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Rules Committee moves several PUC nominations to full Board after questioning on local experience and CCA

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee · July 28, 2008
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Summary

The Rules Committee advanced multiple mayoral appointments to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to the full Board — some with recommendation, some without — after extended questioning of nominees about sewer retrofit projects, community choice aggregation (CCA) and ratepayer protections. Public testimony included both endorsements and allegations about past PUC conduct.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee on a special morning session advanced several mayoral appointments to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to the full Board, after supervisors pressed nominees on local experience, the sewer retrofit environmental review and community choice aggregation.

Nora Vargas, the mayor’s nominee for the ratepayer/consumer-advocate seat, told the committee she ‘‘support[s] community aggregation’’ and described her background as executive director of the Latino Issues Forum and prior roles defending limited-English-speaking residents before utility regulators. Vargas said she would ‘‘gather the information, do an assessment, and…

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