built out as a power operation much like it is today where we've got 3 hundred and 80 meg watsz utilizing city owned this is a picture you're familiar with on our wall at 525 and our other brochures in a appealing way and for emphasis to draw out a couple of elements on the power side i talked about the hetch hetchy supplies on the extreme right the 3 hundred and 80 megawatts we didn't talk about the transition but you'll see the oakdale and turlock and the substation serving modus operandi even though and the one owned by penguin and those transition lines it get our power down into the bay area and from that point on pg&e owned transition lines to our customers here in san francisco the one hundred and 53 megawatts our transition where we interconnection in the middle the slide and to the extreme left any questions so far another pause moment to make sure i haven't lost you that's the operation of the system we say external highlights going from then to now things have changed let's talk about some of the changes and where the effect is on us thanks there's 3 major challenges 3 major categor

here are some of the local cities and districts with the lowest conservation standards. they include san francisco public utilities commission, city of hayward, redwood city and the california water service company of south san francisco. on the other end of the spectrum the town of hillsborough has a conservation standard of 36%. the standard is 32 for the city of vacaville and the los altos suburban district. now, some of the water districts have expressed concerns about what these cuts will do to fire prone areas. we are going to hear from them in the next half-hour. >> and all this just in time for summer, anne, which is the peak time of course for watering outdoors. >> reporter: that's right. and making these goals will depend on people letting their grass go brown not only at private homes but on public land. it's going to be at least mid- july before we know if these new rules are making a difference. live in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> here's an example of hour one city is trying to reach its target. wins source in sonoma county was given a reduction goal of 16%. today the town council is sched

here are some of the local cities and districts with the lowest conservation standards. they include san francisco public utilitiescommission, city of hayward, redwood city and the california water service company of south san francisco. on the other end of the spectrum the town of hillsborough has a conservation standard of 36%. the standard is 32 for the city of vacaville and the los altos suburban district. now, some of the water districts have expressed concerns about what these cuts will do to fire prone areas. we are going to hear from them in the next half-hour. >> and all this just in time for summer, anne, which is the peak time of

city worldwide to get to zero with hiv. this is a consortium which is a collective impact model utilizing different organizations and we are joining in with many others in the goal of reaching this point of zero hiv infection, zero hiv deaths and zero as hiv stigma in the city. we have this great goal that is within our reach of getting to zero for hiv, std's are increasing at the same time. we have the same numbers available for 2014. they are finalized. you see gonorrhea in blue, chlamydia in black and syphilis in red primarily because people are choosing are prevention strategies that are only for hiv. people are choosing safer sex practices based on knowledge of zero status but not using condoms for every sexual act. people who are hiv infected and being on treatment have viral load the chances of transmitting hiv to a partner. all of these are being utilized throughout the city and we have the data to support that and i will show you somg -- some of those data. as we look historically we have some examples in the past that std rates are secondary to behaviors designed to prevent hiv infection. if we look at the gonorrh

owner hours over 2 hundred mapping of the important transportation and health data which is utilized by several city agencies and has been useful in- i don't know if this is the right presentation. >> as an example the transbay was used in the city's data driven process for public safety for walk first that allowed for the evaluation analysis and injury patterns in san francisco to identify capital safety improvements priorities in the city pretty much. >> great that sums everything up thank you very much. >> that's the last presentation i have a question first of all it is great to see the outcome of the funding from last year how this is going to hem translate the evaluation methodology is a key part of understanding how the collisions and the fatalities and injuries are occurring i know that part of the focus of the program to establish a consistent way to total the fatalities can you talk about that in a in a nut shell we've got numbers from chp and mta i think for a layperson that is challenging to understand i'm hoping you can breakdown that a little bit. >> i mean a that's the purpose to get

