Im the seniorsy advocate youve heard a great deal with the work that the organization has done in evaluating the program in the Oakland School district, i dont need to repeat that here, but we want to emphasize that our organization sees this initiative important enough that i made it here today. This is not actually my normal realm of work, i tend to work in sacramento, but we really believe the city of San Francisco could do something here to help california to make sure it meets with the rhetoric of being a global leader. We hope youll continue, thank you. Im a volunteer with food San Francisco and also a conscious consumer. Im here on a personal note because for ten years of my life i suffered severely from depression. And when i was 18, i attempted suicide and shortly after i was put on zoloft and when that didnt work, well beau well. And prozac, and then i was told he could no longer write me prescriptions because i had moved. Being the 22yearold i was, i had no idea how insurance worked to i decided to wean myself off of it. By myself, just doing research online. And that is when i discovered quality food and nutrition and i was able to get out of that state of being addicted to antidepressants and its been four years since and i have not had a depressive episode. It was important to come here today because we are dealing with Health Institutions and jails, a lot of which deal with mental illness. And i am somebody that knows the power of nutrition and quality food. So i support this measure. Thank you so much for your time. Good morning. Im an attorney with the Human Trafficking project at Asian Pacific island outreach. The five values should guide city food procurement because a valued workforce is a valuable workforce. Its synonymous with respecting human life, not sacrificing human dignity. Workers in agriculture, fishery and Livestock Industries are some of the most vulnerable in the country. Theyre comprised of immigrants, both documented and undocumented. And theyre engaged in one of the top three dangerous occupations. Payment to the workers to help feed the rest of the nation is stock at Poverty Level wages. The food and drinks we consume may have been farmed and fished by workers in involuntary serve attitude. While it may not be the majority, it is rife. This program is the best choice for procurement standards because it takes a holistic approach to the food system. Its community investment, selfinvestment, creates a model that will equally benefit those that are part of the chain of production as well as those in the community that will ingest what is created. San francisco hospitals and jails should adopt this policy. Individual consumers have the power to demand that the supply chain be transparent which assists in the fight against exploitation and trafficking and those fed in the hospitals and jails have no say where the food is coming from. Were like a brother and sister keeper, and helping them to choose wisely, thank you. Good morning, im the policy director at farm forward. I want to thank the supervisors for taking time to hear testimony on this issue. Farm forwards mission is to end factory farming and support food choices that reduce animal suffering. Industrial production of animals is wourch the leading contributors of environmental pollution, including Climate Change. It includes more Greenhouse Gases than trains, planes, automobiles combined. There is an immediate need to address this problem. And the good Food Purchasing policy has a strong framework for city of San Francisco, school districts, to use their purchasing power and to leverage the food that they buy to change the way animals are raised for food. We know this can be effective. The farm forward has been working with the purchasing policy as well as universities and businesses across the country, university of california, office of the president , to chain their procurement change their procurement policies and led them to buying the chicken that they buy from the certified higher welfare sources, one of which is produced here in california. So we know that institutions can be part of the solution and were eager and looking forward to working with the Community Partners in the room to support San Francisco in this transition. Thank you so much. Next speaker, ill call a few more names. Albert. Maria. Victoria, and dr. Tom newman. Im the research and Program Manager of defense. Our work is focused on environmental sustainability and empowering local communities. We believe that the value of the program, that of environmental sustainability and local economies, would be a great step forward for the food procurement policy. Because of the education to Sustainable Production practices and the support of regional economies by sourcing from locally owned Food Processing operations. We also appreciate supervisor fewers thoughtful and hard work around the issue and look forward to helping see the policy move forward in the future. Thank you. Im going to call the rest of the cards. Maria, lucy. And meta. Good morning, thank you for having the hearing. Im the food and Agriculture Policy director. We are here nnd spur supports this every because of the benefits into local Food Purchasing and the benefits of Sustainable Agriculture and healthier food access. I want to thank, weve been working on this and want to thank the hospital food team and the Sheriffs Department for engaging on this. Were asking them to do something out of the norm and that takes work. Theyve been great partners. I want to thank supervisor fewer. Los angeles and oakland have shown this can work. It doesnt necessarily have a higher cost. There can be extra work involved for everyone up and down the departments, but it can work and it doesnt have to cost more. And thats really important. Another thing youre seeing the value to the city is in in room. There are very few frame works that gather this many people who care about food from a lot of angles. Antibiotics, labor, sustainability, this framework tries to address all of them in a way that is easier for agencies to handle and cities to set policy. San francisco has the opportunity to be the first county to adopt this across all the agencies that are offering food directly to people in city and county run institutions. And what wed love to see the board do is a couple of things, first, call on the agencies to submit baseline assessments within a few months. Use that information to set goals and then institutionalize those goals with a followup resolution or ordinance. That way we can have a well thought out milestone of where we want to go and start implementing this and truly adopt is to align money with values. Thank you. Good morning, honorable members of the committee. Im senior director of state legislation for the American Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. On behalf of the spca and the 6. 5 million supporters including thousands here in San Francisco, im please to speak in support of the policy. The spca has been a strong and consistent supporter of the policy given that one of the five core values is sport for ethical standards of Animal Welfare. 