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The states wildfire devastation. Capitol Bureau Reporter Ashley Zavala has a preview on what we can expect from his visit. President trump is reportedly flying here into Mcclellan Park in sacramento, which is serving as a command station for state Emergency Management officials white house Officials Say state leaders will provide the president with a briefing on californias wildfire situation which so far has been historic with 5 of the states largest fires burning callow yes officials confirmed the visit but say they dont have logistical details yet because of covid members of the state Republican Caucus tell us who the president will meet with is limited. Im told so far he set to be joined by congressman doug lamalfa Kevin Mccarthy and possibly governor Gavin Newsome trumps visit will come just days after Governor Newsom slammed the president s leadership on the environment noting the 100 lawsuits california has against the administration most of them environment related the governor
Officials here. First of all, it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage and we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down because their businesses and or their homes have been damaged and we have lots of challenges around the state to say the least with a variety of things whether electrical power, Water Service or you name it and we have a lot of work to do but we are in better shape today than might have been the case and so we have a lot to be thankful for as well. As you know by now im sure hurricane laura made landfall as predicted last night or i should say this morning at 1 00 a. M. As a very strong category four hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. This was most powerful storm to ever make landfall in louisiana and it is still a powerful storm that is in the state of lou
Governor John Bell Edward said the storm is the strongest to hit his statement did not sustain the catastrophic damage that had been forecast parties joined at the briefing by other state officials. Good afternoon and thank you for being here this afternoon. We have our usual lineup today the officials here today with m me. Chip klein is going to speak in just a moment. He is of course chairman of the cpra he will talk about coastal flooding we have secretary of department of transportation and development, shawn wilson who will speak in a little bit on roadways. And then we have fire Marshal Butch browning who is here to answer questions that you might have about the fire at the Chemical Plant and west lake. And obviously you can ask questions of any of the officials here. First of all it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night. But, we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage.
With d. O. A. In good faith. In addition, this is lawanna, if you look at the bottom of the page, there is a confidentiality notice, and there is a confidentiality requirement when the employer and organized labor are exchanging proposals. Those are not things that get sent out in public, just thats not how this process works. T [inaudible] the way it works is after you have an agreement, the documents that you argue with are private documents. After the agreement is reached, you can release them, but while were negotiating and this is not just the p. O. A. , all the other 30 unions in San Francisco, we do not release documents when were in a meet and confer process with anybody. Commissioner dejesus this isnt a contract for money. This is how were going to proceed under covid and whether its going to be in person or on zoom. I dont understand why that is confidential . I mean, you know i dont understand why we cant have a discussion with the public knowing what the issues are without