Supervisors to Vote on $1.6-Billion Water Issue
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors plans to vote today on a $1.6-billion bond measure to revamp a water system that serves 2.4 million Bay Area residents.
If the bond is approved by the board and by voters, water rates for San Franciscans would triple by 2015 to pay for the city’s share of rebuilding the aging Hetch Hetchy water system.
The board also is scheduled to decide today between two charter amendments that would enable the city to buy electricity, build power plants and allow the shutting down of a fossil-fuel burning power plant that is owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
The measures would require majority approval by voters in November to become law.
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