Attest to, we had a really interesting policy Committee Meeting on these issues. And we wanted to ask cyndy our Climate Program manager to give you a brief outline of what was discussed not nearly in the same level of detail. But as lowell said, when you look at our where weve got emissions coming out, its pretty clear theres not a lot of mystery here. Our buildings are a big part of the story. And where those emissions are coming from, cyndy will talk a little bit about that. But more and more, they are coming from natural gas. And while we will be developing a Climate Action strategy that you will hear a lot more about for 2020, we dont wait for that to be finished before we adopt policies along the way. And theres a particular moment in time now that is very important because the Building Code gets updated on a threeyear cycle. And we are and that starts now in 2019, the new cycle. So we wanted to weigh in to be in alignment with that statewide cycle. And im going to let cyndy take it from here. Good evening, commissioners. My name is cyndy comerford. Im the Climate Program manager. And im going to give a brief summary of the presentation that i gave to the policy committee several weeks ago. And so what we are here for today is to ask for your support on two ordinances that anthony mentioned. One ill refer to as our electric preferred code and the second ordinance is our municipal electrifycation ordinance. The municipal ordinance inhabitant has not been scheduled for committee yet. So i just want to start off talking about our Energy Future in San Francisco to kind of set the stage for this brief presentation. I know that our current model of energy in california looks very bleak for the third year in a row, we saw horrific wildfires. And pg e said the shut offs that have been happening could last for ten more years. So i want you to know the city of San Francisco is taking this very seriously. The city has recently put a bid in for pg es assets, infrastructure that serve San Francisco so we can secure our Energy Future and depend less on the rollover grid. Its really important that we start electrifying our buildings. And thats what im going to talk about today. In addition to our electrification, we want to invest in smaller Power Supplies and microgrids and backup Battery Storage and also around smart inverters and expanding solar. These types of measures can help us keep the power on when we have these types of events that weve seen recently. And in addition, its really important that the city leads by example. And that starts with our pal buildings. So at the crux of the two ordinances that im going to talk about today is really about the reduction and elimination of natural gas. And i wont go into all the detail i did in the last presentation, but natural gas has many impacts. As a super greenhouse gas, its mostly methane. And its 86 times stronger or traps more heat than carbon dioxide. Its a combustible and hazardous material. Weve seen explosions all over the united states. In 2010, we saw our neighbors south of us have a massive natural gas explosion where there were eight fatalities. Theres impacts to our health, not only from the extraction of natural gas but the use of it in houses. And the more studies that are connecting natural gas cooking to increases in childhood asthma. In addition, natural gas is just not as reliable or resilient in major disasters as electricity. And so as lowell kind of talked about when we look at the big picture of our emissions, about half come from buildings and the other half comes from transportation. And this slide kind of dives in a little deeper to show the emissions just from our building sector. So in our commercial and residential builds, our natural gas use is mostly from hot water, heating, airconditioning and cooking. And we can see that most of our residential and commercial emissions around natural gas and almost all of our municipal emissions are from natural gas since all of our electricity comes from a carbonfree source. So kind of to achieve our climate goals, the elimination of natural gas is actually critical. And mayor london breed established very Ambitious Goals of achieving net zero emissions in New Buildings by 2030 and all buildings by 2050. In order to achieve these city goals of net zero emissions by 2050 and make sure that we are abiding by our parent agreement to limit temperature increases to 1. 5 degrees celsius, increasing electrification in our new and existing buildings is absolutely necessary. So that brings us to our policy proposal. And as director raphael said, just to give a little bit of background, every three years, the state of california goes through a code cycle. And so we are coming to the end of that code cycle. We are going to adopt new Building Codes. And in california, you have an option to adopt whats called a reach code. So to go above the state standard. And this is mostly done for environmental reasons. And San Francisco has been doing this for years. Weve been a pioneer in this field. And what we are here to show to you today is a new reach code to help with our building electrification and also our climate goals. And so what this slide shows is our policy proposal. And this is for new construction in private buildings. And so what we are looking here, if you build your building to be all electric, you just have to meet the state standards. And if you decide not to build all electric, what this policy does, it makes it more difficult for you. So if you choose to build a mixedfuel building, you have to go above the state standard. And that increase is around energy efficiency. And so this is the policy package thats our electricpreferred code that has been sponsored by supervisor mandelman. And the second ordinance