mr. richie or mr. collins can comment on how bad is it? what are we doing about it? is it possible it's going to get worse? better? what do we know? >> steve richie, assistant general manager. is it going to get better? one certainty is that is uncertain. as far as the amount of water in storage currently, we're in decent shape in the water projects have really dominated the news with how horrible they are off in the drought. we are looking right now and have advised our customers to try to comply with the governor's call for a 15% voluntary reduction from 2020 levels. we advised our customers of that back in early july. we're tracking that now. recently, it looks like we're at about a 10% reduction. so that's good. what we have told them is that while we're doing better off than some other systems, if this fall stays dry, we will likely be calling for something more dramatic beginning in early january so that people don't get the ideas they should be watering their gardens if it stays dry. so we're prepared to take more steps there as far as the state of and working

mr. richie or mr. collins can comment on how bad is it? what are we doing about it? is it possible it's going to get worse? better? what do we know? >> steve richie, assistant general manager. is it going to get better? one certainty is that is uncertain. as far as the amount of water in storage currently, we're in decent shape in the water projects have really dominated the news with how horrible they are off in the drought. we are looking right now and have advised our customers to try to comply with the governor's call for a 15% voluntary reduction from 2020 levels. we advised our customers of that back in early july. we're tracking that now. recently, it looks like we're at about a 10% reduction. so that's good. what we have told them is that while we're doing better off than some other systems, if this fall stays dry, we will likely be calling for something more dramatic beginning in early january so that people don't get the ideas they should be watering their gardens if it stays dry. so we're prepared to take more steps there as far as the state of and working

mr. richie but this is no empirical data even though they have a lot of experience. and to do the he have lifting to stand taller and when we express our sentiments, we are told to be cool. so it is really strong today. and also exercise and teach you a lot about robert's rules. i never said the f word. nor did anyone during public comment, but somebody from the commission used the f word and said we don't know how to speak and how to behave ourselves. thank you very much. >> thank you, caller. >> caller, i have unmuted your line. >> hi, president maxwell and members of the commission. this is barry nelson with global state salmon association. i appreciate the update and wanted to share our perspective. and we have statements. and the first is that there is a long record of failing from the end of june 16 and the process has a new deadline from the 5th of august. those deadlines have been failed time after time. and second, about substance, and i have heard some reports of this new proposal. we are very concerned about it. but we haven't even seen the power point. i

mr. richie but this is no empirical data even though they have a lot of experience. and to do the he have lifting to stand taller and when we express our sentiments, we are told to be cool. so it is really strong today. and also exercise and teach you a lot about robert's rules. i never said the f word. nor did anyone during public comment, but somebody from the commission used the f word and said we don't know how to speak and how to behave ourselves. thank you very much. >> thank you, caller. >> caller, i have unmuted your line. >> hi, president maxwell and members of the commission. this is barry nelson with global state salmon association. i appreciate the update and wanted to share our perspective. and we have statements. and the first is that there is a long record of failing from the end of june 16 and the process has a new deadline from the 5th of august. those deadlines have been failed time after time. and second, about substance, and i have heard some reports of this new proposal. we are very concerned about it. but we haven't even seen the power point. i

mr. richie but this is no empirical data even though they have a lot of experience.he he have lifting to stand taller and when we express our sentiments, we are told to be cool. so it is really strong today. and also exercise and teach you a lot about robert's rules. i never said the f word. nor did anyone during public comment, but somebody from the commission used the f word and said we don't know how to speak and how to behave ourselves. thank you very much. >> thank you, caller. >> caller, i have unmuted your line. >> hi, president maxwell and members of the commission. this is barry nelson with global state salmon association. i appreciate the update and wanted to share our perspective. and we have statements. and the first is that there is a long record of failing from the end of june 16 and the process has a new deadline from the 5th of august. those deadlines have been failed time after time. and second, about substance, and i have heard some reports of this new proposal. we are very concerned about it. but we haven't even seen the power point. i will refrain

mr. richys very sobering report here today op a very complex topic. we can retain copies of the curtailment order. those orders and the impacts are are on the water supply that we all rely upon. including sufficient publish safety for the nearly one million people that you serve. we stand ready to work with the puc in the event that the fall remains dry. it takes action to make sure that water is available for our region. when you look at the numbers across the state, it's a sobering picture. our job is to make sure that we have a reliable level of water to serve to the constituents. >> i've been asked to give some presentations recently on water supply issues in santa clara county. valley water has a lot of reasons to be nervous. if you look at your graphic, it it's like driving a car with a very large gas tank full, not time to panic yet. there's a million acre feed -- there's enough water in storage to last four years. i hope you can consider this some good news. it's this need to constantly fum storage, six years worth that creates unnecessary pan

mr. richys very sobering report here today op a very complex topic. we can retain copies of the curtailment order. those orders and the impacts are are on the water supply that we all rely upon. including sufficient publish safety for the nearly one million people that you serve. we stand ready to work with the puc in the event that the fall remains dry. it takes action to make sure that water is available for our region. when you look at the numbers across the state, it's a sobering picture. our job is to make sure that we have a reliable level of water to serve to the constituents. >> i've been asked to give some presentations recently on water supply issues in santa clara county. valley water has a lot of reasons to be nervous. if you look at your graphic, it it's like driving a car with a very large gas tank full, not time to panic yet. there's a million acre feed -- there's enough water in storage to last four years. i hope you can consider this some good news. it's this need to constantly fum storage, six years worth that creates unnecessary pan

unlike the richie rich faces on prime time, this group is dying of covid. people like marc bernier who called himself mried of covid at age 30. leaving behind three children and a pregnant wife. then on the bottom level of this food chain of the joe ordinary american who is live and breathe this right wing talk culture and trust this rhetoric over legitimate scientific guidance in is the group that's getting really sick and their deaths will never appear in the headlines unless it's a statistic. we saved one category for last. right wing politicians like ron de santis who is working hard to push regeneron. the question is why. it's because one of his major donors companies have invested millions of dollars into the antibody treatment. if you know anything about maga 2.0, the guiding principle is money over people. joining me is ben collins and charlie sykes. charlie, i have to go to you first. you and i share -- having worked in talk radio and what i can tell you is long before there was a maga, right wing talk radio was creating a separate sub country inside the united states where they believe their o