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Ordinance#220199Passed
In plain English
The ordinance prohibits the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment by the City starting July 1, 2024, and by all property and business owners in San Francisco starting January 1, 2026, with certain waivers available. It also establishes a Buy-Back Program to help transition away from this equipment and requires public education and annual reporting on the ordinance's enforcement and progress.
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code and Police Code to 1) prohibit the City from using gas-powered landscaping equipment to perform a City function starting July 1, 2024, with temporary waivers for City departments that document to the satisfaction of the Director of the Department of the Environment (“Department”) the unavailability of needed technology to replace such equipment; 2) prohibit the City from contracting for the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment to perform a City function starting July 1, 2024, with waivers for City departments that document to the satisfaction of the Purchaser the necessity of such waiver; 3) prohibit the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment in the City starting January 1, 2026, except such equipment for which the Department determines replacement technology is unavailable, and penalize property owners and business owners and managers that violate that prohibition; 4) establish a buy-back and/or incentive program (“Buy-Back Program”) to assist owners of such equipment in transitioning away from its use; 54) require that the Department conduct a public education campaign regarding the gas-powered landscaping equipment ban and the Buy-Back Program; 6) establish a fund to receive penalties collected for violation of the ban and other monies, to use for purchases of equipment for City departments to replace gas-powered landscaping equipment, for the Buy-Back Program, for safe disposal of gas-powered landscaping equipment, and/or to fund the Department’s public education campaign; 7) designate the Department to administer and enforce the ordinance; and 8) require the Department, starting in 2026 and ending on December 31, 2036, to report to the Board of Supervisors by March 31 of each year on progress over the prior calendar year in enforcing the restrictions on gas-powered landscaping equipment, conducting the public education campaign, administering the Buy-Back Program, and using the monies in the fund.
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How they voted
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors · Sep 27, 2022Pass
5-0
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors · Sep 20, 2022Pass
5-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Budget and Finance Committee · Apr 27, 2022Pass
1-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Budget and Finance Committee · Apr 27, 2022Pass
1-0
Legislative journey
PresidentMar 1, 2022
→ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
Clerk of the BoardMar 7, 2022
→REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
PresidentMar 17, 2022
·TRANSFERRED
Budget and Finance CommitteeApr 27, 2022 – Sep 14, 2022
↷CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
✎AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
↷CONTINUEDPass
↷CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIRPass
✓RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED..Pass
✎AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Board of SupervisorsSep 20, 2022 – Sep 27, 2022
✓PASSED ON FIRST READINGPass
✓FINALLY PASSEDPass
MayorOct 6, 2022
✓APPROVED