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Nice to get started. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. Forest service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to be able to welcome you back to the committee, thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it would carry them out. But ultimately, it is up to us to determine what programs to fund and what levels. Although this years budget request is ...

President s budget request is just that. It is a request. It does start the annual budget process and gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it carry them out. But ultimately its up to us to determine what kinds of programs to fund and what levels. This years budget request is far from perfect i agree the priority must be on Fire Management and improving the health of our forced. Im encouraged the administration is proposing to invest significantly and hazardous fuel reduction and other active Forest Management activities. We know such i...

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. Commissioner, id like to take roll. Yes, please. [ roll call ]. You have a quorum. You also have with us chief William Scott of the San Francisco Police Department and Paul Henderson. Thank you, everybody. This is the january 15, 2020, meeting of the Police Commission. We do have a heavy schedule tonight, so we will have two minutes for Public Comment. Im going to change slightly the agenda order. Ill ask the chief to give his report fi...

The majority of the reports were Domestic Violence related. Again winning no reports were denied. And again, the majority of the reports were made by the victims themselves. And still under the last quarter of 2019, it took a little over a day for these reports to get returned and available to the requesters. We do track although not required, we do track the forms of how the requests are being made. The majority of reports requests are made in english, but also the spanish population has also been using the forms to request these forms. Going forward in 2020, we will get back on schedule wher...

Federal officials will testify on the Coronavirus Response before a house subcommittee. Watch that live thursday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Online at cspan. Org, or listen live with the free cspan radio app. U. S. Forest service chief vic Vicki Christiansen testified on if the president s 2021 budget request before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee. During the hearing they discussed forecast management, recreational permits, Sexual Harassment in the workplace, Forest Restoration efforts and Fire Prevention. The meeting will come to order. Okay, first first Budget Hearing...