Providing transportation in rural areas and Railroad Safety. Well also learn about the department of transportations priorities for the coming year. Live coverage on cspan3. We have some wonderful, luxurious, very nice seatingrow. Id like to encourage everybody tole to closer. Were going to have a very nice discussion. Id like to encourage everybody closer. Make the setting a little bit more cozy and familial. We very much enjoy that. We like having a nice conversation about one of our favorite Public Policy issues. Yeah. Right along there. Thanks so much. Well, great. I want to welcome everyone to this panel. Again, thank you, all, very much for joining. My name is lawrence smith. Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the u. S. Department of transportation. It will be three years this month that ive been at the department. Incredibly honored to be part of a great team. Doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts
For joining. My name is loren smith. Itll be three years this month that ive been at the department, incredibly honored to be part of a great team doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Its going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts of the country. Were really, really excited about. I had the honor of serving previously with secretary chow at the labor department. Its been a fascinating experience seeing different cabinet agencies and how the different organizations work. Im joined today by four really excellent panelists i think youre going to enjoy hearing from. I first want to introduce Alex Herrgott who is executive director of the public improvement counsel, fipsi. He has been in that role since september 2018. He had been serving previously as the associate director for infrastructure for counsel on Environmental Quality at the white house. Mr. Herrgott worked for senator james earnhoff in california. He served as primary staff for transportation
president biden, who does call himself the most pro union ever, is said to have been instrumental in pushing to get a deal done. he said it gives rail workers better pay, better working conditions and peace of mind. the sticking point for the unions representing more than 50,000 engineers and conductors was not over wages but over guaranteed sick leave. amtrak says it is working quickly to restore cancelled trains. this was something the white house badly wanted, almost needed, arlette. reporter: this really was a result of the negotiations between officials starting at 9 a.m. yesterday and culminating this morning at 5 a.m. they reached a deal around 2:30 in the morning according to a source and spent the final hours finalizing those details. while marty walsh hosted these talks at the labor department, president biden himself also got involved last night. he has fashioned himself as one of the most pro-union presidents in history and he made a call into those negotiat
63 to 67 and human so below average will feel 70 to 81 around the bay. The north bay shows Clear Conditions although we have drizzle in green making its way over to san rafael and toward 101 but we still at top speed. Be careful because when the oil builds on the roads and it is moist we do not expect it to be slick but you have to slow down and be careful. It is slick. Over the Golden Gate Bridge we are at top speeds and into San Francisco this are no delays and a look outside this is our drive through berkeley westbound, the head lights coming to the maze and at the toll plaza it is wide open. You can see Clear Conditions, not too many folks are headed into work. Yet. Breaking news. Chevron says an Early Morning fire was a minor incident that started at 2 10 and out at 3 00 a. M. It was the lowest level incident. There were no injuries. Amy hollyfield reported seeing an ambulance go into the facility a short time ago and has not come out. We will have the latest at 5 30. The allege h
Wake up call would come in the form of 500 dollar fine to those who do not heed the call to save water 0so here are new restriction. No hosing off sidewalk driveway or patio. No watering lawn or garden to the point of run off. And no washing your car unless you have a hose with a shut off nozzle. New rule could go into effect as soon as august 1st. Now even your water agency could be fined 10,000 dollars day if it doesnt get you to conserve water. The worst water wasters in Southern California coastal communities where water use was up nearly 8 and a half percent. Sacramento and the north coast had the bi biggest decline where users cut back 13 percent on average. The bay area cut back 5 percent but over all california is actually using one percent more water since the governor requested that we cut back. Heres wayne. If it rains, terrific. Reporter remain fairly certain wot it wont be by fall and then californians will appreciate the water much much more. State Water Resources control