>> i think that everyone who is a city employee should have training in trauma practices and i think we should utilize more staffing and that the city could understand that we need to provide some nontraditional things that may not fit in whatever the city regulations are. >> tell me what they are. >> it's hard when you have to search and finding funding for a for a mom who wants to bury her son and helping these families wanting to bury their loved ones due to their religious practices etc. >> are they on on the state level or local level. >> i think they are across the state level. they have a lot of the victims i believe it's up to 75 $7,500 but often times if you ever buried a loved one it's going to cost you more than that. that 75 hundred dollars only includes a cremation normally burial is like real estate to be honest we do try to to seek discounted rates through a broker but once again trying to figure out how to raise money to help these families and to support them. so those are some of the needs that we have. >> can you go back to explaining some some of the nontraditional methods? >> havi

last 5 years and potential 5 years what streets need floup for fiber or the a utility you'll not need all of that the city did 20 to thirty miles for water or water and sewer together so how much would it cost to add utility wires how much more to do that work and how much total that gives the advocates doing the underground activity every year we need to raise x amount of money so go back to the ballot for the voters will you pay for a bond or increase in property tax several ways to a pay for it they actually understand this is how much we need to ask for it may not be as equitable you're following someone else's plans you gives a cost effective way to do that is one of the big suggestions scott wagner having the city and county look at the last 5 years and easily do it and look at the next 5 years to add in the work what does it mean and gives 10 years of averages and give an idea it is one of the bigger things like the city and county steps to take that is outside of lafco purview that's my report on this matter. >> i don't see any questions or comments public comment is open on item number 5 good aft

city's budget we made a conscious decision to work with the city to work with the mayor with the board of supervisors and to really you know utilize our reserves knowing that even though we have ever legal right to keep the money we wanted to be part of the solution as the city was cutting services left and right. i hope the same spirit that lafco worked with the city that the city through the board and mayor will work with the board to as we've will decompleted our resources to gusts the resources that are needed and you know i would hope the city does that because it's the right thing to do but i personally building that lafco has been very conservative in terms of how much money it puts in pittsburgh its budget over the years and i think that that very conservative possible approach should be rewarded by the city and mayor that gimmick lafco what is needed and if the mayor and the board of supervisors decide that they don't want to fund lafco as we're asking you think this is a mistake and i certainly will not personally approve the budget as a member of the board of supervisors not speaking as a commissioner that doesn't provi

soldiers and emergency crews and neighbors using city utility vehicles and heavy equipment to pull people from the floodwaters that swallowed cars and homes in minutes. the relentless search taking a grim toll. 18 people confirmed dead and 13 missing, and each hour of hope fades hope for those that vanished in the chaos. the aftermath of deadly breaking floodwaters in houston, texas, revealed this morning. more than 11 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours monday night into tuesday. a wall of water rising with frightening speed, leaving thousands traveling in their vehicles racing to escape. >> turn around don't drown. >> rows of vehicle left abandon on a houston highway, and some cars almost completely submerged underwater and emergency crews scrambling to pull people from the floodwaters, but for some it was too late. one woman says she witnessed the discovery of a body in a flooded truck. >> it was a woman, and it was dead by the time we got there. >> thousands of people now without power. the flash floods rushing through thousands of homes, and houston's mayor says at least 4,000 r

the sportier utility vehicle. >>> the city of oakland wants people to come to the lake and enjoy theural beauty. they just don't want you to leave it like this. people are literally trashing the park like using their used bbq debts in the street in the grass and bushes and even in the lake. there are alcohol bottles scattered about and trash in many shapes and forms. the city hired arborous to keep the city clean. but thanks to all of the trash, they have spent their time cleaning up the trash. >> this is a broken branch because of somebody getting out of hand and damaging the tree. >> reporter: robert kennedy is the senior supervisor. >> he says the city annually spends somewhere arounded it $00,000 to keep make merrette clean. -- household furnitures like, this and table clothes and pin yacht that. >> i have been living across the street for about three years. and now that we have an influx of people, people just leave their stuff and have no record for the park and the beauty of it and the lake. it's just getting to be ridiculous. >> i think if you're going to enjoy, you knead to

