available to the public and to the commissioners, i just wanted to give you a quick update on three items, where things are at with the sfpuc and the california public utilities commission, the status of our customer notification and education plan and an update on our legislation related to clean energy and ms. radica fox will provide the legislative update for you, with respect to the first item, the sfpuc activities, we are progressing as planned, we are on time as our time schedule, we have rated options possible at our commission on march 12th, at that time, we'll be presenting our commission with a customer poll results, we'll be presenting the not to exceed rate for adoption and possible adoption, consideration and possible adoption and that will be accompanied with a report from the rate fairness board providing the commission with advice on those not to exceed rates. at the california puc, we are actively engage on that setting on the proceeding that they are conducting on pg and e's proposed green tariff omtion, they proposed a 100% green power product. that product is proposed to use green e energy certificates, it's anticipated to enroll 30 thousand resident

a, status update on clean power sf program, b, status update on proceedings at the california public utilities commission. >> thank you very much and we have presentations from barbara hale of the pcp and nancy miller from lafco, i didn't see you over there. >> barbara hale, assistant general manager for power, we provided some handouts that are available to the public and to the commissioners, i just wanted to give you a quick update on three items, where things are at with the sfpuc and the california public utilities commission, the status of our customer notification and education plan and an update on our legislation related to clean energy and ms. radica fox will provide the legislative update for you, with respect to the first item, the sfpuc activities, we are progressing as planned, we are on time as our time schedule, we have rated options possible at our commission on march 12th, at that time, we'll be presenting our commission with a customer poll results, we'll be presenting the not to exceed rate for adoption and possible adoption, consideration and possible adoption and that will be accomp

>> so on april tenth and 11th the california public utility commission the cpuc is holding a workshop about the regulations that relate to the services we're talking about new online enabled transportation services. they said it would be a 6 months process these workshops on april 10 and 11th will be 930 a.m. each of those mornings on 505 van ness probably go until 430 p.m. is what we're told there should be an agenda coming out about this workshop in the last week of march is what we're told and also told that the public is welcome and that people will have an opportunity to speak so i'd encourage anybody in san francisco who has an interest about the new online enabled transportation services to consider participating in this process the main questions of the discussion are these 3 questions that they initial ly put out a large list of 20 something questions but they have said publicly they will be focusing on 3. should these providers be regulated as taxis? and if so why. or should they be regulated as a third category. and to remind everyone in california taxi service is regulated

the public is still there. and i think some of our recommendations may not be -- how do i want to put it? the puc may not be able to consider, the california public utilities commission, the cpuc and this is around maintaining without doing the direct overlay, but maintaining the 415 area code for as along as possible. so i will just continue to keep you apprised as those developments happen. the affordable care act, so we received our presentation today. but then on the other hand in terms of outreach/education, the grant has been submitted. dph is the lead on that, and our office, with some other agencies, would be subcontractors with that master grant. we will know april 26th about the grant being award. i do feel confident that we will get something. there are other agencies submitting grants outside of what dph is doing. so it will be unknown if covered california will award the entire grant to dph or whether they might give us some of it and those other agencies some of it. i do feel confident that dph will get a pretty good portion of it. and then from there, we have a certain percentage of it for us to be able to hire to do some outreach and education, which

. >> what we know is what was filed at the california public utilities commission and in that setting the initial proposal was a reliant on renewable credit and assumed that customers would pay know more than 2 cents more for kilowatt hour than they presently pay. since then there have been proposals that may change. they can work this out. we expect not to hear in a month or so until something is formed in the california pc. thank you. >> so, if we take those who indicated that initially they would stay with given the rate and those opt out from the alternative from p g and e. the number dropped to 40 percent and 45 percent who would opt out back to p g and e. one final question we asked -- >> question for you. >> mr. mets, there was some information sent to commissioners from rick brooks and it an accompanied a very interesting charts that would provide services that we are hoping to pro i provide here in san francisco. is there anything you can access as far as data to give us a picture [!ez >> we have done with the marine services. i have to look at the numbers. the structure of t

the nation, including >> carolyn: new concerns tonight about cyber hackers. california utility officials are warning that hackers are targeting utilities and that could cause major outages. the california public utilities commission warns that smart meter and other computerized gear can be easily hacked. the agency is now considering new rules to bolster protections. >>> the epa has ordered nasa to clean up moffet field. the epa says nasa needs to take immediate long-term action to clean up the contaminated soil. the state and the epa will monitor that cleanup. >> in san francisco today, a 162nd annual st.~patrick's day parade marched to the civic center. ♪ >> carolyn: flouts and bagpipes, community groups, soccer teams, walked proudly through the civic center. it was time for the wearing of the green, on a day when everyone is irish, especially someone from ireland. >> ireland is 6,000 miles away, and he is a little irish-american, so it's nice to come out here, see everybody celebrating, and also just knowing that irish culture and the people get celebrated worldwide. >> the official separation st.~patrick's day is tomorrow and because some people celebrate much the police will be out in force this weekend on d

coherent decision until we know what's going to happen with uber and side car and lift the california public utilities commission currently has a proceeding going on supposed to term innate 6 months from the time it started which would be 2 months from the time that you know this hearing is going to take place and we are facing an un limited number of vehicles providing the same service that we are and if they get a green light from the state -- they are already going full speed ahead at that point there's nothing to stop them and they are going to drive everybody into the ground and you are helping them and first of all it's your fault that we're facing -- they should have been skwelshed only san francisco sat on their hands and then let the state takeover so put off any hearing on more cabs until we know what the state is doing thank you. applause. >> robyn low. >> next speaker please. >> jacob, novak. >> good afternoon. >> good evening you know what? i'm working in this business 25 years already. 4 years it was a little bit low amount for taxi but right now i think it's incredible people cannot found any pass

