many magical side benefits with improving affordability because of the energy bill, decreasing the leakage of the short lived climate pollutants that are so potent and helping people get much more life out of arthur equipment, so all of those benefits from working with our small business community. so those are just a touch of the 15 pages of things from the director's report that you have before you. looking forward, it's going to be a very busy couple months. we have the global climate action summit in sept. y -- september. you will be hearing much more about that in terms of the commissioners' engagement. i would put in there are two great websites if you would like to understand what is going on, the governor's website, which is the globalclimateactionsummit.org. not too catchy, but accurate in

terms of what it's representing. that is where all the delegate subjects will be talked about. and then the thehumsum.org. and that is for the community to discover what pledges they can take, what individuals and businesses can do, and how to get more information. and humsum is humanity adding solutions, so that is where that catchy name came from. we've got our joint commission -- well, not our next commission meeting, but our october commission meeting is going to be a very exciting. that'll be a joint commission meeting with the commission on the status of women where we're going to be looking at gender

and climate change and bringing together some very interesting thinkers to ask the question, what are the impacts, even in a city like san francisco, how is it different for women in our city? in terms of the legislative front, we will be talking about one piece of legislation that's moving forward having to do with litter and single use plast plastics. we have another piece of legislation with supervisor safai but it has not been calendared for a committee hearing, but it's a very bold piece of lemgs lation that will tackle the -- legislation that will tackle the largest generators of waste in our city, which are the large commercial office buildings and the multifamily towers and looking at how we might require them to hire facilitators if they fail audits for their conversions. so it's shifting from the nice

guy asking please, outreach kind of focus, to it's been ten years, all right. it's time to do some enforcement and time to do some enforcement. you can imagine there's a lot of interest in this, so we are working hard and we will bring you more information as we have it. i'd like to end my director's report by inviting some of our new staff. so to come up to the podium and introduce yourself, and by new, it means you've never been to a commission meeting. so i know some of you aren't brand-new, but some of you have not been to commission meetings, so if you would come and lineup and introduce yourselves to the commissioners, tell them how long you've been here, what you do, and anything else you'd like to share about yourself. >> welcome. >> hello. thank you. my name is -- can you hear me now? >> yes. >> hello. my name is deidre, and i'm with

the environment now team. i'm really thrilled and excited to be a part of san francisco department of the environment to spread the message of zero waste. thank you. >> hello. great to meet you all. my name is maura, and i'm the new director of the business executive on climate change. i just started. think my fourth week, so i'm really thrilled to be here, and i also wanted to have my colleague, christie, introduce herself as well why case you haven't met her, so i'm going to give her a shot. >> my name is kristina, and i'm with the business council on climate change. i've been with the project two years, working on a renewable energy procurement program. this is not my first meeting, this is my second, but this is

my first opportunity to introduce myself, and i'm thrilled to have maura on board as our new executive director, so you'll be seeing more of us. thank you. >> thank you. >> hi. good evening. my name is lauren. i'm with the environment now team. i've been here three months, and i moved here from texas, so i am yobeyond excited to be he in san francisco to have -- just a world of different experience in this field, so thank you. >> hello. good evening. my name is miguel, and i started as an environmental outreach aide on april 3, and i like to go wild flower hunting. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening. my name is ronald, and i'm part

of the san francisco department of environment. i've been here about three months. nice to meet you all. thank you for this opportunity for me to experience this. thank you. >> and lastly, i'm devon. i work with the energy team at the department of environment. this is a great place to work. director raphael just does a great job. she's -- really gets me enthusiastic and revved up about our mission, so thank you for having me. >> thank you, everybody. and yes, director raphael does get us revved up about our mission, so lots of work to do. thank you very much and welcome from texas. we have better weather for you. and public comment, and any

questions from the public? no? commissioners? i think we can move onto our next item. >> clerk: the next item is item 11, committee reports,

