Hi, im the owner of west coast leather. Former general manager and assistant designer of north beach leather. Ive been in the Leather Industry for 32 years. Yesterday i came back from being sick and got an email from the bid association that i might want to be commenting on this hearing today. And i was not aware of the legislation, or notified, questioned, any research possibly done that would involve west coast leather. We are the largest retailer, like a department store, of leather and we do carry fur. All different categories of leather. So, when you examine a business, like a Small Business like west coast leather, there are sales that are generated which fur and fur trim and fur accessories would be a part of our business. And if there was a ban on every type of fur, that would lose 10 of my business at a significant negativity towards the small retailers surviving. I spoke with the supervisor this morning, she was very polite and listened to my concerns. I also notified all the other Committee Members that i was very upset that i wasnt made aware of this prior to the legislation. And just for an example, over the 18 years ive owned the company, weve generated over is million in sales tax through the sales of our store. So, its difficult [belling ringing] supervisor ronen sorry, there is a time limit for public speakers, everyone gets two minutes. [inaudible] supervisor ronen its a Standard Practice on committee that each speaker has two minutes. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good morning, my name is deborah, im with west coast leather. One of the tenets of the United States constitution is freedom of expression. If a woman makes a choice to wear a short skirt and go braless she was the constitutional right to do so and has the right to wear fur and leather. Both men and women have that right. As american citizens we have many First Amendment rights including the right to bear arms, the right to eat meat and the right to wear fur. The choice to wear fur is an individual choice in our constitutional right. Just as i may want a steak, i may want to wear my furtrimmed Leather Jacket on a cold day. Again its my choice. Vegans dont have the right to tell me what to eat and this ordinance should not tell me what to wear. We are one of the leading purveyors of custom made fur around the world. Some of these customers have been coming for 40 years. Were a Small Business operating in union square, a momandpop shop. We have a staff of eight people. Those eight people depend on us for salaries and family to get by. A ban on fur is going to decimate our bottom line sales, making it difficult, if not impossible to meet our obligations please, were asking you to not pass this ban. Supervisor ronen thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi, im here on behalf of compassionate bay with fellow organizers and here to voice my support of the ban and urge you all to do the same. I am sensitive to the concerns brought up today and ive spent a lot of hours over the past days and weeks talking to San Francisco residents about this ban. And the support has been overwhelming. We have collected almost 500 letters from San Francisco residents in support of this ban as well as tens of thousands of signatures. And i feel like as we evolve as a society, people want to shop in places that align with their ethics. I know for myself and my fellow organizers we would be happy to support Small Businesses that are transitioning away interest fur. This is from fur. This is not the only option. There are so many alternatives out there better for the environment and better for animals and will not hurt Small Businesses, especially given that we have more time to allow the businesses to transition. I want to speak on behalf of the animals who like katy said are not here today and need us to speak up for them. Some of the footage of the fur industry, some of the most disturbing footage in my years as animal advocate. These animals should have rights to their own bodies and lives. I want to say thank you to everyone for considering the ban and thank you for being a leader in progressive issues, for speaking up for the animals, protecting our environment and making San Francisco and the bay area a place im proud to call home. Thank you. Supervisor ronen next speaker, please. Hi, my name is wayne, im a lawyer and cofounder of the animal rights. Im coming here speaking on behalf of hundreds of members in San Francisco, thousands across the bay area. This is a deeply personal issue. Ive lived through some of my most horrible experiences of my life investigating these facilities, where you find dogs and cats, sitting in their own feces, languishing in cages, gnawing their own limbs off, sometimes cannibalized each other. 10 of the foxes raised in fur farm die from cannibalism because they go insane and go mad living in a cage with one partner. Not all the fur animals are raised on these farms, they say. This is the way the other 15 killed for an fur day. A leg hold trap is inhumane. If you play with this trap, i cannot pull this open with all my strength. Coyotes, fox, dogs and cats accidentally trapped, they starve to death, die of dehydration, e cruciating pain, bones are fractured and separated from their children. One of the most horrendous things that happens, the mothers sometimes gnaw their own legs off in a desperate attempt to try to get home. While i empathize with all the Small Business people who may have to make transition, weve data showing this can be done in an economically viable way. West hollywood continues to flourish and we would be happy to work with the Business People in making supervisor ronen thank you so much. