that at the point of sale for each cell phone that would be sold in stores in san francisco, it would provide information on the specific absorption rate as well as information to consumers about potential health risks for each phone. we passed that, and we actually have changes to how radio frequency emissions are assessed, and we want to make sure that this legislation actually meets the current changes, so the amendment today here is to provide a broader way of looking at how we will do labeling of cell phones at our stores in san francisco. rather than look at each specific phone, we were going to have a general display of posters that would be at the point of sale, not her phone, but just around where the phones will be displayed. we have the director of the department of environment here to go over the legislation for us, and to provide background information we may need to know in considering this item. thank you. good morning, supervisors. i am the director of the s
federal court. i would urge this committee to uphold the right to know, and i would also urge supervisor elsbernd to recuse himself from the vote in order that the $5,000 at&t donation to his designated charity is not seen as a quid pro quo. thank you very much. supervisor avalos: next speaker please. i want to thank the department of the environment and the city attorneys for your efforts to save this necessary legislation. you are helping raise awareness not only in san francisco. states from pennsylvania to oregon and other countries from iran to israel are issuing warnings to their citizens of the safety precautions from cell phone use. on may 31, as melanie told you, the highly esteemed conservative world health organization classified cell phones as possible carcinogens based on industry-funded studies and independent studies proving that long-term cell phone use can cause lethal brain tumors. so we have the evidence, and we have many san franciscans, including childr
the keys there and took it. in city hall right now is a very distraught family. we talked to them and they simply said, we just want our daughter back. we want our granddaughter back, we don t care about the stolen car. they can keep the car. now police are also worried that should these people who stole the car, suddenly realize they have the child, they will just abandon the car some where and leave the child by herself. and that could prove to be very dangerous. so again, take a good look at the picture of the little girl, if you see it, if you see the car give police a call. help them find this little girl. and we ll have more on this in a half an hour and continuing updates as they happen. live in morgan hill, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel channel 2 news. thank you very much lloyd. spring rainfall is making its way across the bay area. and it may be making this ride home for these commuters a wet one. the rain was headed our way during the day. scattered rainfall brou