highlights of the april 18, 2018 precisions committee meeting and the march 12, 2018, may 14, 2018 1k3 june 18, 2018 policy committee meeting. >> commissioner wald, the policy committee? >> thank you. i have three meetings to report on. the first was on march 12 of this year, and at that meeting, we received a report from the department's urban forestry coordinator, who discussed the impact of san francisco's tree policies on the carbon storage potential of our urban forest and the san francisco urban forest plan. we also had a presentation by the toxics team on chlorinated testimony cals. we discussed what the city is doing in terms of procurement and legislation to rid ourselves of these harmful chemicals. on may 14, 2018, the committee received a comprehensive presentation on the effects of natural gas on san francisco's climate action goals and the opportunities to eliminate or at least minimize natural gas from buildings. wendy and sylvia of the climate team discussed the national discussion going on right now, and the severity of natural gas, which is really methane leaks, to our planet. rachel golden of the sierra club joined us and told us about the future of electric vacation and moving away from natural gas. and finally, the san francisco unified school district san francisco unified school district talked about some of the innovative ways about how the school district is taking to take the lead to move towards electrifification. and then, a report that studies the various type of he mernling mobility services, everything from lyft and uber to scooters and then discussed various ways the city can address the industry, including a path forward to developing a system that establishes a standard permitting process for new technologies. we also voted to recommend that the full commission support the single use food ware plastics,

toxics, and litter reduction ordinance after hearing a presentation from the sierra waste team, and that ordinance is on the agenda for this evening. >> thank you very much. our entire operations committee is excused, and so anthony, would you like to give a report of the april meeting? >> sure, president bermejo, on april 18, the operations committee received a presentation on the impact of the department's media social media outreach in 2017. there was also a presentation on school education outreach fore the new zero waste programs, discussing innovative ways the school has been

teaching students about the new bin waste system. >> thank you. commissioners, any questions on the presentations and the policy and the operations committee? any public comment on this item? okay. hearing none, we'll go to the next item, please. >> clerk: president bermejo, if there's no objection, would you mind returning to item nine? >> no objecti >> no objection. [agenda item read] >> director raphael? >> thank you, president

bermejo. so we are all painfully aware of the growing plastic pollution crisis. we saw it on the cover of national geographic. there are countless articles about this issue, and we've really been struggling as a department to think about well, how can we be part of the solution? the problem is so huge, what can we do? and in the past, we've tackled this? a number of ways, by banning plastic bags and styrofoam. those are products that are going to end up in the environment. we can't recycle them in our current systems. those policies don't stay in san francisco. they've gone beyond. we've been very aware of plastics being a carrier of toxic chemicals into our bodies as well as into the marine environment. so today we're going to be talking about a forward thinking policy that we understand is not the whole picture, but we think it's a very important first step in addressing the global plastic

pollution. and with the wonderful partnership and leadership of supervisor katy tang, the supervisor single use food ware plastics, toxics, and litter reduction ordinance was born. it has made it past its first hurdle in a hearing at the committee of the board. we held a rally about that on the steps of city hall, and i want to thank the commissioners who came out to that. we're really appreciative of it. it's passed its first reading, but not without controversy. there's a tremendous amount of support, and there's also a lot of questions that arise on unintended consequences or impacts that we're making as we move the market. we have worked very closely with stakeholders, whether they're affected community members or members of the disability community to make sure that whatever policies we put in place are done with the utmost care and support for

those impacted. so with that, i will turn it over to jack macy, who will give presentations on our efforts today. take it away, jack. >> yeah, thank you, debbie. good evening, commissioners. jack macy, commercial zero waste senior coordinator, and i've been involved with this ordinance for sometime. and as debbie mentioned, you know, we are -- we're having -- there's been an acceleration of plastics in the environment, and i guess the good news, you could say, there's a tipping point, i would say, in the awareness and information about it getting out, which is evidenced by national geographic's very dramatic cover, with a plastic bag as an iceberg. you know, they talk about 9 million tons of plastics going into the ocean every year. a big study came out within the last couple years that projected the growth of plastics in the oceans that

