File #: 110114    Version: Name: Environment Code - Yellow Pages Distribution Pilot Program
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 3/8/2011 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 5/10/2011 Final action: 5/19/2011
Enactment date: 5/19/2011 Enactment #: 78-11
Title: Ordinance adding Chapter 20 to the Environment Code to establish a three-year pilot program to reduce waste in the distribution of Yellow Pages phone directories to private residences and businesses in San Francisco, and to reduce neighborhood blight, by restricting distribution to circumstances where: 1) there is personal delivery of the directory to a human being, 2) there has been a request for delivery of the directory to the residence or business, or 3) directories are maintained for pick-up at a distribution center or business open to the public; mandating a public outreach program to educate the public about the environmental harms associated with excessive distribution of Yellow Pages phone directories, develop and publicize alternatives to private possession of such directories, and inform the public of the option and means of obtaining such directories; and making environmental findings.
Sponsors: David Chiu, Eric Mar, Ross Mirkarimi, Scott Wiener, Malia Cohen
Attachments: 1. Legislation_Ver1, 2. Leg_Digest_Ver1, 3. Response_PLN_021011, 4. Response_SBC_022811, 5. Legislation_Ver2, 6. Leg_Digest_Ver2, 7. Comm_Packet_032111, 8. Legislation_Ver3, 9. Leg_Digest_Ver3, 10. Board_Packet_032911, 11. Legislation_Ver4, 12. Leg_Digest_Ver4, 13. Board_Packet_051011, 14. Controller_050911, 15. Board_Packet_051711, 16. Legislation_Final
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