. >> i want to acknowledge beau hayward. i want people to know he took leave this last week. he and his wife welcomed a daughter. eloise gannon. she i s a robust 7.7 lbs. i want to thank him for years of great service. this is legislation regarding mobile food facilities. the best facilities in the country. mobile food and push carts. they have figured out a way to streamline regulation. they are activating abandoned spaces. bringing people out for great, sustained food creative with culinary -- for a foothold in san francisco. there is a balancing act in this dense city. this creates the checks and balances adn public notice. the new agency to lead these efforts has a hearing process and if the objections are made, hearings are quickly made to proceed with a mobile food facility. the police department is the lead agency. it is an expensive proposition to get the ball rolling with a mobile food facility. we have several email messages. it is not intended to change regulations with respect to middle and high schools, requ iring they be 1500 feet from schools. and pushcarts wou

the greater appreciation for supervisor dufty to take the initiative on this and ken rich and beau hayward for all the department of components on the. and we are excited about the changes that are being proposed. they are going to be doing a great job to create a mobile food and by men for the city. and the commission when they heard this -- a couple of the amendments here have addressed some of the recommendations, that the committee had an understanding that there are concerns for the 1,500 foot -- they did make the recommendation to have this be at 1,000 feet, consistent with the medical marijuana dispensaries and the board of supervisors to determine this. if such as meeting notice -- note of this. and also, the grandfathering in of the current permits, if that is extended, that i think the approach that we are taking at the city for having the director of dpw really create the fine details of the requirements of the mobile food vendors will have to follow for you the the push carts or trucks is the right way to go. it will make things more fluid. we will be able to more quickly respo