. >> reporter: a contractor for verizon wireless got approval from the california public utilities commission to install cell phone towers in hillsboro without actually giving notice to the town of hillsboro. the town pushed back. >> the most invasive wireless solutions, instead of working with our town to come up with a better wireless plan. >> about a year ago, the town of hillsboro, learned that a contractor intended to install 13 wireless antenna nodes in the town's rights of way for verizon wireless. four would be put on existing telephone poles, nine could look like these simulated pictures, but 35 to 45 feet high. residents are concerned about everything from health effects to aesthetics to the legal precedent it may set. >> what is important are the issues surrounding these towers and the disruption that this is causing and the way it is being imposed on us as a violation of our rights. >> in september of last year, the town council placed a moratorium on the processing of all wireless communications facilities to buy time to study the issues of wireless needs and community concerns.

want to read you something from a submission of the personal insurance federation of california which was submitted to the california public utilities commission in connection with the rule making proceeding that is now undergoing. since the issue before the cpuc is not ride sharing, but instead using a private passenger vehicle in a livery service, this is clearly not covered under a standard policy. if an accident occurs, coverage would not exist. that's pretty damning language from the insurance industry. these companies claim they have excess insurance policies of a million dollars. read their terms of service and you will see that that insurance does not apply if the underlying insurance does not apply. basically the poet -- public is in grave danger here. the mta is not doing anything about it. you are public elected officials. i think it's time to step in and see that this danger to the public is dealt with. ~ this is the function of governance, to protect the population. and we will ask you to do that. thank you. >> thanks. next speaker. >>> i spoke last week about this. i'm going to do it again. but last week as i left here, i watched

want to read you something from a submission of the personal insurance federation of california which was submitted to the california public utilities commission in connection with the rule making proceeding that is now undergoing. since the issue before the cpuc is not ride sharing, but instead using a private passenger vehicle in a livery service, this is clearly not covered under a standard policy. if an accident occurs, coverage would not exist. that's pretty damning language from the insurance industry. these companies claim they

. >> the source is the california public utilities commission. the commission say they pull ver very ri son pulled a fast one in order to build new towers. >> hillsboro city officials and residents say they want better cell coverage here but not at the risk of losing the as thetics of the beautiful community. they warn if they lose the fight your neighborhood could be next. >> a town with multi million dollar homes and where lampe posts are few, sidewalks, scarce. privacy considered sacred. contractors just installed kmumpxz equipment including 13 towers. >> four would be on existing poll -- poles. they'd be trenching seven miles of roadway and cabling new eight miles of new wired overhead. >> this raised the ire of citizens. >> just say i'm going to stick up a big antenna in front of your house. >> last year the castle received a light from the jo project he can't believe the p.u.c. gave approval without input we thought of the disruption of the construction work putting trenching seven miles of roadway. >> the castle filed suit challenging the

and as i believe i had mentioned before, there is a rule-making process that the california public utilities commission initiated a little over a month ago. we had been participating in that process. it's somewhat of a formalized structured and fast-moving process. we've submitted two rounds of comments. there was a first kind of initial round on their scoping, and then there was a second round that was meant to be coveting on the other comments that they had received * commenting as well as laying out what questions they should ask. so, if i haven't already, i'll be happy to share with you the comments that we've submitted. and as this process progresses, we'll certainly keep you engaged. it definitely has -- is already having ramifications for the taxi industry. so, whatever direction they take will certainly be relevant to us. and that is all i had for my report. >> thank you, director reiskin. members of the board, questions for the director? [speaker not understood]. >> first, the police chief [speaker not understood], i know there is some informal kind of ideas from staff and other members of the

the california public utilities commission is planning to have rules in place next year. >>> a beautiful out there today and the weekend in a couple days, looks like it will be a good one. >> the bay area weekend, it will get warmer. warmer today in some places. some areas were the same. maybe cooler. most places were up a few degrees. we have wind out there. let's look. gale warning in effect off the coast, north of point reyes. the warning stays in effect through tomorrow. winds at the san francisco airport, 20 miles per hour. this is starting to feel like spring. westerly wind, napa. the winds keep it milder over night. helps you stay warmer. as you look that radar. nothing happening. dry now. mountains settled down. setting up for a nice 24 hour period. santa rosa 67 degrees. 64 in pounden view. 68 degrees in -- mountain view. 68 in fairfield. that area, warmer than yesterday. over night lows in the 40s. low 40s, upper 30s. next couple mornings will stay the same. pollens are coming up. tree pollens are trending high -- depends where you are. trending up. tree pollens coming up big t

