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					<description><![CDATA[<p>[1/2]A person walks along a street in San Francisco as the city struggles to return to its pre-pandemic downtown occupancy rate, falling behind many other major cities around the country, according to local officials, in California, U.S., February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria March 16 (Reuters) &#8211; The San Francisco Bay area will phase out natural &#8230;</p>
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<p data-testid="Body" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__ultra_small__37j9j body__base__22dCE body__ultra_small_body__1lUQl primary-gallery__caption__1UdH8">[1/2]A person walks along a street in San Francisco as the city struggles to return to its pre-pandemic downtown occupancy rate, falling behind many other major cities around the country, according to local officials, in California, U.S., February 13, 2023.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-0" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD">March 16 (Reuters) &#8211; The San Francisco Bay area will phase out natural gas-powered furnaces and water heaters beginning in 2027 to improve local air quality and public health.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-1" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD">It is the latest move by local officials in the United States to eliminate natural gas, a fossil fuel, from heating homes and buildings. California has been at the forefront of the effort, and the California Air Resources Board said last year it will require that all new space and water heaters have zero emissions by 2030.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-2" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD">Eliminating natural gas appliances would mean transitioning to electric equipment such as heat pumps.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-3" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD">In a vote held late Wednesday, the board of directors of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) adopted rules that will require new water heaters and furnaces to have zero emissions of nitrogen oxides, or NOx. Exposure to NOx has been linked to respiratory conditions, according to the BAAQMD.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-4" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD">The rules do not apply to cooking appliances such as gas stoves.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-5" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD">Currently about two thirds of Bay Area households use natural gas appliances, according to the regulator. The rules will prevent up to 85 premature deaths per year and save up to $890 million a year in health-care costs and lost work.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-6" class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD">They will apply to water heaters in single-family homes in 2027, furnaces in 2029, and multifamily and commercial water heaters in 2031. The compliance dates are meant to allow availability of zero-emitting equipment to increase and costs to come down, the BAAQMD said in a staff report.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Executives at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue appear poised to take action to regulate artificial intelligence in the coming weeks as officials warn of the technology&#8217;s dangers. President Biden focused on the issue Tuesday when he called a meeting in San Francisco that gathered voices calling for a much more forceful response to the potential &#8230;</p>
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<p>Executives at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue appear poised to take action to regulate artificial intelligence in the coming weeks as officials warn of the technology&#8217;s dangers.</p>
<p>President Biden focused on the issue Tuesday when he called a meeting in San Francisco that gathered voices calling for a much more forceful response to the potential impact of AI in areas from the workplace to raising children in the years to come push for civil rights.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have to manage the risks,&#8221; Biden said in brief comments on Tuesday.  Today&#8217;s event, a White House official said, will be &#8220;followed by a process in the coming days to quickly develop decisive actions that we can take in the coming weeks.&#8221;</p>
