OUR SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY WORKERS LACK MANDATED STANDARDS - PUT IN PLACE AND FOLLWED AT THEIR WORK PLACE - MANAGERS WHO ARE NOT EVALUATED - WORKERS TREATED WITH DISDAIN.

 

Hetch Hetchy's pristine water is contaminated.

San Franciscans believe in fair play and justice for all.

Not so the SF Public Utilities Commission that has decided to have disdain for workers, more specifically those of color, gang up on those who speak up and bring to the attention of the managers and others blatant infringements.

The SF Civil Service Commission is dysfunctional - the Union, the likes of Union 261, failing to support the laborers and work to find solutions - the Union 261 receives the dues and does not support those laborers who need help and support.

Too many Union 261 complain and are suffering - time to change your ways - and remember San Francisco and we being a Union City that knows how.

The City and County of San Francisco has a Whistleblowers' Program that does not work.

The system defies justice - one can provide the empirical data, do the investigation, explain the facts, and all one gets is watching the system - kicking the can down the street.

San Francisco is waiting for the SF Inspector General to reopen its offices and work with the SF Controller's office to bring justice to the many issues and cases that are piling up and collecting dust.

The City and County of SaFranciscoc- employs over 34,000 full-time and part-time employees.

Nepotism prevails, and many managers do not put in the work hours - one of them is the SF Water Department - some of them work one or two hours and are paid for the entire day - and this nonsense must stop.

The SF Water Department has a Warehouse at Newcomb Street - rents it for $80,000 a month - stores Hetch Hetchy water - that is distributed to the SF City Hall - water that is not treated and unhygienic.

The SF Controller should look into this issue - not long ago, some SF City Employees complained about the tainted water - and no one seems to take such matters seriously.

SFPUC favors artificial turf - siding with SF Recreation and Park - never mind micro-plastic particles - have contaminated the air, water, and what have you.

 For all the talk, the Hetchy Hetchy water is contaminated - one just has to test it for microplastics. 

Other contaminants were found due to deferred maintenance and noncompliance, including a lack of standards and hygiene protocols.

Our many SF reservoirs each experience deferred maintenance - the SFPUC gives a damn when the citizens from Millbrae tell them they pay 67% to maintain the Hetch Hetchy reservoir - the 26 partners that are BASWA - Steve Richie does not give a damn - so does Dennis Herrera.  

SF Water is known to sell copper, paid for by taxpayers, to recycling sites in San Francisco and the Bay Area, and to pocket the proceeds from the sale. 

This nonsense has been going on for years - some individuals were caught red-handed - and still work just because they are white.

If an inventory of the spare parts ordered by the SF Water Department is taken and every line item is checked, anyone can find out where some expensive valves and other expensive spare parts are sold. This nonsense and waste of taxpayers' money must STOP. 

No one seems to pay attention that the Hetch Hetchy water from the Tuolumne River, which was taken care of for thousands of years by the indigenous people - the Miwoks, the Pomos, the Paiutes - all of whom do not appreciate how the Tuolumne River is treated by those who stole the land and the water.

The free water is sold to people who have nothing to do with the Raker Act of 1913; it is a shame that this water is sold to many corporations to cool operations, using millions of gallons.

The SFPUC must be ashamed of themselves - greedy to the core - storing access water at the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir - while keeping less water in the Tuolumne River - resulting in algae from the less water - that turns warm and adversely impacts the Salmon - the greedy SF Public Utilities Commissioners are a Cabal - nochalant and confounded.

Our Reservoirs, Cisterns, Force Mains -  other infrastructure is not taken care of - deferred maintenance has compromised our infrastructure - and those in charge of auditing have no clue how to audit the SF Water Department.

We went three times before the San Francisco Public Utilities Commissioners - to plead our case linked to Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla - the Cabal - paying no serious attention to their dismissal, trumped-up charges :

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51315?view_id=22&redirect=true

Please scroll to agenda item 4 - Public Comment.

