December 14th, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Before we move on to the one item, i know that norman yee is excused from this meeting, could we have a motion to excuse him . So we have a motion without objection. Mr. Clerk, if you could call our one item . Item isordinance amending the health code by adding density, proximity, and sales establishment limitations on the granting of new Tobacco Sales permits, and renumbering all sections in article 19h; amending the business and tax regulations code by increasing the annual license and application fees; and making environmental findings. Great, thank you very much. And this is an item that has been introduced by supervisor mar, and it is cosponsored by supervisor kim and wean and her we want to thank supervisor mar for his leadership and i know that we have a number of young people and Community Members who are here and thank you for being here and, welcome to the board chambers and i really appreciate chair campos f
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
Item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. For item number 5 id like to say to the representatives of the Mexican Museum its been a joy to sit on this board and listen to the presentation again and again you get a little bit more excited im happy happy to add my name to the legislation. Supervisor kim. Its great to see the Community Back i semi enjoyed seeing you this is been a long process for everyone and the community to thank you for your endurance and patience when it finally opens it will be an important contribution to the city and i also want to thank the group for representing the folks i dont take enough time to recognize our staff the staff does a lot of work we take the accolades but thank you for id like to move forward with a positive recommendation to the full board. A recommendation from supervisor kim and siblthd by supervisor wiener this motion pays for a with a positive recommendation to the full board clapping. you know one step closer and madam clerk, any other
Part of the resolution that you think knows this additional time and additional clarification would be useful to have . I think the reason why those particular buildings wore called out in addition to the peas plaza was because of hits history in the japaneseamerican community. You know, because those probably are buildings that are need protection landmark designation status but within that same paragraph that instead of calling them out specifically just adding some language to say that to add peace plaza as well as i dont know other properties that are noted in the j h s statement as japan cure all what is it the japan resources i dont know how its worded. That building is of what is it . Not only look at those particular buildings but others as well. Community identified buildings of importance. Yeah. Maybe that. Commissioner highland. Can we add those buildings to our work plan. Theyre not on there. Can we audits this resolution even today ask those two buildings to be added to th