the california public utilities commission is calling the ban a lawful and unenforceable.nstall the smart meters. . >>> a subtle cooldown in store for your afternoon at this hour. numbers are up anywhere from 3 to 6 to 9 degrees. a look over the bay this morning, and we don't see the fog we saw yesterday. difference 24 hours makes, right? high clouds overhead. 57 degrees right now in san francisco. that's anywhere from 7 to 9 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago. notice all of us now in the 50s. 58 for hayward. 53 in concord. 57 in napa. 9 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago in napa. not seeing as much sunshine in some cases for today. these high clouds are going to continue to drift overhead, going to thicken a bit. here's why. a look at pacific satellite view, you can see the high clouds drifting in. overnight, offsetting the cooling, insulating us a bit. by afternoon, it helps to hold back temperatures so. we're not going to be as warm. the clouds associated with this weak system, bringing back that onshore breeze. we can expect an onshore breeze for today. see the r

item 19 is resolution adopting findings under the california environmental quality act related to modifications to the san francisco public utilities commission water system improvement program calaveras dam replacement project, located in alameda and santa clara counties, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations; and directing the clerk of the board of supervisors to notify the controller of this action. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. item 20. >> item 20 is a resolution authorizing the police department to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the california emergency management agency for the anti-human trafficking task force program for the period of october 1, 2012, through september 30, 2013. >> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. item 21. >> item 21 is a resolution authorizing the general manager of the public utilities commission to execute a 20-year lease, for $52,324 annually with an annual increase of four percent, with los altos hotel associates, llc, for approximately 47,916 square feet o

california utilities emergency association. next to him is david brig, regional and local water system manager for the san francisco public utilities commission and finally but not least, romel an jell lus, manager for san francisco wireless. i have drafted several questions for our panel to answer and will hopefully have time at the end to take questions from the audience. before we start our panel discussion, i wanted it share with you what we are doing in san francisco to advance our lifeline's resilence we are the first major u.s. city to (inaudible) post katrina where he saw firsthand where a critical role these systems played in the city's recovery. i am honored to chair the council because i feel it's crucial that the public sector work side by side with our private sector partners to do everything we can today to ensure we will meet the needs of our residents in the days, weeks and years after a disaster. the objective of the lifeline council are to develop and improve collaboration in the city and county across regions regularly -- to develop and improve collaboration in the city and across the region by regularly convening a group o

the university of california berkeley with a degree in civil engineering. i started with the department of public works in 1984. in 2003, i was asked to come to san francisco public utilities commission to take the meat on the program. i'm responsible for all the large capital projects for water, waste water, and power. it's about $12 billion of capital projects. we have a lot of projects. our water system improvement program, 80 products that span seven counties. we have a staff of about 400 city employees and about 500 consultants. puc is really embracing technology. we wanted to make sure we really had a system that would elevate all issues so we could address them in a timely manner. as you know, time is money. we have a construction management information system. it is a great tool to help us address construction and make it successful, as it is today. cmis is one of the first major tools we put in place. the next one is the san francisco online invoicing, where we are now working with the contractor and consultant to have them submit their invoices online. we are also working on electronic bidding systems. another way we can reduce the paperwork and all the other issues tied wi

california utilities. state officials say cyber hackers are increasingly targeting utilities. the result of those attacks could leave millions of people without water, electricity and other services. the public utilities commissioning rules to increase cyber- security protections. the agency warns that utilities are becoming increasingly vulnerable as their networks add smart meters and other computerized gear. experts say a cyber attack against an electric utility could lead to massive power outages and cause billions of dollars in damage. >> nato reports a fatal helicopter crash in afghanistan. the crash killed one coalition service member and injuring another. authorities say there was no enemy activity in the area when the helicopter crashed saturday, and the cause is being investigated. it's the second deadly helicopter crash in the south in a week. a black hawk crashed outside kandahar city on monday, killing five u-s troops.pictured here. monday night's crash brought the total number of u-s troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for u-s forces >> the conservative political action conference. or c-pac has wrapped up in maryland. the conference ended saturday with the g-o-p presidentia

the budgetses are so low now, everyone cutting out their department of waits and cutting it down. these problems are increasing we're going get on these guys. >> good deal. >> thank you. >> sure still to come, california public utilities commission water, what happened after they lost track of millions of your dollars. >> coming up at 5:00 a bad case of deja vu for one neighborhood. a high risk sex offender is getting ready to move n those living there putting ape fight. >> alarming disorder many new moms are now sho >>> take a look at this, a construction crane crashes into the water in oregon and it's caught on tape. wow. it happened in central oregon near the coast. crewg#s with support towers. a new crane expected to be put up tomorrow to finish repair autos there are a lot of fees we pay on our bills. most of them small enough, you probably don't notice them but they add up to a lot of money. and california billions of dollars. and the state also hasn't beenu! paying much attention to that money p.u.c. demonstrated it's not been tracking these accounts very well. commissionu! has been under scrutiny after audits found kit not account for billions in fees it collects from utility customers knox one knows whether customersmy