Joining this remote hearing. Today, were looking at the benefits to our country and workers that come from modernizing and expanding the electric grid. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Well, we started this congress with hearings focused on the millions of jobs we can create in clean energy and resilience, and then the growing risks and costs of inaction. Once again this week, we are seeing how extreme climate fueled events harm americans across the country and put lives at risk. Rising temperatures and the climate crisis are amplifying these impacts. Heavy rains and flooding in texas, louisiana, oklahoma, and arkansas have left homes, businesses, and entire communities underwater. Over the weekend, more than a thousand people in southern california were forced to evacuate their home when a wildfire broke out in the Santa Monica mountains. Current drought conditions and a wildfire in the middle of may have already heightened fears of another long and br
This week, we are seeing how extreme climate fueled events harm americans across the country and put lives at risk. Rising temperatures and that climate crisis are amplifying these impacts. Heavy rains and bloody in texas, louisiana, oklahoma and arkansas have left homes and businesses and entire communities underwater. Over the weekend, more than a thousand people in southern california were first to evacuate their home when a wild fire broke out in the Santa Monica mountains. Current drought conditions and a wildfire in the middle of may have already heightened fear of another long and brutal Fire Season on the west coast and our hearts go out to the families dealing with these disasters and our hearts are with you and your constituents in the baton rouge area. Our efforts in congresmust focus on solutions to help them, not only in the near term but the longterm to avoid the catastrophic climate consequences for our grandchildren, children and grandchildren. One of those solutions is
Be joining us. Supervisor stefani will not be here, but supervisor fewer will subin. Our clerk is john carroll and i want to thank those on staff for staffing this meeting. I should make a motion to excuse supervisor stefani and we can continue. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, make sure youve silenced your cellphone and any electronic devices. Items acted upon today will appear on the september 3, 2019, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. The office of the board has received two president ial action memos. One is them for supervisor fewer replacing supervisor stefani and the other is to begin at 10 45, supervisor will be attending in place of yourself. Clerk agenda number 1 is hearing to consider that the issuance of at type42 onsale beer and wine public premises Liquor License to nunovi, llc, doing business as ora, located at 1519 polk street district 3 , will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco. Chai
Be joining us. Supervisor stefani will not be here, but supervisor fewer will subin. Our clerk is john carroll and i want to thank those on staff for staffing this meeting. I should make a motion to excuse supervisor stefani and we can continue. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, make sure youve silenced your cellphone and any electronic devices. Items acted upon today will appear on the september 3, 2019, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. The office of the board has received two president ial action memos. One is them for supervisor fewer replacing supervisor stefani and the other is to begin at 10 45, supervisor will be attending in place of yourself. Clerk agenda number 1 is hearing to consider that the issuance of at type42 onsale beer and wine public premises Liquor License to nunovi, llc, doing business as ora, located at 1519 polk street district 3 , will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco. Chai
Want to thank those on staff for staffing this meeting. I should make a motion to excuse supervisor stefani and we can continue. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, make sure youve silenced your cellphone and any electronic devices. Items acted upon today will appear on the september 3, 2019, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. The office of the board has received two president ial action memos. One is them for supervisor fewer replacing supervisor stefani and the other is to begin at 10 45, supervisor will be attending in place of yourself. Clerk agenda number 1 is hearing to consider that the issuance of at type42 onsale beer and wine public premises Liquor License to nunovi, llc, doing business as ora, located at 1519 polk street district 3 , will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of San Francisco. Chair mandelman is the alu here . Good morning, members of the board of supervisors, officer solomon. You have before you