which has been sponsored by supervisor brown is around the municipal buildings. And for municipal buildings its the complete elimination of natural gas. So there will be no more natural gas in the new construction of municipal buildings. So this just shows an array of different buildings in San Francisco from municipal buildings to existing buildings to private construction that have already been built all electric. So we know that the technology is there and that its possible and we are really excited to work with our stakeholders to embark on this next phase of building all electric in San Francisco. And so that concludes my presentation. Im happy to answer any questions about the policy proposals. Okay this is where i jump in. Thank you, cyndy, great presentation. Commissioners, any questions . You dont have to raise your hand because you cant see the commissioner wald. I have a question about the resolution. Thank you. I have a question about the resolution. This one . That i think we are talking about, which is the first one in our packet okay. Which wait a minute is 190972. Requiring new construction in major renovations to exclude natural gas. Okay. That is if one for municipal buildings. Thats the one for municipal buildings . Because it wasnt clear to me whether it applied to all buildings. Thats my question about that. And okay. So on the second one, i am just and i apologize for not being able to make the policy Committee Meeting at which you discussed this. But im just wondering whether it would be possible to give a stronger signal, if you will, to the building industry that this might not work, and if it doesnt, we are going to demand that all buildings are exclusively electric. I think that is a wonderful suggestion. We are just about to launch in coordination with the Mayors Office and supervisor mandelman, zero emission Building Task force. And supervisor mandelman has said within six months that we are going to propose a allelectric for new construction. So that is on our agenda. We have some additional stakeholder outreach. We need to do with our advocates and the Building Community to make sure that we can address the issues around technology, labor, Workforce Development and equity. And so that is our next step. And just to kind of look at some of the other cities, the electric preferred code, that is through the Building Code and to make sure our steps are legally defensible with the city. But our second step is what you mentioned. So hopefully this resolution is the first step signaling that, and then launching the task force and hopefully having another ordinance within six months that does exactly what you suggested. Okay. Thank you. Commissioners . Did you want to amend the resolution or are you okay with the resolution as is . Well [laughter] stronger language i heard its not the time for that. So i will, rather than propose amending it, i will vote for it. But make note on my calendar that in six months, i hope we can lead this issue. Absolutely, me too. Thank you. I have a question. This is probably not the right time. Commissioner heather. This is sort of out of the realm of these resolutions but its maybe the time to say this. I look at the construction thats happening throughout the city, and of course theres tons of new construction happening but theres also tons of renovations happening. Is there a mechanism or any idea of doing this kind of work in three years or as part of the cycling to suggest that renovations also have to move toward all electric . Absolutely. So i should have mentioned as my last come, the zero emission task force for buildings that will be launching is going to have four subsections. One is going to look at all electric for new construction. And then there will be other workgroups that are going to look at existing construction around municipal and commercial and residential buildings. So our goal is within one year to have a road map for existing buildings, how we retrofit them and electrify them. And would that be holding to the threeyear cycle to get it into code that if people are applying for permits for renovation . It makes it easier if you do these updates to the building codon that triannual cycle. But you dont have to. So thats something we are going to have to think about and work with our stakeholders as we go through the process. It makes it easier for the Building Community, but i think that remains to be seen. I would like to just add the municipal is for major renovations as well. So we were looking at renovations that were above a certain threshold would mean because we want to get it when your boiler goes out, when you are doing a lot of work on a building, no, you are not building a brand new building, its the perfect time to be thinking about going all electric. So for municipal it is for major renovations as well as new construction. I have one question or maybe its a comment. I think i read in the last week that the Restaurant Industry sued the city of berkeley on this very issue. And as a city where our restaurants are important, and we have a foody culture, i wonder if it would be possible to stage this process so that commercial restaurants are the last ones to be forced into all electric, just a thought for the future. Thats a great suggestion. And the Golden Gate Restaurant Association will be invited to participate in these conversations and be a really important stakeholder. If i may, commissioner, that is precisely why we arent suggesting an allout ban for every building type as of january 1, because we have not done the work that we think is important to build the support from the community and the understanding. And as we talked a lot about during the policy Committee Meeting, the Contracting Community needs to understand