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Showing Business & Economy · Feb 2021 legislation (3).

Ordinance#201151
Feb 26, 2021

This ordinance requires construction and demolition debris transporters to obtain permits for their vehicles and debris boxes, and it increases the recovery rate for materials from 65% to 75% for demolition projects. It also mandates compliance with updated registration conditions for processing facilities and allows for penalties for violations.

Ordinance amending the Environment, Public Works, Health, and Administrative Codes to require transporters of construction and demolition debris to obtain a temporary or annual permit from the Department of Environment for each vehicle and debris box used for such transport and to comply with permit conditions; to require facilities that process such debris to comply with updated registration conditions; to require each person who conducts full demolition projects as permitted by the Department of Building Inspection and submits to the Director of the Department of Environment a material reduction and recovery plan to provide for at least 75% recovery away from disposal instead of 65% as required under existing law, and to verify this recovery rate after completing the project; to authorize the Director to impose administrative penalties for violations; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.

Public HealthEnvironmentBusiness & Economy
By Rafael Mandelman, Shamann Walton
13-0
Ordinance#210161
Feb 23, 2021

This ordinance updates the Business and Tax Regulations Code to include new rules for implementing the Vacancy Tax, which targets vacant commercial properties. It aims to encourage property owners to either lease or sell their vacant spaces.

Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to add provisions to administer the Vacancy Tax.

Budget & TaxesBusiness & Economy
Passed
9-0 /1
Ordinance#210078
Feb 3, 2021

This ordinance creates the San Francisco Reinvestment Working Group, which will develop plans for a non-depository Municipal Finance Corporation and a Public Bank. These plans will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors and the Local Agency Formation Commission for consideration.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the San Francisco Reinvestment Working Group to submit business and governance plans for a non-depository Municipal Finance Corporation and for a Public Bank to the Board of Supervisors and to the Local Agency Formation Commission.

TransportationBusiness & EconomyGovernance & Elections
By Connie Chan, Myrna Melgar, Shamann Walton
11-0 /1