00:00:09 GOOD AFTERNOON. >> THIS MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:10 ORDER. WELCOME TO THE MAY 18TH 2026
00:00:14 REGULAR MEETING OF THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF
00:00:18 THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:00:19 I AM SUPERVISOR MARIN MELGAR, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE JOINED
00:00:23 BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHEN AND SUPERVISOR
00:00:26 BILAL MAHMOOD, THE COMMITTEE CLERK TODAY IS MR. JOHN
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00:00:37 DURING THIS MEETING. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:38 ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
00:00:39 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU'VE
00:00:42 SILENCED YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES
00:00:43 THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
00:00:45 IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY OF
00:00:47 TODAY'S ONE FILE YOU CAN SUBMIT IT TO ME.
00:00:50 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA
00:00:54 WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS
00:00:55 CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF
00:00:58 THIS ROOM. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:00:59 YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING
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00:01:02 COMMENTS TO ME AT J O H AND PERIOD S.R.O. L L AT SFD OF
00:01:08 YOUR AG OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS TO OUR OFFICE
00:01:10 IN CITY HALL. THAT IS ONE DR. CARLTON BE GOOD
00:01:14 PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 IF YOU SUBMIT
00:01:20 YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS IN WRITING I WILL FORD YOUR COMMENTS TO
00:01:22 THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS
00:01:24 AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE COMMENTING ITEMS
00:01:25 ACTED UPON TODAY OR EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF
00:01:29 SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF JUNE SECOND, 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE
00:01:32 STATED. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:01:36 PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN
00:01:40 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HEALTH CODE TO PERMIT PROHIBIT SMOKING
00:01:43 IN THE OUTDOOR PATIOS OF BARS AND TAVERNS.
00:01:46 ELIMINATE EXCEPTIONS ALLOWING INDOOR SMOKING IN BARS WITH NO
00:01:50 EMPLOYEES BARS WITH HISTORICALLY COMPLIANT
00:01:51 SEMI-ENCLOSED SMOKING ROOMS AND HOTEL ROOMS TO CONFORM TO
00:01:55 PROVISIONS OF CALIFORNIA LAW AND REPEAL SUSPENDED
00:01:59 AND SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS REGULATING SMOKING IN CERTAIN
00:02:03 OTHER LOCATIONS. >> THANK YOU MR. CLERK.
00:02:06 >> COLLEAGUES, THIS IS AT MY AT LEGISLATION.
00:02:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WILLING TO HEAR IT AND I WILL
00:02:13 BE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM TO JUNE 8TH.
00:02:17 WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC
00:02:22 ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE FOLKS WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE
00:02:27 AND FOLKS WHO ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
00:02:30 I HAVE ENGAGED WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THE MAYOR WHO
00:02:35 HAS OFFERED TO HELP US THROUGH THIS PROCESS BY BRINGING PEOPLE
00:02:40 TOGETHER AND SEEING IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A TIMELINE
00:02:43 AND AMENDMENTS THAT WORK BETTER FOR FOLKS.
00:02:47 AND I AM COMPLETELY OPEN TO THAT.
00:02:50 I WELCOME THE HELP FROM BOTH THE MAYOR AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO
00:02:54 ARE SEEKING TO HAVE A PATH THAT IS NOT AS CONTENTIOUS.
00:02:58 SO WITH THAT I WILL BE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN CONTINUING
00:03:02 THIS ITEM TO JUNE 8TH. BUT SINCE IT IS AGENDA TODAY WE
00:03:10 DO HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TO
00:03:14 COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE. JUST KEEP IN MIND WE WILL BE
00:03:16 CONTINUING IT TO JUNE 8TH AND NOT TAKING ACTION TODAY.