would reach a point by 2050 where there's actually more plastic by weight than fish. we've got visible plastic and microscopic plastic. it's a huge problem, and we're seeing it as litter in the streets. a lot of cups and other food ware, including straws, and -- on the streets, on the beaches. a lot of beach cleanups that have found that the -- of the top ten items, straws are in the top ten, cups are in the top ten. most of it is food and beverage ware. there's been various studies showing stuff that's going 234509 bay, particular hot spots that are surveyed, and much of that is single use food and beverage packing. so we have a problem with that

getting into the streets, getting into the bay, getting into the ocean. in terms of recycleable, when they get too small, even the most sfrist indicated sorting facility, and ours is among the state of the art with recent multimillion dollar upgrades, and optical sorters, when you get down to straws and plastic little bits, they're really very hard to recover or kba impossible. and so this ordinance is focusing on two overall goal things. one is toxics created by single use disposables, but it has a benefit of enhancing the dining experience and making it environmentally friendlier. you heard about the rally we had last week. it was a great success, and thank you, commissioner ahn and sullivan for coming.

this is really shows how there's a lot of energy around straws. there's sort of an international wave of policies and actions, particularly focusing on straws. but it's only part of five parts of this ordinance. so the first part that we heard most of the attention on is banning straws, stirrers, cocktail sticks, splash sticks, and so forth, that are made with plastic, including compostable plastic, because they still have -- they don't breakdown quickly in the environment, and they still have the same kind of litter, environmental impact, and there are better choices made with wood, for example. and secondly, by just having food establishments just asking customers if they want it and not automatically hand a lot of

disposables, if -- we'd see big reductions. so this means it's going to be on request, but that can include self-service. then, we require that all food ware be certified compostable and be fluorinated chemical free, and then finally, we have the option of setting recycled content. so here, we've got the pictures of straws, stirrers, plastic pucks, tooth picks. we want to encourage reusables and plastic free alternatives, including stainless steel, bam boo, and then, silicone, so things keep coming up -- there's even edible straws out

there. there's been some concerns raised out there primarily from the disability community, that they kind of feel that there's this waive of banning straws. we're like no, wait a minute. we need them. we feel like we need plastic straws, so there's language in there that nothing in there is to prohibit them from meeting their needs, and we have to work out the details of how places will have a supply of the appropriate straws that they need, but we're engaged in dialogue on that. and so the on request is key. it's not just for straws, but it's really all accessories. so if you're doing take out, you might get the take out container, but everything else, the idea is to have it on request, self-serve, is a key part of that. all these different things is, for example, an example of self-serve. another key point, and i would say this is very important. it's not getting very much attention in the press, but this is to deal with the

toxics. so what we've found is this is a new generation of the teflon chemicals that the industry used and got boned, fluorinated chemicals, but they just got shortened, but that material comes off into the identified, and it's these chemical -- these fluorene carbon bonds that are strong, probably the strongest bonds that humans have made so far. they don't breakdown, even in composting, and they're limpnk to a lot of concerns, like reproductive concerns, cancer, and there's more evidence on the stuff that's been banned so far, which is the older generation. but there's a lot of evidence, a lot of scientists saying we need to take a precautionary

approach, are there other approaches, and there are. there are alternatives. our toxics team has done a good job about communicating with folks in the industry. and the good news is they've works with the key sort of certification agencies that certifies whether products meet the compostability standards, and they're going to add the test for fluorinated econochem. and having that certification will also help make sure that everything is fully compostable because we've also allowed some flexible with polyethylene coastable paper. there are some boxes and papers might have that. now, there are enough alternatives that are fully compostable, so the

certification's going to help us make sure that we are keeping plastics out of the compost. and that's what the certification logo looks like. it's about compostability in industrial facilities, not home composting. and then, there's a reusable cup in outdoor events. we are the first in thinking about this, and we've had some very prientrepreneurial events you know, it's from being able to sell or provide reusable cups, encouraging people to bring their own, a variety of strategies, and we work closely with special events, so it gives us a good avenue to do that. and then finally, we have -- to

