Good morning. So this meeting will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled oversight of doe, during covid19 pandemic. Members will be participating in todays hearing finally in person or remotely via video conferences. And just as a reminder weve had some technical difficulties in making sure that our remote video was operating up to standard. As part of this hearing, the microphones of members participating remotely will be set on mute for the purpose of eliminating inadvertent background noise. Members participating remotely will need to unmute their microphones each time you wish to speak. For members and witnesses participating in person, i encourage you to wear your mask whenever you are not speaking. Dr. Monahan, our physician, stressed in attending physician covid19 guidelines that use of face coverings is meant to protect other people in case someone was unknowingly infected and does not have symptoms. But wearing our mask when we are not speakin
As we learn more about that unfolding situation today. But first, we want to turn or attention to a major change underway in america. Today workers in our Energy Industry are wondering where the Biden White House is leaving them. They spent decades Building Energy independence in this country. Thats been great news for workers and not such great news for other big Energy Providers like venezuela or russia or the middle east. We were building our own enormous energy supply. That shifted. The global power dynamic in a way that has not been seen since the advent of the automobile. Now its changing. Executive orders are it sheing down new leases for fracking on federal land. As you know, the xl pipeline is a casualty here. Heres what some of those workers are saying as they react to this. You prepare for these large projects. When one gets the rug yanked out from under it, you have nothing the next year or two years. I cant believe that all this in one day, that a mans stroke of a pen can
Protesters stake over a San Francisco restaurant to try to call attention to the Property Owners treatment of renters. The Trump Administration asked to step up immigration laws and they are targeting San Francisco. Lets get it over to your weather, its going to be sunny and beautiful today, but a little bit chillier than we saw yesterday because of all the Clear Conditions, just a second ago, you could see out of the tower, but you can see the fog now, lets check in on your current temperatures, dipping into the 30s in the north bay, these temperatures are coming down before they go up, but likely you are seeing some type of fog in those areas, three quarters of a mile in santa rosa, along the coast, but elsewhere you seem to but in some of these lowlying areas, you will have some area issues with visibility, mostly patchy fog for those of you waking up this morning, the sun will come through nice and strong, pretty much all of us, and then we will be warming up, warmer than yesterday
Nonlethal force, but then fired when he charged at them with a metal rod. The suspect survived. And pg e is providing Clean Energy Providers millions of dollars of electricity at no cost. They offered up 11 million of carbon free energy. It comes from the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power plant that could potentially close by 2025 or sooner. Now our original series project home, a bay area photographer has given away thousands of free head shots to homeless clients. She tells our Susie Steimle about the project thats not only changed her life, but also helped her subjects see themselves in a different light. This is the section for homeless vets. Reporter when virginia becker first started taking professional head shots of homeless clients, she never imagined it would be her own inhibitions on full display. What was the first shoot like for you . Were you nervous . I was because it was still us and them. Im so embarrassed to say that. Reporter like many people still do, when virginia saw a h
Duplicate the file so it can be amended to require electric readiness and thank you for your commitment to drafting a natural gas ban in new construction next year. While it is moving through the channels, too many buildings already approved could use fossil fuel. [please stand by]. Its a byproduct of burning. And in the home, that means gas ranges, gas generators, gas heating, every year people are killed by Carbon Monoxide buildup. So, this is your chance to get that toxic fuel out of our homes. Lets do it fairly, equitably and thoroughly. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Im a sof asoftwear engineera coalition of environmental groups includin including 350 an go on for a lot longer. Id like to thank both of department of the environment, the Mayors Office and supervisor mandelman for their work on todays ordinance. We notice a huge lift over many, many months and we also appreciate your commitment to introducing a full natural gas band in the spring. As annie efficiency code, the