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is ashley burn. My colleague nickie and i are here on behalf of the ethical treatment of animals and there are 6. 5 million members and supporters worldwide, including thousands here in the city of San Francisco. We respectfully request that you support supervisor tangs proposal to ban the sale of fur apparel in the city. Such a ban would help prevent extreme cruelty to animals, like what youve been hearing about already today. For decades, peta has exposed horrific cruelty on fur farms in the u. S. And around the world. The industry is the same today as when we first investigated it. Our investigators have witnessed and documented that foxes are electrocuted, dogs bludgeoned, rabbits scream as theyre electroshocked. As you may know, the movement to end the use of fur is growing all over the world. Earlier this month norway became the latest country to introduce a total ban on fur farming. Joining croatia, germany, japan, the United Kingdom and other countries that have taken steps to shut down fur farms. Hundreds of major designers and retailers, including Luxury Brands like bcbg, gucci, michael kors and gap and the north face have banned instead for opting for faux options that are better for the animals. San francisco will be the first major city to ban fur sales. This is a progressive city, so lets show this by taking this step and inspiring other cities across the country to take similar actions to protect the animals. Thank you. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Next speaker. Hi, my name is sonya, im the bay area director of the Factory Farming Coalition and i fully support this ban. Freedom of choice is important, but shouldnt there be limits to choices when they hinder the agency of these animals . Ive seen several investigations of fur farms, its one of the most disturbing things ive ever seen. Cruelty is not fashion, nor is it beautiful. Nor are profits more important than the wellbeing of animals when there are plenty of furfree alternatives. Thank you. Supervisor ronen is there any other member of the public who would like to speak . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you, Committee Members, again, thank you everyone else who came out and working on the issue for years and years and years. As someone had mentioned, it certainly is an issue that hasnt gone away. I hope through our legislation it will inspire other cities, maybe even our country, for the 50 million animals that are violent killed each year for their fur. So, with that said, colleagues, id like to see if we can take a motion to adopt the amendments and then if so, to continue the item as amended to your next Committee Meeting . I make a motion to adopt amendments and continue this. With that objection, that motion passes. Thank you so much. Thank you, supervisor tang. Can you please call item number 4. Hearing to explore the development of good Food Purchasing policies for key city departments. Supervisor fewer thank you, chair ronen, ive been looking forward to this hearing and want to thank the members of the public for being here today. As a former member of the San Francisco board of education, i was proud to author the good Food Purchasing policy for the San FranciscoUnified School District which has begun to be implemented and im glad to highlight their work. The good Food Purchasing program focuses on developing standards for food procurement in five areas. Animal welfare, nutrition, environmental subject and local economies. It is exciting to think about the adoption of a policy like this for key departments in San Francisco, the jail, our hospitals through the department of Public Health. The city and county of San Francisco spends millions of dollars on procurement and a good Food Purchasing policy could have impact on how the dollars are spent, to ensure good working conditions for food workers, that are supporting agriculture and that are vendors are engaged in production. The hears is to discuss institutions like fsusd on the good Food Purchasing and to hear from the department of Public Health and the Sheriffs Department. And how a model like good Food Purchasing could complement the work theyre engaged in now. With that, id like to bring up alexa, executive director for the center for good Food Purchasing to briefly describe the program. Good morning, supervisors, i apologize i wasnt hear promptly, i was using your lactation and there was someone ahead of me. Made my morning much easier, thank you for having that. Good morning, im the cofounder and executive director of the center for good Food Purchasing and here to provide an overview of the good food program. Each year, cities and School Districts spend billions of dollars on food. Many of these institutions recognize the transformative power their food purchases can have on our food system, but its nearly impossible to know where the food is coming from or how it was produced. The good