<p>President Joe Biden, seated next to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, addresses a meeting on addressing the risks of artificial intelligence June 20 in San Francisco.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p>
<p>On Capitol Hill, there could be additional industry excitement later this week when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) reveals new details of his own AI-related plans.</p>
<h2><strong>A White House stance on AI that began with &#8220;educate us.&#8221;</strong></h2>
<p>Back in May, the Biden administration brought the CEOs of Alphabet (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and others to the White House for what it called a conversation about AI, while emphasizing its “expectation that companies like yours will have to make it happen .” Your products are safe before they are released to the public.”</p>
<p>President Biden came to the meeting and warned of the “enormous danger” the technology could pose in a short video released by the White House.  But he was concerned overall &#8211; going so far as to say he wanted the assembled CEOs to &#8220;educate&#8221; us about the technology.</p>
<p>So far, White House action on this issue has been largely limited to things like investment in AI research and an AI Charter of Fundamental Rights.  But this week&#8217;s meeting came with a promise that even stronger action would be taken.</p>
<p>&#8220;Social media has already shown us the damage powerful technology without the right safeguards can do,&#8221; Biden said Tuesday.  He compared the AI ​​issue to another part of the tech sector &#8212; social media, for example &#8212; which has fueled significant tensions between political and business leaders for years.</p>
<p>The story goes on</p>
<p>After his remarks, the President then turned to the number of the harshest critics of large technology groups to get ideas for further action.</p>
<p>Tristan Harris, a longtime social media critic, was one of the key figures at the table with the president.  Harris, a former design ethicist at Google, is now exploring how tech companies, he said, &#8220;have a dangerous hold on our ability to make sense of the world.&#8221;  He was also featured in the 2020 Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma and serves as the co-founder and executive director of the Center for Humane Technology.</p>
<p>Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, was also scheduled to attend the meeting.  He was notable for urging Washington to take a tougher stance on AI.  (Steyer previously led a wide-ranging campaign urging advertisers to boycott Facebook owner Meta.)</p>
<p>Others who took part in the discussion: Fei-Fei Li of Stanford&#8217;s Human-Centered AI Institute will discuss the possible benefits of AI in fields like medicine, while Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, will likely discuss how AI could change education.  Li, previously chief scientist for AI and machine learning at Google Cloud, has also been vocal about the need to improve diversity in AI.  Additionally, Stanford&#8217;s Rob Reich, who calls for an established code of conduct among AI developers, is expected to attend the meeting, as will UC Berkeley&#8217;s Jennifer Doudna, an expert on gene editing and its ethical parallels with AI.</p>
<p>Joy Buolamwin of the Algorithmic Justice League, an expert on algorithmic bias and its real-world implications, and Oren Etzioni, founding CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, were also scheduled to meet with President Biden.</p>
<p>During this trip, Biden also encountered other key AI players, most notably Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, who has been vocal about AI and its possibilities.  The CEO and his wife held a fundraiser for the president&#8217;s re-election campaign on Monday afternoon.</p>
<p>&#8220;Shannon and Kev, thank you so much,&#8221; Biden said Monday night at the event at the couple&#8217;s home in Los Gatos, California, before beginning his short speech.  The fundraiser was co-hosted by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.  Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="caas-img caas-lazy has-preview" alt="LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 19: Supporters including Julia Berg (far right) and Lola Feldman (second from right), both from Los Gatos, wave to President Joe Biden's motorcade as they make their way to a fundraiser at Cypress Way and Phillips Ave in Los Gatos, Calif. on Monday, June 19, 2023. (Photo by Nhat V. Meyer/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/sBX4yJZJYxY3ASclhKbJ6A--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2023-06/3ab0b0c0-0f81-11ee-b5f5-aa7bc37222f9"/></p>
