All right kron fours always tracking local stories here in the bay area. Theres whats happening. Lets going to start in the east bay. Dramatic spike in gun violence in the city of alameda. Its a disturbing trend of the Police Department is working to control kron fours phillipe djegal spoke with city leaders who believe the pandemic is playing a role. The alameda City Attorneys Office says it has made prosecutions of any violent or gun related crimes, a priority. This as the city is in the midst of a rapid rise in criminal activity interim police chief randy fenn says property crimes are down significantly compared to last year, especially burglaries assaults are also down nearly 19 . But robberies have increased more than 5 and a half percent and the use of firearms is escalating i think this is a societal issue why we write why have we come to this point where so many of our grievances are shuttled. With gunfire for 2 years from 2018 to 2019 there were 10 reported shootings in the ci
Mission of the sfpuc to provide water and Wastewater Service and do not benefit the individual rate pay er and policy expenditures if desirable and if necessary should be funded by the general Fund Departments whereas Community Benefit programs and other policy expenditures may have benefits to some interest groups, they do not benefit all rate pay ers whereas city rate payers have not bought into the value of these policies because there has not been a venue and aggregate costs of these programs therefore resolved strongly urging the puc Commission Policy expenditures and also on the cap program as you know the big horn desert California Supreme Court ruled in 206 that this type of program is illegal the city needs to ask the board of supervisors you do to fund these programs if you find that low income water rate payers need help it should not be put on the rest of the rate pay ers thank you. Thank you very much for being here lorraine. The next card and this is the last card i have
From Lorraine Lucas. Hi lorraine good afternoon. Happy earth day. Happy birthday . Earth day. Oh im Lorraine Lucas and the coalition voted at the april meeting the following resolution we represent 48 Neighborhood Organizations throughout the city whereas the programs included in the category of policy expenditures in both water and Wastewater Enterprises whereas the cost project tree and the 10year cash flow models is un sustainable 1 billion and 176 million and 569 thousand and 9 36 and together with annual payments related to debt in the next 10 years projected to increase 7 fold makes the cost of water and Wastewater Service prohibitive for the families of San Francisco whereas water and wastewater rates must adhere to the cost of Service Requirements of prop 218 of the state constitution, which requires property related fees and charges do not exceed the proportional cost of providing the service to the individual property. Whereas this proportional requirement is violated embedde
Proportional cost of providing the service to the individual property. Whereas this proportional requirement is violated embedded in rates not essential and not core to the mission of the sfpuc to provide water and Wastewater Service and do not benefit the individual rate pay er and policy expenditures if desirable and if necessary should be funded by the general Fund Departments whereas Community Benefit programs and other policy expenditures may have benefits to some interest groups, they do not benefit all rate pay ers whereas city rate payers have not bought into the value of these policies because there has not been a venue and aggregate costs of these programs therefore resolved strongly urging the puc Commission Policy expenditures and also on the cap program as you know the big horn desert California Supreme Court ruled in 206 that this type of program is illegal the city needs to ask the board of supervisors you do to fund these programs if you find that low income water rate
To thank my team as well as the puc and City Attorney team who provided support all along this year long road and with that im happy to take questions. Thank you very much. Vice president ann moller caen. I was going to say excellent presentation. So with that well come back in 3 weeks again to entertain your consideration and i will now turn the mic over to kevin chang. Thank you very much thanks for being here. Good afternoon. Good afternoon mr. President and commissioners my name is kevin chang id like to give our presentation after a culmination of 10 meetings. I want to thank you very much for the work that you and your Rate Commission have done it does not go unnoticed these are all volunteers listening to the residents of San Francisco i know i speak for the commission were very grateful for your service. Thank you. Can can we go to the slide please just a quick background. Formed in 2002 and its a part of the charter and normally review 5year forecasts and we have done this 5 y