Supervisors narrowly back $381.7 million in PUC appropriations after tense debate over community choice aggregation

San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved two ordinances to appropriate capital funding for SFPUC water and wastewater projects after a tense discussion over Community Choice Aggregation, known as CCA.

The board passed the two ordinances together by roll-call vote, 10–0, after several hours of debate and procedural motions. The measures appropriated proceeds from debt and fee revenue to the SFPUC’s Water Enterprise capital program (item 1) and to the Wastewater Enterprise capital program (item 2). The ordinances were described in meeting materials as funding the SFPUC capital improvement programs for the coming fiscal years.

Supervisor Campos had removed items 1 and 2 from the consent calendar and said he wanted them continued until the PUC finalized a CCA contract. "Community Choice Aggregation should be the top priority of the PUC," Campos said, arguing that recent progress had been slow and that neighbors and the board needed assurance the PUC was making…