(applause). . >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011. our main goal i

carbon dividend act would allow for more just transition to a greener economy and would make sure that a very, very necessary monetary support would be provided to vulnerable populations. i think that san franciscoontinue to do what we do best and continue to lead into the 21st century by sending a message that we support a carbon fee. and i think that there are -- there's much more to be done beyond just this policy, but i think that this is a very necessary first step. so i encourage and appreciate all the support that you can give to this resolution. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is sue as a in atwoo. my mother went to city college, my nephew went there, i went back to school when i was 40 to become a cpa and took the accounting classes. then i became an internal auditor at the university of california full time. but in the evenings and on saturdays, i taught accounting and auditing at city college for 12 years. there's a lot of issues on the table here today, reparations for destruction of the black community, i support nurses in the e.r., i support taxi drivers, i still take taxis. i will not take uber or lyft because i'm a union person. it seems like the people here in

this is incredibly important resolution to help support hr 763, the energy innovation carbon dividend act. san franciscoe of those things of it seems like a -- we are just a city in this large problem, what can we do. but especially san francisco can be the, as my colleague said, the 83rd city signing on and one of the most important cities to sign on and really move the tides, no pun intended. so we all, i can assume are in agreement that climate change, the severity of it that we are in the climate crisis, and this bill is above and beyond the most effective far-reaching solution to really get the ball rolling for our nation. so san francisco can really be at the forefront of that. so let's please get this stuff done before the water gets back to montgomery street. thank you. >> next speaker. >> hi. my name is paul armor. and i am a local san francisco resident here. i'm here with my colleagues of citizen climate lobby to urge you to support the resolution to endorse hr 763 that's in the house right now. and while i was trying to collect my thoughts on what i wanted to say about this bill is i was ref

couple of beaches in the tropics where the warmer water accelerates the removal of carbon dioxide by next year. in san francisco. >> the company hopes to use green and renewable power sources to mine and transport the rock, so it is not to contribute to the very problem it is trying to solve built >>> that is it for the needs at 5:00. kpix 5 at 6:00 starts right now with ken bastida and juliette goodrich. >>> two parents that, after a wrong way driver plows into them. tonight, the disturbing number of head-on crashes in the bay area. >>> a bay area man smashed in the face . now the sikh community is calling for investigation into whether it was a hate crime. >>> and police making sure there is no grinch this holiday. how they nabbed a serial porch pirate in the south bay. are stop story on kpix.com, streaming on kpix 5 bay area, two parents killed in a wrong way crashed in the east bay. that evening, i am ken bastida. >> i am juliette goodrich in for andrea. live in pinole for the disturbing spike in head-on crashes. andrea? >> reporter: well, julia, this couple was parents to six children. more grandchildren a

san francisco electrical construction industry. he had great comments. from what i've read, kilroy is one of the better developers in terms of carbon neutrality. one of their sustainability directors has been interviewed and spoken extensively about it in l.a. and hopefully they bring it here. i'm here on behalf of the san francisco electrical construction organization. we employ thousands of workers. and paulson spoke about the building trade support and where we echo that. but i want to make sure that you guys were all aware that it isn't just about putting up this building of the men and women who are going to be responsible or employed in putting up this building but so much of the work that our members do happens after these buildings are up and running. so these 180 buildings provide jobs for thousands of blue collar electricians, security guards, janitors, carpenters. as we continue to add office space, and as we do commercial development, keep in mind that their a tremendous economic resource for working class and blue collar people. we are glad to see this project moving forward. kilroy has been working with the building trade since th

san francisco is actually passing an ordinance on municipal buildings. it was very clear from the public testimony at the board a lot of people are ready for addressing the carbon and climate situation by stepping away from gas. how that will play out with building remains to be seen, but as we know we have a lot of homes in san francisco using mixed fuels. i think that is something that will be engaged with for some time to come. other than that, i think if you have any questions, i am happy to take them. >> construction has to be gas? >> well, that is what they are proposed at the state level. in some municipalities like berkeley the city council passed the ordinance already. it is a matter of implementation. i think it is at least a year away before they start implementing it. >> that is new construction? >> on new construction, right. nobody addressed the retrofitting that will also be an issue. thank you. >> we will be gone, bill. >> next item 5-c. update on major projects. >> good morning. department of building inspection. compared to last reporting period is increase 3.6%. i think it is due to if new code changes and also somebody talking about indexing

san francisco. so when it comes to congestion and when it comes to increased in the carbon footprint, this commission hasn't addressed it in realtimes. and i'm going to -- they're doing some documentation on it, so that to address it in real times. so it's very easy to say that a new committee will be formed for the bayview and the southeast sector. but let me tell you that congestion is getting worse. and the best way to find out about that is for you all to go and visit it, not talk about it, spewing diatribe. that doesn't help at all. and more, if you're old, more if you're physically challenged. so the c.a.c. does play an important role, but the c.a.c. has to have empirical data. and the c.a.c. has to have solemn pathy and compassion for our population, more the elderly population that's suffering from the adverse impacts, be it on market street or van ness, which you know about, but do nothing about temperature thank you very much. >> chair peskin: thank you, any other members of the public wanting to make comment? mr. quintanilla, could you please read the consent agenda. >> items 3 and 4 conse

this is a resolution to put san francisco on record in support of the act, hr763, a bill for tax carbon emissions. los angeles, richmond and other cities have approved resolutions of their own. bipartisan climate change bill sponsored by representative deutch. having led on so many environmental issues and so many areas, i believe san francisco should join these other cities in supporting the bill. if passed, the bill will place a fee on fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas and the money will be allocated to the american people with an he must haved annual total of $500 per individual. the legislation is expected to bring emissions down 40 percent in 12 years while creating 12 million new jobs and promoting energy conservation. i want to thank steven from citizens climate lobby as well as the amazing folks who made it through four hours sitting here to talk about this measure. i also want to thank you from the mayor's office and kyle in my office for his work on this and i want to thank those advocates who came out and are so great. colleagues, i hope you all vote for this. >> thank you.