entitled it called our children and our families council this unique council utilizes successful partnerships across the city and the school district. it sets the stage for broader partnerships. once we established an on going council, i predict superintendent and school board you will invite more and you will see we handle school resources more importantly than before. we have shared outcomes for our families and children by coordinating this new council and will make our city, a city that has all in come levels of families thrive not only working harder but working successfully. i want to just give a special shout out to supervisor norman yee because he has led this in everyone of our periodic meetings he's really championed a dialogue around this. we are currently recruiting community members interested in serving on this council wanting to make a difference for the thousands of lives of children in our city now and in the future. if you are interested we are going to call you out and have you come and volunteer. don't be just a critic. get yourself involved. find solutions. be part of the answer. that's

the cities that have done it tend to be smaller and many have their own electric utility and had control over that to begin with and the cities that have gone this route have faced extensive litigation and had to take on all of that in the process of constructing their network and it requires the city under taking a new business enterprise if it's operated by the city and as i mentioned, there's there's 150 throughout the country and chat anooga has over sixty thousand customers and the population is around 160 thousand and some people choose to go with the private provider but a sizable portion has gone with the municipal and they do offer 1 gig byte per second high speed access. >> can i ask you can you quantify how how fast 1 gig is? >> i think i believe you can download 25 songs in 2 seconds and a movie in a couple of minutes there's probably people in the room that can tell you better but it's much faster that what we're used to. my work computer is fifty mega bytes per second -- that's 20 times faster? >> you have the city fiber network here so you should have high speed here and y

settlement for the the family the number of vehicles and the training of those vat utilize them sl critical for the city. my understanding is there about 700 vehicles within the reck and ask park department, is that accurate? >> that is all our rolling stock. which includes the mowers and turoes and struck trucks. >> do you have a sense of how many are necessary >> that number plus about aort150. we do not have enough vehicles. we have custodiums with their chemicals thane cares. if we have x number of custodeiums and they cover 15 places they need a place to do it and get there. we take our vehicles-it was a horrible incident i participated in the incident urkts bethe safety incident is excellent. [inaudible] it was a horrible horrible tragied but if you want maintained parks and you want safe parks you actually need a parks department that has a rolling stock >> thank you for answering. it sounds like we need every vehicle and more >> vehicle shortage-what we have been doing and taking seriously andee want the lowest impact vehicles we can have in the landscape and so we are working with the fleet cit

city. i'll tell you why right after the break. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. jesse gary is live in center city to tell us what those workers hope to accomplish when they get there today. jesse, tell us more. >> reporter: tracy, this is a continuation in a fight to raise the minimum wage. they'll board buses right here on broad street in center city philadelphia. they'll travel to harrisburg to sit in on senate committee hearings on minimum wage legislation. you're looking at previous video from previous rallies. many of those prepared to attend and testify at the hearing say they love their jobs but can't make ends meet. they seek an increase to $10.10. some call for an increase up to $15 an hour. some say it will result in job cuts to increase the payroll costs. we are working to try to talk to some of those prepared to lobby their lawmakers. we'll have that for you coming up in the next hour. live in center city jesse gary "nbc 10 news." >>> on to decision 2016 now. former arkansas governor mike huckabee is expected to announce his run for presidenc

city hall are calling this hurdle right the now put up by mayor's office. specifically the chief of staff, get this, of the mayor's office of transportation and utilities that is a city department and title i doubt anybody outside of the city hall has ever heard of before now the guy's name andrew stover. the reason he says that this good idea which essentially would do, let you pay your parking while you are say at a restaurant eating lunch or dinner and say my meter is running out from my phone without having to run back out to the car you can add time, to your time on the street without getting a parking ticket. so a lot of people, like vince finnerty the head of the p pa says this will help businesses because if somebody is shopping they don't to have stop shopping, to come over to their car four blocks away and put more money into the kiosk. however, a lot of the money from parking tickets almost ten million-dollar worth from a lot of the fees and tickets go to the city, which goes to the school district and the problem is the the cities is worried well, if this starts saving people money which is the idea behind this, well it will hurt the school dist