Food PurchasingProgram Offers the framework and tools to help institutions ensure that our public food dollars are invested in a food system that supports good jobs, supports the environment, supports high welfare for farm animals, supports the regional producers and protects the health of our communities. The good Food Purchasing program is a center of the good Food Purchasing. We work with institutions to increase supply chain transparency, provide information and leverage the buying power to create shifts in the market. The program was first adopted by the city of los angeles in the l. A. Unified School District in 2012. Following this, in 2016, under the leadership of the then School Board Member sandra fewer, the San FranciscoUnified School District became the First Institution outside of l. A. To adopt the program. After that, the program spread like wildfire and we received formal policy adoptions through oakland, chicago and Chicago Public schools. Were working with 24 institutions in 12 cities with purview over 500 million in institutional food purchases. The good Food Purchasing program is a collective impact initiative. These are many of the partners at the National Level and the local partners assembled here today who help expand the program nationally. Ill give you a quick overview of how the Center Supports institution. Food Service Director approaches us and we perform a baseline evaluation to show them where their food dollars are going, how the purchases align with the set of standards and at the same time, a local multisector coalition mobilizes to ensure that the institutions priorities are also the communitys priorities. With the support of the coalition, the center assists them with goal setting, incorporating metrics into policy and requests for proposals, and contracts and we measure the progress annually and evaluate successes. At the heart of the program is our standards, which ill explain. We brought together leading experts from across the country in each of the five value categories. The standards which point to certifications like u usd a organic. Theyre expected to make change in each of the five value categories by sourcing a certain amount of food. Like certification for green buildings, an institution there is a basic baseline minimum that an institution is expected to hit, but we inspire institutions to score better and better across the criteria. This slide provides a basic overview of the evaluation process. The information we share on the baseline evaluation helps institutions set goals, make shifts and measure progress annually. As i mentioned, they adopted the program in l. A. In 2012 and they accomplished quite a bit in a short period of time. 28 meat reduction that has led to significant carbon and water savings. At the same time, the district began purchasing better meat. Including issuing 70 million in contracts for chicken produced without antibiotics. Redirecting the food dollars to local producers led to the creation of over 150 jobs in the district supply chain and helped to improve the working conditions and live of over 165 truck drivers. With better wages and improved benefits. We have been working with oakland School District since 2014 and this past summer they earned the highest level of achievement with four stars in the program. Not only has oaklands transformation led to benefit for students, the local economy and the environment, but theyve done this while reducing per meal costs. Our partners at friends of the earth documented over this two years, student participation and satisfaction in the School Meals Program increased. Just to conclude, as we build more and more purchasing power from cities and School Districts, were not only leveraging the buying power, but Building Collective voice and power of local coalitions and local leaders to improve our food system on a large scale. San Francisco City and county has an extraordinary opportunity to once again lead the way, by becoming the first city in the county to develop the program. Now wed like to introduce lauren, product manager of Student Nutrition Services at the San FranciscoUnified School District who will be presenting on the experience with adopting and implementing their good Food Purchasing policy. Good morning, commissioners, im the project manager with San FranciscoUnified School District future dining experience. Its my pleasure to come and present to you on our experience so far with the adoption of the good Food Purchasing policy. I have actually had the opportunity to be working on the implementation and integration into the district. And ill present to you on where we are and then open it up for questions if you have any. I wanted to start the presentation to give you a sense of who Student Nutrition Services is and why we elected to adopt the good food of purchasing policy. Its a system that provides access to and engages all students in eating fresh, health, food. Our mission is that we nourish our students with quality food and strengthen the school food ecosystem. Thinking about all five of each one of our values and how they align directly with our commitment with the good Food Purchasing policy and our commitment to our students, our community and the environment. So in spring of 2016, the board of education passed a resolution to adopt the g