Pharmacies to make sure they understand whats expected of them. So it allows pharmacies to take back control substances or not. Pharmacies have a choice. We have ten Police Stations that are set up to take control substances, if a pharmacy decided theyre uncomfortable doing controlled and uncontrolled substances. Residents want this convenient solution. Thats clear. Now, one could ask, if this is good for Alameda County and we have other counties considering it, why isnt there a state wide solution. I couldnt agree more. Thats the right question. In fact, we had permission as a city to come out in favor of state wide legislation last legislative session. We actively educated legislatures about this issue. The problem was we had a big concerted effort by industry to block a state wide solution. So when i hear from industries saying we need a state wide solution, i agree, and join me, my call to industry if thats what we need, join San Francisco in getting a state wide solution just like
5th agenda unless otherwise stated. Speaker madam clerk, please call the first item. Ordinance amending the environment code to require any person who produces a drug offered for sale in San Francisco to participate in an approved Drug Stewardship Program for the collection and disposal of unwanted drugs from residential sources; to provide for implementation, enforcement, fees, and penalties; and making environmental findings. Speaker thank you. Since supervisor bree is the primarily sponsor of this item, id like to turn this over to her. For the rest of the item. Speaker thank you, chairman yee. Colleagues, before you today is legislation that both that addresses both a Public Safety and environmental concern. What we do with leftover medication. If you were like me or you may have a drawer or cabinet with a bottle of expired ib pro fin or unused Prescription Drugs. The problem is most of us dont know what to do with them. Flushes meds down the toilet send them to the sewerage plant
Consumers have a responsibility making sure that things go in the right place. Retailers have a responsibility. A responsibility to help us beat Collection Sites and in San Francisco, every walgreens takes back batteries. We have dozens of sites to take back paint, florescent light bulbs. The missing link in this shared responsibility is the producer. The producer making money off these product and have an obligation to help us and work with us to make sure theyre safe. Thats what extended producer responsibility means. In San Francisco, we have examples of that on paint, on light bulbs, on thermostats, on batteries, on cell phones, the list goes on. We need that to also be the case for pharmaceuticals. So we did a take back program to prove a concept because this other question you need to answer is, is there a Cost Effective method. There is. We collected 23 tons. And we did so with a voluntary system with pharmacies. We didnt have to cohearse them. We have a Community Center and the
Everybody from tour buds drive on the green and the cars on the red and noticing nobody understands this the effective study has to start with the basic education and that includes the proper collection of transit fairs because i ride the bus frequently. Commissioner antonini. On the same lines of commissioner moores question i wondered how much interface has there been between the bicycle plan. Weve got green bike a lanes being implemented at the same time, were planning to implement a lot of transit optional lanes that are red which is squeezing us who drive automobiles into less and less space. Some of the traffic comes down from the outside so has b there been an sidebars between the two studies to analysis the impact of the transit effectiveness proposals in view of the changes that are being made with bike lanes . Thank you. The eir includes a chapter called plans and policies in that we look at whether or not a proposal is consistent with a nuke of general and local plans. The b
Health Service Board meeting is now in session. All stand for the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag to the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right madam secretary roll call please. Roll california. President breslin. Here. Vice president lim. Present. Excused. Commissioner. Expected. Commissioner fraser. Here. Commissioner scott. Present. Commissioner excused for shlain we. Thank you item one. Item one is the Meeting Minutes for the meeting below. Are there any corrections to the minutes . Move for approval. Second. Okay. Is there any Public Comment on this item all those in favor . Aye. Those opposed . Mouse. Item two please. Item two president s president. President breslin. I have nothing oh there will be Public Comment on this item too. Is there any Public Comment . All right. Item three. Item three discussion item discussion report, lisa ghotbi how about now lisa . No . T