those distinguished leaders in the state of california not only learn the science we've got to talk it up and push i not leave it up to someone else we're responsible and the suggestion i also used the mayors pulpit to speak with a national audience i'll make this a topic of the u.s. conference of mayors when all the mayors come from across the country and want to know anthony how to manage disasters we're attempting to manage that event on the on behalf of residents thank you for your science and engineering and the ongoing decision i look forward to the conclusions you have in making sure we do more to save for time for people and lives

appreciate it very much (clapping.) great, thank you. so, now it's ply pleasure to introduce marking the director of the california's director of interservices that's his office that has the responsibility that mandating the legislation introduced last year to develop the plan for california early warning system and he's going to tell us about the process right now (clapping.) thanks richard and great to be with a all today. yeah. you know, i kind of like a thorn amongst roses i think the thing we need to not loss site of in california is that we

are doing something about earthquake early warning we're implementing a program. ; isn't that right pa did he see legislation the work of those leaders up on the stage and all of your work based on all of your work we're first and foremost capability to be able to deliver earthquake alerts to the public at large to businesses, of california that does so much not only to save lives but also to insure we've got resiliency built into our community in essential it's one of the programs we can implement because getting that warning businesses and individuals can do so much to protect their financial interest and protect their lives if you can protect

both of those before the earthquake hits it helps to in fact the earthquake and rebound and move forward it's critical. so first of all, all of your work over the last 20 plus years where this has been talked about a lot we're now bringing that together what i call the last mile of being able to get it implemented. as you can imagine there's a lot of moving parts to doing this. many of the ones you've heard the various speakers talk about this is not from an funding prospective really going to be that hard i don't believe it is. but the way we're approaching it now is really sort of an alternative to the what i call

the tried and true government roshlt government funded just go to the government we've seen i've looked this in detail over the last several years in california when i live crossed the country in economic shifts and with the budget to support those programs not only they state level but the federal level that's the challenge to build a reliable one hundred percent reliable stimuli like earthquake quake early warning and be able to act ton 0 particularly our business community that has automatic shut off have been electricity if it's not accurate and reliable we'll lose our consider

ability and businesses loss profit part of the mitigation program the way we approach our efforts is to build community resiliency that means outline aspects public, private, non-governmental all of those in the community itself have to come together to work with local state and federal government to build a community that with stands and prepare for any kind of disaster early warning is no different, in fact, it's a great opportunity presents a great opportunity to reach out and pull in the elements outside of government that have a stake in the early warning of earthquakes it that's how we're going to build the system since the

legislation was signed we've banishment a structure over the last 20 years both here in the united states and it internationally will pulling all that data in to be able to determine the best way for, california california to have a system that is reliable that covers the state in this saturation levels required so we minimize blind zones and make sure people get a warning in a timely way not only when we implement if but what does it mean to people how we educate them what businesses need to do. authors a series of workshops and initiatives under the government structure in place to look at everything from public

education to a model of how the system will be designed to actively rolling it out and working with the private sectors to be able to gave me them not only in the conversation but in the actual development of the model the actual development. you can imagine you should be able to get earthquake are alerts 0 on our smart phones and you should be able to hear it on the radio, be able to use the technology as we viewing our technology to be able to automatically do certain things in the homes or businesses this tack a lot of coordination and what comes with that is our funding level i've had no shortage sonograph interest from the private sector from the

utilizes and the transportation sector wanting to fund early earthquake warning and partners to accomplish that that will happen it is happening as we work on this today and many of you in the audience i feel i'm preaching to the choir but you've been working with us closely on the project to build a system in california that can be the system for the rest of the country i know there's a lot of initiatives to build it into washington and oregon and other places but from the california perspective if we address the challenges to roll it out it will roll out in the rest of the country much easier so i'm supportive of funding we do have

baseline funding at the government level for the integrated network we've put in addition fund to captains enhance that network but quite frankly within the next few months the way the private sector has come around this topic we're going through have plenty of money to roll the system out. i consul you that to all continue to work dlienl on this and providing us your ideas and input and operator in our public-private initiative that will build the capacity and resiliency in california we really need as we move forward and we're k3w5kd by earthquakes in the future. thank you

(clapping) >> thank you. so finally it's a great pleasure to welcome sue set kimble back to peculiar she's the acting director and with the first-degree e fed information she'll talk about the u.s. g f plan (clapping) >> well, thank you all very much and my apologies for tripping in here dating late one of the my first flight was detailed i wonder is it work out traveling 10 miles for this it's worthy absolutely every minute and this time on the detailed flights this is one of the kind

of issues that is so important it demonstrating the value of a well-thought-out saves plan to protect public safety i'm honored to be here and the tafb the earthquake early warning and has been mentioned is one that has been underway and being investigated for some years but it is time now in terms of implements we really need need to come together as a community and partnership to be able to make that dream a reality. i really want to take a few minutes to describe the early shake warning we're very, very proud of the partnership we've been able to develop and work within here in california and on the west coast in order to move the shakes alert and the

earthquake early warning project forward. more many, many years we've partnered with state universities and the private sector so reduce earthquake losses through the development of the advanced national system in california the partners are cal tech and uc berkley the california governor's office of emergency services and in the patrick northwest washington. together we're monitoring earthquake activity and able to provide critical tools to make our nation less vulnerable for loss of life due to earthquakes. the earthquake early warning system has been one the goals tennis sits inception now after work of investment from the

