Good afternoon, welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, june 29th, 2020. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined by supervisor safai and supervisor dean preston, our clerk is ms. Erika major. Mrs. Major, do you have i in announcements . Clerk yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members, to the employees and the public the board of supervisors legislative chamber room are closed. How many, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This is taken pursuant to the state wide sta stay at home ordr and declarations of directives. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same ex at the present time if theyre present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. On channel 26 and sftvgov. Org. Each speaker will allowed two minutes to specific. And call the none on the screen. 408 4189388. The meet
Special thanks to jim moran and Shelley Rodman and also set carey who cannot be here tonight, for working together so i could speak. These organizations that i admire so much, the american aquarian society and mass audubon. We have been working at a variety of times maybe 30 years, always found it to be such an intellectually welcoming community here, a place where scholarship and friendship come together in such a remarkable way. Im very, very grateful to all of my friends here, the members of this exceedingly smart staff and this year to my fellow fellows who are also exceedingly smart. [laughter] gregory nobles and then there is mass audubon. I got to worcester, i got the opportunity to go to the mass audubon, and i was struck by the energy and commitment of the people who are working with were working for mass audubon. I got a sense and a taste of their very wise it and effective advocacy, and not just for birds but also for the environment and also really for all of us. And also,
Always found it to be such an intellectually welcoming community here, a place where scholarship anp an friendship ce together in such a remarkable way. Im very, very grateful to all of my friends here, the members of this exceedingly smart staff and this year to my fellow fellows who are also exceedingly smart. [laughter] gregory nobles and then there is mass audubon. I got to western western, i got the opportunity to go to the mass operative audubon, and i was struck by the energy and commitment of the people who are working with were working for mass audubon. I got a sense and a taste of their very wise it and effective advocacy, and not just for birds but also for the environment and also really for all of us. And also, their stewardship of the land, some 60 natural sites in massachusetts, 58 for me, but i am going. Honored to be here, happy to be here, happy to talk about my man audubon. When i think about john james audubon, when i write about him, i see him as a man of so many i
And you can see that blast, inside of the airport in istanbul posted on the intent show the moment when a three suicide bummers blew himself up. This morning, the numbers stand at 42 kills and 239 wounded. In group has taken responsibility but the turkish fishes are convinced the massacre was the work of isis. Airports across the United States are ramping up security this morning. Some passengers ared thatbly nervous about travel how about the bay area airplanes . Matt . Good morning, i checks and you can see there are 119 flights to and from the airport in istanbul that have been canceled for today. Before you head to the airport make sure your flight is on time and flying today. Those with conducting flights on the east coast or in europe will be facing hardships trying to get to istanbul. A lot of people are trying to get there today with flights making it out, and many are learning about the trim people bombing in turkey when they arrived year at sfo so passengers changed travel pl
The Prime Minister of israel is telling his citizens to prepare for a long conflict in the gaza strip. Benjamin netanyahu says the operation against the islamist group, hamas, will continue until military forces accomplish their mission. Both sides are trading blame yet again for the latest casualties in this threeweeklong conflict. Nhk worlds craig dale is following this story for us. Reporter Prime Minister netanyahu is showing no signs of softening his position. He said, quote, there is no war more just than this. Netanyahu went on television to tell israelis that this war wont be over any time soon. The Prime Minister says stamina and determination are required in the struggle against hamas and its allies. He repeated one of his goals, the demilitarization of the gaza strip. Now, netanyahu says to do that, his troops must continue to destroy tunnels hamas fighters use to infiltrate israel. Israeli commanders say they have demolished about half of the tunnels. They have also been tr