Representatives of new industries, really new green businesses that are thinking about how we can both do better by the environment as well as create new jobs here in San Francisco and throughout california. And then i did want to address a couple of the issues that were raised by the 0 billion industry and their testimony. First of all, the suggestion that somehow this ordinance might deprive san franciscans after an earthquake of plastic Water Bottles or somehow deprive those individuals with compromised immune systems of their plastic Water Bottles. ~ 60 as i said before, this ordinance does nothing visavis the private sector. You can go to walgreens, you can to your corner store, safeway and get as many plastic Water Bottles as you can carry home. So, i want to just emphasize that. And secondly, there is a bit of a green washing suggestion that somehow bottled water has a lower environmental footprint. And i want to just mention a couple of things. While it is, according to the ind
I think ill just make a couple comments and thats just that i note there are a number of different issues swirling around this planning code change including both the design which is not before us and also the labor issues which are also not before us. But im really glad to see that through this process facilitated both with planning and president chius office we are able to resolve a number of those issues before the [speaker not understood] came before us. And i think it certainly will make for a stronger business presence on that corridor, having resolved many of those issues prior to this coming to the board of supervisors. So, congratulations on that work. Thank you, supervisor kim. Colleagues, are there any additional comments or questions on item number 3 . Okay. Weve adopted the amendments on item number 3 and as i understand it we can move these out of committee today. Is that correct, mr. Givner . Okay. So, colleagues, i want to just thank supervisor chiu for bringing some di
Water. We saved tax payers nearly 500,000 a year and underscored the importance of our public water system. Supervisor chius ordinance build on that legacy by codifying this commitment into law and increasing access to public water on city property. It is an important step toward ensuring our community has access to choose clean and safe public water. And by reinvesting in and promoting public water over bottled water, San Francisco will set an important example for other cities and people across the country. The bottled water industry has had misleading marketing [speaker not understood]. Public water is much more regulated than bottled water and is the best way to ensure access for water to everyone. Not just those who can pay a market price. Water is a public good, not a commodity to be bought and sold. And as of 2007 executive order, the ripple of this leadership will be felt in cities and towns across the u. S. A strong stand in this ordinance for public water and making a powerfu
Ls Union Square Retail store is an important piece of this changing landscape and we urge your support. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is there any additional Public Comment on item number 3 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] supervisor chiu, i know you distributed some amendments. Yes. First of all i want to again thank all the stakeholders that have worked together and also thank apple for their discussions with the community to move this forward and very much hope that, colleagues, we can move this forward with full recommendation today. I do have a couple of technical amendments that we were asked by the Planning Department to include. First to reference ceqa findings from the planning staff report and then to add a reference to the requisite block and lot number. I understand that these are nonsubstantive amendments so that we could amend them today and move this out of committee today to the full board. Okay. So, supervisor kim, should we take the amendments first
Ensuring our community has access to choose clean and safe public water. And by reinvesting in and promoting public water over bottled water, San Francisco will set an important example for other cities and people across the country. The bottled water industry has had misleading marketing [speaker not understood]. Public water is much more regulated than bottled water and is the best way to ensure access for water to everyone. Not just those who can pay a market price. Water is a public good, not a commodity to be bought and sold. And as of 2007 executive order, the ripple of this leadership will be felt in cities and towns across the u. S. A strong stand in this ordinance for public water and making a powerful statement about the urgent need to invest our [speaker not understood] public service. So, thank you. Thank you very much. Ms. Bobbitt. Hi, supervisors. Nice to see all of you, and thank you for hearing this item today. Im Karen Bobbitt representing the sierra club, currently th