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Commission backs resolutions supporting municipal electrification and electric-preferred building code
Summary
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment voted Nov. 25 to support two Department of the Environment-sponsored ordinances: a municipal-electrification ordinance for city buildings and an electric-preferred reach code for private construction, signaling steps toward eliminating natural gas in new municipal buildings.
The San Francisco Commission on the Environment voted unanimously Nov. 25 to adopt resolutions supporting two Department of the Environment-sponsored ordinances aimed at reducing natural‑gas use in buildings.
Cindy Comerford, the department’s climate program manager, asked the commission to endorse an electric‑preferred reach code for private new construction and a municipal‑electrification ordinance that would eliminate natural gas in new municipal buildings and major renovations. "The elimination of natural gas is absolutely critical," Comerford said, citing public‑health and climate risks tied to methane and historic incidents such as…
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