Good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, tuesday september 26, 2023. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll . Thank you mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Supervisor dorsey, present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional ter
Please come to order. We have a vote at 11 45 but that should leave us an opportunity to hear from our witnesses and have good time for questions. I told our witnesses that i was delighted to be talking about something other than the individual Health Insurance market. And im really quite serious about that because we know that the larger issues in health care are much more than the 6 of the people, every one of whom is important, who have to buy their Health Insurance in the individual Health Insurance market. So were glad to have this discussion and a subject on which both republicans and democrats have a lot of interest and we look forward to your advice. Today were holding a hearing to look at what can be done to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle choices to help prevent serious illnesses and reduce Health Care Costs. Senator murray and i will each have an Opening Statement and then well introduce the witnesses. After the witness testimony, senators will each have five mi
Sonoma county. And a little cool there for tomorrow. Back to sonoma, santa rosa, not much but looks to be increasing here. Marin county and right along the san mateo coast and in San Francisco. Look at the sign of thunderstorms coming up on 5. Thats a sign of things to come here. This sends a lot of instability. Cloudy, cooler, light rain in the mix, thunderstorm in the valley continuing throughout the day. The cooling continues. A lot of 60s here on the temps. Sal, 7 01. Any reports of rain . Not in the main part of the bay area. Bay bridge, east bay, San Francisco, yes, but, in Sonoma County and parts of marin county and to the north, as you said. Thats causing traffic to be slow. Steve, of course, spot on with his weather. At the bay bridge toll plaza, there is not a big delay. Car pool lanes are doing very well. No major problem on to the stand. 880 is slowing early. Slow. Usually, if its slow, its 7 02 which leads me to below there he is something going on here. A crash southbound
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