We are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on San Francisco pier 96. Every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. And inside recology, San Franciscos recycling company, they sort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. San francisco is making efforts to send Less Materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling. Other cities are observing this and are envious of San Franciscos robust recycling program. It is good for the environment. But there is a lot of low Quality Plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. It is low quality material. In most cities that goes to landfill. Looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. And as we have been trying to phase out fossil fuels and the transfer stream, this is the fossil fuels and that plastic isnt recycled and
Appreciate that. For the last 20 years, the San Francisco board of supervisors, moan through lasko. I thank the San Francisco port for partnering us with today. Lafco and the important work that we do is largely unknown outside of city hall. So we want to take this opportunity today during the San Francisco climate week to en gaming a wider audience about our work. Im really grateful for you to be with us and to see fashion and innovation that there is in our city to find solution to the climate crisis. I have to say for a long time, work of lafco was caught in a debate whether or not San Francisco should have a cleaner al na tiff. Thankfully the debate has been settled and what many enjoy today is run by the San Francisco Public Utilities commission, is now successfully serving over 400,000 customers are cleaner energy and affordable rate than pgne. To help clean power sf cleaner goals including clean banking that we will hear more about later today. Lafcos authority is to do these st
Things that we can do to improve the environment. We really champion. We are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on San Francisco pier 96. Every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. And inside recology, San Franciscos recycling company, they sort that into aluminum cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. San francisco is making efforts to send Less Materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling. Other cities are observing this and are envious of San Franciscos robust recycling program. It is good for the environment. But there is a lot of low Quality Plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. It is low quality material. In most cities that goes to landfill. Looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. And as we have been trying to phase out fossil fuels and the transfe
And many of you were actually here that day, when the ikea city store opened for the public. And then in january, we welcomed industerous or flexible coworking space on the 5th floor. Today we are here, this is our next big milestone to celebrate opening of the hall. This incredible space really showcase the hard work, the dedication, the commitment from so many of you, and i want to take this special moment to thank each and every one of you who have been supporting, helping, contributing, driving, sometimes even pushing this through and making this day happen become possible. As we stand here today, i am really excited for the future, and what the future holds for us and im really looking forward working with together with you to make this hall concept be successful here in our Meeting Place and in San Francisco. Lets make today the beginning of something truly remarkable. Thank you. [applause] the city of San Francisco has been a great partner to us throughout, and mayor breed, you
Good morning. The meeting will come to order. Wrel welcome to may 1, 2024 meeting of Budget Finance Committee. Madam chair, not quite yet. Sorry. Good morning. Lets start over. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the may 1, 2024 meeting of the budget and finance committee. Im supervisor chan, chair. Joined by vice chair mandelman and supervisors melgar and now also board president aaron peskin. Our clerk is brent julipa i like to thank calina mendoza from sf gov tv. Please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. Should you have documents to be included as part of the file submit to myself, the clerk. Public comment will be taken on eachetum. When your item comes up please line up to the west side of the chamber along the curtains and not necessarily to provide Public Comment we invite you to fill out a comment card and leave on the trail by tray. You may submit Public Comment in writing, email to myself the Budget Finance Committee clerk at brent. Julipa sfgov.