(Left to right) San Francisco Board of Supervisors President and District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee, District 1 Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer, California State Assemblyman Phil Ting and District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar at a press conference about expanding the EFWS, with a map of the current system now in place behind them. Photo by Thomas K. Pendergast.
By Thomas K. Pendergast
After a Civil Grand Jury reported that large parts of San Francisco could burn to the ground after an earthquake if something is not done soon, four city supervisors and a state assemblyman have called the situation urgent and demanded action.
District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar introduced a resolution to the SF Board of Supervisors to speed up the schedule for expanding the high-pressure firefighting pipeline system because, after the recent fires and earthquakes throughout California, a catastrophe could happen at any time.
“One very critical area of disaster preparedness that has not been adequately addressed is the threat of widespread fires following an earthquake,” Mar said at a press conference at City Hall. “So, the resolution I’m introducing today is intended to bring greater attention and to elevate the priority of these urgent issues here at City Hall and throughout our City.”
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