The puc after Public Comment on that particular issue around street fairs because it seems on the public streets because that is a more challenging place to access water. Yeah, i am michael davis. Im the owner and founder of u. S. Pure water which is a company that is a Mission Driven company to help people get off of bottled water. So, this is an issue that we deal with all the time. We have a contract with the city and county of San Francisco and have helped replace bottled water in their offices and theyve been responsible for making sure that thats a successful situation. And it saved a city over a Million Dollars by doing that. That actually, when that happened, its kind of key to the importance of doing Something Like what youre proposing to do. Im very supportive of what youre talking about here. We originally had the contract with the city ask county, but nobody was proactively changing from bottled water to bottleless Water Systems until gavin newsom issued that executive orde
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 the chair of the San Francisco group which mean i spend mostly my time telling people to wrap it up, your time is up. Unfortunate experience in a meeting. To keep things fair ill keep it short and sweet today. The sierra club supports the San Francisco water bottled ordinance. We like the goal because it fits with our support of zero waste principles. It fits with the id
Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is father tommy [speaker not understood], the pastor at st. Bonafice church. We serve many critically and important [speaker not understood] in the tenderloin ~. The building itself is the tenderloins most distinctive and dominant landmark. Spiritually its a place of peace and tranquility. It also provides a place of rest for many San Francisco economically disenfranchised and homeless citizens. The architecture, the art and particularly the century old stain glassed windows provide humanizing beauty. And filled with dehumanizing poverty [speaker not understood]. During the day people come in to enjoy the beauty, the quiet for a chance to pray, meditate, or just gather their thoughts. The church is also hosted for nearly a decade now. It will be a project as supervisor kim mentioned. The project provides space in the back half of the church for people to sleep and rest during the day. Many of the people on the church pews were on the streets the nig
Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Colleagues, we have our Meeting Minutes from our january 28th board Meeting Minutes. Could i have a motion to approve those minutes . Motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor mar. Without objection, those Meeting Minutes are approved. [gavel] madam clerk, are there any communications . There are none today, mr. President. Could you read our Consent Agenda . Yes. Items 1 through 12, the consent calendar are considered routine. If a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. Colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items . Roll call vote on the Consent Agenda. Superv
Proposal passed with flying colors meeting all of the criteria and was recommended by approval unanimously both [speaker not understood] and Historic Preservation commission. Thank you. Thank you. Father tommy, would you like to come and comment as well . Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is father tommy [speaker not understood], the pastor at st. Bonafice church. We serve many critically and important [speaker not understood] in the tenderloin ~. The building itself is the tenderloins most distinctive and dominant landmark. Spiritually its a place of peace and tranquility. It also provides a place of rest for many San Francisco economically disenfranchised and homeless citizens. The architecture, the art and particularly the century old stain glassed windows provide humanizing beauty. And filled with dehumanizing poverty [speaker not understood]. During the day people come in to enjoy the beauty, the quiet for a chance to pray, meditate, or just gather their thoughts. The church is