“We all have a job to do and in order to do them successfully, we must collaborate and work together as a team,” shared Mabel Chow, SFPUC’s Collection System Division 2021 Employee of the Year. Chow has been in public service for the City and County of San Francisco for 21 years. Chow said the hardest part of her jobs is bringing so many people and various departments together to be on the same page. However, she doesn’t take all the credit. Team work enabled the Collections System to put safety protocols in place during the pandemic and collaborate closer together with other departments.

The Power Enterprise recently energized the new main electric circuit on Yerba Buena Island, marking a significant milestone in the area’s redevelopment. The new electric circuit will play a critical role in providing clean energy to residents and businesses of Yerba Buena Island. As part of the initial phase of redevelopment, the circuit extends down a portion of Macalla Road but will be extended to the rest of Yerba Buena Island during the next phase. 8,000 new units of housing will be constructed, some of which are completing construction and will be ready for residents soon. With the

Last month, our very own Valerie Tulier-Laiwa earned the Rosario Anaya Community Award for her tireless work with the Latino Task Force to help many families during the COVID-19 pandemic. We caught up with Valerie to see what the award has meant to her and how we can all work together in times of need. Question: How long have you worked at the SFPUC and what is your job title? Answer: I have been working for the SFPUC for 6 and a half years and currently I am the Social Impact Partnership Acting Manager in External Affairs. Question: During your career with the SFPUC, what are some memorable

“I work with my hands and equipment. I’d rather keep my hands on the tools.” John Martin is a Stationary Engineer in heavy maintenance for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC’s) Southeast Treatment Plant and he’s made a career being a machinist, for 57 years to be exact, with 27 years at the SFPUC. He reflects on what those years have been like, as he sets to retire in the new year. “I enjoyed my time working or else I wouldn’t have done it for as long as I did,” Martin chuckled. “The work and my colleagues at the Southeast Treatment Plant have been the best part. Other than

It wouldn’t be the holidays without lots of bright twinkling lights blanketing the city. Thanks to Hetch Hetchy Power and CleanPowerSF, the SFPUC is powering many of your favorite holiday light displays across San Francisco with clean energy. As you celebrate the holidays with friends and family, be sure to check out a few of our favorite displays. And share with us your favorite displays, too! Market Street Lights When the snowflake lights go up on Market Street, it is officially the holiday season. The beautiful lights are illuminating Market Street between Spear Street and Eighth Street and

Never in a million years would Lisa Miles-Wilkerson and Carlos Ramos thought that Project Pull would shift to a virtual internship, especially not for two years in a row! However, in the words of Mama Lisa, “There is never a dull moment” when it comes to Project Pull. Project Pull was founded in 1996 with the goal of “pulling” young people into public service by providing structured mentorship opportunities to highly motivated high school and college bound students who demonstrated an interest in the fields of architecture, engineering, business and the sciences. Celebrating its 26th summer

The SFPUC’s Contractors Assistance Center (the Center) recently started its second session of the Getting Down to Business (GD2B) Program. The 15-week long program took place online from August 2021 to November 2021. The GD2B program provides practical solutions about key business operations. In the program, LBEs review specific and technical areas to understand and resolve common business issues, such as preparing their bids on contracts, performing cost analysis, and managing their contract performance. Staff recently sat down with LaSonia Mansfield, owner of Mansfield and Mansfield

Drive down Evans Avenue in the Bayview neighborhood and you will see a new large-scale temporary mural, Clear the Air, by Bayview Hunters-Point native and artist Malik Seneferu. The mural is installed along the Headworks Facility Project fence on Evans Avenue between Rankin and Phelps Streets. Seneferu was commissioned by the SFPUC and San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) to create the mural for the Southeast community. For Seneferu, creating art means creating ties to the community and deepening the relationship to loved ones, the people he has met, and gives him the opportunity to reach

“Now that I’m in construction, I’m proud of where I’m at in life today,” Shabrea Thornton says with pride and feelings of accomplishment for her recent efforts to ensure a brighter, more stable future for herself and her daughter. Born and raised in Bayview-Hunters Point, Thornton is working as an apprentice laborer with Bertco, Inc., on the WW-647R Biosolids Digester Facilities Project (BDFP) project located in the Bayview-Hunters Point. Thornton was first inspired to get into the construction field after hearing stories from her relatives who were working in the industry as both carpenters