[roll call] clerk we have a quorum. Madam president , i want to make a couple of announcements. First, i want to let everybody know that closed session will not be heard today. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommendation issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health and that Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted on teleconference, this meeting is being televised on sfgovtv. Please note that there is a delay between live and what is being viewed on sfgtv. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 14156550001, meeting i. D. 1467101398, pound, pound. To raise your hand to speak, press star, three. Please limit your Public Comment to the item that is under consideration. Im going to ask the commission and staff to mute their microphones if they have not already done so. Madam president , your first order of business is to approve the minutes of the meeting of october 27, 2020. Commissioners, do i have any questions or discussion
Reporter Paul Lowenthal is the assistant fire marshal at the fire house. They have been positioned so if a fire does break out, they can quickly respond in order to keep the fires from spreading. But he says the big concern is the wind going to the property below and also reaching in the areas. We have three years of regrowth, so there is a lot of seasonal grasses and brush that is regrown, and that area does remain a concern for us. Reporter according to lowenthal, because pg e have reduced the amount of customers who will have their power cut, it means more energized lines which can pose a risk. Part of our planning is knowing that our city will remain energized, so that has us on high alert. There is the potential that we could have fires as a result of high power lines. They spent the week clearing their house, garage and attic. They say its going to be a tough season. Were exhausted. Today i spent more time cutting down more grasses, raking up more leaves. Its just its overwhelmin
Jail by himself, we know that shots were fired at deputies. They had tactical and negotiating teams on scene they also had several streets in the area that were blocked off which have carly all been lifted now again no one was injured in this whole ordeal and again theyre going to be updating us in just a moment here we have several questions wed like to ask the one want to know how that person he was originally arrested able to acquire a weapon and also has some more information regarding what led up to these moments so again will be notified just a minute well bring that back to you but for now reporting here in san jose reyna harvey kron 4 news right in just a really quick question i know we had some street closures a surrounding that area do you know if theyve lifted those closures or not or should people still avoid the stretch. Yes, the so robin great question they have lifted those closures i dont know if you can see basically where im at right now this is a one of the main stre
Booked in actually while this all happened while he was still in handcuffs castro was able to get a hold of that deputies gun and thats when castro started shooting off rounds and that deputy was able to crawl to safety and get help he a call for backup and thats when you saw all these different agencies multiple agencies born appealing a crisis negotiators much line to contact and talk to a castro there. We do know that according to officials there saying that the deputies gun was properly store during all this the jail was on lockdown in the area near the lower Basement Parking lot. Was evacuated. But lets hear from officials everything that happened take a listen. All standard protocol for any officers or deputies that are bringing someone into custody is to a drive down the ramp into the secure facility. Secure the weapon firearms ammunition and tools inside of their patrol vehicle either in the trunk or the back in a safe location and then proceed to bring the suspect into the act
Accountable lacks we are honored to have as the guests today the senior United States senator from the state of ohio and the Ranking Member of the committee somebody that cares passionately about the issues that we focus on and care about. Almost a decade ago in the aftermath of the Global Financial crisis in fact myself and my colleagues testified about from 2011 to 2015. Once again we face a great many challenges from those in the 2007 and 2009 financial crisis. I look forward to hearing the senators perspectives on how we got here and where we can go from here. Senator brown dedicated his career to restoring the words of doctor Martin Luther king jr. Called the dignity of work and a few examples of how he puts this into practice. The senator often wears a pin of a canary in a cage from the days when minors but a canary into them and protecting Workers Health and safety. If the canary dies, the minor knew that there were Dangerous Levels and it was time for them to get out. He said i