Mayor Newsom signed the Community Choice renewable energy project into
law at around 3pm today, but he included what is basically a George W.
Bush style signing statement saying all the things he thinks are wrong
with the legislation and directing the San Francisco Public Utilities
Commission(SFPUC)to, on its own initiative, issue the Request For
Information(RFI)* and thereby bypass the Local Agency Formation
Commission(LAFCO) which was granted clear advisory oversight by the
legislation to oversee all implementation documents before they are
released.

*(RFIs are released to get feedback from potential contract bidders,
customers and the general public, before issuing a Request For
Proposals(RFI) which is a document specifically calling for contract
bids from companies that want to take on the project.)

Newsom's signing statement is in blatant defiance of the will of the
Board of Supervisors, which voted unanimously to give the LAFCO the
oversight role.

peace

Eric Brooks


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