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Commission approves fee increase for San Francisco Safe Drug Disposal stewardship program to recover department costs
Summary
The commission adopted a fee schedule to increase annual operating fees for San Francisco’s Safe Drug Disposal stewardship program, raising the department’s annual operating fee from $95,000 to $143,000 for FY25‑26 (and a smaller increase in FY26‑27) to recover SFE staff and oversight costs.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment approved a revised fee schedule on Feb. 4 to increase fees paid by pharmaceutical stewardship program operators under the city’s Safe Drug Disposal Stewardship Ordinance. The change raises the department’s annual operating fee from $95,000 (current schedule) to $143,000 in fiscal year 2025–26 and includes a more modest increase for fiscal year 2026–27.
Pali O’Hare (listed in the meeting materials as program manager for Toxic Reduction and Healthy Communities) and Chris Lester, Special Waste Disposal Analyst, explained that the ordinance uses…
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