<p>Supporters wave to President Joe Biden&#8217;s motorcade as they drive past en route to a fundraiser in Los Gatos, California.  (Nhat V. Meyer/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)</p>
<h2><strong>A bunch of ideas from across Washington</strong></h2>
<p>Of course, it remains to be seen what specific actions the White House will take &#8212; and whether those will impact the fast-growing sector.  But there is movement and apparently also urgency.</p>
<p>Last year, the Biden administration convened a national artificial intelligence advisory committee, headed by the Commerce Department, to make recommendations on the issue.  A May report from the group presented 24 action ideas from Washington.  Examples include the adoption of national standards for AI risk management, the retraining of laid-off workers, and diplomatic efforts against possible malicious AI from countries like China.</p>
<p>Trade Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a recent interview that her goal is to reflect on &#8220;possibly the most complicated technology policy discussion we&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; adding that many of the threats posed by AI may not even be understood today become.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in Washington, a parallel trial is underway on Capitol Hill, led by Senator Schumer.  The Senate Majority Leader will deliver a speech on Wednesday to unveil a plan that he hopes will frame a comprehensive and bipartisan approach to solving the problem.</p>
<p>Schumer also recently announced three senator-only briefings in the coming months to educate lawmakers on the issues surrounding artificial intelligence.  After the initial briefing, Schumer described the mood on Capitol Hill as “a mixture of urgency and humility;  Urgency because AI is evolving so damn fast, and humility because AI is incredibly complex.”</p>
<p>Schumer himself has signaled that his primary focus will be the technology&#8217;s impact on national security, and he is presenting his plan at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.</p>
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<p>Ben Vershkul is the Washington correspondent for Yahoo Finance.  Allie Garfinkle is a Senior Tech Reporter at Yahoo Finance.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Als Palo Alto und Menlo Park ihre jeweiligen Bemühungen starteten, die Einwohner von Erdgasgeräten abzubringen und die Elektrifizierung zu fördern, betrachteten beide Städte den Wechsel als wertvolles, aber riskantes Vorhaben. In jedem Fall sehen die Stadtbeamten die Elektrifizierung als einen wichtigen Schritt auf ihrem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit. Beide haben Regeln erlassen, die neue Entwicklungen für &#8230;</p>
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<p>Als Palo Alto und Menlo Park ihre jeweiligen Bemühungen starteten, die Einwohner von Erdgasgeräten abzubringen und die Elektrifizierung zu fördern, betrachteten beide Städte den Wechsel als wertvolles, aber riskantes Vorhaben.</p>
<p>In jedem Fall sehen die Stadtbeamten die Elektrifizierung als einen wichtigen Schritt auf ihrem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit.  Beide haben Regeln erlassen, die neue Entwicklungen für vollelektrische Warmwasserbereiter und Raumheizgeräte erfordern.  Gleichzeitig entschieden sich beide dafür, von den Bewohnern keine Umstellung von Gas auf Strom zu verlangen, und verwiesen auf die hohen Kosten für den Austausch von Geräten und ein unzuverlässiges Stromnetz.</p>
<p>Diese Risiken gewannen letzte Woche für die Region an neuer Dringlichkeit, als der Bay Area Air Quality Management District neue Vorschriften verabschiedete, die die Region zur ersten im Land machen, die den Verkauf und die Installation neuer Gasgeräte verbietet.  Nach einer Debatte mit Hunderten von schriftlichen und mündlichen Kommentaren stimmte der Vorstand des Distrikts mit 20 zu 0 Stimmen bei einer Enthaltung dafür, seine Vorschriften so zu ändern, dass gasbetriebene Geräte in den Gerichtsbarkeiten des Distrikts, einschließlich Alameda, Contra, schrittweise abgeschafft werden Die Grafschaften Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara und Napa sowie Teile der südwestlichen Grafschaften Solano und südlichen Sonoma.</p>
