If you move to San Francisco and get electricity (from PG&E) then you will be automatically signed up to buy your electricity from the city, instead of from PG&E. You'll still pay PG&E for delivering the electricity.

This results in:

- higher cost (because SFPUC charges more for electricity generation than does PG&E)

- your PG&E bill being confusing (I've interacted with smart people who couldn't figure out how much they were paying per kWh on average)

In 2020, someone in my neighbourhood put in a request (via the official process) for traffic calming on a nearby road where cars drive dangerously fast, and often fail to stop at a marked pedestrian crossing.

In December 2024, I had a near miss on that crosswalk and contacted the city. I have followed up with them every 3-4 weeks since then.

The last I heard, they might have a public hearing about a potential road hump, in summer 2026.

It's hard to believe the city government is capable of running an electric company.

(I'm no fan of PG&E BTW. Here in SF I've paid more per kWh and had more power outages per unit time, than anywhere else I've lived.)