The dismissal of Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla is an injustice to the hardworking, decent SFPUC workers - time the City and County of San Francisco - and do right by the workers.

We are fed up - seeing injustice done - and shame brought to the City and County of San Francisco by managers who have no ethics, less morals, and absolutely no shame whatsoever.

Francisco Da Costa

December 12, 2025

  

SFPUC WORKERS PUT IN HARM'S WAY - " CONFINED SPACES " - THIS WORK IN NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART - WORKING UNDER GROUND CLEANING RESERVOIRS - IN MANHOLES - EACH WORKER HAS TO BE CERTIFIED AND TRAINED WELL.

 

It is the responsibility of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to certify and train workers.

Only then send them fully equipped to the "Confined Space " location, screened by licensed experts who must authorize anyone qualified to enter "Confined Spaces".

"Confined Space" projects are not for the faint of heart.

More caution is taken for an extended period to perform repairs and clean locations such as reservoirs and cisterns, as the SFPUC failed to do.

WITH INTENT, THEY PUT THE SFPUC WORKERS - LABORERS - IN HARM'S WAY.

Before this, the "Confined Space " work was done by the SFPUC plumbers. The plumbers wanted more money and did not want to do the job because there were too many safety hazards. 

It was brought to the attention of the managers, who did nothing.

It was only after the work stopped that the managers below Steve Richie decided to entice the Laborers to do their job without training or certification, with the intent of putting SFPUC laborers in harm's way.

The SFPUC general manager must be ashamed of himself - he has no clue about what is going on at Mountain Tunnel, Calavares Reservoir, the Sunset Reservoir - millions of gallons spewing out and wasted.

The Force Main at Marin Street that needs replacement, the Recycling Project stopped, and millions wasted - the Treatment Plant at Ocean Beach, by the San Francisco zoo. 

The list goes on: every SFPUC Commission meeting I have attended since 2012, linked to the Mountain Tunnel, Calavares Reservoir, Irwington Tunnel, and many other projects, lacks standards, and the price is six to seven times the original project cost.

These idiots are having a gala time wasting Taxpayers' money.

Managers and others have been indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation - and soon more will be.

For starters, the SF Inspector General, who will be taking charge in January 2026, must call in the SFPUC and do what is right.

We have tons of empirical data to help her - bring the rascals to book and get rid of rubbish. 

The ongoing corruption has reached a saturation point.

Steve Richie, William Taehan, and Frank Jordon from the SF Water Department had time to gang on Joe King, his son Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla - for no valid reason -  these mean managers resorted to retaliation. Why?

It is time that these managers, good-for-nothings, pains in the ass, be brought in and told that they better behave or else.

The sordid managers think they can pussyfoot around and mess with the lives of hardworking SFPUC workers - the time has come to step down and fade into oblivion.

For decades, these good-for-nothing managers have been lying, cheating, stealing, fabricating, ganging up, and messing with the lives of decent, hardworking workers. Time for you all to go.

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51038?view_id=22&meta_id=1189832&redirect=true

Please scroll to Agenda # 4 Public Comment.

We, the public and the family members of the three SFPUC workers, gave our testimony twice, and you can view the video for yourself above.

We have brought our concerns to the General Manager and the Cabal, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which has no clue about "Confined Spaces".

Less about the policies and standard operating procedures that go along with working and the hazards that come with working in the deep " Confined Spaces " - forty feet, fifty feet, and more.

When family members pleaded for help, the SF Public Utilities Commission carried on nonchalantly, with no empathy.

Each of them should resign - they are not fit to comprehend, let alone take action, on such subjects - because all they do day in and day out is rubber-stamp.

The San Francisco Civil Service has failed to look into this case and other cases, too - advocates have appeared before the SF Civil Service Commission - and asked the SF Civil Service to help the workers to no avail.

Each of these hardworking workers - Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla - had commendations given to them.

No one was ever written up or told that they had failed in their work.

