With pacific gas and electric have been crisscrossing napa county repairing and inspecting power lines and poles. Before turning the power back on its getting kind of old yeah as usual residents who live west of the river in calistoga have been without power. This time since sunday afternoon. Some have been through it so many times that they bought a generator to make life a little easier. Ieeping one tv going. A light in my bedroom. Light in the kitchen. Wi fi. And the refrigerator. And its not just homes west of the river that have been without power. But weiner east to like castello di amorosa still after wine tasting continues, we had a generator. That is able to any. A gift card that whole castle not only is this winery had to deal with power shut offs but its warehouse and 10,000 cases of wine were destroyed by the glass fire at the end of last month. Still they keep pushing ahead because were so used having files for the last 4 years including the whole bay area. People are now
Coronavirus impact on the nations Food Industry, Small Business can be heard from representatives of the industry on supply chain issues, loss of customers, perishable food than facility cleaning and maintenance, this is just over 90 minutes. I call this hearing to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I think everyone especially our witnesses for joining us today for our committees private hearing. I want to note some important requirement. Let me begin by saying the Committee Rules and practice continue to fly during hybrid proceedings. Members are reminded they are expected to adhere to these rules including decorum. During the period designated by the speaker the committee will operate in accordance with House Resolution 965 under subsequent guidance from the rules committee in a manner that respects the rights of all members to participate. House regulation requires members to be visible through video connection throughout the proceedings
Activity in the Second Quarter of 2020 we are going to see eyepopping forecasts in the third quarter. We cannot lose sight of what that means for people who are struggling, businesses who are struggling, in the fact we still have a deep hole. Recovery,led k shaped and those who do not have options to work from home, is already fading away. We see a hollowed out downtown. [indiscernible] what does that mean for city revenue . In high rent districts employment is still at that 45 of precovid levels. Colleagues and i have a clause looking at what this means for cities and how it depends on revenue structure, industry, and exposure to covid as well as federal and state policy response. If i could get the next slide, please . Go. E we going into this there were a lot of things we thought we knew about city economies and finances. Much of that has been upended by covid. You are thought to be a Success Story if you are a service economy, and now they are under threat. We used to think cities
Tonight. Calistoga continues to get beat up the last couple of months. Reporter they certainly do, jessica. Once again folks in calistoga or many folks here in calistoga are without power. You can see the traffic light at this intersection is not working tonight. But people here are understanding. Last nights wind caused a lot of worry. Pg e crews are busy repairing the damage caused by last nights windy weather. Sustained winds of up to 76 miles an hour in the north bay did, indeed, topple trees and take down power lines. This giant pine tree in angwin fell right onto pg e lines, pulling down three power poles. We would have had a major issue by all means. Reporter luckily the neighborhood was part of pg es Public Safety power shutoff. Folks here fear if the electricity had been on, theyd have been in a world of trouble. Pg e was right this time. They prevented a big fire. Our house is safe, and were thankful for that. Reporter pg e started turning off the power late yesterday afterno
Strong. Were talking about potentially over 50mile an hour gusts, Strong Enough to knock down tree branches especially any trees weakened by fires in the north bay the past couple of months and if those get knocked down into power lines, thats why were concerned about the power aspect. Red flag warning goes through friday morning at 11 00 in effect for north bay mountains, east bay hills, valleys and santa cruz mountains. Its the combination of the gusty winds, especially in the higher terrain, the heat and very low humidity, talking relative humidity levels in the Single Digits that has us the most concerned. Paul, thank you. The pg e update on the power shutoffs is underway right now. Lets listen in. We want to show you where we stand at this hour regarding this Public Safety power shutoff. A Severe Weather event with hot, dry conditions and high wind gusts is expected to begin this evening. Forecasted gusts are anticipated to reach about 55 Miles Per Hour. We expect these high winds