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Supervisors amend and forward citywide biodiversity resolution after debate over pesticides and land use wording
Summary
The Land Use Committee amended a citywide biodiversity resolution to clarify priorities for restoring native habitat on city lands and forwarded the measure to the full Board with a positive recommendation after public debate over pesticide use and language about parkland versus natural areas.
Chair Katie Tang opened the Land Use Committee meeting on April 9 and the committee considered a resolution to establish local biodiversity as a citywide priority and to create an interagency framework for implementation. Supervisor Aaron Feuer, sponsor of the resolution, said the measure grew from months of collaboration among 15 city agencies and is intended to coordinate preservation of native species and foster departmental commitments.
The measure, presented by Debbie Raphael, director of the Department of the Environment, and Peter Braastow, the department’s biodiversity coordinator, lays out a nonbinding city vision and a menu of ways departments can formalize commitment (commission resolutions, presentations or memos), plus a proposed survey and periodic reporting to the Board. Lisa Fisher of the Planning Department said staff are developing tools such as…
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