Summary
Commissioners clashed over whether the city should keep requiring undergrounded utility transformers when PG&E won't allow it and there's a national shortage. Commissioner Pyne warned he'll press the Community Development Director to use waiver authority in future cases.
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Last discussed Aug 24, 2026.
Impact analysis
Undergrounding would shrink the project's unit count and add cost; no direct city expenditure.
The developer and future homebuyers, who get the project built without delay.
Neighbors see above-ground transformers along public streets instead of cleaner undergrounded equipment.
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