on the cpuc, i drafted a letter for the senator and assemblyperson amiano. we just have to get on the state service, and one for the commission. we have to get on the cpuc service list, which i have not been able to complete yet. we will get the bond issue resolved as soon as possible. that is where that is. chairperson campos: thank you very much. >> jason fried, lafco staff. last month, we were talking about some of the bills coming up. i wanted to run you through the process. today is the last bill and the bill can be considered for this year. so there is not really a complete listing of all the bills. most bills are produced during the course of this week, going into today. moving forward, all those bills have to sit around for 40 days. we will come back next month with a list of the few bills we think are higher priority that could affect llafco and chairperson campos: chairperson campos: supervisor avalos: -- lafco and cca. to give you an idea, it will 27 is the last day any bill is heard in committee, if it is a fiscal matter bill. most bills fall und

the other item that i have is a big one, which is the cpuc update, where things stand. we're waiting to hear on what will be the method for calculating the bond amount for any cca, legislation that allows cca stipulates that all cca's must post a bond designed to cover the anticipated costs of, should a cca terminate abruptly, with the ink from a da costa that might be to the utility. cpuc has been charged with determining the method for calculating that. in the last year, we have gone through the regulatory process for that, but the cpuc has not yet issued a proposed decision or comment. at the very least, we know we are a bit least a month, maybe more, from a final determination on that a that is critically important because of our mission. sfpuc has made it clear that they're not willing to launch until they know the specifics of what that bond and that it would result in for calculation. so we are anxiously awaiting that. that is it for my report. happy to answer questions. i know that ms. miller had comments to add. supervisor campos: thank you. ms. miller, if you w

in the last year, we have gone through the regulatory process for that, but the cpuc has not yet issued a proposed decision or comment. at the very least, we know we are a bit least a month, maybe more, from a final determination on that a that is critically important because of our mission. sfpuc has made it clear that they're not willing to launch until they know the specifics of what that bond and that it would result in for calculation. so we are anxiously awaiting that. that is it for my report. happy to answer questions. i know that ms. miller had comments to add. supervisor campos: thank you. ms. miller, if you want to add anything? >> i just wanted to add, your interim executive officer, that in my memo to you, there is a date that is erroneous, which is that the matter would be going to the budget committee on february 1. that is no longer the case. we're meeting with the advocates next week to try to sort out some issues with them. so the meeting for the budget committee will not be on february 1. it will be postponed until a later date. i also wanted to bring up this issue of

. >> the cpuc declined comment today. the decision is still months away. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> a gas leak may have been responsible for an explosion that destroyed this house today, triggering a fire that gutted the home near sacramento. the family was out of town no, one was hurt but damage is so bad the house may have to be demolished. >> a private high school is expanding it's shut down because of an illness racing through the student body. hundreds of students have gotten sick with stomach flu. and abc 7 is live in the sunset district. this has gone from bad to worse. >> you're right. a san francisco public health department official calls this usual. he believes because a lot of kids were vomiting those part cells -- particles hung in the air, causing it to spread to many, quickly. when nick first heard at announcement no school today he thought he'd have a ferris bueller-type day. >> really excited about it. then, i woke up at 1:00 not feeling g then down hill from there. >> the 16-year-old is one of 325

. >> we want the cpuc to know that san bruno and the citizens are watching closely. >> the cpuc declineda decision is still months away. in san francisco, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> a lot nor come here tonight. help with your house payment. up next, the president's plan for underwater homeowners that may not make it through congress. we will explain why. >>> pulling out all of the >>> to presidential politics. major endorsement in the republican race for president. according to the "new york times" donald trump will give his support to newt gingrich tomorrow. gingrich is running second in the race behind mitt romney. >>> president obama today announced a new proposal to help struggling home owners. he wants to make it easier to refinance mortgages even for people who owe more than the homes than they are worth. that comes as the u.s. census bureau reports that only 66% of americans now own homes. the lowest level since 1998. mark matthews tonight with the president's plan to help home owners and what he needs to make it happen. >> reporter: in falls church virginia, president obam

. >> reporter: another welder with 25 years experience provided the cpuc with photos he took of a section of line 132, the line that runs through san bruno. mike mixish testified "the majority of the wells we saw on line 132 were defective and showed extraordinarily poor workmanship." pg&e says it is looking in to the complaints but stands by its testing program. >> the whole purpose of the rigorous hydrostatic pressure testing and inspection program is to identify any weaknesses that might exist about the pipeline. if there are weaknesses we want to identify them through the vigorous testing to get in and replace the pipe and make the system stronger for the customers. >> the cpuc said it will look into the allegations. the consumer advocacy group turn says the whistle blowers heighten suspicion about pipeline safety. >> congress woman jackie spear who represents this air yeah is calling on the state puc and pg&e to take immediate action to ensure the public safety. in san bruno, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> there are reports tonight that state attorney general kamala harris and her new

