Episode Details

A blackout that left one-third of San Francisco customers without power – some up to three days – was one of six outages that plagued PG&E throughout the holidays. Disabled Waymos blocked streets. The Nutcracker was cancelled. Restaurants and businesses were closed. Customers and politicians are demanding answers and calling for the end of PG&E’s monopoly. We’ll talk about the blackout and what it can tell us about the reliability of  our power sources and Waymo’s vulnerabilities, and we’ll  hear how it affected you.

Guests:

Joe Eskenazi, managing editor and columnist, Mission Local

Jeffrey Tumlin, former Director of Transportation, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

Brad Templeton, entrepreneur, writer; Templeton is the chairman emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and previously worked at Waymo

Bilal Mahmood, supervisor, District 5, Board of Supervisors San Francisco

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