would hope many other chinese follow my example and just keep on plugging away. eventually, maybe we can change them into cooperation. thirdly, i would like to say the fraud detail at the sfpd need more support. my neighbors and i are still trying to follow up on an important case involving our neighborhood, but with the work overload, we cannot get any answers, so i guess we have to sit patiently and see what ever happens to this case, since it involves influential citizens of district 7. my last comment is, in terms of crime in san francisco, we need to act more forcefully against people who tried to intimidate others. intimidation has been an under stressed crime issue. from my own experience, i feel like to many people attempt intimidation -- thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> my name is francisco dacosta. one of the main purposes of the meeting is for the constituents at home to get an idea of what is happening around the city and county of san francisco. i want to bring your attention to a document where one of the supervisors participated and spent $400,000 regarding community policing. so it is ok for us to spend $400,000 on this document, but from time to time, we need to get empirical data and reports, as to what is happening with that document. at one time, the captain of the area where this document was implemented was captain lazard. he is now a commander. that leads me to bring youto yor attention as to what is happening with our chain of command in the san francisco police department. i think so -- you should know, anything about the organization, if there is a flux. where there is no leadership, we cannot attain our goals. finally, what i see happening here is, this safety committee should file a report to the police commission. there are lots of changes happening. that is the only way we can address quality of life issues. thank you very much. supervisor chiu: thank you. are there any other members of the public that would like to speak? public item -- public comment on this item is closed. colleagues? supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: on parole and probation violations, i visited the city wide reentry council. the numbers that are being batted around on x offender violations seem to be significantly higher than what is reported here. is this because this is a relatively new or break down, being able to capture this number? -- newer breakdown, being able to capture this number? >> yes, this is the first time i have gotten the part to crimes in this format. i know our parole and probation enforcement is done by force teams. they would be the ones to report the number of violations they have, and they would also inform officials of where our parolees are staying, if there is an issue. i really do not know how the numbers reflect what they do. i know they are out there every day, and i am sure the numbers are pretty high. supervisor mirkarimi: just so we make the best use of this conversation, when it happens periodically with sfpd, do you suggest that we should have the aid office attached, probation attached? just to give us better context? knowing the numbers, knowing the capacity you are in, we are not going to get a lot of depth information. >> you are right. i oversee a homicide division, gang task special investigation , and our criminal investigations unit. all of them are centralized. i also work with our station investigation teams. but i am mainly focused on part 1 grimes, the crime picture, of violent crimes -- part 1 crimes, the crime picture, how we react to violent crimes across the city. when you ask me about part to crimes, sit-lie, these are things that i do not work on, on a daily basis. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you for your presentation. with that, let's continue this item to the call of the chair. >> please call item -- please call item 2. >> ordinance amending the san francisco administrative code by adding chapter 27, sections 27.1 through 27.6, to create a program to recognize nail salons that use nail polishes free of the toxic chemicals toluene, dibutyl phthalate, and formaldehyde. supervisor chiu: thank you. colleagues, members of the public, this is legislation that i had introduced. i want to thank supervisor maxwell, alioto-pier, carmen chu for their leadership, as well as supervisor mirkarimi. this concerns the toxic trio. three hazardous chemicals that have been standard ingredients of nail polish over the years. formaldehyde, todd you mean, dibutyl phthalate. these chemicals have been associated with a variety of public health -- significant public health issues. we know that over the years, not only have consumers, but thousands of nail salon workers in the country have been exposed to these chemicals. in other jurisdictions around the world, there is much more regulation on these chemicals. unfortunately, that is not the case here in the u.s., although there are toxic-free nail salon products that are readily available at competitive prices. so i want to thank the advocate to have been working with both the environmental community, and workers, to work with the department of the environment to create a healthy nail salon recognition program that would allow us to the knowledge those massillon's using products that are free of that toxic trio. we have around 200 massillon's in san francisco with 800 technicians. the vast majority of these nail technicians are immigrants being exposed to these chemicals. that being said, i want to bring up a couple of people who can speak behind the thinking of this legislation. first, debbie rabb file from the department of the environment on how the city would implement this. >> thank you, supervisors. thank you for the opportunity to address you today on this important and exciting opportunity for the department of the environment to partner with others