Present. Ladies and gentlemen please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you. Before we get started with the agenda i would like to ask for just a moment of silence in memory of the 36 lives lost in the oakland fire at the ghost ship. At this time. I know members of the board will be doing and in memoriam later on during roll call but i like a moment of silence in their memory. [moment of silence] thank you very much everyone. Mdm. Clerk please either any communications . Yes mdm. Pres. Were directed to the public as Board Members are aware did yesterday december 5 22nd museum to communication at approximate 12 15 pm, former member of this body former supervisor scott weiner indicating his resignation from the board of supervisors representing district 8 is a tippy oath of office of the member of the California State Senate which precipitates a vacancy in the office of district 8. Thank you. Colleagues any changes to the october 25 i think 2016 Board Meeti
Alert forecast. Unfortunately things are going to get a little bit worse outside before they get better. Rain will be steady through the afternoon and steady into parts of the evening commute. So wet roads means a slow commute for you this evening. By tomorrow, we will dry things out. Heres a look at first alert live doppler right now. Everywhere is coated right now showers. Now inside the metro area there are mainly light in nature. But theyre steady and theyre not going anywhere and were stuck in doesnt feel very nice outside. Back to the north and west of the i81 corridor you see the pink and purple colors showing up in those are in the Higher Elevations can actually had a mixture this morning soft only freezing rain of some freezing rain and sleet and even a freeway flurries flying few flurries flying in those locations, slick roadways a possibility there. We will continue to track rain for the afternoon hours. Its going to look like this outside and its not going to feel much bett
I just want to salute you and your public work in uniform, military uniform as well as civilian clothes. I heard you say you were committed to protecting whistleblowers. I was wondering what your definition was. Im thinking of edward snowden. My dear brothers and sisters, chelsea manning, my dear brother jeffrey sterling. Two in jail, one outside of the country. Would you define them as whistleblowers or in a different way . Dr. West i put you on the spot too much. Very penetrating question. I appreciate your reflections. I would define whistleblowers as those individuals who come forward consistent with the statutes for the appropriate authorities with the appropriate clearances to adjudicate. Its my understanding that our government has designated mr. Snowden and before him, private manning to be not whistleblowers. To be in one case someone accused of violating the military justice and someone accused of violating federal law. I believe there is a pathway through the chain of comman
Gutting the environmental protections of the delta. This is another water war in california we do not need. What we need is some wise legislation that actually can solve the problem. Gutting the endangered species act, overriding the biological opinions, taking away the clean water act and simply turning the pumps on is not a solution. It is in fact the death nell of the delta. Knell of the delta. Along with governor browns tunnels, it will end the delta. Lets go the wife science with realtime monitoring of what is happening in the depellta is how we determine whether to ramp up or reduce the pumping in the delta. That is not in the bill. Take a look at the opponents. Weve got the two delta interests, mr. Mcnerney and myself, weve got the san juan queen valleys. This is not the way to hannle it. Not in an appropriation. Not in a bill that guts the environmental protections and simply turns the pumps on. I yield back. The chair the gentleman has yielded. How much time do i have left . T
And we just nodded. They told okay, if youre a bangladeshi muslim, we will not do any harm to you. She said she put her head down on the table as she heard others screaming for help as the attackers killed them with guns or sharp instruments. They asked my husband to stand over there, he was standing in front of the glass door and that, i dont know if you all have seen that the backside of my husband that he is standing in front of the glass door, they told him to put his hands up. She said she and her daughter kept crying during the siege, gripped by fear that they would die. On tuesday, bangladeshi home minister corrected the number of suspects shot dead by Security Forces from six to five. Local media reporting that the sixth person is a chef what was mistaken for one of the attackers. The japanese victims were experts on helping developing countries. They were in bangladesh to help improve transport systems in the capital. Heres more. Reporter this 27yearold was a consultant in an