Hearing. Shana broussard, sean cooksey and Alan Dickerson are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections commission, as our witnesses are joining us remotely, i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, is significant president ial nomination and significant to the work of this committee and i know youre proud, your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about the nominees and then ill turn to another Committee Member senator cruz to talk about the third nominee, Alan Dickerson is not the nominee to be a member of the federal Election Commission for a term expiring on april the 30th 2025 and he has been practicing law for 20 years primarily in the areas of First Amendment and campaignfinance since 2011 mr. Dickerson has been the legal director of the institute for free speech, a Nonprofit Organization that litigates First Amendment an
Evening, everybody im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan in for ken wayne tonight, so lets get straight to it. Heres where power shutoffs stand right now this is a pg and e map for right now. And we have Team Coverage tonight we will begin with our Lawrence Karnow in the Weather Center with the latest on the wind event which is really the main concern when it comes to the fire danger tonight. Lawrence yeah, i certainly weve seen some tremendous winds. Well, the strongest wind events of the season so far in fact youre seeing latest image here weve got High Pressure out there in the pacific weve got a low pressure just to our east and really the difference between these 2 which is causing all the gusty winds not only here but around the state southern california. Theyve got the santa ana blowing too. Theyve got an active fire there causing some extremely dangerous conditions right now that ridge building in over the upset in northwest, great basin that low kick into these once these begin
Sfgovtv. Org. Members who will be calling in its 415 6550001 and again that number is 415 6550001. The access code is i just lost it. That is perfect. You can find it at the top of the screen under event info. Thank you. So, the access code is 146 816 8238. So the callin number is 415 6550001. And the access code is 146 816 8238. When you are dial that access code press pound and then pounden you will be prompted to do so and best practices are called from a quiet location and speak fully and Public Comment is three minutes per speaker unless established by the presiding officer of the meeting. An alarm will sound when the time is finished and speakers are requested but not required to. We have a reminder the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that effect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. The office of Small Business is the best place to get answers about doing thinks in San Francisco durin
When we reach the item youre interested in, press star 3 to be added to the queue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes. When you have 30 seconds remaining, you will hear a chime indicating your time is almost up. I will announce that cure time is up to take next person to speak. Speak clearly and slowly and please mute the volume on your television or computer. I like to take roll at this time. [roll call] first touch is consideration of items proposed for continuance. 1760 ocean avenue, conditional use authorization proposed for continuance december 3, 2020. Item 2, continuance december 17th 2020, item 3, 1600 ocean avenue, conditional use authorization has been withdrawn. Im pleased to announce to you that under your discretionary review calendar, item 12, 811 valencia street, the discretionary review has been withdrawn. I have no other items proposed for continuance. We should take Public Comment on the matters proposed for continuance or that have been withdrawn. Membe
[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part