Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir
Pockets like wool but they are made of recycled plastic bottles. I dont know how they do it. There is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through Golden Community garden. We have it right in the middle of good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. Today, we have director Mary Ellen Carroll to answer your questions regarding the elevated temperatures and the citys respond to covid19. As a friendly reminder to please keep yourself on mute to avoid distraction. You can submit up to two questions via chat only. We will do our best to take questions in the order received up until q a. We will happily take any questions after at press dem. Org. Okay. One of the first questions we have for director carroll, does San Francisco plan on opening any cooling centers for the upcoming heat wave . If so, can you provide any addresses and daily hours that they will be open . Hi, everyone. So this is Mary Ellen Carroll. We are not planning or will
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Constant. Peoples habits an preferences and city and state policy always changing and theyll have an impact on the electricity demand in San Francisco. We used the i. R. P. To plan for changes that influence electricity demand and then identify how those changes influence the Electricity Supply portfolios were modeling. Our current work is focussed on analyzing two sensitivities. What if 100 of new vehicle registration in 2030 are electric vehicles. And what if all new construction in San Francisco is 100 electric. For our work now were assuming that would occur starting in 2024. After we complete our analysis, staff will recommend our preferred portfolio for the commission to adopt and that will be submitted to the california p. U. C. The preferred portfolio will tie together our Sensitivity Analysis, findings from our local Renewables Report which we submitted to the commission in february and city and state policy goals. What we submit will serve as a resource road map for clean pow
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