00:03:19 SO I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROSTER WANTING TO PROVIDE
00:03:24 COMMENT OR HAVE QUESTIONS SO LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
00:03:27 THIS ITEM PLEASE MR. CLERK. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:03:31 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:03:34 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:03:35 FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN
00:03:38 AT THIS TIME AND IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
00:03:40 SPEAK ON THIS ITEM YOU CAN LINE UP TO SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN
00:03:43 WALL. LET'S GET THE FIRST SPEAKER
00:03:44 PLEASE. >> >> HI, MY NAME'S SOPHIE
00:03:52 LEWIS. >> I'M A MANAGER AT EL RIO
00:03:55 WHICH IS A D9 LEGACY BUSINESS. I'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYEE THERE FOR
00:03:58 ABOUT TEN YEARS. I'D JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS
00:03:59 OPPOSITION TO THIS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE
00:04:03 PERSPECTIVE OF RUNNING AN INDEPENDENT VENUE IN SAN
00:04:06 FRANCISCO. I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM
00:04:07 PROBABLY KNOWS THAT IT HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT LAST DECADE
00:04:13 HONESTLY OF TRYING TO RUN AN INDEPENDENT VENUE HERE AND MORE
00:04:17 AND MORE OF THOSE FACES ARE CLOSING IN SAN FRANCISCO BOTTOM
00:04:21 OF THE HILL. THE PARK SIDE IT'S FRANKLY
00:04:24 RIDICULOUS HOW FEW TRULY INDEPENDENT VENUES THERE ARE.
00:04:29 >> EL RIO HAS MOSTLY FOR MOST OF OUR 40 YEAR PLUS HISTORY
00:04:33 ALLOWED SMOKING ON OUR PATIO AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS
00:04:37 THAT PEOPLE DO COME THERE AND IT WOULD AFFECT OUR INCOME
00:04:40 SIGNIFICANTLY TO HAVE SMOKING REMOVED ESPECIALLY QUITE SO
00:04:47 SUDDENLY. >> AND YEAH, I THINK THAT IT
00:04:54 WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT ALSO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OUR
00:04:58 EMPLOYEES TO BE PUT IN CHARGE OF ENFORCING THIS ESPECIALLY
00:05:03 IN A SPACE WHERE HISTORICALLY SMOKING HAS BEEN ALLOWED.
00:05:06 UM I THINK ONCE AGAIN EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT IT IS
00:05:10 VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO ON SERVICE
00:05:14 INDUSTRY WAGES. AND PUTTING THE BURDEN OF
00:05:15 ENFORCEMENT ON EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO
00:05:19 SURVIVE RIGHT NOW IN SAN FRANCISCO PUTS ONE MORE BARRIER
00:05:23 IN IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE HAVING A SUCCESSFUL LIFE IN SAN
00:05:27 FRANCISCO. AND YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT.
00:05:31 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO
00:05:32 THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
00:05:37 MY NAME IS SABATINO FUSCO. I AM A BARTENDER AND NONSMOKER
00:05:41 AT EL RIO. YOUR DIVE.
00:05:44 >> I AM OPPOSED TO THIS BAN MAINLY FOR THE REASONS THAT MY
00:05:49 COWORKER SOFIA STATED THAT ARE ONE OF OUR MAIN DRAWS IS OUR
00:05:53 BACK PATIO. WE HAVE DAYTIME PARTIES WHERE
00:05:57 PEOPLE ARE DANCING AND HAVING FUN IN THE SUNLIGHT AND OF
00:06:00 COURSE THEY'RE SMOKING BACK THERE AND IT'S A BIG DRAW FOR
00:06:04 PEOPLE TO BE HAVING THEIR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND HAVE A
00:06:07 CIGARET OR VAPE OR WHATEVER THEY DO YOU KNOW BACK THERE.
00:06:11 AND I JUST FEEL AS A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER HERE TO PUT ANOTHER
00:06:16 POLICING CAP ON ME ON PATRONS THAT COME IN IS JUST MORE YOU
00:06:24 KNOW OPPRESSIVENESS OF TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE FUN AND YOU
00:06:28 KNOW THAT'S A PURPOSE OF OUR JOB IS TO HAVE PEOPLE COME
00:06:32 IN AND BE ENTERTAINED AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND TO HAVE TO YOU
00:06:36 KNOW, LIKE WAG MY FINGER AT THEM FOR SAYING NO AND THEN
00:06:40 PUSH THEM OUT ONTO THE STREET WHERE THEY'RE OUT ON A PUBLIC
00:06:42 SIDEWALK CLOGGING UP AND CONGESTING THAT'S JUST
00:06:46 SEEMS, YOU KNOW, REDUNDANT. SO YES, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS.