today, hill urged the cpuc to reject that plan. he says pg&e would profit nearly $1 billion from the project. >> they will actually profit because they have liability insurance for the damages in san bruno that will cover that. so in the long run they will make a profit on what happened in san bruno. that's outrageous. and that's something we can't accept. >> hill also claims that the pipeline upgrade project will actually cost $5 billion. that's more than double what pg&e is projecting. >>> coming up, owning a slice of the social network. >> facebook files papers to go public. what that will reveal about the company and we're going to check in with kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks to gets the skinny on facebook. >>> mitt romney sees a path to the republican presidential nomination but his opponents still hope to derail him. i'll have details. >>> no more red tape. no more runaround from the banks. >> helping out homeowners. president obama outlines his ambitious plan to help those who are struggling the most. >>> hi, i'm meteo

san francisco wants the federal agency to better oversee the cpuc. 2,000 san francisco residents spenthe morning with no electricity after a metallic balloon floated into power lines. the outage in the city south of market and mission districts before 9:00 a.m. utility officials say mettle talic balloons that come in contact with power lines can short circuits. the problem is a ledgedly more common on valentine's day and mother's day when people buy the balloons. pg & e restored power within an hour. >> february 14th. how did you snow your love on this valentine's day? roses? a card? well a woodside woman did it with food? in fact she does it with food every week. garvin thomas and the latest in the nbc bay area proud series to show us why so many people on the peninsula call her angel. >> reporter: there are many charities doing great work. it has been holden's mission in life, almost by accident, to help them, a charity paid for out of their own pocket. fueled by her own past and one that qualifies as bay pair yeah proud. -- that qualifies as bay area proud. >> reporter: there are so

chief administrative law judge with the cpuc. starts with the premise that getting a higher education and tougher for everybody than it must be really difficult for minorities? >> yes, it is. i think that is one of the reasons we have to concentrate on k-12 and get our children prepared to to go to college. if they don't go to college they won't go to law school. my particular interest as lawyer and a judge is that our children become lawyers and judges and prosecutors and public defenders. because we are disproportionate represented in the criminal justice system. if we don't educate our children then we have a tremendous disparity that is only going to get worse. fewer than 2% of the lawyers in california are african-american. >> eric: we're talking about numbers, the numbers of african-american males in the criminal justice system, why don't you share that information? >> over 50% of the prison population in california consists of minorities. so when we're looking at hispanic as well as the african-american population it's com

the other item that i have is a big one, which is the cpuc update, where things stand. we're waiting to hear on what will be the method for calculating the bond amount for any cca, legislation that allows cca stipulates that all cca's

. >> we want the cpuc to know that citizens are watching closely and with great concern. >> reporter: was the only topic they covered in the meeting outside an advocacy group addressed the cost of upgrading the system. according to their analysis it is going to cost twice as much as pg&e projected. rate payers and insurance are expected to cover most of the cost. >> which means pg&e could profit from the devastating events in san bruno. >> we are here do what the puc and leadership president refused to do, stand up for consumers and stand up to pg&e. >> reporter: i talked to pg&e the spokesman said he needed more time to go over hill's numbers before he could comment on the specific concerns. as for pivey, he didn't say anything after hill made his statement. hill told us he was surprised, but he hopes that means that pivey was listening and thing about what he said. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> this morning the california public utilities commission is expected to give pg&e customers the choice of opting out of having a smart meter and keeping analog meter. customers who choose to

. >>> after a wave of criticism, the cpuc is backing down a bit. this is a followup to a story we brought you last week about the investigation into the san bruno gas explosion. the california public utilities commission has been under fire after president michael peavy decided to assign himself to lead the investigation into pg&e. in today's statement, the cpuc said commissioner mike florio would be working closely with peavy throughout the process. it will be similar to the setup for the two other ongoing proceedings against pg&e. in those, florio is leading the effort while peevy is acting as his partner. the full commission will vote on the final proposal. >>> new details about the domestic violence case against san francisco sheriff ross ameri mercremini. he allegedly prevented her from talking to police after he allegedly abused her. the their are three counts of domestic violence. the new motion is filed by the prosecution claiming that the sheriff made sure his wife didn't leave their home for 18 hours after the alleged incident on new year'

