Hi all, This is critical to both Public Power and Clean Power SF (CCA). The Mayor just appointed Anson Moran as the fifth member of the SFPUC. It is critical to Public Power and Clean Power SF (CCA) to make sure this appointment does -not- go through. The appointment goes before the SF Board of Supervisors Rules Committee this Thursday, June 18, and then to the full Board the following Tuesday. Here's a blurb the SF Bay Guardian published about Moran in 1997: "PUC general manager Anson Moran and Hetch Hetchy general manager Larry Klein have worked continuously on behalf of PG&E and against the expansion of public power in San Francisco, at the Presidio and now at Hunters Point and Treasure Island." We need a strategy pronto to get the six votes needed at the Board to reject this appointment. This will mean securing our natural allies Mirkarimi, Daly, Avalos, Mar, and Campos, and then getting the critical vote of Dufty, and if possible President Chiu and Sophie Maxwell to make sure we have a rock solid pool of votes to prevail. Please light up every one of these Supervisors with you and your group list members' comments as quickly as possible. Tell them we will not tolerate an anti-public power SFPUC commissioner and that they must reject the Anson Moran appointment. Daly and Campos are particularly urgent because they hold a progressive majority on the Rules Committee. Their City Hall office numbers are: Chris Daly: 415-554-7970 David Campos: 415-554-5144 The timing of this appointment means that the Mayor may try to trade big Budget compromises in order to get Moran's appointment approved, so we cannot be complacent on this! Here are the hearing details: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=106145 Rules Committee Committee Room, City Hall, Room 263 Meeting Agenda Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:00 AM Regular Meeting Members: Chris Daly, Carmen Chu, David Campos 3. 090767 [Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Anson Moran] Motion confirming the Mayor’s appointment of Anson Moran to the Public Utilities Commission, Seat 4, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending August 1, 2010. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter Section 3.100-17 provides that the Board of Supervisors has the authority to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote of the Board (eight votes) within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor's Notice of Appointment, and that failure of the Board to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote within the thirty day period shall result in the appointee continuing to serve as appointed; companion measure to File 090768. Transmittal date – June 1, 2009.) 6/1/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee. 4. 090768 [Appointment, Public Utilities Commission - Anson Moran] Motion rejecting the Mayor’s appointment of Anson Moran to the Public Utilities Commission, Seat 4, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending August 1, 2010. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter Section 3.100-17 provides that the Board of Supervisors has the authority to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote of the Board (eight votes) within 30 days following transmittal of the Mayor's Notice of Appointment, and that failure of the Board to reject the appointment by two-thirds vote within the thirty day period shall result in the appointee continuing to serve as appointed; companion measure to File 090767. Transmittal date – June 1, 2009.) 6/1/09, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Rules Committee.