00:06:50 >> I FEEL IT'S NOT A NECESSARY THING AND THAT WE ARE ADULTS.
00:06:55 WE'RE IN AN ADULT SPACE AND WE HAVE A CHOICE WHETHER TO DO
00:06:59 WHAT WE WANT IN THOSE SPACES WHETHER IT BE SMOKING OR NOT
00:07:03 SMOKING. AND I STATED I'M A SMOKER BUT I
00:07:06 DON'T CARE IF PEOPLE ARE SMOKING AROUND ME AND I'LL MOVE
00:07:11 IF I NEED TO. WE'RE ADULTS AND WE CAN MAKE
00:07:12 THOSE DECISIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
00:07:14 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE SUPERVISORS
00:07:17 HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
00:07:22 TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER TODAY.
00:07:23 MY NAME IS DAN SARRATT AND I'M ONE OF THE PROUD CO-OWNERS OF
00:07:26 FINNEGANS WAKE. MY BUSINESS PARTNER TOM FRANKEL
00:07:29 STARTED THE BAR 50 YEARS AGO IN 1976 SNOWY VALLEY AND HE HAD
00:07:32 THE PRIVILEGE IN 89 TO MOVING THE BAR TO THE OLD MOD SPACE
00:07:36 WHEN RICKY STREICHER WAS RETIRING.
00:07:40 AND SO WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BEER GARDEN.
00:07:41 IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN THERE, PLEASE COME BY ANY TIME.
00:07:43 SINCE WE'VE BEEN AT THE COAL VALLEY LOCATION SINCE 89 WE
00:07:47 HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE COMPLAINT EVER ABOUT SMOKING IN THE
00:07:51 BACKYARD. SO THIS WAS AN ISSUE YOU KNOW,
00:07:55 WE WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND I WOULD THINK THAT THIS MATTER
00:07:56 WOULD BE MORE RELEVANT TO OUR CURRENT TIMES.
00:07:58 BUT IT'S NOT AND WE HAVE SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THIS
00:08:00 CITY TO BE FOCUSING ON. WE SHOULD NOT BE IN THE PRESS
00:08:03 FOR THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION. SO I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT
00:08:07 YOU GUYS KILL THIS MATTER AT COMMITTEE AND THIS DOES NOT GO
00:08:10 ON ANY FURTHER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:08:11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:08:16 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STEVEN TORRES.
00:08:18 I'M A NIGHTLIFE WORKER, FORMER ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSIONER.
00:08:21 I YOU KNOW, I AM HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE AMENDMENTS
00:08:25 AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN HELP FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:08:29 ALTHOUGH I WILL ASK THAT YOU DO WITHDRAW THIS ORDINANCE.
00:08:33 I FEEL THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WILL DO TO OUR INDUSTRY THE
00:08:40 IMPACTS ARE ONLY NEGATIVE. WE WILL BE TASKED WITH BOTH
00:08:45 BEING THE ENFORCEMENT AND WE WILL ALSO BE THE TARGETS OF
00:08:48 PENALTIES IF WE CANNOT MAKE THAT ENFORCEMENT HAPPEN.
00:08:52 >> THE THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS IN WHICH I BELIEVE THAT THERE
00:08:59 COULD HAVE BEEN OUTREACH DONE IN ADVANCE OF THIS NOT AFTER
00:09:03 THE ORDINANCE WAS ALREADY INTRODUCED.
00:09:04 SO I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
00:09:07 I'VE HEARD OF A LONG RUNWAY. I'VE HEARD OF FRAMING AROUND
00:09:11 LIKE WE'RE JUST CREATING A CONVERSATION.
00:09:12 I THINK IF THAT WAS TRUE WE WOULD BE HAVING A HEARING ON
00:09:15 THE IMPACTS OF SMOKING OR THE STATE OF THE NIGHTLIFE INDUSTRY
00:09:18 NOT AN ORDINANCE. I THINK THAT THAT IS THE WORK
00:09:23 THAT WE ENTRUST OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO DO
00:09:27 IN ADVANCE OF ANY LEGISLATION AND FRANKLY THE CITY HAS A LOT
00:09:30 OF OPPORTUNITIES IN WHICH THEY CAN DIRECTLY ENFORCE AGAINST
00:09:34 THINGS THAT CREATE HEALTH HAZARDS LIKE SMOKING.
