What a waste of paper. And money. (The city estimates it spends $1 million a year on phone book disposal and recycling).
On Monday, the Land Use committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
unanimously passed the legislation, sponsored by Supervisor David Chiu, for San Francisco's Yellow Pages opt-in ordinance. The Board of Supervisors plans the full vote for next week, March 29th.
Keep signing the petition to show your support—whether you live in San Francisco, Kansas City, Boston or anywhere else.
The protesters brought
this Change.org petition with them to AT&T's doorstep, which 11,000 of you across the country have signed (including almost 1,500 San Franciscans, and almost 3,000 Californians). AT&T and other phone directory companies are part of a $15 billion industry that makes money by basically spamming people's front doors. The industry is fighting this and similar efforts to curtail wanton Yellow Pages distribution in a growing number of cities and states across the country. San Francisco could soon become the first city in the U.S. to successfully pass an opt-in ordinance. We need to continue to show that people don't want this waste.
"Americans should have the freedom of choice when it comes to receiving phonebooks. This is an important issue that touches every San Franciscan and American. With your help over the next couple of weeks, SF will be the first city in the USA to pass this ordinance. Our efforts here will open the flood-gates to change throughout the country," Mr. Nimetz said.