10 billion land animals are raised for food, from birth, the vast majority live in inhumane conditions. Farm animals have very few protections. However the principle set forth set in motion the change that could lead to improvement this their lives. The policy encourages the use of Animal WelfareCertification Programs and reductions in the reliance on animal forced foods. You have the opportunity to establish a humane and sustainable standard for the community by ensuring that public funds are spent in a manner consistent with the city and county environmental values. By adopting the program, you have the opportunity to use your purchasing power to source healthy high Quality Foods that support a strong economy, fair treatment of workers, fair treatment of animals and sustainability. We encourage you to for consideration and on behalf of the spca i thank you for your humane leadership. Thank you. Hi, im from pesticide action network. We support the adoption of the program. The most important thing that resonates with our organization is the fair labor standards as well as protection for farm workers and farming communities, children who live in farming communities because there will be stricter environmental standards. As per 2014, the department of Public Health report, half a million children in just 15 counties were exposed to pesticides within a mile of their schools. This will continue unless cities, counties, take action to put dollars toward safer procurement and supporting farmers, form workers and communities to move toward agricultural policies and practices that are health protected and protective of the environment. Were strongly behind this and hope that San Francisco will make a big stride and provide leadership on this. And protect communities across california and beyond california in this matter. Thank you. Hello, im dr. Tom newman. Past chaired on cofounder of ucsf Sustainability Committee and represent physicians for social responsibility in the San Francisco bay, which i chair and im so concerned about Climate Change sustainability i moved out of my comfort zone to testify at a board of supervisors and wrote all my comments, but realize youre all on board and know about the Greenhouse Gas footprint of animals having the biggest Greenhouse Gas footprint and water. And i want to mention the antibiotics that is another big thing as a pediatrician. So was happy to see that having meat raised nonantibiotics was part of it. I want to thank you for what youre doing. And strongly support this move to include the department of Public Health and the Sheriffs Department in the good Food Purchasing program. My name is christina. Im here on behalf of the animal Legal Defense fund. Its a Membership Organization with 250,000 members nationwide, including 2000 in San Francisco county. They support the adoption of the good Food Purchasing policy by San Francisco hospitals and jails. The emphasis on reducing the total volume of animal products purchased as a strategy for improving environmental sustainability and Animal Welfare is essential to the overall wellbeing of individuals. Reducing the dairy consumption will have direct and beneficial impacts on the environment. Reducing consumption of meat and dairy is one of the most impactful for mitigating Climate Change. Jails and hospitals would reduce the Carbon Footprint. Finally because meat and dairy are recognized to contribute to Heart Disease, diabetes and cancer, reducing consumption of both is a critical component of hospitals and jails. We strongly support and ask that you do as well. Thank you for giving time and attention to the good Food Purchasing policy and all the folks that turned out to testify. Im the heal food alliance, agriculture labor, were a National Alliance of 50 organizations that represent different sectors of organizing for food and farm justice, including 350,000 workers that are across the food system, as well as environmental groups like concerned scientists an pesticides at work, and a bunch of farmers around the country as well. Youre already aware of many of the impact of our current food system, how exploit it is for workers. 6 of the 8 worst paying jobs are food system jobs. It contributes to a third of Greenhouse Gases, as well as the Health Impacts youre heard about, increasing diabetes, obesity, Heart Disease and so on. Large institutions like schools and hospital and prisons, currently purchase about 150 billion worth of food every year. And so investing in good Food Purchasing policy is an opportunity to di vest from those frame works. We encourage San Francisco not only to adopt the framework but also to fully adopt and implement the good Food Purchasing policy here. There is a couple of examples weve seen from los angeles. Essentially that theyve already reduced their Carbon Footprint by 22 by adopting this program. And we know that adoption of gfpp increases competition and helps drive the market force. To make a point, weve seen in l. A. That every dollar that is spent on food has the ability to bring in between 1. 60 and 3. 12 that can be invested in local jobs, creates local revenue and so on. We strongly support you. My name is sophie, im an organizer at the russia Opportunity Center of the bay area. Rock is a National Nonprofit center that advocates for increased wages and working conditions. We understand the connection within the food chain and want to support all workers from the farm to the fork. Im here today to support the good Food Purchasing policies and its values because we know healthy environment and good jobs are necessary to maintain Healthy Communities and sustainable economy. Thank you. Good afternoon, im also here on behalf of the restaurant Opportunity Center, and here to voice my support for the good Food Purchasing program and all of its values because of how holistic they are and particularly the valued workforce component. At rock the bay we believe that ensure safety of the food, we must ensure the safety of the workers. And as we all know, workers are ones that run the food system and thats right hand that feeds. Were excited that labor is a component of the policy and are excited to voice our support. Thank you. Good morning, im also here with the russian Opportunity Center our focus is worker advocacy and we here complaints and abuse of the Food Service Workers in this area of the country. So i think supporting the good Food Purchasing program is essential because they focus on the safe and healthy working conditions of our Food Service Workers. Thank you. Good morning, im albert, im from born and raised in mission value, native san franciscan. Ive been over in the southeast district all my life. Im here to speak to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Committee regarding specifically jeff sheehy, i believe youre district 11 . What district are you . 8 . Mandel street is a death trap. This is Public Safety and Neighborhood Service committee issue. No, i understand, were now on item number 4. Which is no problem, we dont have general Public Comment at committee. We have it at the full board of supervisors on tuesdays. That way youll have an opportunity to speak to the entire board of supervisors. Someone was killed on mandel yesterday and i was [inaudible] if you could come back on tuesday to speak to the full board, that would be the appropriate trying to get it reconfigured. If youd like to talk to the office, you can do that, im hillary ronen, im district 9. District 9. My neighborhood. Supervisor ronen is there any other member of the public that would like to speak to item number 4 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Any questions from my colleagues or comment . I would like to thank you for your work on this, supervisor fewer. I hope that you do additional work on this at the full board and i will be cosponsor of that when you do. On so many levels i feel very connected to this and have appreciated the comments of all of the members of the public today. I used to be the Worker Rights attorney and represented a lot of restaurant workers, so i wanted to thank rock bay area for coming out. I know the need for advocacy on workplace conditions and treatment of workers in the Restaurant Industry and the food industry. I want to say as a mother of ayearold in the Public Schools wh