commissioner hardeman? >> i am here. commission cleveland? >> present. chief of department? >> here. item 2, general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> at this particular point, is there any member of the public that wishes to give public comment? public comment? >> good evening, commissioners and chief. i'm denise louie. i live on mount davidson at the edge of glen canyon park. i would have photos that i took in 2014, and a few months ago, in june, showing the difference between the tree tops in glen canyon as green five years ago, but now those same tree tops are browning. gl

commissioner hardeman? . >> commissioner hardeman: thank you. good report. brief, i know you're busier than your report indicates. good job. it was very disturbing, these reports since the last meeting, 10,000 people considered homeless on the street -- streets. a lot of people have been out there, 25 years now. they are not homeless, they are just panhandlers. in my neighborhood i have a few that go back over 20 years. they get their loot and go back to where they are living. and then oakland, they are staggering statistics that just came out. maybe they are staying in oakland and of coming over here. it is mind-boggling, these reports are. seems no matter how much money we throw at it, it doesn't change. it's wonderful, in your review, local 798, they try to get this out there leadership in san francisco so they could see the stats. can't help, when you look at this one graph of the population , in san francisco since i've been on the commission has gone up 10%, probably over 900,000 now, this is 897. the commission, in august of 2010, and the calls for se

commissioner hardeman? >> i did have lunch with a small group of us with nancy pelosi's chief of staff. it was very informative and gave us a different perspective of what we read in the papers. it was very nice to have that. he made time for us. >> thank you very much. before we move on to the agenda, again, i was able to attend with the chief and officers the ceremony of the topping of station 49, the new station 49. i wanted to acknowledge the department of public works. commissioners, i thank you would be greatly impressed. basically to see rendition his and then to walk onto the lot and stand in front of this amazing building, station 49 is just going to be totally exciting for us. i wanted to acknowledge that, as well. thank you for that. madame secretary? >> item h., agenda for next and future fire commission meetings. >> i will call for public comment on this item number 8, agenda for your future and next fire commission meetings. seeing then from the public, public comment is closed. commissioner c

hardeman: this is a comment more than anything. this star can report that was presented to us, it is not good to see it. it is nice to know what the numbers are. there is a nationwide lawsuit going on chief comfort inn, probably familiar with. this just blew me away when i heard this, there's a town, i think in ohio, where 1400 people live and there were over 2 million pills distributed -- purchased by those 1400 people, in the last two years. they are using that as an example in this lawsuit. oxycontin is the primary one, and most of these are heroin, and. the ones that the narcan, i don't know if that's the case. >> it is. . >> comm. hardeman: they are also saying that the vast majority of these folks, nationwide, that are administering narcan always have somebody with them, or the next person with them because they are no -- they know they're going over the edge with her dose. they want to get that superhigh and if somebody's not with them, most likely they are going to die if they overdose. i guess, you know better than me, the

commissioner hardeman? >> thank you. i just want to complement you on your report. very good. it saves a lot of questions and shortens the meetings. assistant chief pruitt, i called you captain. last time i hear i did that. -- last time you were here i did that. we sit next to each other a few weeks ago at a luncheon and got to know you a little bit better. thank you. i have one little thing. the nine inspectors, is that working out? i know that has been a controversial number since i got on the commission. it has gone up and down and been everywhere. >> investigators. >> the nine investigators. >> we strive to have twaddle on duty at all times. when we have nine, sometimes there are three. we're trying we are trying to be efficient and be mindful of our costs associated with our service. again, it is all about striking a balance. at this time, we still have budgeted, nine positions. >> and they are not overwhelmed? >> no, not to my knowledge. >> it is being managed. that is why the caseload is being maintained. >> and i see in your report that there are no greater alarms. mor

what is he so afraid of he needs to suspend parliament to prevent hardeman from discussing these mattersamy: that was britain's main labour opposition party leader jeremy corbyn. meanwhile, thousands around britain are taking to the streets. this is protester marion sharples in london. >> i think it is incredibly disrespectful that boris johnson says it can be passed off as normal practices. it is a tactic to limit the time they have to take back control. amy: a u.k. petition opposing johnson's move to suspend parliament has gathered nearly 1.5 million signatures. prime minister johnson was sworn in as the new british prime minister in july. his election was the first time that a party's membership directly chose the prime minister. the membership of the conservative party who voted for johnson represents less than 1% of the british population. guardian journalist owen jones wrote in a column wednesday -- "call the suspension of parliament what it is: a coup d'etat by an unelected prime minister." well, for more, we go now to london where we're joined by ash sarker, senior editor at nova

commissioner hardeman, you had something on this item? >> i didn't on this item, but i think a few years back we used delancey street for an event, matter-of-fact with the couple of times we have done that they have been very generous with the fire department. that might be a bigger spot. >> point well taken. i think we could do an investigation on that. thank you very much. >> they are very open. i did have a couple things on the commission, though. as i mentioned last meeting, i watched that seven part series,

at this point, we have a motion by commissioner hardeman. >> second. >> seconded by vice president covington. all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you very much. madam secretary? >> item five, chief of department's reports. report from the chief of the department, janine nicholson on current issues, activities, and events within the department since of our commission meeting on july 24th, 2019, including budget, academy, in special events and outreach, and report from operations deputy chief on overall field operations, including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation, homeland security , and airport division. [please stand by] >> so those fees pay for we received five host tenders in total, four from the city and one from the state. those are a million dollars each, fully equipped, four-wheel drive, they come with a tran pump, as well as a portable pump that we can drop in the bay, as well as 6,00 feet of hose. i think chie the chief has a photo for you in his presentation today. and since then, i also sept a video message out to the field in

commissioner hardeman? >> thank you. i just want to complement you on your report. very good. it saves a lot of questions and shortens the meetings. assistant chief pruitt, i called you captain. last time i hear i did that. -- last time you were here i did that. we sit next to each other a few weeks ago at a luncheon and got to know you a little bit better. thank you. i have one little thing. the nine inspectors, is that working out? i know that has been a controversial number since i got on the commission. it has gone up and down and been everywhere. >> investigators. >> the nine investigators. >> we strive to have twaddle on duty at all times. when we have nine, sometimes there are three. we're trying we are trying to be

commissioner hardeman, you had something on this item? >> i didn't on this item, but i think a few years back we used delancey street for an event, matter-of-fact with the couple of times we have done that they have been very generous with the fire department.

he moved to hardeman county, tennessee. by 1840, he's in phillips county, arkansas. i'm pulling some of this straight from that, you know, polk correspondence. and according to those notes, okay, he lends this $9,000 to james k. polk then he kind of not so subtly hints around that he would like an appointment with thomas polk with the post office in missouri or somewhere. this is where i get a little hung up because i'm not sure, his son is named thomas, there's a bunch of other thomas polks who he's trying to do favors for here. but the point is, that's the network that james k. polk is plugged into it, right? it's land speculation, it's slaves, it's political power. i'm kind of giving sort of the epilogue of one of the presentations we heard this morning about the expansion of land holdings and consolidation of power by the polk family. in earlier years. he died -- stingy bill died in october 1848 buried in phillips county, arkansas. that plantation is inherited, you know, by his children and they -- at least one of them sticks around and continues to do very well.