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WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS AND IMPOSITION OF SURCHARGE ON RETAIL WATER CUSTOMERS. Shall the Public Utilities Commission, or any successor thereto, issue revenue bonds and/or other forms of revenue financing in a principal amount not to exceed $1,628,000,000 (the "Bonds"), to finance the acquistion and construction of improvements to the City's water system; provided that the bonds may not be issued unless Admininstrative Code Chapter 37 (Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance) is amended to provide that landlords may pass through to residential tenants 50% of the water bill costs attributable to water rate increases resulting from issuance of the Bonds where a unit is in compliance with any applicable laws regarding water conservation devices, tenants may file hardship applications with the Rent Board for relief from all or part of the cost passthrough and their affected landlords may utilize any available Public Utiliities Commission low-income rate discount program or similar program for water bill reduction based on the tenants' hardship status; and further provide that the prinicipal amount of the Bonds may be reduced if the City's Board of Supervisors determines the greatest economic value to San Francisco ratepayers will derive from having the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System Financing Authority finance, in whole or in part, those projects designed and intended in substantial part to improve the reliability of the City's regional water system, and if the Authority does finance such projects, shall the Public Utilities Commission be authorized to impose a surcharge on retail water rates for San Francisco customer' to pay the retail water customer's share of the debt service on bonds issued by the Authority and the operating expenses of the Authority?

1, San Francisco County • 2002 • M

Passed

Result: 53.3% yes, 46.7% no (198,045 votes cast)

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