can people hear commissioner covington? >> can you hear me now? >> yes, now we can. >> okay, i can't see you and i got a lot of reverb going on. i do want to thank very much the two outgoing chiefs for the airport and of course i can't believe they're both going at the same time. how can the fire chief -- excuse me, i'm discombobulated because of all these technical problems i'm having. the chief is going as well and i wanted to thank both of them very much for everything they have done. they have kept the department, an excellent department and i would like to welcome their replacements. also, the event this morning was stellar. it was just so nice and we needed up lift with everything that has been going on. to see something so magnificent come to fruition after years of discussion and planning. it's just very, very rewarding. regarding our late commissioner, at the beginning of this year when my term as president was coming to an end, i called our current president feinstein to ask her if she would be willing to run for president. without hesit

any further -- commissioner covington. yes, sir. >> i'm sorry, commissioner cleaveland. >> i did have a couple of follow-up questions and i wanted to recognize assist apartment assistant chiefo'conner for thet commissioner covington missed because it was a really great event and well orchestrated and well put together although it was freezing cold. so, you would have really had to bundle up for that and you missed the opportunity to see commissioner in his full turnout coat and looked just like a regular firefighters. it was cool. so, yes, it was a great event and i want to commend the assistant chief o'conner for putting it all together. i also had a question for chief o'conner with your permission, chief, regarding the studies that are being done on the a.w.s.s. system and i know that they were required to be done by the end of last month and if they are available for us, i know they're going to the board of supervisors, is it also possible for the commissioners to get copies of these studies? >> good evening. i believe

can people hear commissioner covington? >> can you hear me now? >> yes, now we can. >> okay, i can't see you and i got a lot of reverb going on. i do want to thank very much the two outgoing chiefs for the airport and of course i can't believe they're both going at the same time. how can the fire chief -- excuse me, i'm discombobulated because of all these technical problems i'm having. the chief is going as well and i wanted to thank both of them very much for everything they have done. they have kept the department, an excellent department and i would like to welcome their replacements. also, the event this morning was stellar. it was just so nice and we needed up lift with everything that has been going on. to see something so magnificent come to fruition after years of discussion and planning. it's just very, very rewarding. regarding our late commissioner, at the beginning of this year when my term as president was coming to an end, i called our current president feinstein to ask her if she would be willing to run for president. without hesit

commissioner covington. >> present. >> commissioner cleaveland. >> present. >> chief of department jeanine nicholson. >> present. >> madam secretary, any public comment? >> let me check. there is nobody on the public comment line. >> the start of this meeting, we will close public comment. i did want to insert that we have two new members of our regular commission meeting. i want to welcome the new fire marshal and our new chief of the department david brown. we really welcome your presence here. i know you are going to find the meeting interesting and beneficial as you move forward. welcome to our twice each month wednesday get together here. >> thank you. >> i am going to give item -- skip item 3. the chief just had a meeting in city hall she informed me of. she needs to get there. i will ask exercising my prerogative if the chief is prepared to report at this time. >> yes, i am, madam president. greetings everyone. chief jeanine nicholson. president feinstein, commissioner covington, cleveland the, comman

any further -- commissioner covington.orry, commissioner cleaveland. >> i did have a couple of follow-up questions and i wanted to recognize assist apartment assistant chiefo'conner for thet commissioner covington missed because it was a really great event and well orchestrated and well put together although it was freezing cold. so, you would have really had to bundle up for that and you missed the opportunity to see commissioner in his full turnout coat and looked just like a regular firefighters. it was cool. so, yes, it was a great event and i want to commend the assistant chief o'conner for putting it all together. i also had a question for chief o'conner with your permission, chief, regarding the studies that are being done on the a.w.s.s. system and i know that they were required to be done by the end of last month and if they are available for us, i know they're going to the board of supervisors, is it also possible for the commissioners to get copies of these studies? >> good evening. i believe that studies will b

