"San Francisco voters have spoken,'' Brown says."They want cleaner, greener sources of energy that reduce our reliance on polluting power generated out of the area. San Francisco, is once again taking the lead in the country.''

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and PowerLight Corporation, a solar energy company based in Berkeley, will work together to construct the 675 kW solar electric system on the roof of the Moscone Center, a meeting and exhibition facility. The project is scheduled to begin in March, and will take an estimated three months to complete, says Gregory Rosen, a PowerLight senior manager.

Proposition B authorizes the city to issue up to $100 million in revenue bonds to finance renewable energy projects - such as solar and wind power - and energy efficiency measures in city and county-owned buildings. Proposition H enables the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to issue revenue bonds to support renewable energy developments in city, commercial, and residential buildings.