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Supervisor Daley introduces ordinance to speed utility undergrounding, targets holdouts
Summary
Supervisor Daley introduced legislation to declare properties that refuse required electrical conversions a public nuisance and place city‑paid conversion costs on tax bills, with DPW and PG&E contractors completing work; DPW would use a revolving fund and the goal is removal of poles and overhead wires by summer 2008.
Supervisor Daley introduced an ordinance May 8 aimed at accelerating the city—s long‑running utility undergrounding program by allowing the city to declare noncooperative property owners a public nuisance and place conversion costs on their property tax bills.
Daley said roughly 42 miles were designated decades ago under a settlement and that 23 miles have been completed. He told the board more than 8,000 properties are in the program and that…
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