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Supervisors hear city agencies’ first progress report on implementing biodiversity resolution
Summary
Supervisors and agency staff described initial steps to make biodiversity a citywide priority — plant finder tools, draft design guidelines, native plant production, and training — while public commenters urged more funding, nurseries and demonstration projects to sustain restoration and stewardship.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee held a hearing on Nov. 4 to receive the first implementation report on a 2018 biodiversity resolution and to review early steps agencies have taken to make biodiversity a citywide priority.
Supervisor Sandra Lee Feuer, sponsor of the follow‑up hearing, said the resolution directs an interagency working group of 15 departments to coordinate on conserving natural resources and expanding equitable access to nature. "Biodiversity is essential for thriving resilient ecosystems," she said, asking departments to focus on equity, community stewardship and ecological planning.
Debbie from the Department of the Environment framed the issue in global terms, noting steep declines in species and that the resolution asks city departments to set public commitments and collaborate. Peter…
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