. >> we want the cpuc to know that citizens are watching closely and with great concern. >> reporter: was the only topic they covered in the meeting outside an advocacy group addressed the cost of upgrading the system. according to their analysis it is going to cost twice as much as pg&e projected. rate payers and insurance are expected to cover most of the cost. >> which means pg&e could profit from the devastating events in san bruno. >> we are here do what the puc and leadership president refused to do, stand up for consumers and stand up to pg&e. >> reporter: i talked to pg&e the spokesman said he needed more time to go over hill's numbers before he could comment on the specific concerns. as for pivey, he didn't say anything after hill made his statement. hill told us he was surprised, but he hopes that means that pivey was listening and thing about what he said. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> this morning the california public utilities commission is expected to give pg&e customers the choice of opting out of having a smart meter and keeping analog meter. customers who choose to

what the bill does is it changes the current law that basically has a one-year prohibition against current cpuc staff or commissioners going coming in a, from the puc and then turning around and going to work for the very utilities that they were regulating at the puc. the current prohibition is one year. senator yee wisely has proposed that we increase that by two years. the interesting thing here is that the examiner editorial has actually advocated for a longer time span. it is actually calling for a five-year time span that people have to wait before they go from being a commissioner on the puc to then turning around and working for the utilities that were regulated by the puc. i do not know if there has to be a future agenda item for us to take a position on it that, but i personally believe that, given the work that we have had the puc, weighing in on the importance of stopping this revolving door would be important for lafco to do. my preference would be to advocate for that five years that the examiner is asking for. i do not know what the process for that would be, but i think that it

nadine burke harris, founding position of the cpuc bayview help center. it was not until august of last year, the medical director. that i am here in my role as the ceo of the center for youth wellness. the reason i transitioned out of my previous role and into this role is based on the experiences that i have had in caring for children of the bayview-hunters point community for the past five years. in have done a wonderful job at the clinic in reducing hospitalizations and improving immunization rates for the kids in the community. in my experience, the number one health threat to kids in the community is exposure to violence and trauma. there is a tremendous amount of research that has emerged over the last 20 years to demonstrate that these exposures are damaging to children, not only in terms of the things that you would expect in that we know about, in terms of the risks for learning problems, behavior problems, mental health problems, but it turns out that the data shows that these exposures increase our kids risks to heart disease, chronic obstructi

, you can see that the only one that is not a smart meters is mine, and i'm about to, because of the cpuc, get charge hundreds of dollars a year, and it cannot possibly cost pg&e that much money. we definitely need a better representation and better controls over the revolving door. on community choice itself, i would just reiterate what we have said to a lot of you behind the scenes, and advocates have done a lot of homework over the last couple of weeks. we are getting an idea of where the sweet spots are on timing. it has been eight years since the first ordinance was passed, and we want to get this done as soon as we can. however, it is how little time, really. we need to make sure -- it is huddle time. we need to make sure we're taking enough time said that the build out meshes well. i would put at the caution -- let's not move too fast. we need to make sure we get this under way before the budget season takes us away to other concerns, but let's give ourselves plenty of time. something else -- i will speak more on items not on the agenda, but i want to touch on it here because it re

>> another welder provided the cpuc with photos of the line 132 that run tluz san bruno. testifying quote the majority of the welds we saw in line 13 were defect skbrif showed poor workmanship. pg&e says it's looking into complaints but stands by testing program. >> whole purpose of the pressure testing in program we have to to identify bad welds so if there are differences we want to identify them and we need to make our systems stronger for customer autos state p.u.c. declined an interview but said wilt look allegations. the group tighten -- heightened nagging suspicion. >> the public is not safe from and has a great reason to be concerned. >> congress woman jackie speier is calling on the state p.u.c. to take action to ensure the public safety. david louie abc 7 news. >> a legal victory for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi tonight. the judge granted him the right to visit his son while he fights charges of domestic abuse, he's been prohibited from seeing his son and his wife since he was charged nearly a month ago now this, morning a judge approved an agreement bet

assemblyman jerry hill urged the cpuc to reject the plan saying pg&e would profit nearly $1 billion from that project. >>> cleaning crews spent the day disinfecting a high school in san francisco. it comes after a nasty contagion made hundreds of students sick within hours. as patrick sedillo reports, canceling class for just one day not enough to stop a suspected outbreak of the norovirus. >> people just kept, you know, they were dropping like flies. >> she said the school was -- it was like a scene out of "contagion." >> reporter: students and teachers got violently sick yesterday, one-third of the students and faculty. hundreds of people. >> there were trash cans outside the dean's office and people throwing up, kids were throwing up in the classrooms. >> reporter: based on the symptoms and the rapid spread, we think it's acting just like norovirus. >> reporter: the norovirus is the most common cause of diarrhea and the san francisco department of health says they will know for sure what it is later today. but to err on the side of caution? >> we have decided to close school for two m

