Help. Ive met county supervisors and two of them in particular the supervisors in th and the entire districts were on fire. Yet they were leading the charge in the recovery effort into doing so in such a selfless way. But ithe entire communities were devastated. People lost everything and are still suffering to an incredible extent because the loss they experiencedw and it isnt being resettled. My heart breaks and i know that we feel for the 42 people and the families whose lives were ended in the fighters. Therfires. There were 42 people in this region who lost their lives. More,4 than 8,400 homes and buildings were destroyed. For example in santa rosa, the housing stockis is 4 of the stk is gone and many of the folks areng middleclass families, plumbers and teachers and First Responders who were barely able to meet their mortgage. Fires scorched more than 245,000 acres, 100,000 were forced to evacuate. I am in all of the firefighters and firstt responders who fought day and night and
When the japs bombed pearl harbor, they may people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable additional value. Both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away. Japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of supplying them was by sea or air. With no overland connection across the wilderness of northwestern canada, not even a trail. If our shipping lanes could be interrupted, alaska might fall. The situation called for immediate action. The canadian government had already carved out a series of five airports between edmonton in alberta and yukon territory. With canadas consent, the United States War Department decided to build a milit
When the japs bombed pearl harbor, they may people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable additional value. Both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away. Japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of supplying them was by sea or air. With no overland connection across the wilderness of northwestern canada, not even a trail. If our shipping lanes could be interrupted, alaska might fall. The situation called for immediate action. The canadian government had already carved out a series of five airports between edmonton in alberta and yukon territory. With canadas consent, the United States War Department decided to build a milit
30, 1867, u. S. Secretary of state William Seward reached an agreement to purchase alaska from russia for 7. 2 million. Originally dubbed sewards folly, that was retracted when gold was discovered. Up next, alaska highway, a 1944 u. S. Army film documenting building highway from the lower 48 states to fairbanks through the canadian wilderness. The highway was gradually approved and opened to the public in 1948. [video clip] narrator when the japs bombed pearl harbor, they made people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable value both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away, and japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of sup
Folks for sfgtv for the broadcast, clerk. Please be sure that all devices are silenced, items acted on today will appear on june 7 board of supervisors agenda. Please read the first item. To discuss the codes for Motor Vehicle tracking systems and all Motor Vehicles by the city. Thank you, this item is brought to us by supervisor yee, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair peskin, morning, everybody, the item we are talking about is telematics, and this is a technology that has gps along with capabilities to collect data on speed, mechanical diagnosis, safety and other information. In other jurisdictions this technology has shown significant benefits early on including increasing safety, substantial cost savings. Has been used to correct, train and coach, to improve driving habits. Decrease inappropriate or unauthorized use of the vehicles and shown to have environmental benefits and reducing emission. Typically San Francisco leads the nation in setting precedence but in this case we are