paul lowenthal. we know the potential of ash, residue alot of sentimetn any leftover debris all run off into system and that could lead to flooding, and we don't want that - that is why measures in place. paul lowenthal is the asst fire marshall in santa rosa. you are going to see grass waddles, gravel bags in place around storm drains. to the average person, you might think these are a problem with the debris, but we want that, we don't want it going into the storm drain system. in santa barbara, following their fires, horrific errosion lead to landslides which trapped and killed residents. could that happen here? lowenthal. they had a fire, we had a fire, but they had rains right after the fire, we fortunately had time to prepare. so hopefully we are prepared. lowenthal quickly added the winds picking up are a big concern, with so many trees that died in the wildfires he says it is vital for residents to respond to any alerts and take necessary precautions. lowenthal. there are so many dead trees,

iowa and lowenthal california. it also included a constitutional and appellate law attorney to explain why more gerrymandering cases are being challenged in the court system. posted by common cause, this is an hour. >> i want to figure panelists. every 10 years, every legislative district united states must be redrawn. from the u.s. representative to state legislators and city councils. our districts to ensure they have equal population so that all americans are legal representation at every level of government area unfortunately, this process is for political verses. it's in a way that subverts the basic foundation of our representative democracy. in most states, clear conflict of interest exists in which legislators on their own districts are personal after maps for personal or political vantage. the uses of his ago software and big data to preordained outcome of elections for entire decade. in a process that should be prioritized -- her ties legal representation and changing their graphics, it's instead become o

lowenthal: thank you. h.r. 1350 is a commonsense, good governance measure, and i want to congratulate mr. nolan for his hard work to get this bill through the legislative process. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. curtis: mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. lowenthal: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from utah. mr. curtis: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1350. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpo

paul lowenthal.know the potential of ash, residue alot of sentimetn any leftover debris all run off into system and that could lead to flooding, and we don't want that - that is why measures in place. paul lowenthal is the asst fire marshall in santa rosa. you are going to see grass waddles, gravel bags in place around storm drains. to the average person, you might think these are a problem with the debris, but we want that, we don't want it going into the storm drain system. in santa barbara, following their fires, horrific errosion lead to landslides which trapped and killed residents. could that happen here? lowenthal. they had a fire, we had a fire, but they had rains right after the fire, we fortunately had time to prepare. so hopefully we are prepared. lowenthal quickly added the winds picking up are a big concern, with so many trees that died in the wildfires he says it is vital for residents to respond to any alerts and take necessary precautions. lowenthal. there are so many dead trees, it i

paul lowenthal.ow the potential of ash, residue alot of sentimetn any leftover debris all run off into system and that could lead to flooding, and we don't want that - that is why measures in place. paul lowenthal is the asst fire marshall in santa rosa. you are going to see grass waddles, gravel bags in place around storm drains. to the average person, you might think these are a problem with the debris, but we want that, we don't want it going into the storm drain system. in santa barbara, following their fires, horrific errosion lead to landslides which trapped and killed residents. could that happen here? lowenthal. they had a fire, we had a fire, but they had rains right after the fire, we fortunately had time to prepare. so hopefully we are prepared. lowenthal quickly added the winds picking up are a big concern, with so many trees that died in the wildfires he says it is vital for residents to respond to any alerts and take necessary precautions. lowenthal. there are so many dead trees, it is

iowa and alan lowenthal of california join the common cause for the event. this is just under an hour. >> good morning, everyone, we are going to get started. we're still waiting for one other speaker and hopefully arrive in the next couple minutes, but we would like to start. my name is marilyn, i'm twith the operation for common cause. we thank you for joining us for an important discussion and thank you to our panel lists who have come from different parts of the country to be part of this important conversation. every ten years following the census, every legislative district in the united states must be redrawn from the u.s. house of representatives to state legislators and city councils, we draw our districts to assure that they have equal population so all americans have equal representations at every level at government. unfortunately, this important process is often hijacked for