francie covington is the san francisco fire commissioner. she lives near the opera house. and her son is in danger. another contributor in the book, sandra bass, lives in lower pacific heights. and she was taking out her garbage one morning on the way to work, dressed in business casual, clearly a successful black woman. and the gentrifying new neighbor saw her with the trash and assumed she was performing identity theft and threatened to call the cops. so those kinds of stories need to be told. racism isn't something that just happens in the south or just in the past. we all still carry a lot of unconscious assumptions based on skin color, the way that people look, the way that people dress. and we don't take the time to get to know each other. >> tell us more about write sfa. i understand you hold workshops each month; is that correct? >> right. the name is write now sf bay. i always tell people, stop telling your stories, close your mouth, and pick up your pen. you need to get the stories down. you need to write, r-i-t-e, right now. we started in 2015 in fillmore and ja

commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajo. thank you so much for joining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official. >> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the gay-pride parade in 1991. it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body

commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajo. thank you so much for joining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official. >> chairman: this meeting will come to order. this is the june 28th, 2021 budget and appropriations. i'm joined by president walton, supervisors ronen, safai, and mar. i want to thank kaleena for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. the minutes will reflect that committee members participated in this remote meeting to the extent as if publicly present. we invite public participation in the following ways. public comment was provided on the committee e

oakland fire battalion chief damon covington is extra vigilant. this week is the fourth of july approaches. every night here and around the rest of the bay area. illegal fireworks pose a catastrophic risk. is this the kind of thing that would just instantly turn into a huge bonfire? instantly you know this this type of vegetation? um, the rh of it, how dry it is, um, this is what a fire would look for. he's been checking on homes. and making sure they have defensible space precautions to help avoid another disaster. like the 1991 oakland hills fire almost every night we hear fireworks going off. it's scary, especially with two little kids. all firefighters are prepping for the holiday law enforcement have been working to get fireworks off the street. we want to strike at the root of this epidemic in one month alone. police have seized £2000 in menlo park in east palo alto, £500 in san jose £300 in contra costa county, £165 in oakland, $2500 worth of fireworks in walnut creek, and last week and almost unprecedented hall in san mateo county, £15,000

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, covington, tennessee. >> and all a of that making the challenges even more formidable for health officials like dr. anthony fauci. i spoke with him just a short time ago dr. fauci, are we looking at a split screen america right now, a vaccinated part of the country doing quite well and an unvaccinated part of the country in crisis? >> you know, unfortunately, i think we are looking to some sort of version of that, essentially two americas, an unvaccinated at-risk america and a vaccinated america that relatively speaking is quite protected against infection, including by the delta variant, which has a great capability of spreading from person to person. >> as you know, los angeles county has reinstated its mask guidelines for indoor use for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. is there is a risk for confusion here or raising questions about the efficacy of the vaccines >> well, i don't think it raises questions about the efficacy of the vaccines, but what i do think it does is show that there is a degree of discretion at the local level, lester, than the certa

there's so much at stake here lives literally our steak, oakland fire battalion chief damon covington is extra vigilant. this week is the fourth of july approaches. first one every night here and around the rest of the bay area. illegal fireworks pose a catastrophic risk. is this the kind of thing that would just instantly turn into a huge bonfires currently? you know this this type of vegetation? um the rh of it. how dry it is, um, this is what a fire would look for. he's been checking on homes. and making sure they have defensible space precautions to help avoid another disaster like the 1991 oakland hills fire almost every night we hear fireworks going off. it's scary, especially with two little kids, while firefighters are prepping for the holiday law enforcement have been working to get fireworks off the street. we want to strike at the root of this. epidemic in one month alone, police have seized £2000 in menlo park in east palo alto, £500 in san jose £300 in contra costa county, £165 in oakland, $2500 worth of fireworks in walnut creek, and last week and almost unprecedented ha

commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajo. thank you so much for joining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official. >> welcome you back to the regularly scheduled san francisco police commission and my name malia cohen and i'm chair of this body. to my right is commissioner cindy elias, and i'd like to recognize john hamm and our talented commission staff. with that, i'll turn to the commission secretary and please call the next item on the agenda. >> clerk: we have roll call today.

