Cusp of an Energy Revolution. Putsob Energy Revolution energy front and center as a way to increase the economy, drive revenues to balance the budget. We know that we need to do that with smart policy and resisting the necessary regulations. We have a lot of efforts at the chamber. Our Regulatory Reform initiative. One thing that we do not talk about as often is the fact that we can produce a lot of energy in this country, but we have to be able to move it. Moving it is going to require a lot in transportation. Therating our panel today, chief economist for the American Petroleum institute. Bios for your speakers, i am going to assume that youre reading is done and i will share something with you that he shared with me before we started. John is a bit of a petroleum historian. He worked on a pipeline before he, as he said, gave up a honest living to become an economist. His other choice, by the way, was meteorologist. It works out well. On the other hand, you never know who is going to
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Commissioner dwight . Yes. Commissioner obrien . Yes. Commissioner ortizcartagena . Yes. Commissioner yee riley . Yes. Commissioner right . White . Yes. The item passes 7 to 0. Thank you, justin. Next item, please. Item 6, presentation and discussion on the role and function of the new nightlife and entertainment sector position in the invest in neighborhoods initiative. Discussion item. And we have a staff presentation by benjamin van houten, project manager, nightlife entertainment sector. Good afternoon, members of the commission. Thank you for allowing me to speak today and thank you to regina for inviting me. I want to briefly introduce myself and my role in the office of economic and Workforce Development. My name is ben van houten, project manager for nightlife and entertainment oed. That is a new position as a result of a multiyear conversation, stakeholders in the nightlife entertainment has been having for greater connection to city hall and City Services. Obviously the compt
I mean its provided by the Health Department. You could potentially roll the fee into one fee and planning could take a bit of the Health Departments fee. I think this is probably the way it works for most use applications so, thats why theyre proposing it in this case. Fully understand the commissions desire, which we share to keep the barrier to cottage food operation as low as possible because its something we all want to see happen. Director dickendrizzi. Im sorry. Commissioner obrien. Do we have any examples of Cottage Industries that have set up in the recent past, any examples we can look at to see how the process took place . [multiple voices] we can check. There could be to the extent that a cottage food operation is defined as an accessory use within a residential dwelling unit, its not allowed until now. There may be some. Theres some of everything, but im not a irway of it. Theyre not actually allowed right now. So, the answer is no. The only thing i would say is so, you kn
Welcome everyone to our hearing today. We have a distinguished panel of witnesses here to discuss the important food Safety Mission at the food and drug administration. For our first panel, i would like to welcome dr. Robert k. Lift, fda administrator, commissioner. He is joined by doctor susan mayne, and mr. Frank yiannas, and mr. Michael rogers. Thank you for being here this morning. He fda is charged with a Critical Mission of protecting americas food supply. Yet, recent reports have highlighted a lack of leadership, poor communication, and slow governance at the agency that it had a detrimental impact on the safety of the food that every american relies upon. This hearing will highlight, not only fdas decisionmaking with regards to food safety, but also the impact those decisions have on industry and the overall food supply. The question we need to ask today is, is food safety a priority of the fda . America has the safest food in all the world. But serious concerns remain about th