to protect the health of san francisco workers. what i would like to do quickly is put this initiative in context with the work that we do in the department of the environment, so you know why it makes sense for this to be in our department. we have a robust toxic reduction program, where we have addressed both the supply and demand of safer alternatives. we do this in a number of ways, by leading by example, such that we have city agencies, whether with pesticides, safer alternatives. we have all sorts of ways the city department lead by example to identify safe alternatives. we also do financial incentive programs. for example, our work with garment cleaners, where we offer grants to go to safer alternatives. again, you see the theme of working to increase the safer alternative and to increase awareness of the demand for them. we also sometimes than the offender, and we have done that with children's products. i want to emphasize this is not a ban, and mandate, this is a recognition program. we have a long history of recognizing businesses in san francisco, and the most relevant example is our grain business program. we develop criteria, we are and holders with business, and we look to reward them for going the extra mile and offering grain products and services to our residences. when we look at this help the nail salon recognition program, to what we are talking about is the recognition program. we are not talking about the heavy hand of government. we are talking about using the resources of the government wisely to partner with the small business commission, to partner with the wonderful activists from the nail salon organized group, as paul as others who are -- as well as others who are interested. our role will be fairly limited. our role will be to work with our partners to determine what criteria makes sense to recognize the businesses, to identify the safer alternatives, and to work with distributors so that the nail salons themselves have an easier time identify what they're calling 3-free products. unfortunately, we are finding it is not easy for a nail salon worker, where residents like myself, to find a 3-free product, even though they exist. so we are excited to work with these partners. we believe, in the end, it is the workers that benefit. this is a health issue to this population. we are proud to be a partner. supervisor chiu: i do have one question. are there other programs like this in other jurisdictions? >> this nail salon program would be a first, as far as i know. there is a lot of interest in massillon's. it is a population that every jurisdiction has an example off. because san francisco has such a robust toxic reduction program, it makes sense to pilot it here. supervisor chiu: thank you. supervisor elsbernd supervisor elsbernd:? a bigger picture about the department of the environment. -- supervisor elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: a bigger picture about the department of the environment. the department of environment's roles and responsibilities throughout the city are getting bigger and bigger. the amount of money that they have is getting smaller. realistically, should now salons across the city in the next couple of years expect a new fee to subsidize this program? that is something that we should put out there, so that folks are aware that that is probably coming. >> i am glad that you asked that. what was most helpful about the wording of this ordinance is that it is a recognition program, it is voluntary to participate. we have the infrastructure already to evaluate the alternatives. we have the interest -- infrastructure to create out reach, should we need it, and we have excellent partners who will spend time writing grants. i would say, categorically, nail salons should not be expecting a new fee in order to implement the program. supervisor chiu: ok. surely, we will hear from the help the nail salon collaborative, who has worked as a partner to help the department reach the required outcomes. if i could now ask -- i am not sure if i see regina from the office of small business. i understood she was going to come. i would just mention, the small business commission voted in favor of this. we understand, they will also assist in out -- and provide assistance to owners who are looking for technical assistance in this area. let me now ask a couple of representatives from the help the nail salon collaborative to come up. -- healthy nail salon collaborative to come up. supervisor chiu: you may want to tilt it down, so people can see it on the screen. exactly. >> good morning. thank you for the opportunity to be here. healthy nail salon collaborative. we are proud sponsors of the ordinance. we are here today because we believe that this ordinance is an important and crucial step we are here because we are concerned about the toxic trio of chemicals that can be found in polishes, including top and base coat. formaldehyde is used as a preservative and antibacterial agent. it is a known carcinogen. we know that repeated exposure to it at low levels can also cause as much as well as a ledger dermatitis. toluene is a solvent that can be toxic to a developing fetus. it is used to make the polish go on easier. neurologically, it can cause headaches, memory loss, when you have long-term exposure. it can also compare one's ability to learn. then there is dibutyl phthalateí that is there to prevent polish from chipping. that has been linked to an adverse reproductive and developmental a fax, particularly to the male reproductive system. dibutyl phthalate has actually been banned in the european union, including exelon products. i have brought today a sampling of different nail polishes, including topcoats and base coats, that can be found in san francisco nail salons. we conducted out reach to 60 nail salons. many of these are common. many salons carry