Joe King worked for 8 years and received many commendations.

 Conrad - Joe King's son worked for 3 months and was dismissed because of the retaliation and gang imposed on his father. 

Adolfo Padilla worked for 6 years and received commendations, including "worker of the year".

So why the retaliation? 

Why the ganging? 

Why the utter nonsense from Steve Richie, William Teahan, Frank Jordon, and Joy Chan - one worse than the other - pathetic?

William Taehan was caught watching porn and gambling.

Frank Jordon, while training with the SFPD off work,  attacked a gay guy, took his sandwich, and beat him, along with those who were with him, joining the jackass. 

Yet, he was hired by the SF Public Utilities Commission.

Some months ago, one white plumber at the SF Water Department choked another white plumber at work  - nothing happened to the two of them. 

One of them was a very good friend of William Taehan, who was caught watching porn and gambling - the article was in the San Francisco papers.

Different strokes for different folks - if one is white, they can do as they please, and this nonsense must be curtailed - for all the talk that the Manager Dennis Herrera and Steve Richie - both - do not deserve to work at this time, and should go.

Missing is the suffering the two families endured. You can see this in the video below:

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51114?view_id=22&meta_id=1191647&redirect=true

Please scroll to Agenda # 4 - Public Comment.

Again and again, we have seen targeting " People of Color " by these so-called privileged folks, whites, treating " People of Color " as if they are slaves.

This is San Francisco - but you would not know it - if you witnessed the nonsense that is going on at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - more of those making more than $350,000 a year.

We know the General Manager makes $500,000 a year - and is not an engineer.

While the SF City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, was working with an attorney at his office, the coworker sued Dennis and won.

Dennis Herrera has now teamed up with Steve Richie and Frank Gordon, working with David Chu, the current SF City Attorney, to frame and dismiss innocent, hardworking workers.

The City Attorney told the workers that she was there to gather information and facts and that she was not interested in, or intended to, adversely affect anyone.

After taking the statements, she wrote that she agreed to dismiss the three workers through deceit, lies, and convoluted tactics, and that this adversely affected the lives of Joe King, his son Conrad, and Adolfo Padilla.

Union 261 could have done the right thing - but they chose to follow the hidden plan that Joy Chan had in mind - facilitating and operating behind the scenes - to dismiss the three hardworking workers - Joe King, Conrad, and Adolfo Padilla.

Joy Chan, who works for the SFPUC Human Resources, had no business fabricating lies, gathering workers to tell them, and assuring them that no harm would come to them.

We have to get to the bottom of Joy Chan's devious plans, used again and again to dismiss innocent, hardworking workers.

Where is the justice? Where is the fair play? Why all these ploys, machinations, and shenanigans?

Dennis Herrera has no clue what is going on with the sexual harassment and ganging up on workers of color at the SFPUC.

Fewer the SFPUC Commissioners - each one hand-picked to rubber-stamp what the manager Dennis Herrera has in mind.

Millions of dollars have been wasted - we all know what is happening - the time has come to clean house and get rid of the utter rubbish.

The managers - using their skin color and position to put down those who work hard, and many of them have come to me, Francisco Da Costa.

 I have spoken about the harassment and retaliation at the SF Public Utilities Commission meeting - the Cabal that must be removed and debarred.

Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo should be reinstated and allowed to work for the City and County of  San Francisco.

Be it not at the SFPUC that smells of Sulphur, and is the center of racist white, who must go as soon as possible.

All those who participated in the ganging and dismissal of these three hardworking SFPUC workers must be brought to book, written up, and given a final ultimatum.

Recently, we appeared before the SF Public Utilities Commission - here is the latest video - scroll down to Agenda # 4 :

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51315?view_id=22&redirect=true

Francisco Da Costa

December 7, 2025.

WE SEE IT ALL - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

STOP THE BULLIES AND STAND TALL.

