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Committee amends, continues wide‑ranging ordinance to phase out gas‑powered landscaping equipment
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee accepted amendments and continued to May 4 an ordinance that would ban city use of gas‑powered landscaping equipment in 2024 and prohibit its use citywide in 2026, adding a buyback fund, waiver process and reporting requirements; departments and the BLA pressed for more cost and implementation detail.
The Budget & Finance Committee on April 27 took up and amended a broad ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Myrna Melgar to phase out gas‑powered landscaping equipment across San Francisco.
Melgar described the measure as both an environmental and labor‑health bill that would transition city operations away from small internal combustion landscaping equipment and create a buyback fund for private owners and small businesses. "This piece of legislation ... is meant to transition us away from dirty, polluting, gas equipment into more sustainable, cleaner, quieter electric equipment that protects the health of the workers," Melgar said.
Tyrone Joo, director of the Department of the Environment (DOE), presented slides underscoring health and noise concerns: the…
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