asked them if they would give me a ride to the airport. i walked to the airport and rented a car and ended up going around san jose to get back. a lot of my friends did not get back for a day or so. it was quite an eye opener to me. i have been an elected public official for a long time. during that time i have been very interested and concerned about disaster and disaster preparedness and how we can mitigate and plan and demand so when it happens we re prepared. and at berkeley i won t give you the whole litany but berkeley is one of those communities that is highly educated. we have 22 nobel prize winners from brerkly. the gentleman from fema, we have more people take the new york times percent-wise than new york city. we also take the chronicle in higher percentage than people? san francisco. i don t know. people in berkeley have been extremely generous. we have one of the highest tax rates in the nation. you know, not just in the state but in the nation, and peopl
safe committee meets every month. they have pulled people for a lot of reasons but especially with disaster preparedness and that s been helping us out as part of it. communication was key. we started a fishnet radio program every tuesday when you hear the sirens go off at noon, 20 of our properties across the wharf do a radio check with our organization to make sure that they re checking in and we report on that monthly to find out who is and who isn t checking in. it serves as a great reminder. things obviously change and people switch within organizations so if we see that an organization is not checking in we double back with them to find out what s going on and make sure we can have them as part of it. the emergency preparedness group also works on a drill every year, and we just had our drill this last friday in partnership with the san francisco fire department, the department of emergency management, first 72 hours. we had a drill so the community members that live ne
asked them if they would give me a ride to the airport. i walked to the airport and rented a car and ended up going around san jose to get back. a lot of my friends did not get back for a day or so. it was quite an eye opener to me. i have been an elected public official for a long time. during that time i have been very interested and concerned about disaster and disaster preparedness and how we can mitigate and plan and demand so when it happens we re prepared. and at berkeley i won t give you the whole litany but berkeley is one of those communities that is highly educated. we have 22 nobel prize winners from brerkly. the gentleman from fema, we have more people take the new york times percent-wise than new york city. we also take the chronicle in higher percentage than people? san francisco. i don t know. people in berkeley have been extremely generous. we have one of the highest tax rates in the nation. you know, not just in the state but in the nation, and peopl
we realized that it wasn t running and the bridge was down. so it was quite an adventure getting back. what actually happened, i was able to get a bus that was headed down the peninsula and i asked them if they would give me a ride to the airport. i walked to the airport and rented a car and ended up going around san jose to get back. a lot of my friends did not get back for a day or so. it was quite an eye opener to me. i have been an elected public official for a long time. during that time i have been very interested and concerned about disaster and disaster preparedness and how we can mitigate and plan and demand so when it happens we re prepared. and at berkeley i won t give you the whole litany but berkeley is one of those communities that is highly educated. we have 22 nobel prize winners from brerkly. the gentleman from fema, we have more people take the new york times percent-wise than new york city. we also take the chronicle in higher percentage than people
running and the bridge was down. so it was quite an adventure getting back. what actually happened, i was able to get a bus that was headed down the peninsula and i asked them if they would give me a ride to the airport. i walked to the airport and rented a car and ended up going around san jose to get back. a lot of my friends did not get back for a day or so. it was quite an eye opener to me. i have been an elected public official for a long time. during that time i have been very interested and concerned about disaster and disaster preparedness and how we can mitigate and plan and demand so when it happens we re prepared. and at berkeley i won t give you the whole litany but berkeley is one of those communities that is highly educated. we have 22 nobel prize winners from brerkly. the gentleman from fema, we have more people take the new york times percent-wise than new york city. we also take the chronicle in higher percentage than people? san francisco. i don t kn