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Supervisors accept amendments to checkout-bag ordinance and continue item to Dec. 6 for more study
Summary
The board accepted several amendments to the city—ag restrictions and directed the item to be continued to Dec. 6 for additional review, including controller analysis of economic impacts and changes to bag standards.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors accepted a package of amendments to an ordinance that would extend restrictions on single-use checkout bags to all retail and food establishments and require implementation of a checkout bag charge. The sponsor moved to amend language on bag composition, labeling, CEQA findings, and economic review and then moved to continue the ordinance for further consideration; colleagues adopted both the amendments and the continuance without objection.
Sponsor remarks and amendments: Supervisor McCremy (sponsor) read a set of amendments that, among other changes, (1) added CEQA categorical-exemption language referencing CEQA Guidelines classifications, (2) required checkout bags to be 100%…
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