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Representatives of new industries, really new green businesses that are thinking about how we can both do better by the environment as well as create new jobs here in San Francisco and throughout california. And then i did want to address a couple of the issues that were raised by the 0 billion industry and their testimony. First of all, the suggestion that somehow this ordinance might deprive san franciscans after an earthquake of plastic Water Bottles or somehow deprive those individuals with compromised immune systems of their plastic Water Bottles. ~ 60 as i said before, this ordinance does nothing visavis the private sector. You can go to walgreens, you can to your corner store, safeway and get as many plastic Water Bottles as you can carry home. So, i want to just ....
Water. We saved tax payers nearly 500,000 a year and underscored the importance of our public water system. Supervisor chius ordinance build on that legacy by codifying this commitment into law and increasing access to public water on city property. It is an important step toward ensuring our community has access to choose clean and safe public water. And by reinvesting in and promoting public water over bottled water, San Francisco will set an important example for other cities and people across the country. The bottled water industry has had misleading marketing [speaker not understood]. Public water is much more regulated than bottled water 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 ....
[speaker not understood] Distribution Services and expanding access to public water is really important. Also wanted to mention that free Water Bottles are the biggest problem weve noticed. Sometimes when free Water Bottles are given out, they dont get consumed fully and we cant even pull the bag out of the bin because its full of water. So, thats just something to keep in mind. Thank you very much. I support it and i appreciate the work. Sir, i have a question. In terms of you said San Francisco is more challenging than other cities in terms of the hookups, and obviously thats something we want to address, can you sort of briefly maybe be a little more specific what those challenges are . Because i know were all commit today trying to address that. A number of ....
Ensuring our community has access to choose clean and safe public water. And by reinvesting in and promoting public water over bottled water, San Francisco will set an important example for other cities and people across the country. The bottled water industry has had misleading marketing [speaker not understood]. Public water is much more regulated than bottled water 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 < ....
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 Somet ....