kind of help address the sort of real challenge we have in the recycling markets that you may have heard about, and to kind of help close the circle, it's valuable to sort of push for recycled content in products. we didn't push for specific numbers because it would need a little bit -- for us to evaluate markets and for things to shake out. imagine, for example, around paper cups, starbucks use 10% recycled content, so an easy first step would be around paper cups and then maybe plastic cups, and so we've looked at that and we like having the ability to set recycled content. so that's a fifth and final part of this. so we do say that there's concerns about some increased costs, maybe, for nonplastic straws, but the benefit of this ordinance, by going to on request, we're seeing a reduction of generally well over 50 to 90-plus percent in

the use. this is outerlands cafe, where they were -- last year, they switched to on request, and we've reduced by over 90% their straws. so even if straws cost several times more, they will save money by having that level of reduction. and pagan idol's a bar that switched to paper and wood -- paper straws and wood picks and all that. and before that, they had so many pieces of food that had plastic in it, and it was too much time and effort to separate it. and they were putting it all in the trash. amazingly, by switching to compostable straws and picks and all that, they were able to reduce trash to save $900 a month, over 9,000, almost 10,000 a year. surf rider, a key organization

that's done a lot of work, they've got over 100 establishments, 80 san francisco and the rest nearby, they've gotten people to switch from plastic straws. we work with stores that have an inventory, seeing what they have, seeing what they can't send back, and accommodating for that. so we're all about helping businesses comply by making reasonable, good faith effort and not being rigid in our enforcement. timeline, we have the first set of dates are july 1, 2019, which is when straws and associated stirrers, etcetera, be plastic free. feed ware, those and other accessories be on request, and bpa free and 2020 is when the

fluorinated ban gets kicked in, and 10% reusable at events. so as with our other ordinances, we do a lot of work in terms of communicating, reaching out, mailing to all the businesses affected, doing corridor sweeps, targeting certain key players that maybe provide a lot, like, sell to other businesses and making sure that everyone understands it, providing information on all alternatives. so we have all of that that we're ready to gear. another piece of this is we're really interested in promoting the cultural change to the public and consumers around the idea that maybe you don't need all those accessories, and understand why we're doing this and help support it. and there are other things they can take along those lines.

speaking of other things, in you may have noticed in the resolution there's language about encouraging the board to go further. we clearly have been envisioning other steps that we can take, and you look at some other areas, particularly across the bay in berkeley, they proposed legislation that goes further. it says if you're going to be dining, provide reusables, and if you're going to provide disposables, charge for the cup and even on the container. so that would be building on the success of what we've seen with single use bag charges, because initially, we've banned plastic bags. and later, we came back and says charge 10 cents if someone's going to take a bag, and there, we saw a dramatic

swing towards reuse. we're thinking somewhere along those lines could make sense. that's out there as an option. and this is an example -- we helped create and participate in a voluntary program with businesses the idea around having them rethink disposable, which was the name of the campaign through implementing voluntary best practices where they could switch disposables with reusables and finding ways to distribute less like on request and bulk dispensing. so this is an outfit that's run by clean water action, and they've now worked with 150 businesses in san francisco and around the immediate bay area, and they've been able to go in and help places switch most or entirely to reusables for in dining. and the great news about this is is that usually, after a few months, they get a payback from buying these reusables. and the cost of disposables are

so much that they end up getting a net savings -- ongoing net saves -- savings. i think this is a great strategy, but it's a lot of work and only certain people do it. again, considering it a policy in the future. i would say what we can do is based on the examples that businesses have given, the community support and advocacy, political support and advocacy, and your support, so i thank you. please let me know if you have any questions. >> director raphael? >> yeah, thank you. thank you, jack, for that great presentation. that really helps us look forward as well as acknowledge where we've been. i would like to just take a moment to acknowledge the team that worked on this ordinance. it was quite an amazing group of people. jack macy and his tremendous ability to problem solve and research.