toxic trio- free polishes, but they also have inventory that contains products that have at least one or more of the toxic trio. i wanted to particularly note some of the top coats, a base coat. this one has formaldehyde, this one has dibutyl phthalate and colleen. t toluene. i put these in my closet for a couple of days, and the smell became intolerable. kiçit speaks to the type of exposures that workers and owners of the store are exposed to on a daily basis. no one should be who signed that. also, 300 of them from residents. there is a groundswell of support from organizations here locally in san francisco, but i also wanted to note, it is a national issue. many national organizations in support of this. everyone recognizes that this ordinance is a groundbreaking step for the nail salon community, and will be a great model for other cities to replicate. i will now turn it over to panama. --pam. -- pam. "t"4"4"t"t i am the environmental health q to supervise mirkarimi and elsbernd because supervisor chiu sponsored it. californians are over exposed to toxic chemicals. there are more than 80,000 chemicals in the stream of commerce. we only have safety measures for about 2000 of them. fortunately, we have information about these three chemicals. we know they are toxic. consumers do not want toxic chemicals in everyday products. california's green chemistry initiative should be taken care of problem like this, but until the state moves forward with a program that allows quick action on these chemicals, it is up to cities like san francisco to step forward. this ordinance is an easier way to make nail salons safe. a manager is a luxury and nobody wants to indulge themselves in a manicure at that the expense of someone else's health. we need a statewide program to protect californians from toxic chemicals. indeed, we need federal legislation to make it safer from the start. for now, san francisco is making an important statement on behalf of nail salon workers. i have no doubt, other cities will follow in our lead, and eventually, all nail salons in california will be toxic trio free. supervisor chiu: thank you. i wonder if someone from the collaborative can talk about what your partnership will entail, what kind of partnerships and activities you will be engaged in? >> we are committed to doing outreach to the salons. we will translate any material that we need to. we will work with translating materials into vietnamese or other languages, as necessary. we have already visited 66 salons, and we will continue to do that. we are also helping with the content of the workshop. >> i think we can also assist with ethnic media to get the word out. supervisor chiu: do you have a sense of how many nail salons could participate in this program? >> we will run the workshops on a rolling basis. we hope to run the first one when we have about a dozen folks gather together. supervisor chiu: thank you. let's move to public comment. i have a number of speaker cards. if everyone could line up in the center of the aisle. [reading names] two minutes per speaker. >> good morning, everyone. my name is joanna. i am and nail salon owner in san francisco for 10 years. i am here to support this ordinance. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker please? >> i am the person who did the out reach about this program for the california healthy nail salon collaborative program. ii saw that people were really interested in the program. even though a large number of workers and owners were interested in the program, they could not be at the hearing today, but they want me to let them know if this program gets passed. they would like to be contacted for further information in the future. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i am a longtime environmental health advocate working for the healthy nail salon collaborative. i applaud the ordinance brought up by the supervisors, and for introducing this ground-breaking ordinance for healthcare nail . i#tómcóyñithrough this ordinan francisco is demonstrating real leadership in keeping the salon work force healthy and safe, that the nail salon industry is an ecy6áájt driver in the asian community. while we know there are a wide chemicals in salon products that may result in the acute or chronic health impacts, prioritizing the elimination of the toxic trio as a top health concern is an excellent first that, given that there are already toxic-free alternative is available in the marketplace. yet, we also know, that there are still polishes, topcoats, iwkñrbasecoat, with toxic maters still being used today. through the ordinance, san francisco will work to incentivize salons not to use these products that may,r be potentially harmful to both worker and consumer, ending up in their body and affecting their health. the ordinance is particularly important, given that teenagers and young children areú getting manicures and pedicures. we know that kids are even more vulnerable to the health impacts associated with the toxic trio. for these reasons, i applaud i] consumer health and safety in the nail salon sector, and for once again positioning san francisco as a leader in the health of women. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i would liks opportunity to share with you my experiences. i have had negative help attacks since working in this industry. recently, every time i go to empty the trash at the salon, when i open up the trash bin to take the garbage out, i cough. i cannot tell what is in it, but i do experienced it. from what i've heard earlier, i would like to support this ordinance. thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> [speaking chinese] -- [3÷ speaking vietnamese] >> i am honored to be here at the hearing to give testimony to you today. >> [speaking of vietnamesvietna] >> i have been a missile worker for 50 years. i know how toxic this