that include a social impact commitment include those contracts that were solicited before april 22nd, 2023, increased such commitments upon amendment or modification of the contract, and by removing the minimum threshold for applicable amendments or modifications. thank you so much, mr. clerk, and president peskin. we are here today to strengthen the sfpuc. s social impact partnership program. this amendment clarifies exactly what this board intended to be. the law when we all unanimously sponsored the original legislation for this program, it now clearly states that if any contracts are amended to give more money and work to contractors, that the commitments that those contractors made to the community will also be proportionally increased. this ensures that when contractors who have existing contracts with the puc have their contracts increased, sometimes by hundreds of millions of dollars, that the communities th

we have >> before calling the first item, i like to announce san francisco public utility commission it own-of the and other descendants of jose. the sfpuc recognize every citizen residing within has and continues to benefit from the use and of the oholone lands sinsh before and after the san francisco public utility commission founding in 1932. it is important we not on the traibl lands which we reside, but also acknowledge the oholone people have established nership with the sfp uc and productive and flourishing members within the many greater san francisco communities today. please call the first item. >> approval of the minutes of 13, 2024. >> are there any corrections to the minu okay.none, would you like to please call for any public comment on this item? >> remote you wish to comment on members of the public present who wish to provide comment on moderator, are there any callers with hand raised? there are no callers that wish to be recognized. thank you. >> seeing none, i like to request approval of the minutes of august 13. >> so move. >> second. >> please call vote >> vice

commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. all because of a technical glitch. the city's public utilitiesion says customers were receiving service over the last few months, but weren't being billed properly because the transponders on their meters weren't working properly. according to a report from sfgate, the agency will be sending bills for unpaid water use. the san francisco public utilities commission apologized and acknowledged that those unexpected bills are concerning. officials say those affected will be able to enroll in monthly payment plans, despite years of preparation and already spending millions of dollars. the plans to expand a reservoir in contra costa county appear to have fallen apart. the $1.5 billion project to expand los vaqueros reservoir would have raised the dam to increase water storage to help out during droughts, but rising costs, environmental restrictions and disagreements among water agencies means the project likely won't happen. the expanded reservoir would have provided water to 1.4 million people in the region, and almost triple the amount of what it se

the san francisco public utilities commission apologized and acknowledged that the unexpected bills arerning. officials say those affected will be able to enroll in monthly payment plans, with plans to expand. a reservoir in contra costa county seem to have fallen apart. the $1.5 billion project to expand los vaqueros reservoir would have raised the dam to increase water storage to help out during droughts, but rising costs, environmental restrictions and disagreements among water agencies means the project looks like it won't happen. the expanded reservoir would have provided water to 1.4 million people in the region, almost triple the amount of what it serves now. >> florida bracing for what could be one of the most powerful hurricanes of the season. so far, a storm in the caribbean expected to strengthen into hurricane helene while in the gulf and potentially make landfall along the florida panhandle sometime thursday. now officials are urging people to stock up on supplies, possibly even pack up and leave the state. and also urging people living in the big bend region to fill up san

recreation san francisco public utilities commission says all other locations around the perimeter ofhad bacteria levels below the level of concern in east bay, restaurant is being celebrated with a prestigious award. >> soul food establishment burdell on telegraph in oakland has been named food and wine magazine's restaurant of the year. owner and chef jeff davis says he aims to redefine soul food through a modern lens, combining it with the best california cuisine. the restaurant is named after his maternal grandmother, and he designed the space himself with what he calls retro grandma energy. >> still ahead, job cuts and a restructuring at lyft. what the rideshare company says it may no longer offer to customers. >> also tonight, a new development as lawmakers debate how to address gas prices in california, where the effort to hold a special legislative session st ds. this evening ok, 500 deluxe garden gnomes. wow. i only meant to order five. there's not enough money in my account for these. i'm gonna get charged. two things i just can't deal with. overdraft charges. and garden gno

san francisco public utilities commission says all other locations around the city's waterfront had bacteriaw the level of concern, and lake tahoe restoration groups banded together today to remove more than 2,000 pounds of debris from its waters, restoring the lake depths foundation and lake tahoe diving in. >> environmental combined. divers with remote vehicles to remove debris from the south shore of the lake. they removed large debris from depths between 15 and 25ft, including an old aurora pump and an illegal set of ropes and chains used to dock boats. the mission is part of an ongoing effort to restore the clarity of lake tahoe. the giants made a late game rally against the diamondbacks, but would it be enough to end their losing streak? we'll have the story next in sports. >> and then on the 11:00 news, the golden state valkyries make a major announcement for the team's business. how it marks a major milestone ahead of the wnba launch. right here in the bay area like new york jets quarterback aaron rodgers. he knows that jets fans are passionate about their quarterback, but also can t