<p>Die neue Richtlinie zielt auf Stickoxide (NOx), Schadstoffe, die ein Nebenprodukt der Verbrennung sind und die laut Bezirksbeamten sowohl die Luftqualität als auch die Gesundheit schädigen.  Sie reagieren auch mit anderen Chemikalien in der Luft, um Feinstaub (PM 2,5) und Ozon zu bilden, so die Mitarbeiter des Luftbezirks.  Beide Schadstoffe sind gesundheitsschädlich, wenn sie eingeatmet werden, heißt es in einem Bericht des Luftbezirks.  Die Mitarbeiter schätzen, dass die Richtlinie die Reduzierung der NOx-Emissionen um 3.236 Tonnen pro Jahr reduzieren könnte.</p>
<p>Phil Martien, Direktor der Abteilung für Bewertungsinventar und Modellierung des Distrikts, sagte, dass die Verringerung der Feinstaubemissionen erhebliche gesundheitliche Vorteile bringen würde, insbesondere in Gebieten wie East San Francisco, Städten in der East Bay und Teilen von San Jose.  Er stellte fest, dass diese Gebiete auch die höchste Konzentration an Farbigen aufweisen und dass diese Bevölkerungsgruppen am meisten von der vorgeschlagenen Politik profitieren würden.</p>
<p>„Wir sprechen hier von Partikeln, die kleiner als 2,5 Mikrometer im Durchmesser sind“, sagte Martien dem Vorstand auf der Sitzung am 15. März.  „Sie können tief in die Lungen eindringen und sogar die Luft-Blut-Grenze überschreiten, um eine lange Liste von gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen zu verursachen, einschließlich vorzeitiger Sterblichkeit.“</p>
<p>Für die Befürworter der neuen Politik stehen die gesundheitlichen Vorteile im Vordergrund.  Laut einem Bericht von Executive Officer Philip Fine schätzt der Air District, dass durch die Reduzierung von sekundärem PM2,5, das aus chemischen Reaktionen mit anderen NOx resultiert, schätzungsweise 23 bis 52 Todesfälle pro Jahr und etwa 71 neue Asthmafälle pro Jahr vermieden werden könnten .  Wenn man primäres PM2,5 einbezieht, das direkt von den Geräten emittiert wird, soll die Richtlinie schätzungsweise 37 bis 85 vorzeitige Todesfälle pro Jahr und etwa 110 neue Asthmafälle pro Jahr vermeiden und zwischen 400 und 890 Millionen US-Dollar für die Gesundheit einsparen Betreuungskosten.</p>
<p>Vicki Veenker, Mitglied des Stadtrats von Palo Alto, die Santa Clara County im Vorstand des Luftbezirks vertritt, sagte in einem Interview, dass sie aufgeregt sei, für die neue Richtlinie zu stimmen, und verwies auf ihre gesundheitlichen und ökologischen Vorteile.  Sie sagte, sie sei besonders überzeugt von den Ärzten und Mittelschülern, die über die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen der Umweltverschmutzung aussagten.</p>
<p>„Die Möglichkeit, die Kosten für das System zu senken, ist enorm“, sagte Veenker dieser Nachrichtenorganisation.  „Aber auch den Nebennutzen der Reduzierung der Treibhausgasemissionen und der Anpassung an unsere Klimaziele zu haben, ist eine Win-Win-Situation. Es gibt gegensätzliche Bedenken, aber diese Bedenken sind keine Gründe, dies nicht zu tun. Das sind Gründe, um sicherzustellen, dass wir es tun Mach es gut.&#8221;</p>
<p>Der Leiter des Bezirks San Mateo, Ray Mueller, ein ehemaliges Mitglied des Stadtrats von Menlo Park, hatte eine andere Sichtweise.  Als einziges Mitglied des Air District Board, das sich der Stimme enthielt, verwies Mueller auf die großen Auswirkungen, die die neuen Vorschriften auf die Verbraucher haben würden, insbesondere auf diejenigen, die keinen Anspruch auf finanzielle Unterstützung haben, wenn sie einen Ofen oder einen Warmwasserbereiter ersetzen müssen.</p>
<p>„Wir werden landesweit die Ersten sein, aber diese Agentur hat das dem Verbraucher noch nie angetan“, sagte Mueller bei der Anhörung.  “Und das ist etwas, womit wir weitermachen und auch ehrlich sein müssen.”</p>
<p>Wie Veenker sagte Mueller, er wolle den Übergang zu Elektrogeräten sehen.  Er argumentierte jedoch, dass der vorgeschlagene Zeitplan zu ehrgeizig sei und dass die Luftbezirkspolitik die Kosten der Umstellung, den derzeitigen Finanzierungsmangel und den derzeitigen Mangel an Elektrogeräten nicht berücksichtige.</p>
<p>„Ehrlich gesagt, was meiner Meinung nach in dieser Diskussion fehlt, ist die Tatsache, dass es da draußen gerade eine Mittelklasse gibt, die wirklich leidet. Die Inflation bringt sie um“, sagte Mueller.  „Es gibt Leute, die ein anständiges Einkommen haben, die Hypotheken haben, die versuchen herauszufinden, wie sie ihre Kinder durch das College bringen können, und ich höre hier keine Diskussion über sie.“</p>