the sportier utility vehicle. >>> san jose city leaders released plans to make the streets safer.of a press conference. the mayor told those on hand the days of san jose being a car city are coming to an end. >> we can no longer grow as a car city, the future of our city is a city that will be built around people. not around cars. >> the program aims to slow down speeders, add bike lanes and improve crosswalk viability and reduce the number of single ocupoint cars. >>> the post bounds lanes will close till 3:00 a.m. traffic will be detoured. it starts tonight and runs through friday morning. >>> the mayor of baltimore lifted lifted the curfew but tensions are still running high. an incident today is a perfect example of that. a crowd gathered around man who they thought was shot by police. he wasn't. authorities say cameras spotted the man with a gun. officers took off after him and as the man pulled out the gun it went off. >> there is a sound of discharging. police never discharged weapons. we stopped him. we get the weapon back. >> police say the man with the gun was not injure

settlement for the the family the number of vehicles and the training of those vat utilize them sl critical for the city. my understanding is there about 700 vehicles within the reck and ask park department, is that accurate? >> that is all our rolling stock. which includes the mowers and turoes and struck trucks. >> do you have a sense of how many are necessary >> that number plus about aort150. we do not have enough vehicles. we have custodiums with their chemicals thane cares. if we have x number of custodeiums and they cover 15 places they need a place to do it and get there. we take our vehicles-it was a horrible incident i participated in the incident urkts

the project complies with the hire program and adds 27 new dwelling units to the cities housing stock and will utilities the housing controls and pay the impact fees that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions thank you. >> okay opening it up for public comment - project sponsor please good afternoon commissioner president fong and commissioners my name is joe i'm the project sponsor first, i'm a small local builder and local san franciscan i'll find my roots in our packet in-laws and everyone worked in the midst i'm active in charities in close proximity serving low income families their mission academy and holy day home in 2987 i built the senior disabled building in san francisco the building is located on mission street with the 5 percent of our receipts section 8 tenants from the san francisco housing authority they feel we've created a low income senior housing community that project at van ness is not datdz displaced any folks it was a vacant site we have conducted excessive neighborhood outreach and have the support of the neighbors we held a preapplication meager and h

utility vehicle. >>> today fairfax city's new old town square will have its ground opening.ing a long time for this. workers put the finishing touches on it yesterday. the park is along main street and university drive. this is next to the old town hall. the festivities are for the whole family and start at 9:00 a.m. >> very cool. >>> online fund raising is becoming a popular way for many of you to pay your way through school. >> it seems rather than taking out huge loans, savvy students are taking to crowd funding websites for help. joe fryer has more on how many students are heading online for that help. >> reporter: for music major shelini henry john it was hard enough dealing with the death of her father in march, she also had to pay her college $5,000 before graduating this weekend. >> i remember myself crying before i'd go to sleep because i did not know how to pay the money for that. >> reporter: her friend suggested creating a go fund me page online raising the money through friends and strangers. >> i can't thank them enough. i'm speechless. >> reporter: go fund me

another higher priorities a list that the city has permanently i'm not convinced that is the best option and make sure that all options were on the table there's the utility tax 7 by 7 and a half average it is average for all the top cities it requires a voter approval. >> what is it 10 percent in la. >> yes. la is 10 percent that's a whole bunch of categories and some places we're not charging in that category other places do some cities don't charge in some categories you have to balance how much it raise and the question what use would it be used for in this case there's the utility connection fee the emergency response fee it is charged to phone lines it requires the voter approval and the rate construction fee a voter approval is needed and the final one is residential surcharge on on electricity bills this is what san diego uses in rule 20 b the project i talked about earlier how san diego was able to open their franchise fee and that was part of that agreement once again another theoretical one that could be done but requires in our case pg&e to work with the city to create that and take it to the voters for approval so conclusions from the report

passed unanimousically >> item 10 is ordinance to authorize the public utility [inaudible] sell leck trisee to operate the cities electrical [inaudible] >> colleagues same house same call? without objection the ordinance is passed unanimously. item 11 >> item slaev ordinance to appropriate 1.75 million from waste water enterprise funds designated to pay claim settlements legal expenses due to ordinary expenses incured as a result of the 2014 storms >> same house, same call. without objection this is passed on the first reading. iteal 12 >> item 12 resolution to ret row actively authorize the deapartment of the environment to expand 1.3 million dollar grant from department of energy to develop solar energy for energy storage for post [inaudible] december 31, 2016&same house and call. without objection this is adopted unanimousically >> item 13 is ret row actively oughterize transportation agency to execute agreement with [inaudible] and [inaudible] for approximately 5.1 million [inaudible] >> same house, same call. without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously yrkss item 14 is a update on board of supe