00:09:37 >> I WAS JUST ON THE NINE ON THE WAY HERE.
00:09:40 THERE WAS PLENTY OF SMOKING OF ALL KINDS OF SUBSTANCES
00:09:43 HAPPENING ON THAT BUS AND SO THAT IS A WAY IN WHICH THE CITY
00:09:47 COULD BE ENFORCING DIRECTLY. SO I FEEL ALL DUE RESPECT THAT
00:09:51 THE CITY HAS LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THEIR JOB
00:09:55 HERE INSTEAD OF MAKING OURS MORE DIFFICULT.
00:09:58 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:09:59 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS TATIANA
00:10:05 AND I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE,
00:10:09 A LOCAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NONPROFIT.
00:10:10 >> PUT THE MIC CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH JUST SO THAT WE CAN HEAR
00:10:14 YOU. YEAH.
00:10:15 THANK YOU. DOVE, A DEVELOPMENT NONPROFIT
00:10:17 SERVING YOUTH RANGING FROM 14 TO 24.
00:10:20 I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT OF SMOKING FOR YOU BAR
00:10:24 PARTIERS BECAUSE SECONDHAND SMOKE AND NEGATIVE FUMES ARE
00:10:28 HARMFUL TO BOTH PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
00:10:29 THOUGH THE TWO PROGRAMS ELITE IS HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH IN SAN
00:10:32 FRANCISCO WE WORK TO PROMOTE HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES
00:10:35 AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE HARMS OF TOBACCO
00:10:38 AND NICOTINE. ALTHOUGH MANY OF MY YOUTH WE
00:10:39 WORK WITH ARE NOT YET ENOUGH TO GO WORK AT BARS.
00:10:46 WHEN THE DAY COMES I WANT THEM TO BE SAFE FROM SECOND HAND
00:10:49 SMOKE AND NICOTINE VAPE FUMES ON THE BAR PATIOS BAR PATIOS
00:10:52 SHOULD BE WELCOMING TO EVERYONE INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA
00:10:56 AND OTHER DISEASES THAT MAKE THEM VULNERABLE TO SMOKE
00:10:57 EXPOSURE. OUR YOUTH ARE WORKING HARD FOR
00:11:01 THE WORLD WITHOUT NICOTINE ADDICTION.
00:11:04 THEY KNOW THE SMOKE FREE BAR PATIOS CAN HELP INSPIRE YOUR
00:11:05 FRIENDS IN THEIR SMOKE OR VAPE TOO.
00:11:08 >> PLEASE VOTE YES TODAY TO MAKE THIS GO TO BECOME A LITTLE
00:11:11 SAFER FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR YOUTH.
00:11:13 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:11:16 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JUSTICE
00:11:19 AND ALSO I OWN TWO BARS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:11:23 I I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF SMALL BUSINESS FORWARD WHICH
00:11:26 REPRESENTS A NUMBER OF OTHER BARS.
00:11:27 I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
00:11:30 I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE IT CAME
00:11:31 UP. THEY HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY
00:11:34 OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE BUSINESS AS PATRONS PEOPLE WHO
00:11:38 BELIEVE THE CITY COULD BE DOING SO MUCH MORE TO HELP OUR SMALL
00:11:42 BUSINESS COMMUNITY RATHER THAN FINDING A PROBLEM WE CAN ALL
00:11:46 AGREE IS REAL AND TAKING THE STICK TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO
00:11:49 ENFORCE AND SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. THIS WILL HAVE REAL SUBSTANTIAL
00:11:53 EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESSES. BOTTOM LINE AS THEY'RE STILL
00:11:57 STRUGGLING TO COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AS WE HAVE HEARD.
00:12:01 THE BURDEN OF ENFORCEMENT WILL GO TO SMALL BUSINESS WORKERS
00:12:03 WHO ALREADY HAVE SO SO MUCH TO DO AND FINES ASSOCIATED WILL GO
00:12:09 TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.