<p>Für Befürworter und Kritiker gleichermaßen ist PG&#038;E ein wichtiger Joker in der neuen Politik.  Alle sind sich einig, dass ohne ein zuverlässiges Stromnetz jede Umstellung auf Elektrifizierung ein riskantes Unterfangen wäre, und die Erfolgsbilanz von PG&#038;E in den letzten Monaten hat den Einwohnern wenig Grund gegeben, sich zuversichtlich zu fühlen.  Mueller sagte, er werde neue Gesetze unterstützen, die PG&#038;E verpflichten würden, die Zuverlässigkeit seiner elektrischen Infrastruktur zu verbessern.</p>
<p>Mueller bemerkte, dass PG&#038;E deutlich gemacht habe, dass es der Bay Area keine Priorität einräumen werde, um elektrische Leitungen unterirdisch zu verlegen.  In einer Region, in der regelmäßig Bäume auf Stromleitungen umstürzen, sei die Idee, die Menschen abhängiger von Elektrizität zu machen, „sehr besorgniserregend“, sagte er.</p>
<p>Zahlreiche Anwohner teilten dem Vorstand auch mit, dass sie besorgt seien, dass die Regeländerung ihr Risiko erhöhen würde, Strom zu verlieren und für längere Zeit keinen Zugang zu Heizung oder Warmwasser zu haben.  Die in Los Altos lebende Mabry Tyson, die während der Stürme der letzten Woche den Strom verlor, sagte, die neue Richtlinie würde das Leben in den Wintermonaten erschweren, wenn Stromausfälle häufiger auftreten.</p>
<p>„Zwingen Sie uns nicht, auf ein neues Pferd zu springen, es sei denn, Sie wissen, dass dieses Pferd keine spröden Beine hat“, sagte Tyson.</p>
<p>Während die Mitarbeiter des Luftbezirks glauben, dass bis 2027 mehr Ausrüstung verfügbar sein wird, behaupteten Mueller und andere Kritiker der Regeländerung, dass der Zeitplan zu ehrgeizig bleibt.  Nach den neu verabschiedeten Vorschriften werden Warmwasserbereiter und Boiler mit einer Kapazität von weniger als 75.000 British Thermal Unit (BTU)/Stunde, die in Einfamilienhäusern typisch sind, als erste ausfallen.  Ab dem 1. Januar 2027 werden sie gemäß den neuen Vorschriften nicht mehr in der Bay Area verkauft.  Das Verbot würde sich ab dem 1. Januar 2029 auf Erdgasfeuerungen erstrecken. Und im Jahr 2031 würde es alle Warmwasserbereiter und Boiler mit mehr als 75.000 BTU/Stunde umfassen, die in Mehrfamilienhäusern und Gewerbegebäuden typisch sind.</p>
<p>Zum Vergleich verwies Mueller auf Tesla, das 2002 gegründet wurde und 2008 sein erstes Auto produzierte.</p>
<p>„Wir haben noch keine vollständige Sättigung des Marktes gesehen und wir haben immer noch nicht die Infrastruktur, um all diese Autos zu unterstützen“, sagte Mueller bei der Anhörung.</p>
<p>Andere teilten seine Sorge.  Das Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), eine Industriegruppe, die Hersteller vertritt, stellte die Kostenschätzungen in Frage, die der Luftbezirk für neue Wärmepumpengeräte vorlegte, und stellte fest, dass der Wechsel weitaus teurer sein könnte, wenn er Upgrades erfordert zu Schalttafeln.  Die Gruppe schätzte den Durchschnittspreis für den Austausch eines Warmwasserbereiters in der Bay Area auf 8.577 $ und für Wärmepumpen auf 22.745 $.  Die Gruppe empfahl dem Air District, eine Alternative einzuführen, die das Konformitätsdatum für alle Geräte auf 2035 verschiebt.</p>
<p>Kyle Bergeron, Senior Regulatory Engineer der Gruppe, stellte in einem Brief fest, dass Upgrades normalerweise erfolgen, wenn eine vorhandene Appliance ausfällt.  Wenn das Haus ein Panel-Upgrade benötigt, um eine Null-NOx-Lösung aufzunehmen, könnte es mehrere Tage, wenn nicht Wochen ohne Raum- oder Wasserheizung auskommen, schrieb er.</p>
<p>„Wenn ein solches Ereignis während eines Kälteeinbruchs passieren würde, könnten erhebliche Bedenken hinsichtlich der Gesundheit und Sicherheit der Insassen bestehen“, schrieb Bergeron.  „Der Distrikt muss Lösungen für das Notfallersatzproblem in Betracht ziehen, einschließlich proaktiver Ersatzprogramme, damit die Auswirkungen der vorgeschlagenen Regeln 9-1 und 9-6 den sicheren und zuverlässigen Zugang zu Diensten nicht beeinträchtigen.“</p>
<p>Der Distrikt seinerseits plant, das Problem der Netzunsicherheit anzugehen, indem er eine Implementierungsarbeitsgruppe einrichtet, die sich aus 35 Interessengruppen zusammensetzt, darunter PG&#038;E, die den Air District Board regelmäßig über die Marktverfügbarkeit und die technischen Aspekte des Übergangs informieren wird.</p>