utility pole. reporting live here in daly city, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. >>> we also have a developing story in a state of emergency after that oil spill in santa barbara. here's the latest. it is spread across nine miles of ocean. there's an intense smell of oil and gas. 105,000 gallons. crews already have recovered 6,000 gallons. the ceo of the company that runs the pipeline american pipeline is apologizing. >> we apologize for the damage that is done to the wildlife and to the environment. we're very sorry for the disruption and inconvenience it has caused on the citizens and the visitors to this area. >> the spill will keep both beaches closed through the holiday weekend. among the major concerns is the impact on wild life. we've already seen birds coated in oil, crabs and fish are also considered in jeopardy. we will have live reports from the scene of the oil spill throughout the morning starting in our next hour. >>> okay. laura, elderly san francisco woman in critical condition this morning after a savage attack in broad daylight dating back to mt. there'

city council voted to implement drought restrictions. following the state mandate of reduction-contra cost county water district and east bay municipal utilityby 25%- additionally, cccwd is considering a restriction increase to 40% on outdoor watering. so, the city- a huge user of water is not exempt >> pam:the biggest change you'll see? the city is cutting off water to 17 of the city's 80 acres. high use areas like this- civic park- and the ball fields are not affected, but you can say goodbye to the many of the beautiful ornamental areas, medians and lush roadway shoulder. >> pam:san jose police have promised 'transparency' as they look into >> gary: >> reporter: it is a world of green parks and lush landscaping, but for the folks of walnut creek some of that will change. tonight city council voted to implement dropped restrictions. >> following the state mandate of reduction contra costa county water district and east bay municipal utility district will reduce usage but overall reduction of usage by 25 percent additionally cc c w d is considering restrictions increase to 40% bought out the door loren. so bay the city, a huge user of water

in the meantime, in the first hour of the emergency, 700 policemen were utilized to go around the city and close every liquor selling establishment every bar, every liquor store was closed and locked up by the 700 police officers. and that is to me, a sinful misappropriation of manpower and a very malfeasance order and again, much manpower that could have been used to fight this fire, building by building, was misused. so, the dynamite situation. as i said, dennis sullivan absolutely would have realized in this time that dynamite did not work in baltimore just a few years previously. that the city had a terrible situation, it created more problems than it helped. that morning general funstine called for dynamite to be brought into the city, and there wasn't a lot of dynamite, but i tell you what they had a lot of, they had a lot of gunpowder and black powder. and these two things are tremendously volatile. and incendiary. so they used instead of dynamite, gunpowder and black powder to take the buildings down. when they made a plan to take every building down on van ness avenue, on the

city. the dump truck in question wrapped around the utility pole and to the left is the minivan full of three people that this person unfortunately collided with. four people in the hospital right now. one in serious condition. this started early this morning around midnight. an officer there saw the driver of the stolen dump truck driving around a town home complex. thought it was odd, unusual. ran the plates. came back stolen. tried to pull over the driver. the driver did not comply and ended up trying to run and ram the officer in his squad car. that's when they began this chase. that's when briefly in the south city and eventually here in daly city where this wreck happened with the driver of the dump truck wrapping the vehicle around the utility pole. and again, colliding with that minivan, send that minivan into a parked car. inside the minivan, 16-year-old girl, 20-year-old person and another person in that car. one of those people transported with serious injuries. the other two with minor injuries. we just spoke with a police officer who tells me that the driver of the stolen truck d