congressman lowenthal. >> thank you. oh, this is on now. thank you. hi, i'm alan lowenthal. i'm hoping my congressman rod blum will be here. i want to thank him in absentia. and i know rod will be here. i had the very good fortune of working with tom when i decided to work with common cause others to take the lead on the amicus brief. we worked on the last one, which was the amicus brief on the -- our fwif first one was really on the arizona case. a little background. i was elected to the california state legislature in 19 -- november of 1998. so i arrived in early 1999, to sacramento. i went through the process on the 2001 redistricting in california. now, i will tell you that i'm a democrat. california in 2001, like today, is overwhelmingly democratic state. our leadership had the control over the drawing of the boundaries. so that was the background. and i found that in 2001, when i went through that redistricting, a terribly offensive process. it wasn't only so bad in the public hearings. but late at night when the boundaries were being drawn, we would sit late at night

but lowenthal says the situation here is much different than southern california where massive slides destroyed parts of ventura and santa barbara counties. >> they had a major storm after a significant fire which is what we feared here locally. we didn't have those same conditions. >> reporter: another concern today is the wind. the ground is soft from the rain and with wind gusts that could top 50 miles per hour, many of the fire damaged trees could blow over. >> there's still a lot of structures in the burn areas. they could be at risk from the dead and dying trees. >> reporter: city and county crews have been working monitoring the situation and checking for flooding and also wind damage. they hope all the preparations they did ahead of the storm will mean this area won't see any major damage. in santa rosa, katie nielsen, kpix 5. >> the heavy rain making road repairs a lot more difficult right now. a water main break has set off a chain of events that has crews scrambling in orinda. kpix 5's jessica flores is there. >> reporter: drivers facing tough conditions all day with wet ro

paul lowenthal of santa rosa... say's it's vital for people to respond to any alerts... and take necessary precautions. paul lowenthal- asst fire marshallwe know the potential of ash, residue alot of sentimetn any leftover debris all run off into system and that could lead to flooding people are able people are able to sign up for emergency alerts online... at so-co-alert-dot-com. ( robin )yesterday's rain caused many problems for travelers at bay area airports... resulting in several cancellations and delays. kron 4's dan kerman was at s-f-o... and reports on how those changes... affected passengers. cancelled. awaiting aircraft original arrival time 708 am, now 423 pm that's the kind of a day many traveling to or from sfo have experienced.sot what's your delay, about an hour and a halfsoti was delayed an hour and a half or an hour and 45 minutes.. did you take advantage ofthat time or did you have to get here early. actually i took a nap on the couch.the morning rains coupled with low visibility lead to more than 140 flight cancellations and more than 350 delays soti h

i think you set up terriann lowenthal quite well. >> yes, thank you, john, and john. thanks for having me, and i'd like to see what my tuition dollars paid for because not of this was your when i graduated from georgetown law many moons ago. but i think a more to talk about just two things. getting into a little more depth based on what john said. john talked about why and i could census is important. the question is does the census bureau actually get it right? it tries. the senses has generally gotten more accurate over time as i think john mention, but it is not an equal opportunity enumeration. the census does not count all population groups equally well. people of color are missed at disproportionately high rates. low income households in both urban and rural areas are missed at higher rates. while non-hispanic whites and higher income households were over counted in the 2010 census. also at risk of being missed, immigrants, female single-parent households, female headed single parent households, young mobile adults. icf you in here, are all at risk of not being

i would like to start by welcoming congressman lowenthal. he is serving his third term representing california. as a state legislator, he took a stand and fair redistricting. he recently led the members -- >> i am alan leventhal i want to thank everyone for coming. i am hoping my colleagues will be here. congressman blom. i had the good fortune of working with rod when i decided to work with common cause and others to take the leadership on. we worked on amicus briefs. he was on the last one which was the amicus brief on the gill versus whitford case. i will get to that. it was really on the arizona case. i was elected to the california state legislation and november november 1998. i arrived in early 1999 to sacramento. i went to the process in the 2001 redistricting in california. i will tell you that i am a democrat. california in 2001 like today is overwhelmingly democratic. our leadership have the control over the drawing of the boundaries. that was the background. i found in 2001 when i went through that redistricting, a terribly offens

terriann lowenthal is an expert on all things consensus. spent 14 years as a congressional aide, including eight years from 1987 through 1994 as staff director of the house census and population subcommittee. since leaving the hill, terriann has remained engaged in census issues. she's served on the 2008 obama presidential transition team, advising on census and federal statistical activities. she advises a wide range of census stakeholders on policy and operational issues including philanthropy, civil rights advocates, state and local government, and business and industry data users. importantly, she is an alumna of georgetown university law center so let me say welcome back to terriann. professor indivar dutta-gupta, he also serves as an adjunct professor of law. indi is co-author of "counting everyone in the digital age: the implications of technology use in the 2020 die senall census" which can be found on the tables outside and online. prior to joining georgetown law, indi held positions as a congressional aide and with multiple policy

