Commissioners that preceded me and the staff and the now general manager as well for their contributions during that process. Thank you mr. Chairman. Thank you. Today we will be discussing the customer notification and the education plan. I think its the bulk of the work before us to look at that plan and see if it meets the needs moving forward. Who is presenting on that from the puc . We will provide the general update of the cleanpower sf program. Barbara hale will give an update. Thank you mr. Herring mr. Kelly, sorry. Thank you, i am barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. By way of updates item four i just wanted to remind you in your packets is a detailed timeline for implementation of our cca program. We also are in working constructively with lafco in their advisory role to the board in implementation our cca program we are operating under a memorandum of understanding with lafco that describes the roles and responsibilities of our respective staff and we expect tha
The local Agency Formation commission as a joint meeting with the Public Utilities commission. My name is chair avalos, john avalos chair of the lafco. I am joined by other lafco members, commissioner olague and commissioner pimentel. This is a joint committee so i will pass on the mic on our chair from the Public Utilities commission. Yes, art torres member of puc and other members. Thank you very much for being here. We make a very legionary and strong quorum on this rainy day. Okay. And of course our general manager is here as well, har an kelly and the staff of the puc. Thank you. I want to thank sfgtv for their work broadcasting this meeting, and madam clerk if you could chair with us your announcements. Please make sure to silence all electronic devices. Speaker cards and any documents should be submitted to the clerk. Okay. Do you want to call the roll . You call the roll on puc. Yes. President torres. Here. Commissioner. Here. Commissioner moran commissioner caen and cortni are
And were coming forward inaudible having individuals plead guilty to charges shows a lot. I think as we continue doing those kind of cases and building those cases we will see results. We have asset forfeitures that will be coming so i can foresee more things happening. Were currently working with the fbi right now. Commissioner turman. I move that we, the ask the board of supervisors to authorize the police to retroactively accept and appropriate a grant in the amount of 200,000 from the california Emergency Management agency. Second. First we have to have Public Comment. Any Public Comment . Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Please call line item 5. Line item 5, Public Comment on all matters pertaining to item 7 below, closed session, including Public Comment on vote whether to hold item 7 in closed session. Motion with reference to the closed session matters, ladies and gentlemen these are disciplinary matters involving police officers. They are protected by the california constitu
If i can have your attention. I am with the alliance for health reform. Thank you all for coming. Target lowincome population from the Affordable Care act and private insurance using federal medicaid dollars. To do that, they need federal approval in the form of a medicaid waiver. Three states already have their waivers in hand and are operating their new programs. Today we are going to take a look at the experiences of two of those states and a broader look at what some other states are proposing to do. We will also look at the balance between on the one hand exposing these same low income people to additional premiums are costsharing and on the other additional im sorry additional premiums in the condition of getting it and on the other hand not getting coverage at all. So we are pleased have as a partner today the Commonwealth Fund essentially philanthropy established to promote the common good and we are doubly pleased to have is the comoderator sara collins who is Vice President f
Sane up for the healthier michigan program, and im wondering if you cover cataract surgery. They said the reason ive been asking, ive been trying to get someone to pay for his cataract surgery, and the optometrist told hum if he had the surgery he have normal vision, and he has lost his job and has not been able to drive and this would enable this person to get back and about a contributing member of society and obviously improve their life. So i think as you hear those stories, there are compelling stories and our governor was really great about gets around the state and hearing the stories and its not true of the entire population but theres a segment of the population that has not been getting services, and their life will improve and they will be able to be more contributing members of society, and that, i think, is part of the argument as well. I would just add, if youre in a state that has already expanded above 138 , youre going to be bringing it down probably, and this doesnt o