the san francisco public utility commission apologized, acknowledging the unexpected bills are concerningofficials said those affected will be able to enroll in monthly payment plans. the us justice department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against visa. it alleges the financial service uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. the complaint, filed today says visa penalizes merchants and banks that don't use visa's own payment processing technology to process debit transactions, even though alternatives exist. visa earns an incremental fee from every transaction processed on its network, according to the doj's complaint. 60% of debit transactions in the united states run on visa's debit network, allowing it to charge over $7 billion in fees every year to process those transactions. preserving culture by focusing on language how people are working to preserve a little spoken language here in the bay area to celebrate their history and provide a lifeline to those who don't speak englis. >> and merriwethe

flood claims are paid for by the san francisco public utilities commission wastewater enterprise, not from the general fund. regarding finding 6, which reads, the city fails to communicate impact of climate change, the city is failing to communicate the future impact of climate change to residents most effected. i propose to direct the clerk to respond, resolved the board of supervisors reports to the presiding judge of the superior court they disagree with finding f6, for the following reason. the city communicates climate change risk through the planning department, san francisco public utilities, the department of environment and others. the board of supervisors agrees however the department should improve coordination and streamlining of communications. regarding recommendation 1.4, which reads, if recommendation 1.3 is not implemented administratively, the board of supervisors shall enact ordinance making the annual report a legal requirement. i propose we direct to clerk to respond with, resolved the board of supervisors reports recommendation r1.4 requires analysis as future ac

area stormwater improvement project, between the city, acting by and through the san francisco public utilities commission (sfpuc), and mcmillen jacobs associates (dba delve underground), increasing the agreement by $8,300,000 for perform analyses, refine design as part of the caltrans encroachment permit, and to provide increased engineering support during construction - and. >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted (gavel) next item, please next item, please next item, please next item, please development's local housing trust fund program, for an amount not to exceed $5,000,000. (mayor's office of housing and community development). >> same house, same call. the resolution is adopted madam clerk let's go to our committee report item cross-complaint against the city and county of san francisco, for $350,000; the lawsuit was filed on august 30, on august 30, on august 30, on august 30, on august 30, on august 30, overruns and delay on the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital building 5 rehabilitation . >> same house, same call. the owners is passed on first reading. >> madam clerk let's g

public utilities commission) madam chair. >> thank you and we have the commission here. >> hi, i'm the right-of-way manager for the san francisco public utilities commission. and here to seek your approval for the acquisition for the puc regional groundwater and storage and recovery project. the regional groundwater project is constructing groundwater wells within the upper peninsula to be connected at the including cal water those wells will provide additional water apply for puc customers and the project is all in all a groundwater pump system at the 0 sfpuc san francisco wells shown in green and as well as the pipeline shown in red which exits the well to el camino the location can be required in yellow go back circled in yellow it crossed the creek you'll see pipeline at the chestnut bridge and seems to marry to sacrifice within cellist nut avenue to attach the bridge and uncommon condition of the bridge is structurally concerns the city of south san francisco rehabilitating or replacing that bridge at some point in the future that will require the sfpuc to pay for the project anticipate instead sfpuc staff worked at folks

. >> item 3, resolution authorizing payments to two san francisco public utilities commission customers of approximately $102 thousand to oliver desilva and 340 to sunol agpark and approximately $652 thousand to alameda county for utility user taxes collected between june 2018 and january 2024 for electric bills. madam chair. >> thank you. we have sfpuc here. thank you. >> good morning supervisors. chair chan, vice chair mandelman and supervisor melgar and-my name is nancy hom, the chief financial officer for sfpuc and assistant general manager for business service. the resolution is to request approval from the board of supervisors to disperse funds total amount of $754.139.82 back to san francisco puc customers. oliver de silva and sunol agpark and alameda county for utility. the history behind this was back in june 2018, pacific gas and electric transferred the electric service account at to the power enterprise of the puc. in 2023, oliver desilva informed the power enterprise it had been charging the tax rate at 7.5 percent instead of the alameda county user utility tax rate of 6.5.

