reinstate the u.s. grains standard agget and for ear purposes. the gentleman from minnesota, peterson, and the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway. mr. peterson: i ask that members may have five legislative days to include their extraneous remarks on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. peterson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. peterson: i rise in support grains . 4054, u.s. standard re-authorization act of 2020. i thank ranking member conaway and general farms commodity chairman and ranking member for passage of the united states grain re-authorization act of 2020. the inspections provided by the federal grain inspection service defined and classify grain as as well as assign grains and quality assignments and these inspection provided a gold standard backed by grain buyers and sellers. american grain farmers participate in a very competitive world. the
reporter: san francisco pride, like every other event, looks different this year. the celebration is still being honored online. like other times before, we ll get through this too and music can be our therapy. reporter: it s a different way to celebrate pride, but an important celebration, nonetheless. yes, there are less parties but there can be just as much pride. reporter: the annual san francisco pride event moved online this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. it s understandable. we have to recognize this is something we have to respond to. reporter: it s still disappointing. i think every movement needs allies. the virtual world is hard ever to bring those folks in. reporter: they re making the most by hosting 13 hours of programming to honor the 50 anniversary. musical performance, discussions activists and celebrity appearances are some of what s happening now. we really tried to do our best to pick up everything that you normally see at ci
legal assistant i m i m cynthia goldstein the board s executive director. we re going to be joined as by we re joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. sitting in the front right now is amanda representing the bureau of mapping and she s joined by her colleague raul shaw i believe chris buck is here in the front right now with the bureau of urban forestry and scott sanchez will be here shortly and representing his office and the planning department and planning commission electronic devices are prohibited. please carry on conversations out in the hallway. permit holders and others have up to 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. have up to 3 minutes - no rebuttal. to assist the board in the accurate preparation of the minutes, members of the public are asked, not required to submit a speaker card or business card to the clerk. speaker cards and pens are available on the left side of the podium. if you have a
hon. commissioners director forbes and port seven thank you for allowing me the opportunity to tell you about pier 39 birthday celebration. in the late 1970s savvy san francisco businessman warren simmons dreams of building an urban park along the city s underdeveloped waterfront. october 4, 1978 simmons dream became a reality. when he transformed his dilapidated cargo pier into pier 39 and eclectic collection of specialty shops restaurants and attractions. the first public private partnership project built along the embarcadero since world war ii pier 30 on pave the way for future development on alongside the bait. in the beginning the property was built in controversy and various legal battles. after opening to the public it was evident that tenant sales were much lower than anticipated. due to these issues and only three years after opening to the public pier 30 or so to warren south s forte was to take undervalued and underperforming retail properties and bring them to
report good afternoon members of the commission. members of the public and port simon lake forbes or director. the first item is to congratulate pier 30 on august 30 ninth birthday. it was october of 1978 that pier 39 opened on schedule i here to here in san francisco. at its opening pier 39 had 50 stores, 23 restaurants, a diving pool and street performers. today it is a two-level open air festival marketplace which owes 60+ specialty retail shops 20 attractions 14 restaurants including the rock café and bubblegum shrimp cold pier 30 on offers breathtaking views of the bait out because golden gate bay bridge and the 300 berth marina and live daily entertainment. one in three visitors to san francisco goes to pier 39. today we have kept the paper here. she s the senior vice president of marketing for pier 39 and she s come here to talk to us about the year-long celebration that pier 39 is kicking off an senior vice president she is responsible for the continued development