applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you folks werent even born then not too many. I see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. That was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. Very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laughter] with a 28year hiatus. applause so, i guess i have to expiate my Many Political sins and i spent time in the wilderness. But i am back and i can reflect on how poli
Japanese officials are shoring up their computer defenses as hackers go after top secrets. People who hoped to see the president s of the u. S. And iran meet at the u. N. General assembly this week have been disappointed. The muchtalked about encounter between president obama and rouhani failed to materialize. However, the two countries are maintaining their momentum. Their Foreign Ministers are due to meet on thursday for the first time in six years. A highranking u. S. Official has revealed the u. S. Tried to arrange a meeting between obama and rouhani. It would have been the first president ial encounter since the severing of diplomatic ties more than 30 years ago. But the source said iran declined on grounds it would be too complicated. Irans Nuclear Program continues to dominate the relationship. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry and Iranian Foreign minister Muhammad Zarif are scheduled to attend multinational talks on the issue. Theyll be joined by five cabinet members of the u
Nonmunicipal solar installations in our city that totaled about 3 megawatts. Today that number is nearly quadrupled. We have over 3 40 that total 12 megawatts of power. And this is saving san franciscans more than 41 2 Million Dollars a year on their electrical bills and reducing 6,000 metric tons of co2 in the atmosphere annually. Thank you. applause every bit counts. And many of these installations are becoming the standard rather than the exception and were focused on installing them in all of our lowincome homes and Affordable Housing developments as we build in this city. And as jerry brown said earlier, we are increasing our population, but were going to build the right way. Our city has also streamlined the permitting process and reduced the permitting cost for San Francisco residents. You our residential solar permits are available on the counter, over the counter, and online, and we have one of the lowest fees in the state of california and were going to keep it that way. Were
applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you folks werent even born then not too many. I see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. That was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. Very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laughter] with a 28year hiatus. applause so, i guess i have to expiate my Many Political sins and i spent time in the wilderness. But i am back and i can reflect on how poli
applause well, thank you and welcome to california. Its a great place to come and talk about solar energy because we are in the forefront of certainly the rest of the states, probably in fact, certainly in the western hemisphere, california is in the lead. And thats important. But being in the lead doesnt mean weve arrived at the goal. Got a long way to go and i hope the work you do here, the conversations, the relationships that are formed can help advance the cause of solar energy and Renewable Energy or generally. Back when i was governor the first time, that was a long time ago some of you folks werent even born then not too many. I see a few gray hairs here who are hanging around. That was a long time ago, 38 years ago, as a matter of fact. Very few people get to be governor 38 years after they first started. [laughter] with a 28year hiatus. applause so, i guess i have to expiate my Many Political sins and i spent time in the wilderness. But i am back and i can reflect on how poli