charles sheehan. i'm the public affairs and policy manager at the department of the environment. the resolution you have before you today is fairly straightforward. it allows the department of the environment to apply for grants for which we are eligible for from the department of -- from california's department of resources, recycling and recovery, more commonly known as calorie cycle. we routinely -- cal recycle. we apply for a lot of grants, including solid waste cleanup, container and bottle recycling grants, and so we have an ongoing relationship. some of these grants require yearly applications that we apply for each year. and so periodically, cal recycle asks us for updated resolutions to reafirm our authority to apply for these grants, and that's why we're here. we're working on a mobile recycling pilot grant, and that is mostly complete, except they're waiting for an updated resolution, which is why we're here. i'll take any questions if you have them. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, do you have any questions for mr. sheehan. there also is no b.l.a.

of what led to the inception of this piece of legislation and then i also have jack macy and charles sheehan for the department of environment you are here with me to answer any other questions that you may have. very briefly, in 2003, san francisco embarked on a endeavour get to 20 waste by 2020. earlier this year, unfortunately we learned that not only would the city not be meeting its lofty goal, it was not -- it was , in fact, behind. specifically, 60% of waste is not be diverted from our waste stream and is being sent to a landfill. this -- i have the slide here by the department of the environment director. >> overhead. >> overhead, please? there you go. >> the 60%, when she announced we are only diverting 40% of our waste stream. so it was this backdrop that govern iced supervisor safai into action and what led to the inception of this legislation. we have lead on other environmental endeavours before. for example, we had the banning of recyclable take-out containers in 2007. the styrofoam band, also 2007 and revisited and expanded in 2016. it went into effect in 2017. we have the man