Nobody has turned in a speaker card. Seeing none, well close Public Comment. Is there a motion to approve these items a motion. Second. Item five, communications, i have none for you today. Item six. Board members, new or unfinished business. Wow, a remarkably silent group. Ill volunteer one thing. I put myself out there on that one. I first of all want to direct director tomlin and all of the staff on the excellent workshop last tuesday. It was really rich and substantive. And you came to a lot of new conclusions. And i wanted to share ive had several colleagues reach out to me to share stories of their commute. Ive had them express faster traveling times, and remark about the aspect they did not anticipate, which is how quiet it is on Market Street, and they could even hear birds churping on their walks. I just wanted to share that. Im sure all of you are hearing positive feedback as well. But i think it is a great success, and it is clearly have an immediate impact. Wonderful, thank
Against each of them. In quick summary, our Human Resources director, kimberly acreman, has been leading that effort, along with donte king, and virginia harmon. They have been busy creating some standards that did not exist, about treating all employees fairly. It includes written recruitment policies that make the process more transparent. Integrating diversity into all of our h. R. Initiatives. Providing better training opportunities to managers and supervisors, as well as frontline employees, in partnership with the department of Human Resources. Reviving the e. O. Process to make it more easily understandable, and improving communication and transparency throughout. We are also, as you saw last week in our budget exercise, we have a significant ask around creating a new division for race and equity within the department, as well as a significant ask of increasing staffing at the department of resources in order to meet all of these goals. I believi think were making god progress,
We have the heat advisory from 11 00 to 7 00 this evening and again tomorrow. So heightened or an increased risk of heat related illness everywhere except the east bay hills and mountains and right along the coast. A look at the day planner today, already 75 in the east bay hills. Down where we live, 54 to 62 at 7 00. Mid70s at the coast. Well hit to midto upper 80s and 90s away from the coast by 4 00. Frances . Mike, were going to take a look at the Altamont Pass because thats where we have an injury crash at grant line road. All vehicles are reportedly in the Center Divide but with injuries reported i think well see even more slowing for folks heading out of tracy this morning. Its pretty jammed westbound 205. The drive time along that stretch, tracy to dublin, is 41 minutes. Westbound 4 looking good, antioch to concord, 15 minutes. Southbound 101 san rafael to San Francisco, 16 minutes. All right, thank you. Developing news, a red flag warning is still in effect for heightened wildf
More than 450 cases of lung illness associated with using ecigarettes in 33 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. San franciscos juul labs, manufacturing of popular vaping products, put out this statement today. Quote, we strongly agree with the need for aggressive categorywide action on flavored products. We will fully comply with the final fda policy when effective. President trump says the new guidelines will be ready in a couple weeks. The fda says manufacturers would be given a 30day grace period after that to implement them. In the newsroom, eric thomas, abc 7 news. Thank you. We have breaking news to tell you about now. The Supreme Court is allowing nation wide enforcement of a new Trump Administration rule that puts strong limitations on immigrants seeking asylum in the united states. The rule denies asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the u. S. Impacting most central americans, asian and africans who travel through the southern border. The order ov
Toxic poisons, that is a very, very big wakeup call. Reporter allison says the death of p 47 was the Tipping Point for an all out rat poison ban statewide. They cleared the Assembly Earlier this summer by a wide margin. In a passes, 1788 with a ban so called secondgeneration anticoagulant rodenticide with some exceptions. The problem with the ban is a some california cities are being overrun by rats. Los angeles city hall, there was a typhus outbreak earlier this year when fleas carrying this is the disease were spread by rats that had invested a nearby homeless encampment. And some of them of the test control industry is sounding the alarm saying that if ab 1788 passes the rat population could be. The pestcontrol operators of california has lobbied for running buffer zones and near sensitive Wildlife Habitats and requiring the purchase of stickers in order to more tightly restrict the usage of the poisons. We need every tall tool possible to knockdown these populations. If you take an