Supervisors debate and amend plan to shift city passenger fleet to zero-emission vehicles; item continued for cost analysis

San Francisco supervisors debated an ordinance to require the city's light-duty passenger fleet to transition to zero-emission vehicles by 2022, adopting several amendments and agreeing to continue the item to the May 9 meeting for additional fiscal analysis.

The ordinance, introduced by Supervisor Jane Kim (referred to in the transcript as Supervisor Tang's colleague during debate), and described by Supervisor Sophie Maxwell (Supervisor Tang was the author in the transcript), would require new passenger vehicles purchased for the municipal fleet to be zero-emission unless a waiver applies, and would set a 2022 deadline for the passenger vehicle portion of the fleet to reach zero-emission status. Supervisor Tang said the measure excludes public safety and emergency vehicles, and that waivers would be handled by the Office of the City Administrator for operational challenges such as lack of charging infrastructure. "The waivers would be submitted to the city administrator's office," Tang said during…