I recently sent the email below to Mayor Lurie. I hope you’ll publish it. The Emergency Firefighting Water Supply (EFWS) has not been expanded to protect the Richmond and Sunset districts in their entirety.
On Tuesday, Sept. 5, District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan will introduce a package of legislation that aims to improve fire safety and disaster preparedness in San Francisco.
Thanks kindly to your fine paper and reporter Thomas Pendergast for the critically important article detailing the insufficient funds for building our community’s water pipeline system to properly manage westside fire risks.
Money from a 2020 bond measure, sold to voters as financing for expanding an earthquake-resistant pipeline system for westside neighborhoods, may run short for water infrastructure improvements instead after a unilateral decision by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC).
If we had a benefit vs. cost analysis performed to expand EFWS projects citywide, the results would be overwhelmingly in favor of spending money now to save the Bay Area’s crown jewel from being destroyed again by earthquake fires.
A plan for expanding the Emergency Firefighting Water Supply (EFWS) system to douse an inferno likely to follow a major earthquake is moving forward, with new pipelines proposed in addition to those already funded.
A plan for expanding the Emergency Firefighting Water Supply (EFWS) system to douse an inferno likely to follow a major earthquake is moving forward, with new pipelines proposed in addition to those already funded.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 