Board Backs State Bill to Strip PG&E's Legal Shield After Blackout Failures

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors sent a unanimous message to Sacramento on Tuesday: the era of PG&E's special legal protections should end. The 11-0 vote supporting SB 875, which would remove barriers cities face when pursuing public power, capped a packed meeting that also surfaced a deepening affordable housing revenue crisis, a new AI ethics resolution, and growing resistance to repealing a voter-approved real estate transfer tax that funds social housing.

• Board unanimously backs SB 875, removing PG&E's special eminent domain protections and giving SF real leverage to pursue public power

• Supervisor Chen sounds the alarm on "dried up" affordable housing revenue, requests budget analyst report on the gap between market-rate production and the city's 46,598 below-market-rate unit obligation

• Public commenters and advocates push back against a proposed repeal of Proposition I's real estate transfer tax, which generates ~$100M annually for social housing

• New fire code passes with five-year sprinkler retrofit extension; Sherrill and Sauter introduce advisory council to define exemption standards

• Supervisors Mahmood and Sherrill introduce AI ethics resolution opposing mass surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons, citing political pressure on tech companies

• Board supports AB 1897 mandating structured mental health assessments for severely mentally ill individuals leaving prison

• Cork Lord Mayor Dennehy visits, announces small business exchange, university partnership, and international debut of the Gilbert Baker Rainbow Flag