his leigh, alexa -- his colleague, alexa. i want to give out a shout out to charles, who steered us continually and was mag a magnificent. i was to comment neha, and even when things get hairy, she managed to find a path forward, listening carefully to what we were trying to achieve and then finding the legal path forward, so i'm grateful for your leadership and your tenacity, charles, jack, and alexa, who's not here. thank you. >> thank you, president

bermejo. i think this is a great ordinance. i think this is all great work, as debbie said. it's the product of a great team, and i think even more than that, it illustrates so many things that are terrific about this department, creativity when faced with a problem, the willingness to really push the envelope. the solid partnerships you all have with so many people and organizations in the community, the outreach work you do, and the leadership role that you take. i have a couple of comments on the ordinance, which -- >> the resolution? >> the resolution, yes, thank you, which anthony has told me i should go through and then hand him my piece of paper. one thing that's not on my piece of paper which i would like to have raised for your consideration is adding a new paragraph, which i hate to

write these things here, and maybe we don't have to, but i'm wondering whether we should have a paragraph that addresses the controversy that both of you referred to, and that was illustrated by this morning ease chronicle, a -- this morning's chronicle, a paragraph that talks about the extensive efforts that you all have -- that have preceded the ordinance to work with the business and disability communities. the -- as a result of which there are exceptions for medical needs, for example, as well as the fact that there's at least a year that people have to prepare for the imposition of the actual ban. i think that such a paragraph would strengthen the

resolution. and then, if my colleagues don't mind, could i just go through these few? they're really not that many, particularly if you consider that i'm the one that's suggesting them. >> and commissioner wald, if i may, i just clarified by the deputy city attorney that we do need to write the amendment now. >> i know we do. >> okay. >> i know we do. i said i hate that we do that. perhaps somebody could write it for me? so on page 1, and line 15, i'm troubled by the expression marine plastics. so me, that sounds like something -- like it sort of belongs there. i think it should be changed to read plastics in the marine environment because we are, after all, talking about trash. >> that -- that works for me.

>> on page 2, and line 1, where we refer to areas impacting urban runoffs, i would just refer to say, a study of street litter that contributes to urban runoff or something like that. in line 3 on page 2, the word fifty should be replaced by the number 50. i don't like to give charles extra work, but i had a lot of problems. i had to read the whereas that begins on-line 16 several times, and i think we could take it -- >> a question. what -- what's the beginning of that sentence so we know --

>> it's line 16, whereas, fluorinated chemicals. and then, page 3, line 17, where it says what the ordinance does, i think it would be clearer if it says the ordinance ensures that no person may sell or distribute any food ware that is not verified through third party certification to be free of fluorinated chemicals, as opposed to any food ware that is not fluorinated chemical free and verified. no person may sell or distribute any food ware that is not verified through third

party certification to be free of fluorinated chemicals. i don't mean to change the intent of any of these things by the suggestions that i make. i -- i just think that for people who know even less than i know about this topic, which is not very much at all, that some of these suggestions would make it easier for them to understand what it is we are talking about. and that's my list. >> while charles is writing -- [inaudible] >> thank you. charles is writing the

amendment or -- >> president bermejo, may we move to public comment as we do the rewriting? >> sure. any other comments from our commissioners first? >> do you want my help? >> okay. commissioner ahn? >> just a brief comment. it hasn't escaped my attention, actually, the implementation of this ordinance around boba tea. i know the original roll out was around boba guys, which i thought was very good. but recognize there is a higher cost to pom coastabcompostable would just urge you to be diligent in your outreach to

immigrant communities. >> sure. i appreciate your comment. i think there's been some press or some concern around the availability and how so many people are switching. and we would take that into consideration. if there's just a backlog and one's not able to get a suitable boba alternative, you know, we would give people that time. we -- in our experience with other ordinances, a lot of players that come forth once they see that it's not going to be san francisco, other jurisdictions as well, you'll see a lot of scaling up. with scaling up, costs will come down, as well. so you know, i think they're -- there's going to be a period of time they're going to want to look at different alternatives. i know they are already doing that. it's interesting, there's even new players coming forward that have ideas that they can provide, reusable straws and