. >> reporter: lowenthal says thas it appears to have done the trick. >> which really shows that the work we've done over the last four months has been paying off. >> reporter: check out all this snow falling. the blizzard could dump more than five feet. it's good news for santa rosa ski and sports. >> we have people waiting outside to get in. rentals going out, waxes coming in. people preparing their gear, getting ready to go up. >> that was cornell bernard reporting. and here's a look at the pg&e power map. most of the outages are in the east bay. >>> sadly, when the power goes out, some people behave badly. matt keller spotted several cars just blowing through an intersection in san jose after a traffic light went out. >> reporter: we're here at the intersection of hamilton avenue and sagemont. and this intersection does not have power. we've been seeing people blow right through this intersection. we have a truck oming up. it's dangerous. watch this person, blowing right through, probably doing about 40 miles per hour right through the intersection. luckily, no one was coming. it

. >> reporter: lowenthal says that it appears to have done the trick. >> which really shows that the work we've done over the last four months has been paying off. >> reporter: check out all this snow falling. the blizzard could dump more than five feet. it's good news for santa rosa ski and sports. >> we have people waiting outside to get in. rentals going out, waxes coming in. people preparing their gear, getting ready to go up. >> that was cornell bernard reporting. and here's a look at the pg&e power map. most of the outages are in the east bay. >>> sadly, when the power goes out, some people behave badly. matt keller spotted several cars just blowing through an intersection in san jose after a traffic light went out. >> reporter: we're here at the intersection of hamilton avenue and sagemont. and this intersection does not have power. seeing people blow right through this intersection. we have ack oming up. it's dangerous. watch this person, blowing right through, probably doing about 40 miles per hour right through the intersection. luckily, no one was coming. it's obviously da

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carrion lowenthal served 14 years as a congressional aide, including eight years in 1987 through 1994 as director of the house census and population subcommittee. since leaving the hill, terry and has remained engaged in this issue. she served on the obama presidential transition team that and advised on statistical activities. philanthropy, civil rights advocates, stan local governments, and business data users. she is an alumna of georgetown university law. let me say, welcome back. rofessor group to his club -- gupta serves as an adjunct professor of law. the co-author of "counting everyone in the digital age." which can be found on the tables outside and online. law, to joining georgetown he held positions as a congressional aide. he served as national staff on the house ways and means committee. he held positions with d.c. hunger solution. later he became senior policy adviser at the center on budget and policy priorities. he also serves on the national academy of civil insurances board of directors. a member of the hhs poverty network. , the founding executive director of the in

next to look at congressional redistricting with representatives ron bloom of iowa and lowenthal californiait also included a constitutional and appellate law attorney to explain why more gerrymandering cases are being challenged in the court system. posted by common cause, this is an hour. >> i want to figure panelists. every 10 years, every legislative district united states must be redrawn.

lowenthal is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair, and thank you, secretary chao for addressing us. i want to associate many of the comments that congresswoman sp made in presenting ranking member defazio statement and also some of the comments of chairman shuster and other colleagues who highlight some of the issues or concerns that they have with the administrations infrastructure package. unfortunately i believe the administration has done the tough decisions that congress must's make your decisions on hw up the highway trust fund and how to move towards a sustainable path foror infrastructure investment. secretary chao, i'm concerned that your proposal undermines a key priority of mine, to fund the nation's system of goods movement. i think i was glad to hear congressman dan mention goods movement. perhaps you've heard the phrase freight doesn't vote, which explains why a dedicated freight funding has been so hard for congress to deal with. the administrations infrastructure plan proposes, as i understand from $100 $100 bin