Admiral blair serves as a member of the Energy Security leadership council, the National Bureau of Asian Research, u. S. China relations in the atlantic council. Previously served as director of National Intelligence from january 2009 to may 2010 and prior to retiring from the navy he was after 34 years commander of u. S. Pacific command, admiral blair will provide testimony on the drivers of chinas development of expeditionary capabilities. After admiral blair we will hear from kristin, chief executive officer of Vantage Point asia llc, a consultancy that provides expertise on the Indo Pacific Region with a focus on Chinese Foreign policy and Security Issues. She also holds a position of abject senior policy analyst at asd, formally she served director of the navy asiapacific Advisory Group at the pentagon. And was a senior project director for Chinese Military writtenrity, she has extensively on Chinese Foreign policy security and military affairs. She will address how bri furthers t
[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second hearing of the u. S. China economic and security review commissions 2020 annual report cycle and thank you for joining us, especially to our witnesses for the time and effort that they have put in to the testimonies. Youre going to be treated to some really, really good things here today. Wed also like to thank the House Foreign Affairs committee for securing this room for our use today. Todays hearing examines chinas ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. And the implications of these growing capabilities for u. S. Interests. In january, 2016, after communist Party General secretary and Central Military Commission Chairman xi jinping reorganized the Peoples Liberation army, this commission explored the push toward making the pla a force more capable of conducting Global Operations and i think commissi commissioner was the cochair for that, too. And four years later were exam
Sf govtv San Francisco Government Television on. Good morning. The meeting will come to order. This is the october 2720 mean. 2023. Sorry homeless. I had my shot last night and im a little off because of it. Homeless System Behavioral Health select committee. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. Im joined by vice chair supervisor mandelman and supervisor sherman walton. Our clerk is Stephanie Cabrera and i would like to thank colina mendoza from sfcv tv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, thank you. On october 17th, 2023, the board of supervisor approved a motion discontinuing remote Public Comment and participation in and all board and committee meetings. Going forward, all Public Comment will be taken in person with Remote Access only being provided for those who require an ada accommodation alternative. Lee you may submit Public Comment in writing in either of the following ways. Email them to the homelessness and Behavior
To transfer. The patient to the hospital, the situation becomes worse and the number of available ambulances gets reduced. This isnt a new thing. This has happened periodically over the years and its not unique to contra costa. Since september, the number of ambulances has increased from 54 to 72 per day, but Officials Say theyve received 240 calls for an ambulance this year alone. More than two thirds of them needed serious advanced medical attention, and paramedics are hard to hire and keep. We are putting up to a dozen firefighter emts through Paramedic School and then our subcontractor, amr, is also putting many of their emts who want to become paramedics through this Paramedic School, hospitals are overburdened and understaffed with hospital wait times for ambulances up to an hour at places like contra costa regional and john muir, walnut creek. We have seen some success with sutter delta in antioch, who has reduced their ambulance patient offload time in the last 12 months by a f
Ten year old boy accused of murder following a deadly stabbing at an east bay safeway, definitely surprised, especially with the crime of this magnitude that the suspect is someone of such a young age. Its not something that you see every day and the young suspect arrested at his middle school. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener. The deadly stabbing happened last month at a Safeway Store in san leandro. The victim, just 18 years old, new at ten. Tonight, ktvu is amber lee joins us now. Shes at San Leandro Police department with the latest developments. Amber julie. Police tell me that this deadly stabbing started as a dispute between two groups of teenagers and that there is no evidence that they knew each other prior to this incident. Police say 18 year old zion gooden was stabbed and killed inside this Safeway Store on bancroft avenue in san leandro. Lieutenant abe tang tells me a 13 year old stabbed gooden in the arm and chest. April second around 515 in