[ bells tolling ] good morning. I am kirk cox, speaker of the Virginia House of delegates. Im absolutely delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement in the recreated church in james fort and those viewing these proceedings online or watching from beyond for the 400th anniversary today. Of the first and oldest continuous Representative Legislature body in the western hemisphere is our forefathers did on this very day 400 years ago, we assembled right here at the birthplace of american democracy, jamestown. Freedom in the form of Representative Democracy began here in virginia. The unforgettable and inspiring event that happened here, what began here has changed not only virginia and not only america, but much of the entire world. Special occasions, the commemorations like this offer us an opportunity to pause and reflect on history of 1619. As a retired schoolteacher, i taught government for almost 30 years. I know the year 1619 was pivotal, as well as complicated. That y
Share our appreciation for friends and partners gathered today and acknowledge the leadership of the administration, the General Assembly, american evolution and jamestown your town foundation. Our special appreciation to our partners managing historic jamestown, the National Parks servic service, tribal represents, descendants and members of the society. On this site 400 years ago. Twishd speakers to follow me will kpir the importance of those proceedings and the direct influ i will focus on the persistent efforts of women. It would have been lost if not for the vision and dedication of women. In 1889, mary Jeffrey Gault and Cynthia Tucker coleman founded the association for the preservation for virginia antiquities. Now known as preservation virginia. Their goal was to save and restore disappearing larnd escapes and buildings that embodied our colonial divisions. Successfully securing powder magazine and Mary Washingtons fredericksburg home, the women established an organization, the
San francisco low 70s, with some low 80s in the south bay. Well talk more about whats going on this weekend. Mike has a look at that morning drive for you. Well, easy drive. Look at this, the bay bridge toll plaza this is great. This is a live picture its 6 01 and we see a smooth flow of traffic, no metering lights, no pausing even for the cash lanes. You have to pause to pay, you pay cash but everyone else flowing smoothly through the fastrak lanes. Contra costa county looks great. A little blip shows up north of the benicia bridge. There may be an issue. There say crash on the shoulder 242 at grant, and a couple of crashes here 680 around capitol expressway and montague, both out of the roadway but look the at the Speed Sensors are all green, guys. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Breaking news this morning, out of the south bay, there is damage to at least three businesses this morning, after an overnight fire in downtown los gatos. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live from the sc
Commissioner stefani. Walton present. Commissioner yee . Yee absent. We have a quorum. Thank you, mr. Quintanilla. Colleagues, our board president , commissioner, supervisor norman yee is representing all of us today across the street at the earthquake safety fair, the department of building inspection has put on. So can we have a motion to excuse commissioner yee, made by commissioner mandelman, seconded by commissioner brown and take that without objection. Next item, please. Clerk item 2. Citizens Advisory Committee report. This is an information item. Mr. Larson. Oh, mr. Larson. Hello. Thank you very much, chairman peskin, as well as members. Im the vice chair Festival Community Action Committee for Transit Authority and i would love to give you a quick brief from the meeting on the 22nd of may and try to correlate that also with your own agenda that was going on. So to start off, im going to get the right page. Consume. Thank you very much. We had a number of action items, pardon
Commissioner mandelman . Mandelman present. Commissioner mar . Present. Missioner p. E. S. . Commission ronen . Commissioner ronen present. Commissioner stefani. Walton present. Commissioner yee . Yee absent. We have a quorum. Thank you, mr. Quintanilla. Colleagues, our board president , commissioner, supervisor norman yee is representing all of us today across the street at the earthquake safety fair, the department of building inspection has put on. So can we have a motion to excuse commissioner yee, made by commissioner mandelman, seconded by commissioner brown and take that without objection. Next item, please. Clerk item 2. Citizens Advisory Committee report. This is an information item. Mr. Larson. Oh, mr. Larson. Hello. Thank you very much, chairman peskin, as well as members. Im the vice chair Festival Community Action Committee for Transit Authority and i would love to give you a quick brief from the meeting on the 22nd of may and try to correlate that also with your own agend