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carbon into the atmosphere. twila moon is a research scientist, at the national snow and ice data center, and is currently taking part in the american geophysical union conference in san franciscoight get dumped off air because we are short of time, you have to forgive me. from the arctic and agreement, we are not reducing any effects, they are all getting worse? yes, right now we're seeing their record or record permafrost, decline in sea ice and loss of land ice but i want to reiterate that we have not set in stone the future and there is a very large difference between taking substantial action to reduce greenhouse emissions and not doing that. this is really a warning for us that. this is really a warning for us to move to action as quickly as possible. we have been talking to your colleagues about this as well. a massive problem about what happens in the arctic and ringworm does not stay that but has wider effects but some do seem to be reversible, potentially. yes, sea ice is something that if we are changing that temperature and cooling things, we can expect sea ice to stabilise and perhaps even come back. changes to the ice sheet in greenland are much longer lasting and

carbon into the atmosphere. erich 0sterberg is associate professor of earth sciences at dartmouth college. right now, professor, i know you're at the american geophysical union conference in san franciscodrid at the moment. what is the buzz there? that's right. there's about 28,000 scientists at this conference, and the buzz right now is those two reports you were just talking about, the paper that came out about the greenland ice sheet mountain, and the arctic report card that came out and the headline is arctic climate change is getting more and more dire. if this was an annual health check up, we would have to say the arctic is chronically ill and getting progressively worse. 2019 was a really bad year in the arctic. we had the second warmest temperatures we had ever seen in history and all that extra warmth caused near—record levels of the melting of the sea ice and near—record melting of the ice sheet in greenland, which we know raises sea levels. is a particularly alarming report and a continuation of the trends we've seen with climate change in the arctic over the last three decades, but 2019 was a really bad year in the arctic. professor, often at conferences people set late in

carbon fuels. if you are in louisiana you are probably working on propane in school buses so it's all different in how we contribute. san francisco established its clean cities coalition in 1994. so the work we are doing here today and talking about today has a 25-year lineage within the city of san francisco. each year the coalitions gather for a peer exchange. we get together and talk about best practices, what we are working on and the department of energy makes awards. and so this year we received two. one was for the greatest energy use impact for renewable diesel. and the second one is -- and i'll talk about them separately. so you know about renewable diesel. we've been using it since 2015. and that's our greatest energy use impact. we are one of the largest municipal users. we use 7 million-gallons a year. that'that saves 25,000-tons of greenhouse gas a here. that credit goes to tom fung who is in the back. they did a lot of the heavy lifting to make this happen in 2015. so tom, thank you very much. [applause] and tom is also on the board of our sister coalition in the east bay. so he's been very involved in the coalition

buildings citywide be zero carbon by 2050 or make sure frontline environmental justice communities are prioritized in this climate mitigation policy as required by san francisco's declaration of climate emergency. there are over 70,000 units of housing in the pipeline right now and the planning commission expects 75 percent of the city's growth over the next 30 years will take place in the southeast sector. not only is bayview hunters point identified under california ab617 as one of california community's already most impacted by air pollution, the southeast part of the city is also the warmest which puts the residents at risk for extreme heat events. building sufficient heat pump technology would provide not only safer air and reduce risks of explosions but provide access to life-saving act air-conditioning for residents of new buildings. we need to meet the goals of the 2030 report to do our part to avert the climate emergency or at least mitigate it. and this can only be done by going for all electric buildings or as close to that as possible now. thank you. >> climate advocate with the climate emergency coalition, sf tomorrow and citizens climate lobby. ha

carbon. design smaller units. don't have big homes. have smaller flats, not big kitchens, efficient, design a space and have a demolition policy. >> next speaker, please. >> eileen coalition for san franciscoeighborhoods on my own behalf. hearing strong opposition to sb50 i would like to thank supervisor mar for his leadership and supervisors yee and fewer for the willingness to meet with the bill's author. be skeptical of carve outs currently in a -- sb50. they have been used to buy off opposition. this is a strategy. i would therefore urge the supervisors not to believe carve outs are a viable option. it is a red flag that the bill's author is unwilling to divulges the amendments being considered. should the sb50 amendments introducerd in january fail to meet the supervisor's goals i would urge the goal to change from opposing less amended to outright oppose. thank you. >> next speaker. >> mary lisa. what i want to do is just make a point that was made by dennis richards at the planning commission the other day. he asked the legal aid or legal team for some kind of idea about where the bills that are currently enacted stand. what does 330 mean, what does 35 mean? how are these bills comi

san francisco. it will ensure that businesses receive a partial refund on their ongoing fees, beyond business registration, that are paid to the city for permitser such a cash register, print scanners, d.p.h. or the carbon dioxide tanks for the soda machines with the department of public health. oewd tax collector's office is ensuring the money reaches businesses this winter. we are designing the program so there is no need to apply or request the information. if you're a small business and pay fees beyond the business registration, through our consolidated building process, you will simply get a mail-in check. get a check in the mail, excuse me. we estimate small businesses will receive a refund. 88. the next slide here we have is these san francisco community cornerstones program, which is a pilot program. recognizing san francisco's non-profit and small business is our community cornerstones or hubs for essential services and affordable resources that support low-income opportunities. for this reason, this year's $4 million one-time allocation will pilot the community cornerstones program. this program is a two-fold program. it will support about 25 to 30 small businesses, with commercial, physical i