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Board passes first reading to restrict sale of small single-use plastic water bottles on city property
Summary
The Board passed an ordinance on first reading to restrict sales and distribution of single-use plastic bottled water on city property, set a city policy to expand public tap access and bar City funds from purchasing bottled water; several waivers and multi-year compliance windows were added for venues with limited water access.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance aimed at reducing single-use plastic water bottles on city property, setting city policy to increase public tap access and prohibiting the use of City funds to purchase bottled water. The ordinance passed with an 11–0 roll-call vote.
Supervisor David Chiu, the ordinance’s lead author, told the board the measure would: restrict sale or distribution of bottled water on city property; set city policy to increase availability of drinking water in public areas; and bar city funds from…
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