Picking Up the Pace
The Guardian urges the PUC to implement community choice aggregation before a June ballot measure could undermine the program.
- Editorial: CCA - Get it done by the deadline (SF Bay Guardian) 03/31/10
- Startup eyes power delivery for SF residents, businesses (Examiner) 02/10/10
- PG&E attack mailer puts City Hall on defensive (SFBG) 12/23/09
- S.F. takes step toward being green-powered (Examiner) 10/28/09
The District Attorney files charges against former San Francisco Public Utilities Commission employees accused of defrauding the agency by steering taxpayer dollars toward their personal home improvements and working for their own company while on the PUC clock.
The Chronicle reports on a cadres of committed volunteers who successfully restored 16 horseshoe pitching courts in Golden Gate Park. How did they do it? Through sweat and assistance from the Recreation and Park Department and the Department of Public Works. Come fall, it’s tourney time!
In yet another casualty of the global economic crisis, the SFPUC is forced to cut back on some of the bells and whistles planned for its new headquarters. So much for the recession being over…
State Senator Mark Leno requests that the California Public Utilities Commission explore PG&E’s history of blackouts in San Francisco.
The Chronicle reports on the ongoing debate between environmental groups and the City about whether to restore Hetch Hetchy to its natural state by demolishing the reservoir. All I can say is that San Francisco has some of the damn tastiest water West of the Mississippi, and the Yosemite-based water body also offers a gorgeous environment for backpackers. (Not really relevant to this debate, but it is so true!)
Allie Herson