Christie smith spoke in light of the power shutoff. They remember that day like it was yesterday. They shared stories of loss and rebuilding. There was talk about updates on Community Preparedness and some pointed out challenges that are still ahead. In oakland, they remembered the disastrous and deadly fire that swept through the hills 28 years ago. I would ask that we give a moment of silence and the preparedness center. Her home burned in 1991 and many of her neighbors are new. Some of them dont know about trimming the trees or keeping the brush back on the house and all of that basic stuff that i was not aware of. She learned all about the Disaster Preparedness after the fire, but her planning was tested this month when pg e turned off power to help prevent wildfires. What i gained from this power outage was how what an island i was. I couldnt communicate. Council member believes the shutoff plan was not well sought out. The utility has said it will improve communications. The city
Community here on how to identify kids who are in isolation and who need help. It is one of the precursors to so many of these instances. She told me that thank goodness former San Francisco 49ers assistant keenan lowe was there to show compassion that young man needed before anyone was hurt. It was obvious in the way the teenager returned keenan lowes hug that he needed to connect with someone. What he needed was an embrace, love, being seen, and accepted. Whatever it was that was going on for him. Reporter officials said grenados diaz was in a Mental Health crisis before loading one shell in the shotgun and heading into the high school back in may. Beyond differences tries to create cultures of belonging in schools by making sure everyone feels included and accepted. In fact, some of the students that you saw being evacuated from park roads high school that day may have gone through the program. Theyve been in portland middle schools for four years, been in bay area schools for ten y
How we might uh ease of limitation for everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much. Commissioners questions . I have one quick question. What about when you go to a coffee shop and you get a cup and its already a biodegradable cup. Are you still want to be charged for biodegradable replacement cup . A lot of that stuff we are have ordinances in place. This is my concern. You know, styrofoam is banned in this town. The stuff you are getting already is biodegradable. Im trying to figure out what i am missing here. Right. I think some of this, and i think anybody in the coalition of advocates who are supporting the transition to reusables, even from compostables right now, will admit, you know, i think it was a little bit shortsighted to think because it is compostable means it is being composted. In fact, a lot of this waste, same with recyclables, is not. We want to diverted from landfill. Unfortunately, even if single use items are technically compostable or recyclable, a lot of them are
Members of the public. Okay. It is monday. This is a regular meeting of the Small Business Commission Held on monday october 7, 2019. This meeting is being held called to order 2 01 p. M. Members of the public, please take this opportunity to silence your phones and other electronic devices. Public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presenting office of the meeting. Speakers are requested but not required to state their name. Completion of a speaker card while optional will ensure proper spelling of the speakers names. In lewis of speaker cards if you have not yet filled one to the right. Speaker cards will be called in the order they were placed in the basket. Additionally there is a sign in sheets on the front table. Please show the office of Small Business slide. Welcome. It is our custom to begin and end each of our Small Business Commission Meetings with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only pla
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