So as commissioner sullivan can attest to, we had a really interesting policy Committee Meeting on these issues. And we wanted to ask cyndy our Climate Program manager to give you a brief outline of what was discussed not nearly in the same level of detail. But as lowell said, when you look at our where weve got emissions coming out, its pretty clear theres not a lot of mystery here. Our buildings are a big part of the story. And where those emissions are coming from, cyndy will talk a little bit about that. But more and more, they are coming from natural gas. And while we will be developing a Climate Action strategy that you will hear a lot more about for 2020, we dont wait for that to be finished before we adopt policies along the way. And theres a particular moment in time now that is very important because the Building Code gets updated on a threeyear cycle. And we are and that starts now in 2019, the new cycle. So we wanted to weigh in to be in alignment with that statewide cycle.
You go to our website, it says that a very High Percentage of those clean water pipes are over 90 years old. Have you made a Needs Assessment on how many millions of gallons of water leach into our watershed . We talk about it in very general way. We talk about some gap that was arranged in the 1980s, we talk about certain targets, on always thinking about how are we going to make more money . Those in San Francisco are conserving water, and in our previous discussions i used to be here, and the only person that had a vision about something was tod, the chief financial officer. I never see somebody with a vision. They are always talking about generalities within some subject where you can throw some arrows in the air. So if we have over 1100 miles of clean water pipes in San Francisco and they have a percentage of maybe 70 of them leaking because they are over 90 years old, what are we doing about it . Do we have a responsibility . We talk about a common footprint, this, that and the o
Say welcome and thank you for being here today. For braving the rain and making it here anyway. Without further do, i would like to introduce the master of ceremony, she does not need any more introduction. Lets put our hands together and welcome the mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, mayor london breed. [cheers and applause] thank you. I am really, really excited to be here. Last year i was able to attend the grand opening of Natalie Graham commons and it was absolutely amazing. Some of you know the history of Natalie Grubb and the work that she did to help create the Tax Credit Program that allows for opportunity to invest in Affordable Housing like this one that we are standing in and her family was here. It was a great occasion. 120 families of low income are living in this property as we speak. And today, when we open this preschool, they will be prioritized for the slots in this location, which is absolutely exactly what we should be doing in San Francisco how incredi
90 years old. Have you made a Needs Assessment on how many millions of gallons of water leach into our watershed . We talk about it in very general way. We talk about some gap that was arranged in the 1980s, we talk about certain targets, on always thinking about how are we going to make more money . Those in San Francisco are conserving water, and in our previous discussions i used to be here, and the only person that had a vision about something was tod, the chief financial officer. I never see somebody with a vision. They are always talking about generalities within some subject where you can throw some arrows in the air. So if we have over 1100 miles of clean water pipes in San Francisco and they have a percentage of maybe 70 of them leaking because they are over 90 years old, what are we doing about it . Do we have a responsibility . We talk about a common footprint, this, that and the other. Do we have a responsibility about this precious water that was stolen to get it for free
Attest to, we had a really interesting policy Committee Meeting on these issues. And we wanted to ask cyndy our Climate Program manager to give you a brief outline of what was discussed not nearly in the same level of detail. But as lowell said, when you look at our where weve got emissions coming out, its pretty clear theres not a lot of mystery here. Our buildings are a big part of the story. And where those emissions are coming from, cyndy will talk a little bit about that. But more and more, they are coming from natural gas. And while we will be developing a Climate Action strategy that you will hear a lot more about for 2020, we dont wait for that to be finished before we adopt policies along the way. And theres a particular moment in time now that is very important because the Building Code gets updated on a threeyear cycle. And we are and that starts now in 2019, the new cycle. So we wanted to weigh in to be in alignment with that statewide cycle. And im going to let cyndy take