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San Francisco committee advances all‑electric new‑construction ordinance after wide public comment, duplicates file for technical fixes
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee heard hours of public comment supporting an all‑electric new‑construction requirement and concerns from labor and small‑business groups; the committee duplicated the file for one week to refine waiver and transformer language and forwarded the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation (3‑0).
San Francisco — The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Oct. 26 advanced an ordinance that would require all new construction in the city to use only electric power, after hearing extensive public comment from environmental advocates, union representatives, small‑business groups and residents.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann, the ordinance sponsor, described a package of amendments including a limited restaurant waiver process that would be appealable to the Board of Examiners and the Board of Appeals, and said he had been in sustained negotiations with Local 38 and with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission about water‑reuse measures that could support a just transition for building trades workers. "If the ordinance does get voted out of committee today, and…
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