Department officials, john and awardwinning author, shelby steele. At first, heres a portion of the 2013 interview with George Schultz freed secretary of state during the Reagan Administration he talked about his book issues on my mind. And the issues on my mind, you write that when it comes to terrorism, this country must think hard about the moral stakes involved and if we truly believe in our Democratic Values and our way of life, we must be willing to defend that. Passive measures are unlikely to suffice. Needs of our active defense must be considered and given the necessary political support. Estate if you have a Law Enforcement approach, you say okay, but a terrorist attack happened. Then we find out who did it. And then we try them in the u. S. Court. And we find them guilty. Then they go to jail. What has that accomplished. A certain deterrence but in the meantime, tara stark has taken place. In the terrorist act like 911 can kill a lot of people. So if you know something is co
Called the trillion trees act,s an effort that was made more um public by president trumps support of that at the davos World Economic forum. Tell us, congressman, what does this act propose . Well, this is an act that does just what it says, plant trees across the globe by 2050, for the u. S. To do our share oft that. Lott s a whole more, though. Our biggest tool that we have are forestsnd kee as far as mitg climate issues. When we utilize those forests and keep them sustainable and working and active, we royal have the best tool thats out there thats widespread, its natural, and its very economical to sequester carbon out of the atmosphere with fr forests. You come to this as a forester yourself, the only one in congress, a graduate of yale, a masters in forestry there. This must have been music to your ears when you heard the president getting behind this re effort. Yeah,is abo its something t near and dear too me. If you look at the planet, takn theres 3 billion tree the in the pla
Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Mr. Acosta, good afternoon. Commissioner paulson is joining us. Good afternoon. I got a few calls from the area where some houses were dren drenched and for some, the city workers or sfpuc did not respond to the situation. So, we need to find out what happened. In the army we have standard operating spread procedures. I know the general manager may not have been in San Francisco when the rain fell. He should go over there in this situation because again and again, that area is effected. Something needs to be done. Its engineering. The other thing is the island. The businesses over there and the people. They dont get steady electricity. We need to find out in the short range and the long range, what are we doing about that . I know in the year 2019, we have generators that can kick in and supply electricity. Text not right when people have food in the re
November 26th. Is there a motion and second . Any comments on the minutes . Hearing none, all those in favor . Aye. Those opposed . Motion carries. Next item please. General Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Mr. Acosta, good afternoon. Commissioner paulson is joining us. Good afternoon. I got a few calls from the area where some houses were dren drenched and for some, the city workers or sfpuc did not respond to the situation. So, we need to find out what happened. In the army we have standard operating spread procedures. I know the general manager may not have been in San Francisco when the rain fell. He should go over there in this situation because again and again, that area is effected. Something needs to be done. Its engineering. The other thing is the island. The businesses over there and the people. They dont get steady electricity. We need to find out in the shor
[roll call] thank you. The next item is the approval for the minutes from november 26th. Is there a motion and second . Any comments on the minutes . Hearing none, all those in favor . Aye. Those opposed . Motion carries. Next item please. General Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Mr. Acosta, good afternoon. Commissioner paulson is joining us. Good afternoon. I got a few calls from the area where some houses were dren drenched and for some, the city workers or sfpuc did not respond to the situation. So, we need to find out what happened. In the army we have standard operating spread procedures. I know the general manager may not have been in San Francisco when the rain fell. He should go over there in this situation because again and again, that area is effected. Something needs to be done. Its engineering. The other thing is the island. The businesses over there and the