00:12:10 IT'S AN ISSUE THAT I THINK WE CAN AGREE THERE SHOULD BE SO
00:12:14 MUCH MORE DONE ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE FACE AS BUSINESS
00:12:17 OWNERS IN SAN FRANCISCO RISING RENTS FOR EXAMPLE.
00:12:21 SO I URGE YOU PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS.
00:12:25 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:12:26 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIAN
00:12:32 AINSWORTH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:12:36 I RUN A SMALL BAR IN THE MISSION DISTRICT.
00:12:37 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M AWARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A
00:12:40 CONTINUANCE PLACED ON THIS PROPOSAL BUT I'M HERE TO GIVE
00:12:42 PUBLIC COMMENT AS IT STANDS. I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
00:12:47 OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO VOTE NO.
00:12:48 VOTE NO ON THIS NUMBER. AS I SEE IT, WE HAVE MORE
00:12:51 PRESSING THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:12:54 AND COMING AFTER THE FEW SMOKING PATIOS LEFT IN THE CITY
00:12:59 WILL DAMAGE SMALL BUSINESS AND DO NOTHING TO DISSUADE
00:13:00 SMOKING AT LARGE. SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTLIFE ALREADY
00:13:03 FACES EXTRA OBSTACLES TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO COMPETE
00:13:07 NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND BEING SUCH A COSMOPOLITAN
00:13:10 CITY, OUR REPUTATION AS A TRAVEL DESTINATION NEEDS TO BE
00:13:15 CONSIDERED AS A FACTOR IN PROMOTING TOURISM BRINGING
00:13:17 MORE PEOPLE TO SAN FRANCISCO. I FEEL THIS BAN IS UNNECESSARY
00:13:22 AND OUT OF TOUCH OUT OF LINE WITH PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESS
00:13:23 WHICH IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY TAX REVENUE.
00:13:26 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:13:28 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME IS ZACK.
00:13:32 I OWN THE OCCIDENTAL CIGAR CLUB ON PINE STREET.
00:13:35 WE ARE A 32 YEAR BUSINESS. WE ARE EMPLOYEE OPERATED.
00:13:42 MOST OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ECHOED.
00:13:48 >> THE BEAUTY OF PATIOS IN THE CITY IS THAT THERE ARE MANY
00:13:49 THAT DO NOT ALLOW SMOKING. AND NOT EVERYONE HAS TO GO TO A
00:13:54 PATIO THAT ALLOWS SMOKING. WE HAVE CHOICES.
00:14:00 I JUST PERSONALLY SIGNED A SIX YEAR LEASE.
00:14:03 I'VE GOT ANOTHER ALMOST QUARTER OF $1 MILLION IN SBA LOAN.
00:14:07 >> I JUST SIGNED A SIX YEAR LEASE.
00:14:10 I HAVE ANOTHER QUARTER OF A MILLION AN SBA LOAN THAT I'M
00:14:13 PAYING OFF FOR POST-PANDEMIC. THE REALITY IS IS THAT I DON'T
00:14:16 THINK YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS.
00:14:21 AND ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE THIS THING GO THROUGH.
00:14:24 IT WILL KILL ME. IT WILL KILL THE CIGAR BAR
00:14:27 AND IT WILL GUT SLOWLY EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S SPOKEN HERE AND I
00:14:35 CAN THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD 1011 BARS.
00:14:37 I'M NOT EVEN REALLY TRYING TO THINK THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY LOSE
00:14:42 THEIR MARKET SHARE. SO I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THERE'S
00:14:46 BEEN A CONTINUANCE AND YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE TABLE.
00:14:50 BUT THE POINT IS IS THAT YOU YOU IF THIS THING DOES GO
00:14:55 THROUGH WE'RE ALL SCREWED. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AN OWNER,
00:14:58 IF YOU'RE AN OPERATOR, IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE.
00:15:01 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED CONVERSATION.
00:15:06 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:15:07 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISOR.
00:15:13 MY NAME IS MARY KEMP. I AM A RESIDENT OF SAN
00:15:14 FRANCISCO AND I REPRESENT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER
00:15:18 ACTION NETWORK. FOR TEN YEARS I WORKED WITH
00:15:20 STAFF IN RESTAURANTS. I HAVE ASTHMA.
