Bay Area cities sign aquifer deal to share water

“During wet years, we’re asking them to use more Hetchy water that we have available,”

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Bruno, Daly City and the California Water Services Company on Tuesday signed off on a $113 million plan that’s been a decade in the works.

The goal is to diversify the region’s water supply for drought years or disasters. The SFPUC will sell the Daly City and San Bruno bountiful Hetch Hetchy reservoir water during wet years so the Peninsula cities can use rainfall to build up their groundwater supplies for drought years.

Read more here:  http://www.ktvu.com/story/27646044/bay-area-cities-sign-aquifer-deal-to-share-water

Public hearings set for proposed Seton Medical Center sale: Attorney General’s Office to make final decision on hospital chain’s future owner

Seton Medical Center – Daly City

Two local public hearings are scheduled next month to help California Attorney General Kamala Harris decide whether a six-hospital chain including facilities in Daly City and Moss Beach should be sold to a private corporation fiercely opposed by some unions and officials who fear it prioritizes profits over care.

By law, Harris has final say over the proposed sale by Daughters of Charity Health System to Prime Healthcare Services. The Vatican must also approve the sale of the Catholic system.

On Friday, Jan. 9, Harris’ office will hold a pair of hearings — one at Seton Medical Center in Moss Beach and the other in Daly City where Seton Medical Center is located — to take the public temperature.

Along with the public’s perspective, Harris will consider Health Care Impact Statements prepared by consultants on each facility’s proposed change. While she can reject the sale on any basis she finds relevant, a key component is likely how it will affect the availability of health care in the area.

Daly City Councilman David Canepa is urging northern county residents in particular to chime in on the potential new buyer and the desire to keep Seton Medical Center a full-service hospital with an open emergency room.

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http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-12-17/public-hearings-set-for-proposed-seton-medical-center-sale-attorney-generals-office-to-make-final-decision-on-hospital-chains-future-owner/1776425135147.html