generous foundation the u u u.s. g f with the state partners and individuals from the private sector have been able to develop the earthquake early warning that's been delivering earthquake warnings to test users for 2 and a half years the first time that's been successful in capturing earthquakes if california including the napa earthquake so we're really pleased that the staivengs is enthusiastically purring this we're pleased that the goals are to provide public alert thank you lieutenant governor newsom and; isn't that right pedia for moving it on and the mayor not only mayor ed lee here 90 in san francisco but mayors over the past years in

san francisco that have been partners in the efforts. the efforts many the state of california are untaking are completely lined up with the earthquake early to the western part of the united states your goal is our goal and our plan is our plan it was championed and signed into law to rep help us provide an comprehensive early warning system that has happened with the partnership over the past years we hope this example will be followed by other states the earthquakes don't respect political boundary and, in fact, one of the most talked about earthquakes on our earthquake pages at usgs what i in

california feel like a fairly insignificant a 5.0 earthquake in virginia but people are not used to kwaerthsd the education is important and the importance of those kinds of systems can't be understated and as was mentioned is absolutely posed to be in a listener position for the nation. and, of course, the partnership with the city of los angeles is greatly expanded the coverage in southern california. the communities of los angeles long beach working with the california emergency and the homeland security recently visited almost $6,000 those are installed. this investment has made california early warning ready thanks to the commitment of the

mayor and we're looking forward to seeing this happen across all of california. the economic impact of an earthquake optional the west coast will not only be affected by rather than the rest of the world. 5 of the 10 buses idiot along the west coast and the two busiest in the earthquake country the businesses depends on those could be tlaejd. shackle alert can help reduce earthquake losses but the system is not yet completely complete for this reason a technical plan was outlined to move shake alert into full operation providing are alerts to the public and businesses across the west coast states the plan calls for adding

foreseen sources and strengthening data and rigorously testing the system. the plan lays out how the system will be managed in providing opportunity for private businesses carrying out this plan and plans in california require a true collaborative effort they require dangers and commitment in federal and state and local government and universities for the early warj system further investment is needed but despite limited funding we're making great progress. i have to say i can stand here today and met often the part of the u.s. governor nixon g s we've identified earthquake survives as a high priority and we're making some significant

progress in being able to screen and promote that priority within the department of the interior the office of the management and budget and within our oversight and appropriations committee on the hill again, this is not done singularly it's very much a coming together of the collective voices of all who are interested and both the benefactors and the delivers of those kinds of systems and building that the public-private partnering is critical f consultants may advise the alerts may have to take action cellular companies customize alert and companies may make and install automatic equipment to

sound the left arms and entrepreneurs may develop new applications specific to the sectors those are a few ideas floated through the meetings open the west coast and we that that ones this system becomes the reality to knows had a new innovative ideas b will come up a few seconds may not seem like much business owner but an essential equipment to save lives. this is not a pie in the sky dream but something we can accomplish and something we all had a greater prospect for success it than we've ever had in the past. so we were - this system is

something again, we're surely committed to we want to implement shake alert and our hope u.s. in the united states we'll build those systems before not after the next earthquake. i want to thank everyone that's been a strong partner supporter and collaborator with the west coast with the usgs our scientists are committed and look forward to sharing idea and to take the next step forward, sir to implement this system. thank you, again for your support for the ask a and we'll make this a reality in the state of california. thank you. (clapping.)

>> great, thank you i want to echo one of the xhiments comments that one of our speakers given the position that the representatives on the stage there's no reason why we can't come together and figure out how to move forward with an early warning system it's not as simple thought it might be but being as creative in the sense of how to develop the funding and develop the necessary partnerships that's where it we will end this we insure so and so conversations it move forward thank you to our speakers once again for being here today and we're going to take a short break and reconvene with a state panel and continue the conversation 0 followed by a national panel again let's thank

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>> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission

school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything was hand-painted. >> maybe you could talk about some of the symbolism, maybe starting in the middle and working out.

>> [inaudible] the flower of industry. >> it is like a compass. there's an arrow pointing north. >> within the great bear consolation, there are two pointed stars here. they typically lead one to the northstar, otherwise known as polaris. so i thought it has a layer of theme. >> let's talk about some of the other elements in the peace. we are walking along, and there is a weather vane. there's a sweet little bird hanging on the side. what kind of bird is that? >> [inaudible] the smallest of the gulf species, and it lives around the bay area. >> you want to talk about the types of flour patterns that you send? >> [inaudible] around 1926 or so by the dahlia

society. >> what is this bird here? >> that is the california quail. >> coming up here, we had a little blustery theme. what is this area here? >> this is supposed to be the side view, the expense of the golden gate bridge. >> there it is. >> there are really beautiful elements of architecture still around, i would say that it gives that feeling over to the work. >> what are your hopes for it? >> that in a way it just becomes part of the area. i think it is starting to have that feeling. people utilize it. they sit and, and have their lunch and play on -- they sit

and, and have their lunch and play on that -- they sit and come and have their lunch and play on it. just for it to be part of the neighborhood. that is my hope. >> is such a beautiful addition to our public art in san francisco. thank you for joining us. it was nice to meet you. and thank you for telling us about your beautiful mural. thanks for watching "culturewire."