san francisco wants the federal agency to do a better job overseeing the cpuc. >>> well, new at 6:00, more emotional turmoil for state treasurer's bill lockier's wife. first she was assaulted in a motel room, now she's getting treated for substance abuse. she's been a supervisor since last november after a long career as a lawyer. a week and a half ago, police were called to a new york hotel where lockheed claimed she had been attacked by an ex-boyfriend. she checked in there following an argument with her husband. so far no charges have been filed against that ex. bill lochier is not commenting that she was admitted to a hospital for addiction. >>> n brks krrbc bay area's mons with the details. >> that homeowner disarmed the 18-year-old and shot him with his own gun. tonight neighbors are speaking out in support of what he did. just a few hundred yards from the loan tree golf course, this usually quiet antioch neighborhood with its manicured lawns heard gunfire. >> he pretty much was gone. >> reporter: police say about 8:20 last night a man was with his son watching tv when a would-b

critics say it is a conflict of interest since the cpuc has been found partially responsible for thatgedy. >>> 6:24. rules against camping in some san francisco plazas are now in place. the city supervisors have narrowly passed proposal to prohibit tents and other structures in harvey milk and jane warner plazas, this is in the castro district. the board stopped short of banning shopping carts saying it unfairly targets the homeless. >>> new this morning, drugmaker pfizer is recalling 1 million packets of birth control because they may not work. pfizer says there was a packaging error with one of ttw that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the drug which could lead to a risken accidental pregnancy. if you take the medication, start using back-up form of birth control immediately. >>> a kitchen that's helped san francisco's poor and hungry for decades serves its last meal today. st. anthony's original dining room on jones street has been feeding the hungry home cooked meals for more than 60 years. the building is set to be demolished to make way for a new facility. an interim

the mayor also announced today that san bruno has officially petitioned the cpuc to become part of a global settlement against pg&e. live in san bruno, tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >>> tracy, thank you. more issues regarding pg&e, and that's new tonight at 6:00. it's not a mass exodus, but many of pg&e customers are gipg to opt out of having a smart meter attached to their home. they received 400 requests since giving customers the right to opt out on february 1st. pg&e customers who choose to stay with traditional metres must pay a $175 fee. a majority of the opt out requests come from customers in santa cruz county and marin county. pg&e wants customers to decide whether they will opt out by may 1st. >>> a search continues for a man who attempted to kidnap an eight-year-old girl as she was walking to carveer elementary school earlier this week. the man approached the girl on oakdale avenue and keith street as she waskialng w to carveer elementary. she was able to get away from the man and run to safety inside that school. this is a sketch of the suspect. he's described as an afr

the utility promised so far. heather? >> yesterday san bruno asked cpuc to include the sni any future settlement. today, stit called a press conference. these things about an hour before, the utility called the city. san bruno mayor says pg&e is dodging its commitment to make the city whoshlgs that negotiations broke down last week. >> i think we've reached a couple small agreement buzz for the most part... a lot of it is red lined and not getting to where we want to get. we feel that we've been stalled in negotiations and that is why we brought to it public. >> the september 2010 explosion and fire killed eight people. and destroyed 38 homes, badly damaging 70 more. pg&e set up two funds. first, a $100 million rebuilt san bruno home, mostly for victims immediate needs right after the disaster. then there, is a separate truck for -- trust for the city to be funded for rebuilding infrastructure, $12 kblinl has been paid so far. but city leaders say the community needs mer than new sidewalks and landscaping. >> we felt we're entitled to something else, those funds are only to be used for that. the

assemblyman jerry hill will make his opinion known today at the meeting happening right now. hill says cpuc president's michael peavy is the last person who should be in charge of deciding how much pg&e should be fined. he says crucial mistakes were made under peavy's watch which led to the massive explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. hill says the investigation should be led by someone unbiased. >> should not have that same person being the one that's going to look at the penalties of pg&e as he allowed the conditions to exist that caused the circumstances. i think it's outrageous. >> if peavy doesn't step down, he will be in charge of deciding how much to penalize pg&e for the san bernadino disaster. he appointed himself to head the investigation last month. >>> would you say the majority of the bay area, low cloud cover? >> inland clearing. if you live along the peninsula, yes, you will see that cloud cover, at least for the next couple of hours. the sun is coming out. let's take a live look at what you're describing there. areas of clouds and areas of clearing. you

the pipe weld questionable? >> yes. >> another welder with 25 years of experience provided cpuc with photos of a section of line that runs through san bruno. testifying the majority of the welds we saw were defective and showed poor workmanship. pg&e says it is looking into the complaints. >> whole purpose of the pressure testing in a program we have to identify weaknesses due to bad welds or other issue. so if there are weaknesses we want to identify them and do rigorous testing to get in, replace pipe and make our system stronger for customers. >> the state p.u.c. declined an interview but said wilt look into the allegations. can gres woman jackie speier issued statement that it requires proof positive the public is not at risk. we tried to interview both but one is out of state, working and the other did not return our call. we'll hear from the consumer advocacy group called turn on abc 7 news at 6:00. in san bruno abc 7 news. >> we'll see you then z there was dangerously high surf in the bay area today. swells downtown were as high as 16 feet this morning. the waves led to a high surf advisory being called when expir