provide a washing service for them, so that can certainly be something that might work if it's on-site consumption. off-site's a little bit trickier, but there are even reusable programs for people taking stuff off-site, so i think there are different options, and we would track those, work with, you know, various players and certainly work with the -- you know, the various businesses that are affected. >> commissioner sullivan? >> that was also my question, that i was going to ask about the boba tea purveyors, but you've already covered it, so thank you. >> any other questions from commissioners? director raphael? >> yeah. i was just going to say with the boba, it was interesting

because we had our presentation at the boba tea place, and the owner was thinking creatively about how they'd address this issue. they take such pride about the ingredients of their bobas and how sustainable they are and local. and so for him, it was just the latest challenge of i haven't figured it out yet, but i know i can. there are a lot of reusable boba straws that they were giving out to gifts as people, and we hope they will have their reusable boba straw in their backpack or purse. i have mine, so it's just a change of habit. it's clear for a boba, a straw is a part of the drink, so it's not so much eliminating the straw but finding an alternative. and they were excited to try, and we're excited to work with

them, too. this is -- as jack said and as you all know, san francisco is not alone in this. this ban on plastic straws is far and wide, and so the -- i believe in the power of capitalism, and i believe that when there is a gap in the market, somebody will rise up to fill it. >> this is for sure true. i wondered if because -- if this is also a movement, and it's not just in san francisco. you read about it, you hear about it, who is opposing something like this? for instance, the restaurant association, and how do we -- if there are people who are opposing or organizations, what kind of outreach are we doing to them or can we do, as maybe in an ambassadorial role as commissioners, to give good information out there and sort of preach the gospel of no

plastic straws? >> yeah. well, there were a lot of meetings that me and the supervisor tang held with different players, and there was some concerns raised initially by the restaurant association and chamber. they've come around to support it. i think it's really a matter of talking through and say our approach is one of helping businesses comply, showing them the alternatives, giving them the time they need and reaching out which is sort of how we've done our other ordinances. this is a business, but it's also what consumers can do and sort of promoting that. so where you have the opportunity to kind of encourage people to think about how they can reduce their impact, bring their own, debbie was saying the people get into the habit of carrying straws, that is a good example. i think it's an amazing amount of material that's being generated. we estimate 1 million straws

are being used in the city every day, and there's on the order of 300 million disposable cups being used in the city every year. just the quantities are so dramatic, so i think there's really some huge opportunities for us to reduce the impact. when he with think about zero waste, we think about the old mantra, reduce, reuse, recycle, compost. that's something that gets to more of a cultural change and a shift in attitude and perception, so we just need to kind of help walk the talk, i guess. thank you. >> thank you. director raphael? oh, commissioner wald? anthony? >> all right. president bermejo, i've consulted with policy and communications sector, with the two suggested amendments.

so besides those proposed amendments by commissioner wald, we propose, on page 2, line 18, after the word grease, to start a new whereas that says, whereas fluorinated chemicals are extremely persistent in the environment, leach into the environment and into food. the second -- the second proposal, commissioner wald, would be to, on page 3, after the final whereas, before the resolved, to add one additional whereas clause, whereas efforts to work with the disability community have resulted in kpemss for people with disabilities and medical needs and allows people one year to prepare for the ban, therefore be it resolved. okay. that's resolved.