Do not let the bullies get to you. Speak Truth to Power

The bullies will cow down and will stop

the utter nonsense that prevails today 

in places like the SFPUC

The City and County of San Francisco

has gone to the hogs - Daniel Laurie

speaks from both sides of his mouth

daily workers of color - targeted and harassed

This nonsense must stop - now.

Joe King, Conrad King, Adolfo Padilla

Three hardworking, decent workers

let down by the SF Public Utilities Commission

The Commissioners themselves are a CABAL

Sitting on their ass and pussyfooting around.

Time to rock the Truth 

time to tell the Truth

time to unite

time to fight

for what is right

Remove the crooks

The sordid SFPUC managers.

San Francisco smells of Sulphur

that smell of the devil 

the many devils - waiting

waiting for their prey

The unions are making hay

They will all have to pay.

The San Francisco Civil Service

has gone to the hogs

case after case heard by 

the Civil Service Commission

dismissed.

Wake up, San Francisco

The Sunshine Task Force does not work

The Ethics Commission - impotent

The Controller's Office cannot indict

Now we are in  the Inspector General's office

Who will pay Truthrice?

Remember, Truth prevails.

Francisco Da Costa

December 7, 2025

THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - A CABAL AND SATURATED WITH CORRUPTION OF THE WORST ORDER - TIME TO GET RID OF THE RUBBISH - CORRUPT MANAGERS AT SFPUC.

 

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2001/11/24/1102581.php

(Click - Go to address )

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51114?view_id=22&meta_id=1191647&redirect=true

( Please go the Agenda 4 - to listen to the testimony)

I have seen it all, the lies, cheating, wheeling and dealing - millions of dollars wasted - and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - hoodwinking us in broad daylight - enough is enough.

Joe King, his son Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla - decent, hardworking SFPUC workers who belong to SF Laborers Union 261 -  they paid their dues, but the Union 261 let them down.

The main issue was "Confined Space " - any worker who does this work will tell you you need training and certification, and that you must follow Standard Operating Procedures and Policies.

Joe King was incharge and soon found out that his workers were put in harm's way. He brought the issue to his higher-ups, William Taehan and Frank Jordon, and instead of finding a solution, the managers chose to gang up on Joe King and dismiss him without cause.

They then turned to Adolfo Padilla - the team leader - and his boss Joe King.

Joy Chan, who works for SFPUC Human Resources, moved Adolfo Padilla from one project to another - his last move was to work with the Arborist, and he had no training, except that someone showed him how to use a saw.

These three workers worked very hard  - Joe King for eight years, and no one ever wrote him up. Joe King received five commendations.

Conrad King, his son, worked for three years and also received a commendation. Conrad did nothing wrong - he was chided for not wearing work boots, even as he was going to change to his work clothes, and of course would change to wearing his work boots.

Joe King was called to the office one day and told he had passed his test, and he left happy about his promotion.

The very next day, Joe King was called and told that he was relieved of his job and had to clear his belongings. So was Adolfo Padilla, even though Adolfo Padilla was injured while working for the Arborist without any training.

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51114?view_id=22&meta_id=1191647&redirect=true

Adolfo Padilla is due for an operation on December 4, 2025, for a serious spine injury.

On Conrad's father's birthday, Conrad was called to the office and told he had been relieved of his job.

I reviewed all the documents Joe King has - he kept records of everything and nothing whatsoever - calls for the sordid actions taken by the managers Steve Richie, William Teahan, and Frank Jordon.

Each of these managers must be audited - their actions are well known. 

One, Willian Taehan was watching PORN, and there was an article in the papers some years ago. When it suits these jerks, they do as they please.  

We appeared at two SFPUC Commission Meetings and gave testimony; the General Manager and the SFPU Commissioners led the testimony. 

They know that the three workers did not commit anything serious - to dismiss them - without cause.

The Laborers Union 261 failed miserably - today the Unions seem to have lost the legacy put in place by most Unions in Francisco - reminiscent of Bloody Thursday - San Francisco is known as a Union City.

