Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. [laughter]. Thank you, madame chair. Prior to calling roll, i would like to note that julie chang is sitting in as director. With that i will now proceed to call roll. Directors, please respond when i call your name. Chang present. E. Forbes present. M. Hursh present. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin present. Vice chair gee present. Chair sesay present. Secretary directors, we have a quorum. Chair sesay and secretary, if i may just a point of clarification, this is a regular meeting, not a special meeting, just a point of clarification for the record. Chair sesay thank you, i appreciate that. Secretary thank you. Directors, the next item, item 3, is communications. Wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. To provide Public Comment, callers should dial into the published number, 18552826330, and enter access code, 126 729 5295. Then pound and pound again and listen to the meeting. As they wait for Public Comment to be anno
The hazy us but none are looking all too great and everybody has these apps on their phones. Now right a look at the air quality. And how it is around the bay area you see it is fairly uniform. This thats updated in real time, its purple air shows the amount of particulate matter in the air the dark purple. Represents the worst air that dark red is only slightly better and then the lighter shades or even better, but we dont have that much see a Little Orange and yellow well near ukiah almost but the bay area pretty red at least were not purple. Like parts of sacramento, all the way up into portland that is really bad right now, but the air we have its considered dangerous for all sensitive groups and for the general population. If theyre exposed for too long and by the way general. Sensitive groups that includes kids. The elderly and people with heart and lung disease called for chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now. Lawrence when can we expect some relief from the smoke in
Other countries in europe, in a roundtable discussion inside cal fires hangar governor newsome thank the president for the approval of 14 firefighting grants and the federal Emergency Declaration as fires scorch millions of acres across the state knew something knowledge more work needs to be done with managing california wetlands, the majority of which are owned by the federal government but in a respectful exchange the governor told the president the fires are result of the Climate Crisis please respect and i know you do. The difference of opinion out here as it relates to this fundamental issue on the issue of Climate Change absolutely appreciate that the president committing to strengthening the state and federal partnership to double down on vegetation management. But without mention of Climate Change were working on that very hard together and. I think were totally in sync i really think were totally in sync. His visit here in Sacramento County lasted about 2 hours and then he le
Chair and directors, yes, i do. So if youre ready, ill begin with this. Meeting of the citizens im sorry, i think there seems to be a lag here. Chair borden its not the same as what youre seeing on tv. Your audio is a little bit labored. I dont know if your internet quality is well. Okay. Okay. See if that helps. If it gets really bad, just let me know and i can just submit my report as a written report. No problem, go ahead. Great. So at the last meeting of the Citizens Advisory Council, we met director lai and welcomed her to the board. Thank you, again, for stopping by. We always appreciate welcoming Board Directors at our meetings. Also at our september meeting, i expressed disappointment and dissatisfaction with the rollout and subsequent rollback of rail service. And i hope that, if nothing else, the problems with rail revealed opportunities to fix and strengthen our system starting with more support at central on that. At our september meeting we heard from operators and members
Mcclellan air force base to get an update on the historic fires that are burning in california Governor Newsom has been vocal about his opinion on how Climate Change is affecting the severity of the fires in recent years while President Trump has focused more on Fire Management for more on their meeting today and the protests that gathered outside were joined by kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia so nice. Ken and pam while the 2 could constantly criticize each other their interaction today wasnt what you might expect. Before his breathing with state Emergency Management leaders President Trump reiterating to reporters his concerns with californias Forest Management i think this is more of a management situation. Countries in europe, in a roundtable discussion inside cal fires hangar Governor Newsome thank the president for the approval. 14 firefighting grants and the federal Emergency Declaration as fires scorch millions of acres across the state news, some acknowledged more work needs to be done w