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Supervisors forward climate-emergency resolution to full Board after committee amends text
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted without objection March 18 to send a resolution declaring a climate emergency to the full Board with amendments adding just-transition language, clarifying a Department of the Environment technical report, and expanding interagency hearings and budget coordination.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted without objection March 18 to forward a resolution declaring a climate emergency to the full Board, adopting a set of amendments introduced by Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced the measure and said it was modeled on declarations from other Bay Area cities. "We're here to talk today about our resolution declaring a climate emergency in San Francisco," Mandelman said, outlining amendments to add just-transition language, clarify the technical report the Department of the Environment will produce, expand the scope of the hearing called for in the resolution to include partner agencies, and coordinate budget priorities with the mayor's office, the controller,…
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