Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
Works subcommittee will address options to address the wild fires and Forest Management. This includes testimony from an interior Deputy Department official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to t order. The purpose of todays hearing is to receiveands testimony on i bills pending beforece the publo lands force and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of t bills onhe todays c agenda, it going to go through all of them right now. But the complete agenda will, of course, be included in the record. I want to note at the outset weve got a former member of our committee here, former senator from louisiana, longtime member of the senate and this committee is in the back. Weve got members who will be at t who have tly another Committee Assignment at the i moment. E. We have others who will be d eme joining us dtelephonically. As i want to recognize the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has
Comment is closed. Vice president follansbee okay. On the motion to move the budget to the Mayors Office, all in favor . Opposed . Lets go into item 16. Clerk item 16 is the infert willi infertility benefit status update for blue shield of california, presented by shawn lovering. I would be remiss if i did not think, on behalf of did not thank, on behalf of blue shield, natalie, for all of her work and support. We are going to miss you. Next slide. Next slide. So were here today to give you an update on our efforts around infertility. It was brought to our attention last year that there were some issues, and were going to bring to your attention that we can fix things. [inaudible] when they added the Custom Benefits that you see on the right. Next slide. So we did a ton of research when this was brought to our attention, and we identified the following areas where we had gaps. Benefit authorization and identification process. We understand that infertility is a prepersonalize very pers
We have a quorum. Thank you, commissioner secretary would you mind make the announcements please. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and the department of Public Health and governor and mayor lifted restrictions on teleconferencing and being televised. For those watching theres a time lag. On behalf of the commission id like to extend our thanks to sfgov. Tv for their assistance. If you wish to make a Public Comment on an item dial 8882733658 code 3107452 and pound followed by found again. When Public Comment is given youll hear when it is your turn to speak and your twominute speaking time will begin. I will alert you when your time is expired. The instructions will be repeat. If you have not already done so, ill ask Commission Staff to mute their microphone to minimize background noise. Before i read the first item id like to let everybody know item 12 [reading item] has been pulled from the agenda. The first item of business is item 3 approval of minutes of june 9, 2020. Commission
The minutes . Move approval. Second. Any Public Comment on the minutes of 23 of january . Hearing none, all those in favor . Aye. Opposed. The motion carries. Secondly, the january 28 minutes of the regular meeting. Are there any additions or corrections . Second. Public comment on the minutes of january 28. All in favour . Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. Lastly, the minutes of january 30, which was the special Budget Hearing number four. Any additions or corrections . Move to approve. Second. Public comment on the minutes of january 30. All in favour . Aye. Opposed. The motion carries. Next item, please. Item 4 is 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. President caen so i have two speaker cards in front of me. The first mr. Pecasa. Commissioners, my name is francisco de kosta. One of the positions i had in my life is i was six army and procedural San Francisco con