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The update, presented Feb. 4 by Cindy Commerford, Climate Program Manager, and Elizabeth Stamp, Senior Climate Action Coordinator for the San Francisco Department of the Environment, focuses implementation on transportation and buildings, adds financing and governance sections, and emphasizes equity and tracking. Commerford said the department's prior estimates put plan implementation costs at about $22 billion and that the city has already reduced emissions about 48% from 1990 levels.

Why this matters: Transportation and buildings are the city's main emission sources. The plan update proposes clearer, time-bound targets for mode shift and electrification so progress can be measured and reported. Department staff told commissioners that without predictable funding, the city risks losing momentum at a moment when federal support for climate programs is uncertain.

Major elements presented

- Mode shift and vehicle electrification: The staff proposal separates mode-shift goals (trips by walking, biking and transit) from vehicle electrification. The draft aims for 60% of trips by walking, biking and transit by 2030 and 80% by 2040; remaining vehicle trips are to be electrified with interim targets for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Elizabeth Stamp said the change was made to reduce confusion about what constitutes a 'low-carbon' trip.

- Buildings and housing: The plan reaffirms zero-emissions standards for new buildings and proposes a timeline for all buildings to reach zero emissions by 2040. Commissioners asked for the department's underlying assumptions and math; Commissioner Hunter said she was skeptical that full building decarbonization citywide is achievable within 15 years without strong financing and regulatory tools.

- Energy, water and ecosystems: The update continues Clean Power SF goals for renewable electricity and proposes a new water-supply resilience focus and a refined approach to ecosystems: rather than relying on sequestration capacity, staff proposed biodiversity, greening and a target of 30,000 new street trees by 2030.

- Governance, financing and equity: New sections will address funding strategies, governance, innovation and a racial and social equity review of the draft actions. Staff said they are coordinating with departments and expect public outreach to begin soon, including language-access virtual meetings.

Questions and public comment

Commissioners pressed staff for clearer metrics in some sections (water supply goals and circular-economy targets) and for annual reporting cadence on progress. Public commenters, including representatives of San Francisco Climate Emergency Coalition and allied health organizations, urged the commission and mayor to fund the plan fully and to maintain the Climate Equity Hub that aids low-income households with electrification.

Bottom line: The draft preserves the city's overall targets and tightens nearer-term, measurable actions, but staff and commissioners said achievement will depend on funding and cross-departmental implementation. The department plans further outreach and an equity review before publishing the final update later in 2025.

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Summary of votes

- Approval of minutes (Item 3): Motion to approve minutes of the Jan. 7, 2025 special meeting passed by roll call. Commissioners recorded on the roll call as voting 'aye' included President Wong (chair), Vice President Sullivan, Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Bermejo, Commissioner Hunter and Commissioner Tompkins; Commissioner Yuan was excused.

- Election of officers (Item 5): Commissioners re-elected the commission president and vice president for two-year terms following nominations, public comment (none) and roll-call votes. The roll calls recorded unanimous support of the voting members present; Commissioner Yuan was excused.

- Resolution authorizing contract amendment for Our Planet Recycling (Item 6): The commission approved Resolution File 2025-03-COE, which amends the department's contract with the program operator for the bottle-bank beverage-container recycling program to increase the contract cap from $500,000 to $1,000,000 and to expand program capacity. Motion carried on roll call with the same aye votes recorded (President Wong; Vice President Sullivan; Commissioners Ahn, Bermejo, Hunter, Tompkins); Commissioner Yuan excused.

- Safe Drug Disposal fee schedule (Item 9): The commission adopted the proposed fee schedule that raises the Department's annual operating fee to achieve near-full cost recovery for FY25-26 and FY26-27. Motion carried on roll call with aye votes from the commissioners present and no recorded no votes.

- Environment Department budget submission (Item 10): The commission voted to approve the department's proposed AAO and operating budget for FY25-26 and FY26-27 and to submit the department's budget package to the mayor and controller. The roll call again recorded aye votes from the same commissioners present; Commissioner Yuan was excused.

- Letter regarding ongoing general-fund support (Item 11): The commission approved a letter to the mayor urging ongoing general-fund support for the environment department and requested that the letter be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors as well. The motion passed on roll call.

Vote records (as recorded during roll calls)

The meeting transcript records each roll call with the same set of names voting 'Aye' in the carried motions: President Wong (chair), Vice President Sullivan (vice president), Commissioner Ahn, Commissioner Bermejo, Commissioner Hunter and Commissioner Tompkins. In multiple items Commissioner Yuan was noted as excused. Where a motion listed a mover and second on the record, the transcript captured the mover and a seconder; recorded vote tallies on the roll calls matched the unanimous aye votes of the commissioners present.

