First, strengthen competition, and advance innovation. At the top of that list is the agencys vote last month that will make it easier for consumers to buy a settop box or an app from someone other than their cable company. Is Technology Neutral proposal means that any company will be able to manufacture a settop box or design an app and sell it to consumers. Should a consumer wish to continue renting their settop box from their paytv provider, they can. No one is going to take it away from them. I dont know if theres that much of a love affair with a settop box i that if they wantt they can keep it. Very importantly the fccs proposal is an opportunity to enhance access to independent and minority programming giving consumers the ability to choose between settop boxes or apps with improved search functionality and user interfaces. Nearly 50 years ago the fcc took action to give Consumers Choice as to whether they wanted to rent their landline telephone from ma bell. Consumers not only
This last week, the Chairmans Office denied a request for me and commissioner oreilly, to release the rate of return plan rate of return reform plan before we vote. Even though the commissioner helped write it and even though advocates have told us that it is, quote, essential to see the written words on the page to understand the effectual nest of the effectual nest effeectualness of reforms. The fcc has had success having headlines, but its follow there has been abysmal. Since 2011, the fcc has proposed over 374 million in fines, but it has collected only 7. 8 million. That is a meager 2 recovery rate. Only with additional transparency can the public and the subcommittee hold the fcc accountable for this failure. None of this half to be this way. I testified a year ago and there is widespread agreement that the process was broken. The chairman acknowledged that issues had been raised and he announced a task force. I took this project seriously and i suggested reforms. Among other thi
Broadcast by sf sf govtv staff. Madam clerk call the roll. Avalos, present, breed present, commissioner campos, absent. Commissioner crews, present mr. Chair, you have a quorum. Supervisor john avalos okay. Thats a quorum for lafco. We can call the roll for the puc. City clerk president cane, present, courtney, more an. We have a quorum. We have a quorum for puc and lafco. Item no. 3. City clerk opening remarks and discussion of expectations for the joint meeting. Supervisor john avalos thank you, this is a meeting that is Long Time Coming and great to see that we are meeting together early in the year. This meeting is to get an update or hear back from ner next and the report from pg e application for a green tariff action as to what we are trying to do for cleanpowersf and how we can do Feasibility Study for Community Choice Aggregation Program which is going to be a key part of today. The board of supervisors and lafco have been working for about 10 years on creating our cleanpowers
January 30th, 2015, city of San Francisco january 30, 2015, local Agency Formation commission joint Public Utilities commission please stand by. City of San Francisco local Agency Formation commission joint meeting with Public Utilities Commission Good afternoon and welcome to the joint San Francisco Public Utilities commission and local Agency Formation Commission Meeting of the board of supervisors and commission. My name is john avalos chair of lafco and joined by Public Utilities commission ann caen. And lisa. We are broadcast by sf sf govtv staff. Madam clerk call the roll. Avalos, present, breed present, commissioner campos, absent. Commissioner crews, present mr. Chair, you have a quorum. Supervisor john avalos okay. Thats a quorum for lafco. We can call the roll for the puc. City clerk president cane, present, courtney, more an. We have a quorum. We have a quorum for puc and lafco. Item no. 3. City clerk opening remarks and discussion of expectations for the joint meeting. Supe
They dont take us serious. When we are getting beat down in the tl. The blacks in San Francisco, sometimes i feel like we are in shanghai. Supervisor london breed thank you. Are there any other members of the public who would like to provide Public Comment. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Mr. Clerk, before we call the adoption without Committee Reference, supervisors mar can we have a motion to excuse supervisor mar. Motion by supervisor farrell and tang approved. Motion to continue item 35 motioned by supervisor wiener and seconded by supervisor tang. Without objection item 35 will be continued. Mr. Clerk can you please call the remaining items in the adoption without Committee Reference to agenda. City clerk items 3436 are being considered for immediate adoption without reference. A single roll call vote. As such matters can be removed and discussed separately. Item 35 is being removed until the february 21st meeting. Supervisor london