Recommendation to authorize City Manager to send a letter of support for SB 705, The Ocean Pollution Reduction Act.
Bush and Kerry's. Stories. The devil. Next item, please. Item 32 is communication from Councilwoman Gonzalez, Councilmember Pearce and Councilmember Durango, recommendation to authorize the city manager to send a letter of support for SB 705 the Ocean Pollution Reduction Act. Councilman Gonzalez Yes, so I'll be very quick here. I, you know, just in alignment with what we've done in the past, I know the Styrofoam ban in the city is currently going through its process. This would just be in alignment with that as it's, you know, parallel to what we're doing here locally. But SB 705, authored by Senator Ben Allen, would take a similar approach to our local process. And in 2011, we actually supported this as a city when then Senator Alan Lowenthal proposed the same bill. We do have people or I'm sorry, organizations such as the Heal the Bay Sierra Club and Surfrider that are on board with this , among many others. And I didn't take this to the state legislative committee just because of its timeliness. This will be in the Appropriations Committee in two days. Senator Ben Allen just had an event this past Monday to discuss the item, so it's moving pretty fast. So that's the reason we brought it to council first. So I'd appreciate support on this item and look forward to the future. Thank you. Councilmember Ringa. Actually, Councilmember Pearce first. Sorry. Thank you. Yes. I want to thank my colleague for bringing this item forward. And I think any time that we're doing something at the local level, the question always comes up. But what are we doing at the county level, the city, I mean, the state level? And so I wholeheartedly support this and encourage my colleagues to do the same. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Franco. Thank you, Mayor. As a member of the Coastal Commission, I totally support this item and I hope that it could get the support of my colleagues. Thank you. I thank you for bringing it forward, by the way. Thank you. Okay. And is there any public comment on this? Members, please cast your votes.