Notes on procedure and transparency

- Attribution: Roll-call results were read into the record and captured in the meeting transcript. Where specific motions were moved and seconded, the transcript records the mover and the seconder.

- Public comment: Several public speakers addressed budget and program items, and commissioners referenced public concerns in their deliberations (notably, calls for continued funding of the Climate Equity Hub and full funding to implement the Climate Action Plan).

- Next steps: Approved items will be finalized in staff files and, where applicable, forwarded to contracting and accounting for implementation.","At its Feb. 4 meeting the Commission on the Environment approved several administrative and policy items by roll-call vote: the minutes from Jan. 7; a resolution to increase the contract cap for the department's beverage-container redemption operator; a revised fee schedule for the Safe Drug Disposal Stewardship Ordinance; the Department of the",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6748563,"Recology proposes three-year rate increase and local mixed-waste processing line; city staff flag permitting risks",596,3008000,3604000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2224935-80662580c954badc36593d300b637d32&start=3008&end=3604","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2224935-80662580c954badc36593d300b637d32/thumbnail_3008000.jpg","/articles/6748563/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Recology-proposes-three-year-rate-increase-and-local-mixed-waste-processing-line-city-staff-flag-permitting-risks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6748563-b8c5f6369e8c2f023fe94e6599e661c5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174541&Signature=mG6LoROa4QSIsdwIGI3KQ9YOcPQy2StZH7ixY1rSKzUzVE8b90Rr4Pa-sO-4x4sDiDAwwDFKdg5CDbBWCTK0JVN6wf2a8jZXfU0jRKBcoN~1qVRophzMD2xrmE5TZpKDvqMDM-GWKSiB6JPInQQQX6W6mZuBB9yoH-BH229uG4K6ta6OjhK-9ADJdirgscJAgrsy1KYq4uGhl-PlSAf1gUAFJ6cklAgeyEtZUnjoiRZ4XkavBzTRR~4JZrXax25gpAk0IqGNN4EANDbdsf-TbRGP57-agDtiTlc7pDxAJnU873dvAHUZlCDeekzhYOJPhDsbsGtsMVPbNujRSEjnDQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Recology presented its rate application to the Commission on the Environment on Feb. 4, proposing an 18.18% increase for rate year 2026, 7.53% for 2027 and 3.86% for 2028, and outlined several program enhancements aimed at increasing diversion and reducing contamination.

The refuse-rates administrator (Comptroller's Office) framed the proposal within the Prop F process that moved refuse-rate administration to the controller. Jay Liao said the application includes a roughly $13.7 million balancing-account deficit carried from prior projections and staff identified about 8 percentage points of the proposed 2026 increase as structural (revenue shortfall, a past payroll projection error and a new city business tax). Liao said staff will analyze the application and propose a rate order later in the process.

What Recology proposed

- Rate schedule: 18.18% (2026), 7.53% (2027), 3.86% (2028). Recology estimated the first-year increase as about $8.50 per month for a single-family household on default service.

- Mixed-waste processing: Recology described a contingent plan to repurpose an existing material-recovery facility at 501 Tunnel into a processing line capable of handling about 500 tons per day and recovering an estimated 49% of otherwise-landfill-bound material. The company and department staff said the project would be dedicated to San Francisco and could avoid exporting mixed waste, but it requires an Authority to Construct from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and a reliable outlet for recovered compost and materials. Capital cost was described in the presentation near $35 million.

- Organics depackager and other improvements: Recology proposed installing a depackager to improve organics yield from roughly 50% to about 66\t67%; adding illegal-dumping pickup routes; expanding outreach and container labeling; piloting onboard camera systems and contamination monitoring; reintroducing citywide compost giveaways and expanding mattress recycling by linking to state Mattress Recycling Council programs.

Questions and concerns

Commissioners and staff pressed Recology on timeline, permitting and downstream markets for recovered compost and recyclables. Recology said the mixed-waste processing line is on a contingent schedule and, if milestones are met, processing would start in 2027 with the facility more fully operational later in the rate cycle. The refuse-rates administrator and department staff stressed that the proposal's trash-processing contingent depends on air-district approvals and confirmed the need to identify and secure market outlets for the compost and other recovered streams.

Why it matters

Department staff and commissioners said a local processing line could materially increase recovery and help the city meet 2030 diversion goals, but both noted the project is capital intensive, contingent on permits and markets, and would raise rates if approved. Commissioners also emphasized robust ratepayer outreach and asked for tighter metrics and reporting as the controller develops a proposed rate order.

Next steps

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