"Sunset District Business Owners Meet with PG&E to Discuss Devastating Power Outages"
In a bid to bring some relief to the devastated business owners of San Francisco's Sunset District, a merchant walk was organized on Friday, where representatives from Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) met with local entrepreneurs. The meeting was spearheaded by Supervisor Alan Wong, who has been vocal about his frustration with PG&E over the recent power outages.
The three businesses that participated in the meeting were impacted by a blackout on December 20, which left around 130,000 customers without power. While PG&E is offering $2,500 to affected business owners and $200 to residents, some are claiming they have suffered much greater losses. Tony Lee, owner of Sun Maxim's dim sum restaurant, estimated that he had lost tens of thousands of dollars due to the outage.
Wong has called for more accountability from PG&E, stating that the utility should have taken steps to prevent or mitigate the outages earlier on. He praised the meeting as a step in the right direction, saying that it would facilitate the claims process and provide language access and paper forms to affected business owners.
The meeting is expected to be followed by a public hearing next week, where Wong will meet with the CEO of PG&E to discuss the claims process further. The utility has promised to review all claims and determine allotments based on the information submitted.
As the Sunset District continues to face power outages, residents and business owners are growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of transparency and accountability from PG&E. With the promise of a public hearing, there is hope that some relief will be forthcoming for those affected by the devastating blackouts.
In a bid to bring some relief to the devastated business owners of San Francisco's Sunset District, a merchant walk was organized on Friday, where representatives from Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) met with local entrepreneurs. The meeting was spearheaded by Supervisor Alan Wong, who has been vocal about his frustration with PG&E over the recent power outages.
The three businesses that participated in the meeting were impacted by a blackout on December 20, which left around 130,000 customers without power. While PG&E is offering $2,500 to affected business owners and $200 to residents, some are claiming they have suffered much greater losses. Tony Lee, owner of Sun Maxim's dim sum restaurant, estimated that he had lost tens of thousands of dollars due to the outage.
Wong has called for more accountability from PG&E, stating that the utility should have taken steps to prevent or mitigate the outages earlier on. He praised the meeting as a step in the right direction, saying that it would facilitate the claims process and provide language access and paper forms to affected business owners.
The meeting is expected to be followed by a public hearing next week, where Wong will meet with the CEO of PG&E to discuss the claims process further. The utility has promised to review all claims and determine allotments based on the information submitted.
As the Sunset District continues to face power outages, residents and business owners are growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of transparency and accountability from PG&E. With the promise of a public hearing, there is hope that some relief will be forthcoming for those affected by the devastating blackouts.
. PG&E's been making these power outages happen left and right, and now they're only offering a paltry $2,500 to businesses that have suffered tens of thousands in losses? That's just not fair 〉️. I mean, what does it take for them to get their act together? Wong's calling for more accountability, but I think he should be demanding more from the CEO. We need to know how many lives were affected by these outages, and how much did they cost in terms of lost productivity and revenue 
. And let's not forget about the language access and paper forms - that's just a Band-Aid solution for people who are already feeling vulnerable 
. I think we need to take this one step further and start demanding real reform from PG&E and our elected officials 
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, I'm not surprised PG&E is only offering $2,500 to business owners who lost tens of thousands due to their power outages... like they're gonna magically make up for it overnight 
. And what's with the $200 for residents? Not even enough to cover a decent meal at Sun Maxim's 
. Supervisor Alan Wong should really get his act together, he's been going on about this for ages and nothing seems to be changing 
. The meeting is just a step in the right direction, but I'm still skeptical it'll lead to any real change... we've seen that with PG&E before 
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It's not right that people have to suffer like this because of someone else's mistakes. PG&E needs to step up their game and make sure something like this never happens again.
. It's about time they listened to people's concerns about their power outages. Those business owners have been through a lot, especially Tony Lee with his restaurant. 50k+ lost is huge 
. I feel bad for them, but at least there's hope now that the company might take some responsibility for what happened.
. He's right, more accountability from PG&E would have prevented a lot of damage. Now they're offering some financial help, which is nice, but it won't cover everything. Still, it's better than nothing 
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. Let's hope that CEO comes prepared to work with the community and make things right 
like toni lee's place, sun maxim's... his restaurant is literally shut down cuz of that one blackout on dec 20th & he lost tens of thousands of bucks! 
atleast the meeting w/ business owners was a start, hope it leads 2 some real change! 
. and yeah, $2500 might not be alot for some ppl but its somethin, atleast they're offerin somethin. hope the bussiness owners get ther claims sorted out soon, cant imagine how hard it must b 4 dem 
hopefully, there'll be some real change coming out of these meetings... we need transparency and accountability from PG&E, not just empty promises 
. they're offering some cash, but that's not gonna cover the losses they've suffered 
It's time for some transparency and a plan to get our city back on its feet 
and I'm glad Supervisor Wong is speaking up about this issue, he's totally on the right track 
I feel bad for the business owners who are having to deal with this stress. Alan Wong is right on it though, demanding more accountability from PG&E. Fingers crossed that next week's public hearing brings some real change