Colleagues at this time we have a lot of must be for general Public Comment i cigarette suggest we move to general Public Comment but with respect to the members of the public id like to move to that and go to come back to those items. After we have hopefully, a little bit of sense for the members of the public for general Public Comment. So with that, mr. Clerk item number Public Comment is closed. Pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices planning code mrabd without referenced to Committee Calendar please note the Public Comment is not loudly on issues that have been addressed and please talk to the whole board. If you like a document to be displayed on the overhead please remove it after youre done thank you for your patience. Honorable president chiu and supervisors im rubbing benefit im the son of ben goodman im also a volunteer team captain in the walk alzheimers theyll take place a week from saturday thats saturday september 20th reply at Mission Creek park here in Sa
Over the years as the public has become much more educated and aware of the dangers of second hand smoke weve been getting a lot more calls with tenant complaints about smoking and in particular weve seen a lot of people who have called like i remember we got a call from a mother with a brand new infant, seniors with lots of chronic diseases, people with hiv, people with cancer and heart disease, who had just moved into their apartment and had no idea they were going to be exposed to second hand smoke that was drifting from other units into their apartment and they were totally at a loss of what they could do. This is basically a right to know ordinance. This would inform prospective renters where smoking is allowed so they can make an informed decision and choose to decide on an all terp tiff if they dont want to be exposed to the second hand smoke. And supervisor mar, i think you talked a little bit about the 2006 Surgeon Generals report. One thick that was in the report, even short
Pass it on to the entire board with your full support. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors, i am ben chafer, i work with kendra at the sro collaborative. When we were conducting the surveys in the summer and fall in 2011 we found the majority of people, overwhelmingly, 4 out of 5 were in favor of the disclosure policy and even confirmed smokers were in support of the policy because they were concerned about possibly contributing to go Neighbors Health issues. Basically the sense i got was they wanted it make informed choices to protect their rights as well as other peoples rights in the arena of smoking. As a smoker personally i believe this policy is very important to the community because it would provide tenants both in the private apartment and the sro community to make informed decisions based on an Important Health issue. In conclusion wed like you to pass the legislation both to mitigate concern and confusion citywide about the smoking history of apartments and
Commenters, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, are there any questions or comments . Then let me ask i think its City Attorney john gibner, we have some amendments, is that right, for this item, or was it the next item, mr. Gibner. Deputy City Attorney john gibner. I believe on this item you have written amendments, on the next item you have written aamendments and some additional amendments id like to make orally. These are not substantive ones that change the numbers and each of you has a copy of them so if there are no questions on those amendments, actually im just wondering if my colleagues had any comments. Supervisor wiener. Thank you. Thank you, chairman mar for authoring this legislation and for all your work around second hand smoke issues. Im very supportive of this legislation. We need to have Public Places where everyone is able to use those places and you dont have some people doing things that make it harder for other people to be there. I think this moves us in that
Care. Im sure as an expectant mother i wont expect gender would play a role in how i plan my family i support in and i urge you to as well thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors im jennifer i didnt with the jen is action ive here to support the resolution condemning sex selection bans across the country the impact of those are leading to reprieve health assess its banning outline dorpgsz and the lawmakers are trying to do so city by city and county by county and state by county those force the medical folks to question women based on the race and culture and deeply interfering with the important and private relationship between decreases and patients. Further those laws are being passed bans stereotypes specifically Asian Pacific islander communities to advance their own conservative political agenda were deeply concerned with the racial precisely occurring in the Doctors Office with the selection even if abortion plans thank you to the Asian Pacific islander wermz forum