00:15:24 >> I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO SPEND AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT
00:15:25 BREATHING AIR. YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE.
00:15:28 >> THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY A WORKER PROTECTION ISSUE.
00:15:29 BAR EMPLOYEES CANNOT OPT OUT. CUSTOMERS DECIDE WHETHER TO SIT
00:15:33 ON THE PATIO. >> WORKERS DON'T GET THAT
00:15:36 CHOICE. THEY GO WHERE THE TABLES ARE.
00:15:39 >> RIGHT NOW 1 IN 3 YOUNG ADULTS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:15:40 AND ALAMEDA COUNTIES ARE EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND SMOKE AT
00:15:44 WORK. THESE WORKERS ARE
00:15:44 DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW INCOME AND LATINO.
00:15:47 THEY ARE ALREADY DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT SHOWING UP,
00:15:51 WORKING HARD AND WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO BE HARMED FOR
00:15:52 IT. THE CDC IS UNAMBIGUOUS.
00:15:55 THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE, EVEN
00:15:58 BRIEF DAMAGE BRIEF EXPOSURE DAMAGES BLOOD VESSELS FOR
00:16:03 SOMEONE WITH ASTHMA OR A HEART CONDITION OR PREGNANCY.
00:16:06 >> BRIEF IS IN BRIEF ENOUGH. >> AND UNLIKE CUSTOMERS,
00:16:10 WORKERS ABSORB THAT EXPOSURE EVERY SINGLE SHIFT.
00:16:13 IN A CITY AS DENSE AS SAN FRANCISCO, SMOKE DOESN'T STAY
00:16:17 ON THE PATIO. IT DRIFTS INTO THE APARTMENTS
00:16:18 AND HOMES NEXT DOOR. CHILDREN IN THOSE HOMES ARE
00:16:21 BREATHING IT TOO. AND FOR CHILDREN SECONDHAND
00:16:25 SMOKE MEANS RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, EAR INFECTIONS
00:16:26 AND ASTHMA ATTACKS. WHEN YOUR LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON
00:16:29 YOUR EMPLOYER, YOU LEARN NOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CONDITIONS.
00:16:33 THAT'S NOT CONSENT. THAT'S ECONOMICS.
00:16:34 WE DON'T ASK OUR WORKERS TO ADVOCATE FOR VENTILATION
00:16:37 STANDARDS OR SLIP RESISTANT FLOORS.
00:16:40 WE SET A STANDARD BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL WORKERS ARE RARELY
00:16:41 IN A POSITION TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.
00:16:44 >> I ASK FOR THE CONTINUATION. THANK YOU.
00:16:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:16:51 >> I'M BRIAN DAVIS DISTRICT FIVE VOTER CO-CHAIR SAN
00:16:55 FRANCISCO TOBACCO FREE COALITION.
00:16:59 THE SO CALLED CHOICE TO SMOKE IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY A
00:17:03 POWERFUL ADDICTION TO A DEADLY DRUG THAT FOR NEARLY EVERYONE
00:17:06 WHO SMOKES STARTED IN THEIR TEENS WHEN THEIR BRAINS WERE
00:17:08 DEVELOPING. NICOTINE REWIRES THE BRAIN SO
00:17:12 IT FEELS LIKE IT CAN'T FUNCTION NORMALLY WITHOUT IT MAKING IT
00:17:15 EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAKE ANY OTHER CHOICE BUT TO SMOKE.
00:17:19 >> SO DO WE ACCOMMODATE THAT ADDICTION OR DO WE WORK TO END
00:17:22 IT TO HELP PEOPLE FREE THEMSELVES FROM THE CHAINS?
00:17:26 NICOTINE WRAPS AROUND THEIR MINDS AND THE DAMAGE SMOKE
00:17:29 AND VAPE PIMPLES DOES TO THEIR BODIES.
00:17:30 WE KNOW THAT INCREASING SMOKE FREE AREAS HELPS PEOPLE QUIT IF
00:17:34 SMOKE FREE PATIOS HELPS JUST ONE PERSON GET THE EXTRA
00:17:38 INCENTIVE THEY NEED. ISN'T THAT WORTH IT?
