he's the beloved spouse of arlo smith and he passed away from cancer last week. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor stefani. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: as you read already, i'm introducing legislation and i want to thank supervisor safai, breed, sheehy, peskin and yee. we're trying to ban plastic straws here in san francisco, because basically, they suck. they can contribute to litter on the streets and harm the environment. so the legislation will do a couple of things starting july of 2019. we are going to ban plastic straws and that includes plastic compostable straws. instead, you would be served with either paper straws or reusable ones. or stirrers, cocktail sticks, toothpicks, cup sleeves, lids, you name it, all of that, those accessories will only be available to customers upon request or in a self-service station. the idea behind that, we as customers don't need the products, but are given those when we enter a restaurant, cafe or so forth. also we're requiring that for large events that take place on city property that consist of 1