Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
Good afternoon, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. T purpose of todays hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the pin lands, are forest and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, i wont go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee here, former senator mary landrieu, and we have members who will be joining us shortly who have another Committee Assignment at the moment and others who will be joining us telephonically. I also want to begin by recognizing the staggering loss of life that has occurred embedded within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in infernos raging throughout the western United States this year, dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague senator widens home state, thousands have lost their homes and over half a Million Peop
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This two and a half hour hearing included testimony from an interior Department Official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wyde
Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wydens, home state of thousands of lost homes and evacuated. Elsewhere we have wind driven fires that continue to spread across our federal