And whether to extend the statutory deadline. S hearing. Pursuant to house rules, some members will appear in person, and others will appear remotely via webx. Since some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face unless they are talking. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you. When they are speaking in what is known in webx as an active speaker view. A temer is visible in front of you. For timer is visible in front of you. Let me remind everyone of a few points. For members appearing remotely, i know you are familiar and here are the points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing, whether in person or remote, as long as you have you
Have the ability to make appointments for. Or if you decide to run for Public Office. You know, when i decided to run for supervisor, i wanted to be a good supervisor for the people of the district i represent, where i grew up in. And so that entailed making sure i knew how to do policy and legislation and i understand how the process worked and the city worked. And the good news id been on commissions and other places. So i understood it. But i actually went back to school late in life, before i ran, to get my masters in public administration. And i ended up graduating from u. S. F. With honors, because i was committed to making sure that i was the best policymaker for the people that i represented. And im not suggesting that you do that. Its just that whatever role you want to play, you set your sights on that role and you make sure that youre prepared to take it on and all that it entails. And unfortunately in the world of politics, and in the world of public service, it also comes
Red flag warning its causing that to go really affects everyone in the bay area, not just here in the east bay, but also those in the north bay where that fire is burning right as well as east bay hills and Santa Cruz Mountains last time we saw a red flag warning the glass fire erupted over the weekend. So now more than ever we need to take this seriously its no joke time to get that go bag there are going to be northwest winds up 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. They also have dry conditions throughout the bay area with very low humidity which is a recipe for a wildfire. Power flex alert is going into effect at 3 this afternoon and youre being asked to conserve electricity, everyone if they put in a little bit the maybe we can prevent Power Outages because we know those can be a pain. Heres some tips on your screen turn your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close your blinds and drapes to keep your home cool dont use major appliances d
Again, that number to access to the Public Comment line is 146 705 6896. You will press pound and then pound again to be added to the queue. When youre connected you will hear the meeting discussions and youll be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. If you dial star 3 before Public Comment is called, you will be added to the queue. When you are called for Public Comment, mute and when it is your time you will be prompted to do so. Public comment is three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presiding officer of the meeting. An alarm will sound when the Public Comment time is finished and speakers are requested and not required to seek their name. Show the office of Small Business slide. Good evening, today we will begin with a reminder the Small Business commissioner is the Office Public forum to f
Host that does it for todays washington journal. The American Enterprise institute is hosting epa administrator andrew weaver. That conversation is beginning now. Administrator we were, he will have some opening remarks and then i will have questions. You can ask questions to pitch as you can see on our event page and or youtube page, and questions on twitter at hashtags airandwater. First, his opening remarks. Admin. Wheeler i want to thank aei for inviting me to be here today. Month, i provided reflections on the past 50 years of the amber mental Protection Agency and laid out a plan for its future at the nixon library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past 40 years, how we are going to get to this future. It is incontrovertible that today, the environment is in better shape under President Trump than we found it. Air pollution in this country has fallen 7 . Manyyear, the apa delisted superfund sites. And we will ddelist another 27 this year.