00:17:41 ARE WE REALLY TREATING HUMAN LIVES JUST TO CALM THE FEARS OF
00:17:45 FINANCIAL LOSSES THAT DECADES OF RESEARCH SHOW WON'T HAPPEN?
00:17:49 IF SMOKE IS NEARBY YOU'LL BREATHE IT AND THERE IS NO SAFE
00:17:53 LEVEL OF SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE.
00:17:54 >> IF IT'S ON THE SIDEWALK YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WALK THROUGH IT
00:17:57 BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM IT ON A BAR PATIO.
00:18:01 THERE IS NO ESCAPING IT. PEOPLE SAY IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT
00:18:04 GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THERE ARE OTHER REASONS TO
00:18:05 BE IN A BAR PATIO THAN SMOKING .
00:18:09 WHAT IF A BAND YOU LOVE IS PLAYING THERE?
00:18:10 WHAT IF THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND YOUR COMMUNITY BUT YOUR HEALTH
00:18:13 IS AT RISK? INTERSEX COMMUNITY LEADER DAVID
00:18:17 STRACHAN WHO COULDN'T BE HERE, WROTE IN HIS LETTER TO YOU
00:18:18 QUOTE I OFTEN GO TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD BAR TO SOCIALIZE
00:18:22 AND VISIT WITH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
00:18:24 WHILE THIS HAS BEEN QUITE PLEASURABLE AND BENEFICIAL TO
00:18:28 MY MENTAL HEALTH SITTING ON ITS OUTDOOR PATIO AND BEING EXPOSED
00:18:32 TO SECONDHAND SMOKE HAS NOT BEEN BENEFICIAL TO MY PHYSICAL
00:18:33 HEALTH AS I AM IMMUNOCOMPROMISED AND GET
00:18:37 BRONCHITIS EASILY. IF THE SMOKING FOLKS WHO I WANT
00:18:40 TO SOCIALIZE WITH ARE ON THE PATIO I HAVE TO ENDURE THE
00:18:44 SMOKE IN ORDER TO CONNECT WITH THEM UNQUOTE.
00:18:47 AND WE SUPPORT THE CONTINUANCE. THANK YOU.
00:18:51 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:18:55 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS LIZ WILLIAMS WITH
00:18:56 AMERICANS FOR NONSMOKERS RIGHTS ARE A NONPROFIT BASED IN THE
00:18:59 BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS. >> WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE
00:19:02 PROPOSAL TO END SMOKING AND VAPING ON BAR PATIOS
00:19:04 AND THIS WILL HELP EVERYONE INVOLVED BREATHE AIR THAT IS
00:19:07 FREE FROM THE HEALTH RISKS OF SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE.
00:19:10 >> THIS ORDINANCE AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED WOULD CREATE A LEVEL
00:19:14 PLAYING FIELDS THAT ALL BARS ARE ON THE SAME FOOTING.
00:19:15 NOT ONLY WILL IT PROVIDE EQUAL HEALTH PROTECTIONS BUT A SIMPLE
00:19:18 STRONG AND FAIR LAW MAKES IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO
00:19:21 UNDERSTAND, FOLLOW AND COMPLY WITH THE LAW.
00:19:24 SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN A LEADER AND INNOVATOR IN TOBACCO
00:19:26 PREVENTION BUT THIS IS NOT A NEW IDEA.
00:19:29 MORE THAN 120 OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA
00:19:32 INCLUDING SAN JOSE AND OAKLAND ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SMOKE FREE
00:19:36 BAR PATIO LAWS. THESE LAWS WORK WELL
00:19:37 IN PRACTICE AND CITIES HAVE NOT ROLLED THEIR LAWS BACK.
00:19:41 THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SIMPLY FOLLOW THE LAW WHEN THERE'S
00:19:44 GOOD SIGNAGE AND AWARENESS. PEOPLE JUST STEP OUT TO THE
00:19:45 CURB, HAVE A SMOKE AND COME BACK INSIDE.
00:19:48 THAT'S PROVEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN CITIES AROUND THE
00:19:50 STATE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
00:19:52 THAT AT AN HOUR WE OFTEN HEAR FROM WORKERS WHO DON'T LIKE
00:19:55 BREATHING SECONDHAND SMOKE BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE
00:19:56 A CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR JOB AND THEY DON'T FEEL
00:20:00 COMFORTABLE SPEAKING UP ABOUT IT.
