DATE: MARCH 14, 2002
TIME: 5:30 P.M.
PLACE: CITY HALL, ROOM 408
MAILING ADDRESS:
1390 MARKET STREET, SUITE 822, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102
COMMISSION VOICE MAIL: 415-252-3817
COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, ELISSA ECKMAN:
(VOICE MAIL): (415) 519-0215
AGENDA OF MEETING -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
1. Call to Order And Roll Call
2. Public Comment: At this point in the meeting advice or comments
on items within the Commission’s jurisdiction other than the items
on the agenda may be discussed. Members of the public can choose to speak
either at the beginning or end of the meeting but not both.
3. Approval of draft minutes of February 14, 2002, meeting. [Discussion/Action
item].
4. Chairperson’s report and opening remarks [Discussion item]
a. This meeting will be devoted to an approximate 30 minute talk
by Thelma Lee Gross, D.V.M. concerning the cruelty inherent in live
animal market practices, followed by a question and answer period.
4. Commissioner Public Comment
5. Status and tracking of letters of recommendations approved
by Commission requesting action by Board of Supervisors [Discussion Item]
2.) Letter sent to Board re UCSF lack of cooperation with city’s resolution
concerning animal testing.
3.) Letter to Board of Supervisors recommending amending §41.12
of the SF Health Code to provide for duties of "Guardians".
6. Committee Reports / Commissioner’s Reports [Discussion item]
a. Update on placement of Crime Stoppers posters [anti dog fighting]
b. API draft pamphlet regarding declawing fact sheet
7. Old Business (Items are first introduced to the Commission
and a motion is made, then there is public comment. After public comment
the Commission discusses the item and then may vote on it.)
8. New Business (Items are first introduced to the Commission
and a motion is made, then there is public comment. After public comment
the Commission discusses the item and then may vote on it.)
Dr. Thelma Lee Gross, D.V.M. will discuss scientific evidence that
indicates against live animal market practices, the moral obligation
to render the suffering of animals used for human consumption null,
and misconceptions concerning several previously presumed humane methods
of slaughter. Dr. Gross will review abuses recently observed at the
Stockton Street live animal markets in San Francisco. These topics will
be discussed in relation to current regulatory efforts by the veterinary
profession and our legislators.
Thelma Lee Gross, DVM, has been a boarded veterinary pathologist
for 20 years who specializes in surgical pathology and dermatopathology.
Currently she is an adjunct professor of dermatopathology in the Department
of Medicine and Epidemiology at the School of veterinary medicine in
Davis, California.
[ [Chairperson Eckman][Discussion Item]
7. PUBLIC COMMENT: At this point in the meeting advice or comments
on items within the Commission’s jurisdiction other than the items
on the agenda may be discussed. Members of the public can choose to speak
either at the beginning or end of the meeting but not both.
8. CALENDAR ITEMS
9. ADJOURNMENT
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Room 408 is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station
is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving
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to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and
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923-6142.
There is accessible parking at the following locations: two(2) designated
blue curb spaces on the southwest corner of McAllister Street at Van Ness
Avenue; the Performing Arts Garage (entrance on Grove Street between Franklin
and Gough Streets), and at Civic Center Plaza Garage.
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Code) or to report a violation of the Ordinance, contact Donna Hall at the
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Place, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683; Office (415) 554-7724; Fax (415) 554-7854;
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Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=4463
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