“We cannot accept your offer. If we ever do consider such sales, we have a duty to obtain the highest and best value for these assets.”

Bankrupt PG&E Corp. rejected San Francisco’s $2.5 billion offer to buy its electricity system within the city’s limits. “We aren’t surprised by PG&E’s response so far,” Mayor London Breed and City Attorney Dennis Herrera said in a statement. “We’re also not giving up. Now more than ever, it is clear that we must take back control of San Francisco’s electric service and achieve energy independence.” Bloomberg

“Is it because of the fight club and other abuse scandals in the jail? Or is it because she wants to mislead progressives into thinking she isn’t part of the establishment?”

On the heels of her controversial appointment as interim district attorney, former Sheriff’s Department attorney and current DA candidate Suzy Loftus avoided mentioning her connections with law enforcement in the voter pamphlet. Although the move wasn't illegal, political opponents like her election rival Chesa Boudin consider it a calculated tactic to mislead voters. The voter pamphlet labels the former police commissioner “Legal Counsel, City & County of San Francisco.” San Francisco Examiner

Vallie Brown, the incumbent District 5 supervisor candidate, evicted the tenants of a building she purchased in 1995. One of those tenants, Wandolyn Dessman, said that they don’t remember being given an offer to stay or much else. SF Weekly

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency downsized its Powered Scooter Program, telling e-scooter companies Spin, Scoot, Lime and Jump that they may only launch a combined 2,500 scooters, 1,500 less than planned, over fears of “scooter-geddon.” Scoot will have double the fleet size of its competitors’ because it is “in good standing and has undertaken extensive community outreach,” and has exceeded its low-income membership plan goals, according to SFMTA. San Francisco Examiner

“We’ve failed as a society when police are the primary responders to mental health crises. Urban police departments have begun increased training for handling interactions with emotionally disturbed people. But the efforts are uneven and inadequate.”

UC San Francisco assistant Professor of Sociology Stacy Torres wrote an article calling for a “more humane, medically-informed system of police response” to people suffering from mental health crises based on a personal account. CalMatters

The San Francisco International Airport’s runways, terminals and other facilities are protected from about 3 feet of flooding by earthen berms and small sea walls. In September, the Board of Supervisors approved a $587 million plan to build a new sea wall using steel pilings and concrete walls around the airport’s 10-mile perimeter. If sea-level projections are accurate, it should guard against 3 feet of sea level rise, through 2085. Mercury News

Mayor London Breed announced a new pilot program called Our Trans Home SF that will assist low-income transgender and gender-nonconforming San Franciscans with housing subsidies in an effort to help curb homelessness. Over two years, $560,000 will be provided to 55 households with direct financial assistance annually, according to the mayor’s office. San Francisco Examiner

The Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors discussed the possibility of extending relocation benefits to more island residents. Only residents living on the island in June 2011 or earlier get relocation benefits as outlined in a city-approved redevelopment agreement.
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Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing Director Jeff Kositsky told an audience last week that a policy meant to shelter and house women in the third trimester of pregnancy will be expanded to all pregnant women. The change surprised advocates who claim to have been told verbally and in writing that the policy would remain the same the day before. “Shelter and services should be provided to pregnant women from the moment they become pregnant, not late in their term,” Supervisor Matt Haney said. San Francisco Examiner