 We're here on Yerba Buena Island right across the bay from San Francisco and it's where we begin our two-day ride along with one of our regional deputy administrators David Cruz. He helps run the coastal region. Now one thing you'll learn here today is that his job is best done face to face. We have an incredible amount of windshield time. We're always on the road. We are the road warriors so to speak. And there's no place David Cruz would rather be. We are that constant you know building a relationship on behalf of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. David's job as deputy administrator for the Cal OES coastal region puts him behind the wheel of his SUV nearly every day traveling from Del Norte County in the north part of the state all the way to the bottom of Monterey County. You know we're not exchanging business cars on the battlefield. They know we know who our counterparts are. We know who our friends are and we work with them really really closely on and off the battlefield. The battlefield would be the scene of an emergency or major disaster. He meets with his local state and federal counterparts long before any disaster hits. He does it the old-fashioned way face to face to see how any response and recovery efforts are going what they may need and if any issues lay on the horizon. First stop today Yerba Buena Island. Cal OES is embedded here with the Coast Guard. Today David checks on the progress of the mission to raise a barge that sank in the San Francisco Bay two months ago and came to rest atop the Bart commuter train tunnel. Tonight the raising begins. The crane cab section was finally raised last night. Next stop a coffee shop. Meetings take place wherever and whenever possible. Today he meets with Cal OES NGO coordinator Abby Browning. Barely enough time to finish a venti iced tea and it's off to San Francisco PD. Inside the operation center David checks in with the duty officer. Anything big transferring now it's still pretty quiet. It's not gone with. A much different situation from the last week or so when protests and massive fires broke out. Day two on our road to recovery with David Cruz takes us to Big Sur. The rebuilding of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge is making great progress. Winter storms damaged the bridge beyond repair. Its closure along with Highway 1 here has isolated the community of Big Sur, creating significant hardships for residents. So Cal OES coordinated with Monterey County to help build a walking path around bridge construction. And that's where David conducts his next meeting. David gets an update on how helpful this trail has been as well as this. A shuttle bus to take residents and visitors the two and a half miles from the road closure at the bridge to the resorts and restaurants on the other side of Big Sur. Both the shuttle and trails have helped but bridge completion will be the key to the survival of these businesses. It's a ghost town. They have no access from the public so they have no revenue. So David now meets with the owner of Nepenthe Restaurant who's also president of the Big Sur Chamber of Commerce. Most of the businesses have been applying for the economic injury side. After nearly two hours of discussions with Kurt Gafil, David's day is complete. He's gained invaluable insight and equally important, he's gotten candid. No holds barred feedback that will help Cal OES help them. This is information that I can provide back to our leaders and something will come positive out of that. So whatever happens at headquarters there in Sacramento or at any of the incident or unified commands, it all starts with the regional administrators and the emergency services coordinators, the ESCs, under their management.