Same way they have in the past decade. And will talk more about why this is. Make sure we discuss what our response is going to be to this evolving problem. Weekrchers just last published a major scientific report. The report made it clear if we are ever going to get ahead of the problem the Forest Service needs to respond to wildfires in a fundamentally different way. A self reinforcing cycle of counter effective actions. The same keep using tired approaches we have for the last 100 years. We need to make sure we are focused on getting different results. Common sense tells us our response these to be modified now that the problem is different. The Service Report does a great job tell great job summing up what the report needs to do. Altering the current trajectory will require a total system transformation. States thebluntly status quo increases losses we suffer from wildfires and significantly affects the ability to meet the core mission. We need new solutions. My chairg to work with
Gold mine in the u. S. Turns the Colorado River yellow. And we are in bangladesh where the shrimp industry is booming, but it comes at a high price to the environment. Protesters in japan have gathered outside a Nuclear Plant as it restarts for the First Time Since the fukushima disaster in 2011. The sendai reactor in southern japan is the first to Begin Operating under new safety rules. It marks japans return to Nuclear Energy after the 2011 meltdown at the fukushima power plant. Tom osullivan joins me live from tokyo. Thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. Despite the protests, japan have gone ahead with this. Was it the right thing for them to do . I think that there are several aspects to this. As you said, reactors have been offline for almost two years. So japan has the highest, among the countries, it has the highest level of Energy Dependency in g 7 and oecd. Its the second after lux upburg. Japan needs to improve its energy situation. Nuclear helps to do that and reduces
Displace them thank you for you and your staff for [inaudible] the whale . They found how many whale fossils . Significant importance in the project itself and the academy of science is in dialogue for about a year or so in terms of helping cureate and handle these but prevented us from getting involved after i joined the commission. Any other comments . Thank you slnt excellent report. We have Public Comment . Okay, for my last update, would like to have a budget status report. Have a [inaudible] eric sandler give you a update. President caen, commissioners eric sandler, assistant general manager of Business Services and chief Financial Officer of pu crnchlths happy to be before you after a 10 year highates and here with a brief presentation that is a your relural quarterly budget report. The budget report that im about to present is a summary of fiscal year 15, recently completed june 30 that needs preodd audit numbers so they havent been to audit for external audit [inaudible] and t
The office of aging. And want to bring to your attention upcoming Diabetes Program that the Senior Center is helping they have always scheduled and we have sent this information out and shared with daas contractors and the network. We wanted to let you know if you want to pass it on and share with your friends and network. I have hard copies on the table and you would like electronic copies, i can share with bridget and share with you. Hearing no other Public Comments, can i have a motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. Its moved and second that we adjourn the meeting. Thank you. Meeting adjourned. [gavel] good afternoon, i woul tacall to order the regular meeting of San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Today is tuesday august 11, 2015. Roll call, please president cane, here. Commissioner courtney, here. Commissioner kwon, here. Commissioner moran, here. Commissioner [inaudible]. Before you you have the minutes of july 28, 2015. Any corrections . Any Public Comment on the minutes .
You come forward, please . I have 2. Good afternoon commissioners. My name is Christine Hanson and im speaking to you today as a member of the save ccsf coalition. I would thrike address the Real Estate Service report of the attempt of [inaudible] along where the Mayors Office to [inaudible] Housing Development at the bal bola reservoir. It is claimed on one end by the sfpuc and on the onet end city college is in deed still one parcel. The u. S. And history has been intertwined between ccsf and the Water Department for decades rchlt i document written by joans and stokes entitled common sequa mistakes [inaudible] to declare a parking lot full of car suhr plus is to [inaudible] with the common sequa mistake. When trying to assess the needs of the nearest neighbor, ccsf, youre dealing now with the changing state imposed administration that sspuc is resting on the word of Public Officials who guven the school when no public input was allowed. The current board of trustee meet rgz not vide