Representatives from the San Francisco Giants, Wilson Meany Sullivan, and Kenwood Investments convened at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce last month to outline revisions to their development proposal for Seawall Lot 337 and Pier 48, currently the site of a parking lot just south of AT&T stadium.  The speakers reviewed their plans to construct a mixed-use district that will feature family-friendly open space along the waterfront.  However, due to economic pressures, the team has eliminated the original Performing Arts Pavilion and multi-use arena from the plan, and reduced the amount of retail space in favor of offices.

Earlier this year the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized Southern California Edison Company to spend upwards of $30 million on the Hydrogen Energy California study, or HECA.  HECA will examine the feasibility of developing a facility to turn petroleum coke, a refinery byproduct, into a gas that could be used to produce electricity.  Much of the related greenhouse gases would be captured and stored underground.  According to Mark Nelson, the investor owned utility’s director of generation planning and strategy, “It’s got a lot of really strong attributes that make it compelling for the customers.”

Federico Lauchengco represents the best of what Healthy San Francisco (HSF), the City’s universal health care program, hopes to achieve.  Last year the 54 year old enrolled in the program, and began receiving regular checkups at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH).  Lauchengco’s cholesterol level and blood pressure were tested for the first time since he immigrated to the United States five years ago. His sister, Elvira Lazaro, who accompanied Lauchengco to the hospital, said HSF represented security against the unpredictability of illness.  “There’s a place to go if he is sick,” Lazaro said.  “It makes him feel secure that if anything ever happened he has a place to go.”

The Trans Bay Cable (TBC) – a 53-mile transmission line that will connect San Francisco to Pittsburgh – is in its 17th month of construction at the Pittsburgh Converter Substation on the northern fringe of the City of Pittsburgh. It’s expected to plug into a substation at the intersection of Illinois and 23rd streets roughly a year from now.  According to San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) officials, the cable will provide a reliable way to transmit clean energy to San Francisco.  The cable is “a giant extension cord,” said Karen Kubick, SFPUC manager of infrastructure development.