after covington, 1900 distractions. but for model, let me get who runs a c food export company. it's an encouraging sign for businesses like history, main afloat, they need to support products. i mean get help from government like this is one of our grant. you'll be able to put a lot of space, i'm able to put it on a locally within the sub freedom on the still waters of oyster creek. dozens of boats anchored are waiting for the tourist, but only a few of them came in. let me content you hoping to convince some of them right in his boat. when we arrived, he was happy to show us the creek and the river gambia, the waterways, he says, would have been bustling with tories. now hope is the only thing left for the industry. we have thousands of employees who are not live in that room. so basically most of the places are also closed due to maybe a rent issues finance and he says so completely it is. it is, it is, it is completely a difficult situation. at the moment. gambia lost $40000000.00 in torres revenue. introduce $24.00, a small economy that devastating. this is going to be a co

i let me go to mohammed val, he's up in covington as far as extensively. and as we followed the day through the habit, it does seem now that the president has an agenda and he's moving on that very quickly. the right, so people in teenager were waiting for any statements or any kind of action from which they could understand the orientation of what's going on. particularly with regards to the president. since he announced the decision to suck the parliamentary fact, the government and threes, the parliament, he did not give a speech to the, to the general public. but he met, he took from decisions that show that he's in control. he met with the labor union today, the head of the labor unions. and after that meeting was an announcement by the labor unions of tunisia that you know, could be read other kinds of supportive statements. they said that every fight should stick to the legality to the constitutional legality in every action. and every decision that the measures taken by the president to address the problems of tunisia now should not be permanent. a

while we have mohammed val, who's covington, is extensively waiting, standing by force her in doha, am aaliyah's standing by the line from tunis. the 1st are a current, begins our coverage with this report. the gathered outside to parliament now to service for a month demonstrated from different sides of the political divide, refuse to lead. once again to nivia isn't home on the support is the largest main book and not all angry at president quite side decision to sac. the government, including prime minister hisham the she, she, as well as the justice and defense ministers, were paid by the president's choice to overthrow the constitution, which took place on the day the technicians people celebrated republic day, the republic through which the monarchy was overthrown. the was the largest main block and not all angry president site decision to sac the government, including prime minister machine, parliament speaker, russia to new jersey and head of the party staging is sitting in his car, refusing to move until politicians are allowed back in earlier he called it a coo center, the dec

commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajo. thank you so much for joining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official. >> president walton: good afternoon ad

you'll recall cnn with a head nick sandmann, the covington kit, social media platforms helped spreadourse, nick sued cnn and won settlement. i want you to elaborate. >> tom: they shouldn't call it misinformation. they should've called it a lie, lie propagated by the media. we would talk about misinformation in terms of the government giving out false information like the russians. when you have not officials, not government entities, a person writing their opinion on facebook and they call it misinformation, that's wrong. that's my opinion. misinformation should be reserved for government purveyors of false information that is meant to mislead, also called propaganda. >> that's fantastic. agree to disagree. we've got to move on praise be to agree to disagree. you wimp. >> just for that, i'm coming to you. let's hear your comments from monday about the fbi encouraging family members to report extremist behavior. mike, take us home. >> greg: the worst thing about all this, people are going to run out of forensic file episodes if people are narcing on their family. >> greg, we already r

oakland battalion chief damon covington said. the fire department is keeping a close eye on the weekend weather conditions and the red flag warning impacting parts of the bay area from sunday through monday. the red flag warning covers the east bay hills, the north bay mountains and the santa cruz mountains. it warns of gusty, erratic winds. we've prepositioned some extra rigs. we're gonna up staff some rigs tomorrow. put them in the hills. make sure that we're keeping an eye out. if there are any fires, we want to catch them at a very small state and hopefully keep them from getting larger. this is what it looks like up in the hills extremely dry on grizzly peak boulevard. there's fuel reduction in progress. turnouts are closed to discourage people from gathering very dry, very dry. a lot of the areas are still overgrown. um you might see different areas where the goats are, you know, trying to graze and get the conditions under control. we have crews up there every day, cutting vegetation back. there's also potential for dry li

you'll recall cnn with a head nick sandmann, the covington kit, social media platforms helped spreadelaborate. >> tom: they shouldn't call it misinformation. they should've called it a lie, lie propagated by the media. we would talk about misinformation in terms of the government giving out false information like the russians. when you have not officials, not government entities, a person writing their opinion on facebook and they call it misinformation, that's wrong. that's my opinion. misinformation should be reserved for government purveyors of false information that is meant to mislead, also called propaganda. >> that's fantastic. agree to disagree. we've got to move on praise be to agree to disagree. you wimp. >> just for that, i'm coming to you. let's hear your comments from monday about the fbi encouraging family members to report extremist behavior. mike, take us home. >> greg: the worst thing about all this, people are going to run out of forensic file episodes if people are narcing on their family. >> greg, we already ran out of "forensic files" episode ten years ago. the s