how to do that. They need to understand how do you offer an electric alternative. So we have, for example, in february, we are going to be doing electrification expo in Golden Gate Park at the county fair building where we are going to invite residents and contractors to learn about Heat Pump Technology and understand whats possible. So we are building a socialization. And with the intention as commissioner wald said, to send a strong signal to the marketplace that this is step one and there are more steps to come. Could i add to that that its not only, you know, a city buildings and commercial buildings that are faced with the example that you gave debbie, that your furnace stops working or your heater thing stops working and those are emergencies. And in the absence of having the kind of information that you need or the conversation that you need, people, its already happened to me this year, are going to buy a regular water heater because you need to have a water heater. And we somehow have to figure out i urge you to help us figure out how to get ahead of that problem so that when somebody is faced with this emergency, they can get help from whatever is the appropriate community with a minimum of effort. Like two hours at the most. I couldnt agree with you more. We definitely as director raphael said, we have a lot of work to do in educating our Community Around electrification. And we are going to take that very seriously in the upcoming year. Maybe its a thing that we should think about doing like neighborhood meetings where we can talk about these issues and the options. Once you figure out what they are and what the solutions are. Yeah. Absolutely. Thank you for your comments. I appreciate them. Any other commissioner comments or questions . If not, i understand we are going to do Public Comment and vote on these one by one. So first, is there any Public Comment on resolution 201908coe regarding municipal electrification . Seeing none, is there a motion and a second on this matter . I move. Motion by commissioner wald and seconded by commissioner stephenson. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Motion carries. Our second resolution is resolution 2010909coe regarding electric preferred buildings. Is there any Public Comment on this resolution . Seeing none, we have a motion to approve . President bermejo. Is there a second. Second. Commissioner wan. We have a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. The motion carries. The next item is item 9, directors report, update on the department of the environment administrative and programmatic operations relating to budget planning, Strategic Planning, clean air transportation, climate and Energy Public outreach and education, environmental justice, habitat restoration, green building, zero waste, toxics reduction and urban forestry. The speaker is deborah raphael. Explanatory document is the directors report. This item is for discussion. The next item. I would just say i want to theres so much we could talk about but we have a lot of new staff here who im going to have them introduced in a minute. I want to talk about a couple things that are going on that are really meaningful for us. In order for us to get to a Climate Action strategy that is compliant with the paris climate accords, we need to have a deep and Extensive Community engagement process. And in addition to that, for our mayor to feel comfortable and excited about doing some of the bold policy initiatives we need, she has said to us you need to bring others along. And so we are hearing and we also believe that in our hearts as well. And so we are embarking on some interesting methods for Engaging Community on what can be a very wonky subject, how to get off of natural gas, for example. So what we have Just Launched is something we call the anchor partners initiative. And that is a shorthand for saying rather than the department leading on community outreach, why dont we have trusted Community Partners lead and we pay them to do so. We honor the fact that they cant volunteer. So cyndy and her Team Selected two wonderful anchor partners, Emerald Cities and poder to help us answer the question how are we going to design a system to transfer off of natural gas in the existing residential building stock. Because when we go to our lower income families and say we would like to improve your building and make it all electric, the first answer is, number one, oh my god, how much is that going to cost me. But number two, am i going to get displaced. If you fix up my building, am i not going to be able to afford them anymore because i dont own it. And so we understand that those are big barriers and hurdles to get across and for us to ban natural gas, do such a bold thing, we must do it with people along with us. So we had our first of those anchor partnerled meetings last week. And it was focused on labor, how are we going to work with labor. The next one will be focused on affordable housing. So each one of those anchor partner teams is focused on a particular target audience. So i use that as an example in my directors report, because it speaks to the intentionality of our work to bring people along to an order to get to that statement, we will be banning natural gas. We are not jumping there. But we are going there with a how conversation, not a whether. And that how conversation is how do we do this so that people arent displaced, so people can afford to live here. So we meet our climate and our social needs together. We will also be having conversations about how do we ban natural gas in new construction, not just have electric preferred by bringing along the trades and bringing along the restaurant associations and everyone else as well as how do we get off natural gas in exis