<p>Air District-Mitarbeiter räumten in ihrem Bericht ein, dass NOx-freie Raum- und Wasserheizungstechnologien derzeit nur begrenzt verfügbar sind und die Installation in bestehenden Gebäuden teuer sein könnte.  Der Distrikt geht davon aus, dass die Verfügbarkeit in den kommenden Jahren steigen und die Kosten sinken werden, und er plant, Zwischenberichte zu erstellen, bevor die Politik in Kraft tritt, um die Verfügbarkeit solcher Geräte zu bewerten.  Als Teil des Berichterstattungsprozesses wird der Distrikt &#8220;relevante Marktveränderungen berücksichtigen und gerechte Ergebnisse bei der Umsetzung der vorgeschlagenen Standards sicherstellen&#8221;, heißt es im Bericht der Distriktmitarbeiter.</p>
<p>Einige Befürworter haben vorgeschlagen, dass die neue Regeländerung das Angebot an emissionsfreien Geräten ankurbeln könnte, indem den Herstellern klar gemacht wird, dass es einen Markt für die neue Technologie geben wird.  Debbie Mytels, eine Einwohnerin von Palo Alto, die als Vorsitzende der Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action fungiert, einer Koalition von 35 Gemeinden mit „grünen Teams“, forderte den Air Board letzte Woche auf, die neuen Regeln voranzutreiben.</p>
<p>„Es wäre wunderbar, wenn Sie der Fertigungsgemeinschaft ein Signal geben würden, dass wir weitermachen und damit beginnen sollten, viel mehr Möglichkeiten für Menschen zu schaffen, ihr Heizsystem auszutauschen und die saubere Luft zu schaffen, die wir alle zum Atmen brauchen“, sagte Mytels.</p>
<p>Schon vor der Regeländerung haben die Städte der Halbinsel die Entwicklung emissionsfreier Technologien sorgfältig verfolgt.  Menlo Park verlangt bereits elektrische Raumheizungen und Warmwasserbereiter in Neubauten, ein Gesetz, das im Januar 2020 in Kraft trat. Bis heute hat der Rat jedoch keine Elektrifizierung in bestehenden Gebäuden vorgeschrieben und sich stattdessen auf Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Bildung und finanzielle Unterstützung verlassen für einkommensschwache Einwohner.</p>
<p>Palo Alto hat auch eine rein elektrische Anforderung für Wasser und Raumheizung in neue Entwicklungen eingeführt.  Die Stadt hat in diesem Jahr auch ein neues Programm gestartet, das darauf abzielt, 1.000 Kunden in diesem Jahr durch ein optimiertes Genehmigungsverfahren und eine Finanzierung auf Rechnung, die es ihnen ermöglicht, die Zahlungen für das neue Gerät zu verteilen, auf Warmwasserbereiter mit Wärmepumpe umzustellen.  Das Programm hat einen vielversprechenden Start hingelegt, mit 421 Kunden, die sich laut Stadtmitarbeitern am Dienstag dafür entschieden haben.</p>
<p>Diese lokalen Bemühungen, sagte Veenker, werden den lokalen Städten helfen, sich auf die neuen Regeln des Luftbezirks vorzubereiten, sobald diese 2027 in Kraft treten. Sie sagte in einem Interview, dass der Ansatz des Luftbezirks bereits die vielen Herausforderungen der Elektrifizierung berücksichtigt, indem er Zwischenberichte einbezieht , die Implementierungsgruppe und einen Zeitplan, der Technologien priorisiert, die leichter verfügbar sind und weniger Strom benötigen.</p>
<p>„Bis diese Regeln regional in Kraft treten, werden unsere Bewohner in der Lage sein, einen reibungslosen Übergang zu haben, und hoffentlich werden wir auch ein Vorbild für andere Städte sein“, sagte Veenker.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>click to enlarge Over the weekend, Bexar County launched the second phase of a program designed to help residents in need of plumbing repairs after last month&#8217;s disastrous winter storms. As part of the initiative, the county will dispatch a plumber and pay up to $ 1,500 in parts and labor for repairs caused by &#8230;</p>
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<p>              Over the weekend, Bexar County launched the second phase of a program designed to help residents in need of plumbing repairs after last month&#8217;s disastrous winter storms.</p>
<p>As part of the initiative, the county will dispatch a plumber and pay up to $ 1,500 in parts and labor for repairs caused by the frost.</p>
<p>Those in the suburbs and outskirts of the county are more likely to have difficulty finding plumbers due to their remote location, according to Bexar County officials.  In the past two weeks, the county has distributed more than 40,000 boxes of water to people in the affected areas.</p>
<p>  &#8220;With 46 water service providers in Bexar County, many do not qualify for the SAWS / City of San Antonio utility program and still lack running water,&#8221; said Rebeca Clay-Flores, district chairperson for District 1, in the press release.
