A brief lag in time line. I would like to extend our thanks to Sf Staff for their assistance during the meeting. Since this is a special meeting there will be no general comment period. Please note to limit your comments to the topic of the Agenda Item being discussed. Please address your remarks to the commission as a whole. Thank you for that. Im just going to say as you know this is a special meeting which i indicated when we convened. There are going to be some presentations. I think this is very exciting that were indulging in being able to listen to those that do this for a living to help guide us as commissioners to move forward on our policies and there are presentations that are going to be done today. Steve richy who is the assistant Chair Assistant general manager in this department. Im going to defer to him to do the introductions on the presentations were going to have. Were going to move forward and have Commissioner Discussion as well as public comment as we move through
Subcommittee will come to order. Ranking member whitaker, colleagues and guests, welcome to the first hearing of the subcommittee on chemical safety, Wastey Management and Screen Irmtel Justice and regulatory oversight in the 117th congress. Todays hearing will explore critical issues of environmental justice and adverse impacts on atrisk communities. Its fitting that these important issues are the subject of our first hearing as just earlier in yearr the Term Environmentalee Justice was add to the name of the subcommittee, highlighting the Growingng Awareness of and public conversation around environmental justice in america. As climate changene ravages our country and our planet, from the 80 fires burning across 13 states, the biggest Bootleg Fire in my Home State of oregon, coastal communitiesnf confronti flooding, theor ever more frequt powerful destructive storms, we cannot ignore the fact that whilenc we all feel its effects the worst consequences of pollution and the ravages of
I am president sophie maxwell. Madam secretary, will you call the roll, please. [Roll Call] clerk okay. Madam president , you have four members at this time. You have a quorum. Due to the covid19 emergency, this meeting is being held via teleconference and is being televised by sfgovtv. Please be aware that there is a slight delay in the timeline between what is being heard and what is being seen on sfgovtv. If you would like to make public comment, call 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1876552935, pound, pound. Please address your remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or staff, and i do see that Commissioner Ajami has joined the meeting. Madam president . Youre muted, Madam President. Before calling the first item, id like to acknowledge that the San Francisco public Utilities Commission is located on and owns the land of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe. The San Francisco p. U. C. Also recognizes that every citizen residing within the greater Bay Area has and cont
Clerk okay. Madam president , you have four members at this time. You have a quorum. Due to the covid19 emergency, this meeting is being held via teleconference and is being televised by sfgovtv. Please be aware that there is a slight delay in the timeline between what is being heard and what is being seen on sfgovtv. If you would like to make public comment, call 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1876552935, pound, pound. Please address your remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or staff, and i do see that Commissioner Ajami has joined the meeting. Madam president . Youre muted, Madam President. Before calling the first item, id like to acknowledge that the San Francisco public Utilities Commission is located on and owns the land of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe. The San Francisco p. U. C. Also recognizes that every citizen residing within the greater Bay Area has and continues to benefit from the Use And Occupation of the Muwekma Ohlone tribes aboriginal land si
This meeting is being held via teleconference and is being televised by sfgovtv. Please be aware that there is a slight delay in the timeline between what is being heard and what is being seen on sfgovtv. If you would like to make public comment, call 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1876552935, pound, pound. Please address your remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or staff, and i do see that Commissioner Ajami has joined the meeting. Madam president . Youre muted, Madam President. Before calling the first item, id like to acknowledge that the San Francisco public Utilities Commission is located on and owns the land of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe. The San Francisco p. U. C. Also recognizes that every citizen residing within the greater Bay Area has and continues to benefit from the Use And Occupation of the Muwekma Ohlone tribes aboriginal land since the San Francisco public Utilities Commissions creation in 1932. We acknowledge that the Muwekma Ohlone have ad