In this case, both SFPUC and Laborer Union 261 did wrong, and all because the three workers were of color.

The three workers have written chronologically what exactly happened, and we are ready to take this case to the next level.

We also have over 1,000 people ready to protest.

We are asking for an audit and have contacted those incharge of the 

The "Confined Space " project is to give us a report and has used the Freedom of Information Act.

The main person, Alfajora Alexeh, is out from 11/17/25 to 12/2/25 - he is in charge of projects that come under " Confined Space ".

Two managers under Alfrjora Alexeh have vacant FTEs.

These leaves Steve Richie, William Taehan, and Frank Jordon inchare - one worse than the other.

The City and County of San Francisco - the Mayor of San Francisco - the SF Controller, the incoming SF Inspector General, who can indict and will be in the position to investigate - January, 2026 - must investigate the SFPUC General Manager - the SF City Attorney - Steve Richie, William Taehan, and of course Frank Jordon.

The above retaliation occurred because Joe King brought to their attention the lack of standards and not following the written policies - put the workers in harm's way with intent - and treating the three workers - Joe King, his son Conrad, and Adolfo Padilla with utter disdain.

Wake up, San Francisco - I have been monitoring the corruption for over forty years - and as I said, today it has reached the saturation point. 

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51114?view_id=22&meta_id=1191647&redirect=true

Francisco Da Costa

THE CORRUPTION HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS REACHED SATURATION POINT - OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS A JOKE - CABALS RULE AND MUCH LIKE THUGS - WHO ACT AS THEY PLEASE.

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir land and water were stolen from the Indigenous.

It is a crying shame to state openly that San Francisco is saturated with corruption of the highest order.

Our SF City Departments are confused and confounded - call them and no one answers - visit the Departments, and there's no one to resolve a problem.

There was a time when there was some semblance no more. 

Upper management is on leave - they come to work after staying out on leave - only to find some accuse - taking an extended leave - what the hell is happening?

Every commission has these attorneys - they listen and do nothing at all. 

Seldom will one witness a City Attorney stepping in to clear something blatantly wrong. 

One of the worst Departments is the San Francisco Public Utilities situated at 525 Golden Gate Avenue - the headquarters - the Cabal - wheeling and dealing.

The Sewer System Improvement Project - defies all norms - the project started with $6 billion - the rascals have wasted millions - with all sorts of ploys, machinations, and shaneginans - now, reaching $15 billion - yes, fifteen billion.

Heading towards $25 billion - there are NO checks and balances and all sorts of wheeling and dealing taking place at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - stealing copper wire, thieves ordering spare parts and selling them, managers play golf - during working hours - wheeling and dealing, selling water in the Sunol area.

Engineers failing to find a service at Calavares Dam - failing to drill and test the area - then facing a problem - removing over one million tons of dirt.

For sure, someone was found to take the dirt to an area where one had to pay thousands of dollars - the truckers and others making hay while the sun shines.

Not everything is going well at Calvares and the Mountain Tunnel - the Irvington Tunnel - spending millions of dollars, and dealing with situations of utter failure.

The SFPUC embarked on some sordid  Water Recycling Operation - by the City Zoo - the operations are stalled - millions wasted - and all the General Manager and his stooges do - is play golf and laugh all the way to the bank - most making over $400,000 at the higher end - one making $500,000 per year.

Some decided to contract to run a line to increase the service of the electricity, only to dig conductors and lay lines - inundated with water - the contractor was mandated to inform Pacific Gas and Electric - he did not - pulled the lever to charge the system - and end in a Blackout - an entire area, the Bayview Hunters Point and beyond. 

Our reservoirs and cisterns are not serviced - the so-called Hetch Hetchy clean drinking water, in recent times, has been contaminated with water tapped from the watershed.

The SFPUC has been informed of some stench in the water, but to no avail. We are dealing with folks who do not care about service - managers treating the SFPUC workers with disdain. 

