bill strom, the department of building inspection.ctually -- this legislation will codify a long-standing practice at the department which is to expedite these solar energy permits. as i know that you know, the state has a law here a couple years ago requiring all jurisdictions to do that, even though we were doing it, we aren't codified it and we tried to introduce it. and then it kind of got lost. and we're very happy that you're willing to resurrect it now. but, yes, i think that we'd love to see it move forward and finish the codificatio codifica. >> supervisor safai: any public comment on item number two, seeing none, public comment is closed. and is there a motion to adopt the amendments that i mentioned on pages 5 through 8? supervisor safai. and on the item as amended, can we send that to the full board with a positive recommendation? without objection, that would be the order. madam clerk, next item, please. >> clerk: an ordinance for various sections of the building code, the existing building code, plumbing, electric a elec

bill and the assault weapons ban. he has called the violence against women act his greatest legislative achievement. he works with anybody. he was good friends with strom thurmond when thurmond was the chairman of the judiciary committee. it was biden who delivered the eulogy at thurmond's funeral. he knows how government works. democratic government is the art of the possible. >> so your making the distinction that he is talking about the most progressive results, not the most progressive person. >> yes, exactly. i think he's clearly not the most progressive person in the field if you're going to define that by whose for every aspect of the green new deal or whose going to call themselves a democratic socialist. obviously he is not in that category. but he does have a record of performance. and he would know how to be president. and he's got to demonstrate that he can beat trump that i think is still the most defining characteristic that the democratic voters want. >> on that, before we turn to some of the other features here, take a listen to what we've heard from some of the other candidates on the economic populous front. i don't think delaware, th