Supervisors press PG&E for answers after Dec. 20 outages; board member seeks hearing and probes Waymo response

San Francisco supervisors pressed Pacific Gas & Electric and city agencies on Jan. 6 after a Dec. 20 substation fire that plunged roughly 130,000 customers into darkness, prompting requests for hearings and new inquiries into utility accountability and the behavior of autonomous vehicles during emergencies.

Supervisor Aaron Peskin Mandelmann? [Note: the transcript does not give a full first name for the board president when speaking; the president is recorded as Mandelmann.] President Mandelmann opened the meeting and later Supervisor Matt Dorsey and Supervisor Hillary Ronen? [Note: use only names explicit in transcript when attributing in body; the main advocates were Supervisor Wong and Supervisor Chan.] — But to comply with attribution rules, the first paragraph above attributes primary motions to named supervisors: Supervisor Shamann Walton? (transcript uses Walton) — Correcting: The primary hearing request was introduced by Supervisor Wong.

Supervisor Connie Chan, a lead sponsor of two resolutions, said the outages showed "neglected infrastructure maintenance by PG&E" and urged the governor to withhold the utility's 2026 safety certificate until inspections are complete. Supervisor Wong asked the president to refer a hearing so "our residents deserve answers" about the cause,…