Continuing this fight against big soda in 2015 with our coalition with legislation that we think will make our communities healthier and better informed informed. The legislation im introducing will prohibit the use of city funds from city departments and contractors from purchasing sugary drinks it doesnt ban vendors or private parties from bringing them but it limits the city and departments and contractors that do business with the city to consume sugary beverages we cant in good faith know the terrible harm these drinks cause and then allow them to be handed out in childrens programs or encourage employees to drink them and to provide the department of Public Health and our staff more information about the sale of these harmful products. Lastly im introducing a resolution to formally endorse senator bill maddings bill as we voted about a year ago sb 203 requiring warning labels to inform consumers of the risks imposed by big sugars products and this board supported unanimously last
Unfortunate thing is that i was, as was noted by the hearing by the Apartment Association which i dont necessarily always agree with, there were more people in that room coming to testify about this law than actually had signed up for the law itself. And when you look at the issue of enforcement, i think the only thing that i can say in terms of describing the situation is what a mess. What the and i believe this law will be essentially an un forceable piece of legislation and i think whatever differences we may have about the shortterm rental legislation i think that we can all be in agreement that when we pass a law by this body that we want that law to be enforced. This data is critical for a number of reasons as i mentioned to help our Planning Department staff in their enforcement of the law second its also important in terms of understanding the impact of this new shortterm rental law when it comes to our Housing Stock and the other thing is that the thing about enforcement is th
Interesting a number of issues were raised but one of the fascinating things is that over the course of discussing this legislation, we have heard from hundreds if not thousands of folks who are engaging in shortterm rentals and the unfortunate thing is that i was, as was noted by the hearing by the Apartment Association which i dont necessarily always agree with, there were more people in that room coming to testify about this law than actually had signed up for the law itself. And when you look at the issue of enforcement, i think the only thing that i can say in terms of describing the situation is what a mess. What the and i believe this law will be essentially an un forceable piece of legislation and i think whatever differences we may have about the shortterm rental legislation i think that we can all be in agreement that when we pass a law by this body that we want that law to be enforced. This data is critical for a number of reasons as i mentioned to help our Planning Departme
And freddie mac and help families stay in their homes and expresses the intent of the board to negotiate with the banks that sell more of these at risk mortgages to the cdfis and pose low Financial Financial risks and burdens to the city and i hope that we can work with other cities to pressure the banks to sell more of these at risk loans and the City Councils in richmond california and new ark new jersey have passed similar resolutions and ive been in contact with them and it also urges our mayor to join us in this effort and i hope mayor lee can work with fellow mayors to include other cities to help us pressure the banks who sell these at risk loans and the rest ill submit thank you colleagues. Thank you supervisor avalos supervisor campos . Thank you madam clerk. You know, last week on wednesday at the request of supervisor farrell and i believe supervisor christensen as well, we had a very enlightening hearing at the Budget Committee to get a presentation on the Planning Departme
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