you know what i mean, shutoffs? >> shutoffs will not be discussed april 10th. that will be may 8th. >> yeah. thank you. >> thank you. >> so we have two public comments, and i'll open the floor up afterwards. the first one is ann stildrehare. did i pronounce that right? [ inaudible ] >> well, all right then. welcome. >> good afternoon, and thank you for having me. my name is christa brown, and i'm with the financial justice project. we're housed with the treasurer and tax collectors office here in san francisco, and our office look at how fines and fees may disproportionately impact communities of color. so we are greatful for the leadership you all have shown in this base. i just want to share that first, we are in strong support of the recommendations outlined here today. over the past year, we've been working with a variety of city and county departments, including sf mta, the superior court, the human services agency, public defender, district attorney, to think about the fines and fees they charge low income families, and what solutions might be that result

the average shutoff length is about one day. generally, when a customer has their water shut off, they come in and make a payment almost immediately. the sfpuc currently has a third and final $55 fee for turning water back on, so if for example, a $100 bill goes unpaid, and the customer goes to shutoff from nonpayment, their bill goes to $275 in that period. the majority of all bureau really reduces the amount of shut offs that we have. so let's take a look geographical geographically at where our water shutoffs are. please note the larger dot is a customer that has had their water shutoff multiple times. the majority of our water shutoffs occurred in three zip codes in the south and southeast of the city this year. clearly, there are areas that have higher percentage of shutoffs than other areas. now, customer service bureau, the customer service analysised much of the data. we propose to retain the fee associated with the 48 hour notice. 88% of those that are posted with the 48 hour notice pay their bill prior to shut off. now

, electric power shutoffs and rent increases. only five long-term tenants remain. the building property manager is responsible for 23 other different properties and both types of charges for basic repairs to individual units have occurred that should not have increased the cost of maintenance. instead, the pass route revealed the practice of gold plating. overall, green tree management makes living in one's own home a burden to emotional -- makes it susceptible to emotional and financial services. this causes people to escape the management. over the past two years, green tree has subjected the tenants at delores with nonemergency apartment entries, days of water service and electric service interruption. 51 days without a fire escape. 34 days with suspension of their garage parking. net increase of 24% over the same two-year period. so, i'm calling this hearing so that we can investigate what is going on with this landlord. thank you. >> president breed: thank you. >> supervisor sheehy: the rest i submit. >> clerk: madame stefan

the united nations has condemned the water shutoffs as a violation of international human rights law. this comes as flint mayor karen weaver said her city is planning to sue the state of michigan, after republican governor rick snyder canceled a state-subsidized bottled w water program earlier this month. even though many flint homes still haveve dangerously high levels of lead in her tap water. this all comes as michigan has allowed nestle to withdraw 4 gallons a minute from the state's groundwawater table despite receiving over 80,000 pupublic comments against the prproject. nest is s norequirired to pay anything to extract the water, besides a small permitting fee to the statete and the cost t of leases to private landowneners. to see our full coverage of nestle, flint, detroit water shutoffs, you can go to democrcracynow.org. wall street giant wells fargo is expected to be hit with a $1 billion fine imposed by federal regulators accusing the bank of forcing people to buy auto insurance polices they didn't need, for improperly charging mortgage holders, anand for othr financial cri

to see our full coverage of nestle, flint, detroit water shutoffs, you can go to democracynow.org. wall street giant wells fargo is expected to be hit with a $1 billion fine imposed by federal regulators accusing the bank of forcing people to buy auto insurance polices they didn't need, for improperly charging mortgage holders, and for other financial crimes. despite being hit by a series of high-profile scandals and fines in recent years, wells fargo continues to reap billions of dollars a year in profits, reporting $5.9 billion in earnings in the first three months of this year alone. in israel, the organizers for the genesis prize, known as israel's nobel prize, have been forced to cancel the upcoming award ceremony after the winner of this year's prize, american-israeli actress natalie portman, said she is refusing to travel to israel to participate because of her distress over recent events. portman has starred in the new star wars trilogy as well as the and thelacks one, genesis prize comes with a $2 million award. portman's decision not to participate in the ceremony comes a

the figure eight loop was first shutoff to traffic in 2016. earlier this week the board of directors approved extending the pilot program. the closure was to improve safety at the popular tourist spot. it could become permanent after this latest extension. >>> claims of abuse by celebrity chefs are getting a lot of attention. but food workers also face seriousexual harassment from customers, too. now a bay area restaurant has come up with an effective way to keep the safe. that's right after a special edition of 2020 at 10:00. dia diane sawer reports. >>> up next preventing another airline explosion. how southwest airlines is reacting to the emergency inspections just ordered by the faa. >>> also why the attorney general of the united states says he might resign. >>> and >>> and we begin this half-hour with that deadly engine explosion on southwest flight 180. the faa is giving airlines 20 days to some spect jet engines of the same type after fan blades broke off, smashing a window and killing a woman seated there. and tonight southwest is res

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