This nonsense must STOP.

The SFPUC manager who manages our clean drinking water is busy selling millions of gallons of water to computer and other companies, raking in the money. 

While all the time asking us in San Francisco to conserve water, and folks like Steve Riche lie and project presentations that defy empirical data.

Peter Drekmeier and I - Francisco Da Costa are fed up - speaking truth to power - while Steve Richie thinks he can do as he pleases - failing to do his job - and now puts SFPUC workers in harm's way.

Failing to comprehend " Confined Space " projects - and Standard Operating Procedures - putting hardworking SFPUC workers  - in harm's way - others involved William Taehan and Frank Jordon - one watching Porn during work hours - the other ganging on a person on the street - taking the sandwich from him - and beating the innocent gay person. 

SFPUC chose to give Frank Jordon a job - imagine the utter nonsense prevailing at the Water Department, headed by Steve Richie.

SFPUC is put on notice to do the right thing.

Today, SFPUC has triggered the IRE of the people - the people united will not be defeated.

If you find the kitchen too hot,  SFPUC - step back and fade into oblivion.

The SFPUC, for all practical purposes, is a CABAL.

Francisco Da Costa

THE SFPU COMMISSION HAS WITH INTENT FABRICATED STORIES AGAINST THREE SFPUC WORKERS - AND WITH INTENT PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE AND FAIR PLAY.

 

Dennis Herrera - General Manager of the corrupt SFPUC.

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51114?view_id=22&meta_id=1191647&redirect=true

As an advocate and the Director of Environmental Justice Advocacy, I come across all sorts of issues.

Climate change, environmental justice issues, and most of all human rights - at all levels - in this case that of Joe King, his son Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla.

In each case, these three hardworking and decent SFPUC workers were treated with disdain and ganged upon. 

Something the SFPUC does again and again - bringing down the workers targeted - and often accusing the workers of violence, and other fabricated, sordid lies.

In 1996, the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) allowed the Mayor, Willie L. Brown, to amend the CCSF Charter, appointing his lackeys, including the SFPUC.

525 Golden Gate - the headquarters of SFPUC - was spearheaded by Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr - he placed all his minions and cronies in that sordid building - today it smells of sulfur.

The Mayor also made several changes to the SF Civil Service, forcing the workers who were terminated to use only Union lawyers, and other ploys, machinations, and shenanigans. 

The Union today, by far, stays away from litigation, and the result is that most workers are terminated and suffer.

In this case, there was no need to terminate Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla, all hardworking workers.

Each of them was commended - Joe King five times and Adolfo Padilla, among other commendations, chosen as employee of the year.

The SFPUC's modus operandi hurts workers through all sorts of lies and taunts, making things difficult.

In short, atrocities and bullying - the managers themselves, each known for breaking the laws, poorly trained, given positions, having no experience, nepotism, all of which allows them to act like fools.

Why would anyone suddenly want to harm Joe King after eight years, having a clean record, and being made to suffer because he brought to the attention of his poorly trained managers serious SAFETY issues?

Adolfo Padilla worked under Joe King, and both were targeted because both of them could do a needs assessment - and bring the lack of SAFETY issues in the workplace - to the fore - and before the SFPUC - managers who failed to do the right thing - putting the worker in harm's way - with intent.

"Confined Space " projects require managers to understand the difficulties of the situation and identify best practices. 

Protect the workers from chemicals that can kill the workers - when they are in a confined area - most tunnels, reservoirs, other such locations that bring about all sorts of harmful actions - mandate that the workers are protected - SAFETY FIRST.

Hydrogen sulphide is a colorless gas; other chemicals in the reservoirs require workers to be equipped with special outfits, breathing apparatus, monitoring equipment, and oxygen pumps, and to address other adverse issues. Many emergency situations arise quickly, and one must be prepared to address them.

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51114?view_id=22&meta_id=1191647&redirect=true

The current SFPU Commissioners have no clue about anything much, are totally ignorant of the situation at hand, and yet they sit on the SFPU Commission.