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<p>   Details on how to apply for the program are available online.  Residents can also call (210) 631-5000 for the reimbursement program or (210) 631-6000 for the <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://dailysanfranciscobaynews.com/bay-spaces-150-yr-outdated-water-pipe-drawback-nbc-bay-space/"   title="plumbing" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">plumbing</a> program.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>August 5, 202 The route from Lincoln Way to Sloat Blvd will remain closed to car traffic on weekends and holidays, but will be open to car traffic during the week San Francisco, California &#8211; Today, Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisor Gordon Mar, with the assistance of Supervisors Connie Chan and Myrna Melgar, announced &#8230;</p>
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<h2>    The route from Lincoln Way to Sloat Blvd will remain closed to car traffic on weekends and holidays, but will be open to car traffic during the week </h2>
<p><strong>San Francisco, California</strong> &#8211; Today, Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisor Gordon Mar, with the assistance of Supervisors Connie Chan and Myrna Melgar, announced that the Great Highway will have an amended operational plan tied to the pandemic emergency shutdown from Monday August 16.  The Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Blvd is only open to pedestrians and bicycles on weekends and holidays, and open to motorized traffic on weekdays.  The timing of this new operations plan should be combined with the first day of school to help students and families attend school and return to work during the week.</p>
<p>Starting Monday, August 16, the Great Highway will be closed to car traffic from Friday 12:00 p.m. to Monday 6:00 a.m. and only open to pedestrians and bicycles until 12:00 p.m. on Fridays.  The Great Highway is also closed to car traffic on public holidays.  This change phase of the contingency measures will continue until the Board of Supervisors is considering a bill to set up a one- or two-year pilot project in this or any other configuration that would go beyond the pandemic emergency closure.</p>
<p>&#8220;Using the Great Highway during this pandemic has shown what we can do to give our residents and families more opportunities to enjoy the west side of our city,&#8221; said Mayor Breed.  “Closing the Great Highway on weekends and holidays ensures that residents and visitors can continue to enjoy this incredible space while also catering to the needs of our families and residents who will need to go to school and work during the week when we reopen There has been a lot of ongoing community discussions and meetings about the long-term future of the Great Highway and I look forward to continuing this over the coming months to inform the next phase of the project. &#8221; </p>
<p>&#8220;Creating a boardwalk on the Great Highway during the pandemic has been transformative, with incredible benefits and real challenges,&#8221; said Supervisor Mar. &#8220;It will take new and solid investments in transit and transportation in the west to truly address the traffic impact . ”And it is unreasonable to continue a 24-hour closure without them.  Meanwhile, a weekday carriageway and a weekend promenade are a sensible compromise and the way to go.  We balance the benefits of this unique open space with the real need for safe and efficient traffic flow and maintaining a boardwalk when it is most used while providing some relief during the weekday commute times.  I am grateful to Mayor Breed for listening and working with us on this adaptation to pandemic use of the Great Highway as we move forward to determine post-pandemic use. &#8220;</p>
<p>“As the chief of the Richmond District, I have heard from most of my constituents that more traffic and connectivity are needed in north-south directions, and the Great Highway has been a major access road.  The future of the Great Highway must also increase public transportation and service frequency for Richmond, &#8220;said Supervisor Chan, whose borough includes Lone Mountain, Richmond and most of Golden Gate Park.&#8221; I want to thank Mayor Breed for letting her Heard the concerns of Richmond District residents and welcome their guidance for a solution that includes outdoor recreation and access to travel. &#8220;</p>
<p>In April 2020, the Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Blvd was closed to vehicle traffic as part of the city&#8217;s response to the pandemic and the need to make more space for people.  Going forward, San Francisco officials are going through a long-term process to plan the long-term future of the Great Highway.  These changes are being made to balance reopening schools and overcoming the pandemic in the city.</p>
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		<title>California Strikes To Section Out State-Run Youth Prisons – CBS San Francisco</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) &#8211; California is dismantling its state juvenile prisons and shifting responsibility to the counties 162 years after lawmakers created the first alternative to placing children under the age of 12 alongside adults in San Quentin and Folsom state prisons. Proponents said the move reflected their belief that children who commit crimes can be &#8230;</p>
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<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) &#8211; California is dismantling its state juvenile prisons and shifting responsibility to the counties 162 years after lawmakers created the first alternative to placing children under the age of 12 alongside adults in San Quentin and Folsom state prisons.</p>
<p>Proponents said the move reflected their belief that children who commit crimes can be reformed and better served if kept closer to their homes.</p>
