Well come to order. I may look like congressman huffman but im not. Know its a shock. Im congressman lowenthal and is back in sonoma dealing with the wildfires and get back here to to washington. That, you ll hoping know, that the fires subside, that, you know, many people are safe, and that mr. Huffman soon. S so with that, the subcommittee oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting hear a testimony on a sea of problems. The impacts of plastic pollution wildlife. And format, anytee rule oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the minority the Ranking Member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. Hear from llow us to our witnesses sooner and help eople help members keep to their schedules. So therefore i ask for unanimous members hat all Opening Statements be made a part of the hearing record. F they are submitted to the subcommittee clerk by 5 00 p. M. Oday, or the close of the hearing, whichever comes first. Objections, so ordered. Ill op
Know, that the fires subside, and that, you know, many people are safe, and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear a testimony on a sea of problems. The impacts of plastic pollution on oceans and wildlife. Under Committee Rule format, any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep help members keep to their schedules. So therefore i ask for unanimous consent that all members Opening Statements be made a part of the hearing record. If they are submitted to the subcommittee clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today, or the close of the hearing, whichever comes first. Hearing no objections, so ordered. Ill open up and welcome all the witnesses. Were discussing a pressing environmental issue and thats plastic pollution. Certainly
Click, call or visit a store today. Announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc7 mornings. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, august 25th. I am kumasi aaron. We are starting with a look at the forecast. Heres lisa argen. Nice pictures to check out as we look at live doppler 7. Certainly the fog is with us. It is scattering out quickly. Visibility, 3 4 of a mile along the coast, two miles up to the north where it is cool in the 50s. This view of Sales Force Tower shows puffs of clouds drifting by. Upper 60s in san jose. 57 hmm bay. Varying degrees of fog, and the temperatures, a ten to 12degree spread out there. This is mount tam where it look like we are getting some clearing but the fog is close to the ground. So we have some dense pockets. 74 already by the delta. The disappearing act going on in the city today, a warmer day for everyone. Details and how long it lasts coming up. Nks thanks lisa. Breaking news out of the maryland. A gas explosion damaged several businesses
Certain nonresidential uses at 3150 18th street and requires the office of Small Business to assist businesses under the program and affirms the ceqa determination. This item was recommended as a mended and incorporates new language from committee. Colleagues, supervisor ronen . Thank you. Colleagues, in january, dozens of Small Businesses with active space learned they were facing displacement and finds due to violations of existing zoning regulations. These businesses are very small, owner operated enterprises and most of them are health and personal Services Including acupuncturists, massage practitioners and tattoo artists i was extremely concerned for the owners so i held two Community Meetings with the tenants, quickly introduced this legislation in my office personally connected the tenants to followup. Closing nearly 100 Small Businesses on the same block, all at once, would be an economic crisis for the mission, a neighborhood already suffering from the displacement of hundred
History and those policies. We need to atone for this harm. There is no simple solution to undo this pain. This will take continued organizing and work on behalf of our board, working handinhand with our local community. We need to acknowledge and address our past harm for a more hopeful future, and we also need better policies and funding to combat deep disparities in housing, health care, education, transportation, and employment. I hope that we can Work Together to take this first step and pass this legislation thinking. Supervisor walton . Thank you. I want to thank the supervisors and all the cosponsors for working hard to set up this office of racial equity, and as we continue to attempt to address the injustice and inequalities that exist in our city and work to achieve tangible outcomes from recommendations from reports such as the unfinished agenda and the outmigration report, this will finally give us a formal platform to adequately address these recommendations and requires