The Commissioner does not interact with the workers and has no clue about hundreds of hardworking SFPUC employees who have been adversely harmed, and many have been terminated for no cause.

The SFPU Commissioners are mandated to care for and interact with the workers - far from that, when matters are brought to their attention, they look the other way - they act like a CABAL.

The mothers, the women related to the workers - friends all came to speak, and each told from the heart - they spoke truth to power.

Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla did nothing wrong.

This case is clear-cut - when Joe King and Adolfo Padilla spoke about the Safety issues.

All sorts of other issues were fabricated - all of which can be addressed - because I have read and studied the empirical data.

I am familiar with workers who work in confined places and have helped them before. 

Most managers, well-trained and certified, have no problems addressing the plight of the workers more in " Confined Spaces" - one cannot say that of the SFPUC and one Steve Richie.

Steve Richie, the manager who went to the General Manager to snitch about Joe King and Adolfo Padilla, has to be removed from the manager position - and demoted. 

Steve Richie lies, and the presentations given on behalf of the General Manager, Dennis Herrera, are fake. 

Steve Richie never listens to those who speak up during Public Comment at the SFPU Commission meetings.

Steve Richie's good friend and poorly qualified manager of sorts, William Taehan, who is also Steve Richie's golf partner, was caught some years ago watching PORN at work.

William Taehan - should have been terminated - on the contrary, the idiot - is messing with hardworking workers - who do their work and do it well.

William Taehan, who is about to retire, should be terminated and denied his pension. 

He has ruined the lives of many decent workers with his taunts and evil actions.

There is this woman, Joy Chen, from the SFPUC - Human Resources - Labor Relations Analyst, who gathered the work and brainwashed them, fabricating fake situations, and she should not be working anymore.

Frank Jordon and Anthony Travis should be ashamed of themselves - they joined some managers who discriminate and have a track record of disdain for people of color. Both should know better, but have made a fool of themselves.

Theresa Fogolia should have helped Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla - this did not happen. Today, our Union Representatives prefer to look after their own selfish interests.

Our Union Representatives have gone to the hogs. 

For over 40 years, I have backed the Unions - today, most of the Union Representatives are sellouts. 

Joshua Arce is connected to the Union 261; he knows it well -what is right and what is wrong - he keeps kicking the can down the street.

Today, Joshua, as Chairman of the SFPUC, could have resolved this case involving Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla. Joshua Arce has chosen to kick the can down the street.

Dennis Herrera was taken to court, and the Whistle Blower, another attorney who worked under Dennis Herrera when he was the City Attorney, the Whistle Blower won his case - Dennis Herrera lost - and has not learned anything much - your days are numbered.

Gone are the days when Attorneys could come to the rescue of workers - I have 45 years as an advocate, and I see the writing on the wall. God sees it all.

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51114?view_id=22&meta_id=1191647&redirect=true

Francisco Da Costa

 

THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION HAS FAILED THOSE THAT WORK AT THE SFPUC - FIRING WORKERS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AND TRUMPED UP CHARGES.

 

The Hetch Hetchy reservoir, which provides our drinking water.

Check this video - Agenda # 4 - Public Comment:

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51038?view_id=22&redirect=true

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has failed those who work for them, with the intent of putting many in harm's way, treating workers of color with utter disdain.

Recently, we had three workers, Joe King, Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla, for no reason other than to bring serious SAFETY issues to the attention of SFPUC managers.

Let me give you an example so you, who are reading this article, can understand the situation at hand.

These workers, who are laborers and come under the UNION 261, were sent with the intent to harm.

Union 261 is refusing to stand beside the three SFPUC workers - SFPUC manager cozy with Union 261; case in point: Thresa, a Union representative, saying, "It is better not to hear anything about your case" to Adolfo Padilla.

The project was slated to clean the reservoir - the certification needed to do this work - mandatory applies and required the managers and authority permission to authorize the work.