utilities are monopolies. they never faced competition. >>> at issue the fee that salt bills. solar cities say it would penalize customers, adding $600 a year to their bill. the salt river project claims the fee is for infrastructure and support. >> electricity changed the basis of life on earth. the grid of the past looks like it does today. >> the business model is the same. build power plants and electricity lines and sell at a cost. utilities guaranteed a profit. installation costs go down, and technology improves. >> the no is one way. customers are producing electricity for their open needs and delivering out and selling the number back to us. state. >> are you guys florida voters. >> florida residents say they are fighting a monopoly. state law mandates that only utilities cap sell power. if you want -- can sell power. if you want solar, you have to buy from them. >> a home owner can dictate how much it can be sold for. >> allies are changing the laws. >> we have conservatives, federation. a host of people. >> not all utilities are created equal. states like california, north caroli

utility vehicle. >> good morning. santa clara unveil as rebranded city seal today that includes a new tag line: the center of what's possiblenew marketing effort follows the 49ers move into levi stadium and all the events they have attracted including super bowl 50 coming up in february. city leaders land to roll out a new website, new stationery, and new welcome to santa clara signs. santa clara already goes by the nickname "the mission city." >> a new york city based clothing company invented a white shirt that will not stain. this is unstainable white shirt for women, coffee, wine, eggs, all slide off rather than sticking. it is not in stores yet. the company began selling the shirts on the funding site kick starter for $25 to $40. the plows comes in four styles, and they are trying to raise $250,000 to put the shirts into mass production. >> i want that fabric not just for my shirts but the carpet, the seat covers. >> wrap the kids in them. >> exactly. >> now we will check with mike and the forecast. >> yesterday we talked about what to expect during an average may if san francisco. now over to oakland we start at 68 an

city council voted to implement drought restrictions. >> : is gonna have to be some sacrifices. ballarat go wrapped >> reporter: following the state mandate of reduction-contra cost county water district and east bay municipal utilityby 25%- additionally, cccwd is considering a restriction increase to 40% on outdoor watering. so, the city- a huge user of water is not exempt standupin order to meet the state mandates, the city will have to reduce its usage by about 20 million gallons a year from an estimated more than 80 million. to give you an idea what that 20 million gallons you'll have to go without looks like, here it is. that's the same amount that flooded the ucla campus last year in thirty hours- in terms of your house, a faucet would have to run continuously for 15 yearsnats the biggest change you'll see? the city is cutting off water to 17 of the city's 80 acres. high use areas like this- civic park- and the ball fields are not affected, but you can say goodbye to the many of the beautiful ornamental areas medians and lush roadway shoulder. >> : the citizens in california are been hacked back up and rethink what they do every day >> reporter: in walnut creek emily turner kron 4 news. >> pam: tonight at 11.

city project. over the last year we have had a great working group with several agencies, the public works department staff from the airport, public utilities commission mta recreation park the san francisco port authority joined with support and assistance from the city attorney's office, general service agency real estate department and the controllers office a number of recommendations were collected, over the year the group has been working very hard to make those changes. as you know, no changes have happened to chapter six in over i think ten years so this is a time when these changes, we believe are very necessary. the recommendations, have gone to the budget analysis, we're in agreement with all of the recommendations put forth, there are three policy decisions that were recommended there. those policy decisions, the threshold amount on contracts, so so construct contracts, and cm d.c. contracts as part of the process we also involved in of the contractors, i see magil in the room today, he's representing the mte's so we feel good about the recommendations we're putting forth. and leading today a presentation will be rachel superman

i'm with the san francisco public utilities commission, we believe the youth and the students in this city are among the top talent . we are pledging 1,000 opportunities. >> thank you. for everything you do. >> we are pledging 140 jobs. hsa human services. thank you. are there any others? one there? >> the ladies in red, there is a reason why they are wearing red. it's target. >> good morning, everyone. we are here to pledge ten jobs. >> excellent. thank you. fantastic. >> mr. mayor frankly from public works. we have programs that hired youth for summer internships for architects and environmental workers vment we pledge 150 this summer. 150 public sector stepping up large. >> louis herrera from the san francisco public library. we are so inspired with success stories. we can't help but add to our commitment. we have over 50 student workers but we are going to add an additional 4 to that. thank you. great to be a part of it. >> louis, thank you very much. >> we look forward to the new teen media center at the public library as well. >> yeah. share. >> good morning, mr. mayor and honored gu