Environmental Ordinances

Resolution supporting a California Statewide producer responsibility program to minimize marine plastic pollution and to help advance San Francisco Zero Waste Goals.

Resolution approving Department of the Environment Funding Recommendations for Zero Waste grant awards to ten organizations.

Commission Resolution commending Commissioner Emeritus Matthew Tuchow for his service to the Commission on the Environment

Regulation No. SFE-13-01-CBO adopting Rules and Regulations for the San Francisco Commuter Benefits Ordinance.

Commission Resolution amending the Department of the Environment Record Retention Schedule

The 2013 Revised Reduced Risk Pesticide List was adopted by the Commission on the Environment at its January 22, 2013 meeting

Resolution commending Commissioner Rahul Prakash for his service to the Commission on the Environment.

Resolution in Support of Board of Supervisor's Resolution and Ordinance Approving the CleanPowerSF Program

Amend Record Retention and Destruction Schedule and Policy

Resolution urging the Board of Supervisors to support efforts of EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to reduce greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act.

Resolution amending the Commission on the Environment's Bylaws Article VII-Committee Sections 1 and 7.

Resolution approving Department of the Environment funding recommendations for Urban Orchards grant award to one organization.

Zero Waste Grant Approvals for Fiscal Year 2012-13 approved by the Commission on the Environment on July 24, 2012. Resolution No. 004-12-COE, File 2012-04-COE.

The Healthy Air And Clean Transportation Ordinance is intended to assist the City in achieving its air pollution and greenhouse gas reduction goals by: promoting the use of vehicles that have zero or super ultra-low emissions, achieve high energy efficiency and use alternative fuels with a low carbon impact; implementing policies to minimize the use of single occupancy vehicles and reduce the total number of passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks in the municipal fleet; maximizing the use of outside sources to fund such programs; encouraging the creation, expansion, and maintenance of alternative fueling infrastructure in the City and at City facilities; encouraging trip reduction, carpooling, and public transit, and to increase bicycle commuting by providing cyclists with the opportunity to securely park their bicycles in or close to their workplaces.

Ordinance to require the owners of existing commercial buildings to either provide secure bicycle parking in their buildings or allow their tenants to bring their bicycles into the building.

San Francisco Biodiversity Policy--Commission on the Environment

Draft of Regulation 11-08-SDDIO: Requirement for Pharmacies to post display materials explaining how to safely and lawfully dispose of unused medications.

A Mayo Clinic study issued in June 2013 found that nearly 70 percent of Americans take one prescription drug, up from 48 percent in 2007-2008. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health care providers in the United States wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills. Municipal wastewater treatment plants are not designed to treat complex drug compounds that end up in the sewer system after being flushed down toilets and sinks. As a result, drugs can pass through wastewater treatment systems and contaminate receiving waters.

Beginning 15 days after the Department of the Environment adopts the regulations required under Section 1104(d), cell phone retailers must display in a prominent location visible to the public, within the retail store, an informational poster developed by the Department of the Environment as referenced in Section 1104.