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San Francisco committee backs resolution urging state to lift pesticide preemption after public outcry
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted to send to the full Board a resolution urging the state to repeal a 1984 law that bars local governments from restricting pesticide use, after testimony from environmental groups, city staff and residents worried about planned aerial spraying for the light brown apple moth.
Supervisor Michaela Alioto Pier introduced a resolution asking the state to repeal a 1984 statute that preempts local governments from restricting pesticide use. She framed the measure around the city's inability to block state-directed aerial spraying to control the light brown apple moth and said the change would let San Francisco regulate pesticides within its boundaries.
The resolution drew sustained public comment and expert testimony. Paul Shramski, state director of Pesticide Watch, told the committee that ‘‘local governments in California…
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