within the greater bay area has an use and occupation oholone lands sinsh d after the san francisco public utility commission founding it is important we not only recognize the traibl lands which [Ñ$ the oholone people have established a working partnership with uc and are productives within the many greater san francisco bay area please call the first item. al of the minutes of august >> are there corrections to the minutes of august 13? okay. seeing none, would you call remote callers, raise your sh to item 3. do we have any present who witosh modera callers with their [zhand raised? to be recognized. >> >> seeing none, i like to request a motion and second for the d. >> please have a roll vote, please. >> president rivera, yea./r commissioner ajami, yes. stacey, aye. >> alrighty. please read the >> direorembers of the matters within the iction and not on today's agenda. remote wish to comment. blic present who wish to provide general o%not on] is some talk about th general's office, and i hope general offi4ce will work with work with anywhere. we tried to work with controller's office, and we are somewh

. >> before calling the first item, i like to announce the san francisco public utility commission it own-of the oholone tribe and other descendants of the recognized mission san jose. the sfpuc recognize every citizen residing within the greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the oholone tribes aboriginal lands sinsh before and after the san francisco public utility commission founding in 1932. it is important we not only recognize the history on the traibl lands which we reside, but also acknowledge the oholone people have established a working partnership with the sfp uc and are productive and flourishing members within the many greater san francisco bay area communities today. please call the first item. >> approval of the minutes of august 13, 2024. >> are there any corrections to the minutes of august 13? okay. seeing none, would you like to please call for any public comment on this item? >> remote callers, raise your hand if you wish to comment on item 3. do we have any members of the public present who wish to provide comment on this item

recreation san francisco public utilities commission says all other locations around the city's waterfrontuthorities are investigating a trailer fire that forced highway 68 to shut down in monterey. that happened last night near york road and antique car appeared to be hauled by the trailer. it was hauled by the trailer. it burned. video shows the aftermath from a fire. no word if there were any injuries in that fire. and today, construction of a new library is set to begin in sunnyvale. a groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled today for construction of the future lakewood branch library, boasting 20,000ft!s. te library will be a primary resource for literacy, learning and wellness activities for those living in north sunnyvale area. the city is telling people in the neighborhood to expect traffic congestion. construction is set to be done, though by the end of next year, and the 49ers return to the practice field today to prepare for the monday night football game against the new york jets. niners will monitor the conditioning of their two players, brandon aiyuk and trent williams, who just

. >> before calling the first item, i like to announce the san francisco public utility commission itf the oholone tribe and other descendants of the recognized mission san jose. the sfpuc recognize every citizen residing within the greater bay area has and continues to benefit from the use and occupation of the

wamo currently has a operating permit in san francisco and the public utilities commission has not taken actions to require and insure that vehicles will be accessible to people with mobility disabilities. we continue to work together with our partners at san francisco mta, and the transit commission on ways to improve the law regarding accessibility of av's and also monitoring state legislation, which you'll hear about in a minute. if you are interested in being involve in advocating for continued accessibility of av, please contact us. or contact san francisco mta accessible services. at the public utilities commission, we also continue to partner with the mta and the county transportation authority to monitor the proceeding having to do with tmc, transportation network companies, access for all apps, which is in a pilot implementation phase. proceedings are ongoing, and we are currently focused on on-time and reduced wait time performance of tnc's. federal legislation, there is not a lot up now in federal legislation, but we do continue to monitor the air carrier access amendments act

san francisco bay area counties. and eligible to be counted under the california public utilities commission's mid-term reliability order, which was issued in 2021. the solicitation requested offers for renewable energy deliveries to begin as early as january of 2023, and as late as december 2028, and it offered contract terms of up to 25 years. based on the offers that we received as a puc, staff are recommending the ipp easley solar project for a contract. the ipp easley project is being developed by intersect power, which is successfully developed almost 1700 megawatts of operating utility scale solar in california. ipp easley will be located in riverside county, where there is an abundant and highly productive solar energy resource, under the proposed agreement, cleanpowersf will purchase solar energy from a 50 megawatt portion of the 400 megawatt ipp. easley project for a ten year contract term. intersect power has put in place a five trade project labor agreement for the construction of the project, which is expected to begin generating electricity as soon as the fall of 2026. once ipp easily becomes operational,