San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is the city agency responsible for providing and managing essential services such as water, power, and wastewater for San Francisco and surrounding communities.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Public Utilities Commission canonical | 17 |
| San Francisco PUC | 1 |
| San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Board | 1 |
| San Francisco Public Utilities Commission water system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T773156 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Context triple: [Government of San Francisco, hasAgency, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission]
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A.
San Francisco Department of Public Works
The San Francisco Department of Public Works is the city agency responsible for maintaining and improving San Francisco’s public infrastructure, including streets, sidewalks, public buildings, and related services.
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B.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is the largest municipal utility in the United States, providing water and electricity to the City of Los Angeles and overseeing key regional water resources.
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C.
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority is the county’s transportation planning and funding agency, responsible for developing and overseeing major transit, roadway, and mobility projects in San Francisco.
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D.
Portland Water Bureau
The Portland Water Bureau is the municipal agency responsible for providing and managing the drinking water supply and related water services for the city of Portland, Oregon.
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E.
San Mateo County Transit District
San Mateo County Transit District is the public agency that oversees and manages bus and other transit services in San Mateo County, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Target entity description: The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is the city agency responsible for providing and managing essential services such as water, power, and wastewater for San Francisco and surrounding communities.
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A.
San Francisco Department of Public Works
The San Francisco Department of Public Works is the city agency responsible for maintaining and improving San Francisco’s public infrastructure, including streets, sidewalks, public buildings, and related services.
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B.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is the largest municipal utility in the United States, providing water and electricity to the City of Los Angeles and overseeing key regional water resources.
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C.
San Francisco County Transportation Authority
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority is the county’s transportation planning and funding agency, responsible for developing and overseeing major transit, roadway, and mobility projects in San Francisco.
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D.
Portland Water Bureau
The Portland Water Bureau is the municipal agency responsible for providing and managing the drinking water supply and related water services for the city of Portland, Oregon.
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E.
San Mateo County Transit District
San Mateo County Transit District is the public agency that oversees and manages bus and other transit services in San Mateo County, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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municipal agency ⓘ public utility commission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SFPUC
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco PUC
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| appliesToJurisdiction | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Mayor of San Francisco ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
climate resilience
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environmental stewardship ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| governingBody |
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Board
|
| hasDivision |
Environmental Management
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External Affairs ⓘ Finance Division ⓘ Human Resources ⓘ Infrastructure Design and Construction division ⓘ
surface form:
Infrastructure Division
Power Enterprise ⓘ Wastewater Enterprise ⓘ Water Enterprise ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Francisco, California, United States of America
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surface form:
San Francisco, California
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| industry |
electric power
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wastewater management ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
San Francisco County
ⓘ
surface form:
City and County of San Francisco
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | San Francisco ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to provide customers with high-quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests ⓘ |
| numberOfCommissioners | 5 ⓘ |
| operatesInArea |
Alameda County
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San Francisco Peninsula ⓘ San Mateo County, California ⓘ
surface form:
San Mateo County
Tuolumne County ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
San Francisco County
ⓘ
surface form:
City and County of San Francisco
|
| ownedInfrastructure |
Hetch Hetchy Power System
ⓘ
Hetch Hetchy Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System
San Francisco wastewater collection system ⓘ San Francisco wastewater treatment plants ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
San Francisco County
ⓘ
surface form:
City and County of San Francisco
|
| partOf |
Government of San Francisco
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco city government
|
| serviceProvided |
drinking water supply
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electric power supply ⓘ green infrastructure projects ⓘ renewable energy programs ⓘ stormwater management ⓘ wastewater collection ⓘ wastewater treatment ⓘ water conservation programs ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
California state law
ⓘ
Charter of the City and County of San Francisco ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco Charter
|
| website | https://sfwater.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Description of subject: The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is the city agency responsible for providing and managing essential services such as water, power, and wastewater for San Francisco and surrounding communities.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Charter of the City and County of San Francisco
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establishesBody
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department
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collaboratesWith
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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this entity surface form:
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission water system
San Francisco Department of Public Works
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collaboratesWith
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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San Francisco Department of the Environment
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collaboratesWith
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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governingBody
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Board
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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alsoKnownAs
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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this entity surface form:
San Francisco PUC