<p>However, proponents and skeptics said there was a lot of uncertainty as the three remaining state lockdowns halt approval on Thursday and close in 2023.  Supervision of juvenile offenders will be shifted from the State Corrections Department to the California Health and Human Services Agency.</p>
<p>This change in mindset &#8220;has a lot of potential to be much more effective,&#8221; said Jessica Heldman, an expert on juvenile justice at the University of San Diego School of Law, &#8220;and of course, making communities safer&#8221; by addressing the needs of the people Identify and hit juvenile offenders so they can get better.</p>
<p>The state system has an eventful history, which is marked by suicides and brawls by prisoners.  The shift to local control is the final step in a lengthy reform effort, partly fueled by class action lawsuits and incentives for counties to keep youth out of the state system.</p>
<p>The first facility for adolescents in need &#8211; the San Francisco Industrial School &#8211; was established by law in 1859.  Two years later, Marysville State Reform School opened for boys ages 8 to 18, 10,000 teenagers.</p>
<p>The number of juvenile offenders has fallen to around 750.  About 16% are serving for homicide, 37% for assault, one third for robbery, 9% for rape or other sexual offenses.  A disproportionately high 59% are Hispanic and 29% are Black.</p>
<p>Previously, adolescents could be sent to the facilities as young as 12 and in some cases remain until the age of 25, although many will be transferred to adult prison when they are 18.  New admissions are now being monitored by 58 probation authorities in the district.</p>
<p>Young people from the age of 14 who could have gone to a state facility earlier can instead be accommodated in &#8220;safe youth treatment facilities&#8221; in the district at the instruction of the juvenile judge.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a disturbing replica of state lockdowns at the local level, said Meredith Desautels, an attorney at the San Francisco Youth Law Center.</p>
<p>&#8220;My biggest concern is that we will actually see teenagers who would never have gone to (government facilities) to spend more time in safe custody than they were before the closure,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>The counties are determined to get the law up and running, said Larry Morse, legislative director of the California District Attorneys Association, but &#8220;frankly, the details are still a little opaque and we haven&#8217;t really been able to pinpoint exactly how this will play out. &#8220;</p>
<p>Prosecutors want to know where teenagers who commit &#8220;the most egregious and terrible crimes&#8221; are being held and how they are being helped, he said.</p>
<p>District officials fear that smaller districts may have difficulty providing special programs for young people who, for example, commit sex crimes or have serious mental health problems.</p>
<p>The state will send the counties $ 212 million annually to pay for their new responsibilities &#8211; about $ 225,000 per youth.</p>
<p>But the California State Association of Counties said the funding formula penalizes districts that rely the most on the state system and therefore need the most help developing local alternatives.</p>
<p>The district&#8217;s probation officers, meanwhile, will attempt to strike a balance between reform advocates&#8217; focus on rehabilitation and juvenile judges who, at prosecutor&#8217;s request, could send 16- and 17-year-olds to adult detention centers for the most serious crimes.</p>
<p>Approximately 35,000 juvenile offenders are being treated in California&#8217;s counties, of whom more than 3,600 are being held in youth homes, camps and ranches.  But when juvenile judges have faced the most recalcitrant or restless juveniles in the past, they have had the option of sending them to the state juvenile justice department.</p>
<p>“And then you would have a huge $ 200 million system for that one kid to develop the necessary case plan.  That gave the court confidence it didn&#8217;t have to go to the adult system, ”said Karen Pank, Chief Probation Officers of California.</p>
<p>With that option gone, officials and lawyers alike are seeking advice from the emerging state youth and community recovery agency.</p>
<p>A consortium of 40 youth advocates recently asked lawmakers to budget $ 30 million for the office &#8211; four times what Governor Gavin Newsom last proposed &#8211; to ensure better oversight of all juvenile justice, not just juveniles, who previously came into state custody.</p>
<p>&#8220;There was mass confusion at the county level with very little state guidance,&#8221; said attorney Frankie Guzmán, director of the California Youth Justice Initiative at the National Center for Youth Law.</p>
<p>This has often resulted in probation agencies being at the top by default, while law enforcement agencies are suspicious in the eyes of many proponents, said Guzmán, who spent six years in California juvenile prisons for armed robbery.</p>
<p>Heldman warned that the state cannot simply absolve itself of responsibility for the youth it is now pushing back into the counties.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is what I call Pontius Pilate: the state washes its hands on these wards,&#8221; said Republican Senator Jim Nielsen, a former state probation officer, during a law change debate this spring.</p>
<p>But Democratic Senator María Elena Durazo promised that her budget subcommittee will oversee an orderly transition “so that all young people stay in our communities, rather than in youth prisons far from the resources and support they need to heal trauma and the course to change &#8220;their life.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This was a moment of hope,&#8221; Durazo said of lawmakers voting for the postponement.  &#8220;It was also an acknowledgment that we had to get it right and it wasn&#8217;t going to be easy.&#8221;</p>
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