Tropical Storm Elsa ames were cities along the states West Coast And it could complicate the search for those survivors in the Condo Collapse in surfside. Hello, everyone. This is America Reports on a tuesday afternoon. Im SAndra Smith. Im Benjamin Hall in for john roberts. Already dropping Heavy Rain in the Florida Keys is that storm moves north, forecasters warning it could be done might bring potentially lifethreatening Storm Surges And tornadoes to most of the peninsula. SAndra we are watching all of it coming as Tropical Storm conditions continue over parts of cuba after making lAndfall there. Tearing through the caribbean. Benjamin Steve Harrigan is on the ground in clearwater beach, florida, with all the latest. Families are trying to squeeze in one day before that storm hits, approaching 60 miles an hour, Heavy Rain as well, the storm is heading this way, could threaten the entire western coast of florida, could strengthen into Hurricane Force wind, there have been some volunta
Chairman good morning, ns welcome to the Rules Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, may 24th, 2021, i am the chair, aaron peskin, joined by vice chair, Supervisor Raphael Mandelman and connie chan. Our clerk is mr. Victor young. Do you have any . Owments . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 emergency, and to protect Board Members, city employees, and the public, the Committee Room and board of Chambers Room are closed. Committee members will. Attend the meeting through Video Conference to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda, both on sfgovtv. Org or on the Number Screening across the screen, you can call 4156550001, the meeting i. D. 1874896279, and then press. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions, but you will be muted. When your item of interest comes up, dial 3. Speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit public c
Remotely, welcome to budgeting for the future of Forest Management. While we await the release of the details in President Bidens first budget request, we still have plenty to discuss today. We will hear about impact of funding for the Forest Service makes in force and communities in oregon and alaska and in every state across the United States. Chief vicki christiansen, thank you for joining us today. As a Washington State Native in your 26 years in the State Department of natural resources, you are wellversed in the issues of the ecosystems of the pacific northwest and climate chaos to us and our future generations. In my Home State of oregon, we value forests as a headwaters for the states clean Drinking Water and the genesis of our salmon runs, the backbone of our outdoor recreation and rural economies. The Forest Service and the dedicated professionals that make up its ranks are critical to the state and her people in our economy. The 2020 Wildfire Season was one of the most destr
Could you please call the roll. Absolutely. [Roll Call] Commissioner Hamasaki will join us in 15 minutes. Im not sure about brookter. [Roll Call] you have a quorum. Great, thank you, very much. All right, ladies and gentlemen, lets begin our meeting with the pledge of allegiance, please, if you can stand and place your righthand over your Heart And Repeat after me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with Liberty And Justice for all. All right, everyone, lets go ahead and get started. Sergeant, please call the first item. Clerk my apologies. Joining us tonight in chief william scotts absence, because he is attending a meeting, is d. C. E. And we also have from the Police Accountability Dr. Paul henderson. First item is public comment. So general public comment at this time, the public is now welcome to address the commission. For up to two minutes that are within the subject Matter An
Across the country. I think its worthwhile to note especially someone who has grown up here as an asian american woman that xenophobia and some of the challenges we are facing in our community is not something thats new. Its not something that just came about because of the pandemic. But its something weve seen embedded within our history here in the united states. Whether it was the people who were discriminated against when they came to work on the railroads or the chinese Exclusion Act among all of the other different discriminatory acts that weve seen, weve seen this play out through many different ways whether through legal action or the subtle ways where people are excluded or treated or always as a perpetual immigrant in this society. I have to say im very excited to be here to kick off our Apa Heritage Month and the reason is because this is an opportunity for us to take all of those challenges and that pain and that hurt and to turn it into something that is different and posi