M7.4: Local environmental services

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San Francisco has and Environmental Health branch in the Department of Public Health (DPH) and a Department of Environment, SF Environment. The DPH environmental branch lists these services:

  • Restaurant Permitting
  • Restaurant Scores
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Childhood Lead Prevention
  • Noise
  • Rodents, Mosquitoes, and Other Insects
  • Massage
  • Healthy Housing
  • Agriculture
  • Water Programs
  • Air and Smoking
  • Weights and Measures
  • Cannabis
  • Transportation
  • Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability
  • Garbage
SF Environment provides the following services:

  • Energy
  • Transportation
  • Zero Waste
  • Toxics and Health
  • Buildings and Environments
  • Education and Equity
  • Climate Change 
San Francisco is known to be an environmentally friendly city, so I was not surprised to see the amount of services provided. I think that is it great that services are provided from where to dispose of left over medication to producing green jobs and promoting environmental justice. One service that did surprise me was the massage program. I had not thought about it, but I am glad that it is in place. The massage program works to inspect massage places and insure that they are safe and sanitary. 

Comments

  1. Ashley SubramaniMarch 7, 2018 at 4:15 PM

    Hi Loren,

    It was great to see that San Francisco provides a magnitude of services. I agree that massage seems a little weir at first to see on the list but it's nice to see that they monitor other sectors that effect public health and well being. I think more departments need to add cannabis to their list since it is now legal in California.

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