hot fire oakland fire battalion chief damon covington says there will be checkpoints and police turning people away. >> for those that live in the area. proper id will be needed to get in. officials say over the last 2 years, these corridor closures have kept emergencies at bay and they're hoping people can help keep it that way. the fireworks have out of that extra layer to already dangerous situation. you know, that have to be a firework. the starts of. >> a lot of fire. also worried about any type mission that can that can start a small fire and the so that part. >> just as a reminder fireworks are illegal in the city of oakland. these road closures along grizzly peak boulevard will be happening from 05:00am on the 4th of july through 05:00am on july 5th reporting at grizzly peak dan thorn kron 4 news hey, we are in july. the 4th obviously right around the corner going to be big, right. so many people trying to get out and see so many folks vaccinated now. >> and san francisco is getting set to host its first fireworks show since the pandemic and should be a big one. proffers. mauree

that bridge carries freight trucks between cincinnati and covington, kentucky every day, twice the originalsearch institute listed the brents bridge corridor as the second highest amount of traffic in the united states. mayor cranley attended the president's arrival today. mayor, good to see you. >> it is good to see you. >> this is a plan that no republicans supported but many republicans have taken credit for or have touted in their neighborhood. do people who live in this area, because you really have a lot of the old-fashioned physical infrastructure that we're talking about, bridges, roads, transport, do they get it? do they know what they got out of the american rescue plan, and do they know what they could be getting out of the infrastructure plan -- bill? >> you know, look, we know that we got the ability for police and fire, public service employees who are members of our union, working, providing police and fire services. but the right wing republicans in columbus passed the biggest defund the police and fire bill ever just a couple weeks ago to defund radically the cities and tow

to make sure that we're going to go and about hot fire season oakland fire battalion chief damon covington says there will be checkpoints and police turning people away. >> for those that live in the area. proper id will be needed to get in. officials say over the last 2 years, these corridor closures have kept emergencies at bay and they're hoping people can help keep it that way. the fireworks have out of that extra layer to already dangerous situation. you know, that have to be a firework restarts of. >> a lot of fire. also worried about any type mission that can that can start a small fire and the so the fire. >> just as a reminder fireworks are illegal in the city of oakland. these road closures along grizzly peak boulevard will be happening from 05:00am on the 4th of july through 05:00am on july 5th reporting at grizzly peak dan thorn kron 4 news almost 80,000 pounds of illegal fireworks have been confiscated by cal fire in an attempt to cut down the number of wildfires starting from the use of illegal fireworks. the agency says throughout the months of may and june calfire law enfor

in his career he was an m&a associate at simpson basher and a securities litigation associate at covington burroughs. he graduated from harvard law school and he clerked for judge shedd. four i turned the floor over to our speakers, i'm going to give you the code you will need to claim credit. i will do this now and try to remember to do it again later in the presentation if you do not have a pencil handy. the code isfotp-579. fotp579. commissioner, the floor is yours. >> thank you, judge, for that kind introduction. it is great to join you in this esteemed panel to talk about these important issues. i am reminded by your opening remarks to align from a new york editorial board member in 1970 he said diversity of opinion is the lifeblood of our democracy. we were coming out evan era of groupthink and there was a deep embrace particularly of diversity of opinions and a range of ideas and in 1970 the modern-day op-ed page launched and the near times. they wanted to promote ideas and perspectives that were not necessarily going to be reflected within the members of the editorial board. fast-f

commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajohank you so much for joining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official. >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas as my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take o

commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajojoining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official. >> the board of appeals. president honda is joined by vice president rick swig, commissioner an lazarus and tina chang. soon-to-be present is brad russy. and alex and i'm julie rosenburg. the board's executive director. we'll be joined by reps from the city departments that will be presenting before the board this evening. scott sanchez with the planning

commissioner covington, commissioner and judge feinstein, commissioner cleaveland, and commissioner nakajo for joining us today. >> the hon. london breed: are we ready? okay. five, four, three, two, one. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's official. today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you sme