More - becuase of all the hazards that surround the work.

The manager does not follow the Standard Operating Procedures or the many policies linked to "Confined Space " projects.

Google and find out the requirements to do such work.

"Confined Space" projects are not meant for those who do not pass certification - to do the work - the managers are busy playing golf and hoodwinking the workers in broad daylight - earning as much as $450,000.

Confined Space work is dangerous - more from exposure to chemicals - one of them being hydrogen sulphide - and if you have respiratory problems, also, as I mentioned, without training and valid certification, what goes on is intent to put workers in harm's way.

The confined space, as in a reservoir, can be as ample as two football fields, often with poor lighting.

Also, prone to situations, difficult to breathe, coupled with the possibility of " hydrogen sulphite," a colorless chemical that can seriously harm the workers and, on many occasions, bring the death of a worker.

Imagine sending the workers into a reservoir - without proper clothing, equipment, breathing apparatus, monitoring equipment, no oxygen provided to help the workers breathe, a series of other mandated requirements that the SFPUC does not have in place, and does not follow Standard Operating Procedures.

SFPUC engineers, health and safety managers, and others have brought complaints, but the managers have failed to address them promptly.

Steve Richie has a habit of giving us presentations and not paying attention to public comments, while treating the SFPUC workers under him with disdain.

Check this out: Public Comment #4

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51038?view_id=22&redirect=true

My investigation, going back 40 years, over 400 articles, linked to the many sordid issues linked with SFPUC, wasting millions of dollars.

The Sewer System Improvement Project started with $8 billion and has now reached $15 billion, with plans to reach $25 billion. Only in corrupt San Francisco is such nonsense and utter corruption tolerated - wake up, San Francisco.

It does not bother the SFPUC managers - they hear but do not listen - they do not give a rat's ass. They keep wasting taxpayers' money - the time has come to audit those heading the Clean Water Department and the Water System Improvement Projects.

Paradoxically, Steve Richie, who is the key manager, keeps giving us presentations about Hetch Hetchy reservoir and other reservoirs - reservoirs that should be maintained, cleaned - this does not happen - deferred maintenance is the name of the game.

Also, hundreds of cisterns or wells have had no repairs done - most are not operational - most of the reservoirs and cisterns are not taken care of - Steve Richie prefers deferred maintenance.

It is time for Steve Richie to step down, and his buddy William Taehan to,- who some years ago was written up for watching Porn at work,- and is still working,- and should be fired. He is a troublemaker and instrumental in firing Joe King, his son Conrad King, and Adolfo Padilla.

We want to know why mug shots were posted of Joe King and Adolfo Padilla - while still at work - humiliating both Joe and Adolfo and causing both severe trauma and hospitalization.

Adolfo Padilla took his son to the doctor, as his son needed emergency help. The nurse told Adolfo Padilla that his health benefits had been cancelled by SFPUC - Human Relations. 

Adolfo Padilla had paid his premium, and the cancellation was totally uncalled for - and the General Manager should look into this situation.

Lucky for Adolf,o Paddila came to his rescue and took care of Adolfo's little boy - why do we stoop so low to hit others below the belt?.

Joy Chen from Human Resources went out of her way to gather workers to say mean things and gang up on Joe King and Adolfo Padilla, who, in their right minds, behave like morons. 

Why should Joy Chen be working at SFPUC?

Again and again over the past few years, we have seen hundreds of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission workers fired without cause; this is simply wrong.

We have seen workers traumatized - no one helping them and allowing them to appeal, not even the Civil Service.

The Civil Service makes a point of using City and County of San Francisco attorneys to harass workers.

The workers fired -  made to fill our forms - answers questions that have nothing to do with the workers - kicking the can down the street.

I was forced to take the matter to the SFPU Commissioners - watch the video and see for yourself - the state of affairs - how the goons plan and gang up on innocent, hardworking SFPUC workers:

https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/51038?view_id=22&redirect=true