okay. that's ibe it resolved. okay. that's it? okay. so the other amendments are, just to go through them all, on page 2, line 15, remove the word marine, and after the word plastics, add the in the marine environments. the other is on page 2, line 1, after the word litter, that contributes to. on page 2, line 3, replace the word fifty with the number 50. so we have added the changes. on page 3, line 17, after the word that -- after the word not, to replace it with verified through party certification to be free of fluorinated chemicals. and then, the addition of that

additional clause about the business and disability community. you're welcome. public comment. >> yes. we have one request for public comment, at this point, from lawrence carter long, disability rights education and defense fund. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> how are you? thank you for taking my comment. i hadn't actually planned to speak, but these issues seemed to be rising, so i appreciate the opportunity to give some insights. a month ago, i didn't think about straws. i don't use straws. i send them back every time they're offered to me, but as the communications director of a national disability rights organization, i started getting phone calls, both from consumers, from businesses, from news organizations about

these proposed bans that are rolling out across the kroo and indeed internationally, and i think there's a lot that san francisco can learn from the mistakes that have been made in other cities. for example, seattle. first, it proposed the ban a year ago. they found that it was unworkable -- ten years ago. i'm sorry. ten years ago, they found it was unworkable, and then, just recently, a few months ago, decided to implement that ban on july 1. they had their own disability policy commission that is designed to assist in making these decisions. that's why it is there, who were never consulted before the law was implemented. and then, they had to scramble. they had to deal with people like me going on n.p.r. and calling them out, right? we've had places like p.b.s. news hour, calling, asking

about bans in los angeles and new york city. they are now faced with rewriting that ordinance. here, there's some questions that have been brought to my attention that my community has. the ordinance says, strict compliance is not required where it would interfere with accommodating medical needs. okay. on the surface, that sounds fine. but we've got to ask, who is doing the accommodating? how are they doing the accommodating? we also have to wonder, how are we going to ensure that everyone who needs a plastic straw for the time being can get one? how is a person supposed to show that they require a straw due to medical needs? are we going to tell people to get a prescription to go to mcdonald's? what does it mean? the devil is in the details here. no other constituency is

required to bring their own cup, their own cutlery, or their own doggie bag. it's ironic to me that 28 years ago this week, on july 26, the americans with disabilities act was passed, saying that americans with disabilities have the right, the same right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we should not be faced with these additional burdens. an option is not a mandate. may does not equal must. we cannot -- because we didn't think it through, put an undue burden on the disability community on people who were left out of the initial conversations. so please, i implore you before these things are implemented that we give firm, concrete and specific answers to these questions before

implementation, because i can tell you, we all love hurdles, too. but we don't want to roll back the protections that we've fought for in that process. next july, i want to be standing on these stairs with us in celebration of this going into effect. i can't do that. the disability community can't do that unless we're considered, consulted, unless you learn from our insights, our expertise and our experience in making these decisions. thank you very much. >> thank you. any other public comment? okay. we can move onto a motion for the resolution. >> i'll move approval of the resolution as edited. >> so moved. second? okay. it's been moved by commissioner

sullivan and seconded by commissioner wald. all in favor? [voting] >> any opposition? any abstensions? great. the motion carries. [inaudible] >> anthony, item 12. >> clerk: the next item is item 12, announcements. this item is for discussion. >> commissioners, any announcements? any public comment on announcements? we want to be thorough. neha's here. okay. next item. >> clerk: the next item is new business, this item is for

discussion and possible action. >> good evening, commissioners, charles sheehan, policy manager. next meeting is september 24, so a little bit to go. we will be reviewing the green report and the pesticide list. and we're working on the joint meeting with the commission on the status of women. we want to bridge the global action climate summit with the bay area women's summit that's happening here in december. the date for the joint meeting is october 24 at 4:00 pm m., so please hold that for your calendars. we're still working on a location for that joint meeting, so if you do have any ideas, let anthony know. the next policy committee meeting is august 6, and the next operation committee meeting is october 17.

>> commissioners, any questions? any public comment? we hope to see you on those dates. okay. next item. >> clerk: the next item is item 14, adjournment. the time is 7:27 p.m. >> okay. we are adjourned. i can hit this [ gavel ]. >> thank you. and thank you for the comments. thank you for everybody who's still here to listen to the really important information that is being presented today, and thank you for the last public comment, and those are heartfelt words, and certainly will be taking them into consideration. thank you. have a good night.

>> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪ ♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs,

california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy

towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of

environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them

and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and

others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that