00:20:01 THEY LOVE WHERE THEY WORK. THEY LOVE BEING PART OF THE
00:20:03 DYNAMIC HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BUT BREATHING SMOKE NIGHT AFTER
00:20:07 NIGHT IT'S HARMING THEIR HEALTH.
00:20:08 IT'S HARMING THEIR ABILITY TO DO THEIR JOB AND WE THINK THAT
00:20:10 PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR HEALTH
00:20:11 AND THEIR PAYCHECK. >> I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT
00:20:15 THIS REASONABLE HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION AS
00:20:18 WRITTEN TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO BREATHE AIR THAT'S FREE FROM
00:20:19 TOXICS SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE.
00:20:21 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS.
00:20:23 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:20:29 MY NAME'S LIZ HENDRICKS AND THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR
00:20:30 FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK OR YES,
00:20:34 CAN YOU SEE US CAN STANDS IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE SMOKE
00:20:37 FREE BAR PATIOS ORDINANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO WE BELIEVE
00:20:40 THAT ALL SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS DESERVE TO BREATHE
00:20:42 CLEAN AIR IN ALL INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES AND WE'RE
00:20:45 CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE NEIGHBORS AND FAMILIES WHO
00:20:49 ARE EXPOSED TO THE DANGEROUS SECONDHAND SMOKE, THE GYPSUM
00:20:52 BAR PATIOS INTO THEIR HOUSES OR BAR GOERS DO HAVE THE ABILITY
00:20:56 TO CHOOSE WHICH BARS THEY WANT TO ATTEND.
00:20:57 MANY FAMILIES LIVING NEXT TO THESE BARS DO NOT.
00:20:59 THIS INCLUDES MANY CHILDREN, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE AT
00:21:03 INCREASED RISK OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES AND DECREASED LUNG
00:21:07 FUNCTION. THERE'S NO SAFE LEVEL OF
00:21:08 SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE AND EVEN A BRIEF EXPOSURE CAN
00:21:12 CAUSE IMMEDIATE HARM. SO SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE
00:21:15 HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CAUSE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, EAR
00:21:19 INFECTIONS AND ASTHMA ATTACKS IN CHILDREN AND IN BABIES
00:21:20 SECONDHAND SMOKE CAN CAUSE SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME OR
00:21:23 SIDS WHILE ACES CAN UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC CONCERNS THAT MANY
00:21:27 OF THE BAR OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES HAVE SHARED TODAY AROUND THIS
00:21:30 ORDINANCE, EVIDENCE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN THAT SMOKE
00:21:34 FREE AIR LAWS DO NOT RESULT IN THE LONG TERM LOSS OF
00:21:35 REVENUE FOR BUSINESSES OR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT
00:21:39 ADOPT THESE TYPES OF POLICIES. THERE'S A 25 STUDY IF
00:21:42 CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE 1995 SMOKE FREE RESTAURANT LAW THAT FOUND
00:21:46 THAT THE LAW WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN RESTAURANT
00:21:50 REVENUE WERE SIMILARLY IN THE 1998 SMOKE FREE BAR LAW WAS
00:21:54 ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN BAR REVENUES AND ADDITIONAL
00:21:57 STUDIES HAVE FOUND SIMILAR RESULTS IN OTHER STATES.
00:22:01 >> WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
00:22:02 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO
00:22:03 THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI THERE.
00:22:07 MY NAME IS BRIAN SAWYER AND I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S 10TH
00:22:11 DISTRICT. I HAVE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
00:22:14 SUPERVISOR MULGREW'S PROPOSED POLICY FOR 20 OF THE 30 YEARS
00:22:18 THAT I WAS A SERVICE WORKER I LIVED IN STATES THAT HAD NO
00:22:21 SECOND HAND SMOKE PROTECTIONS. I HAD TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO
00:22:22 STOP SMOKING FOR MANY YEARS DUE TO THE CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO
00:22:26 SECONDHAND SMOKE IN THE WORKPLACE INDOORS AND OUT.
00:22:30 I COULDN'T. THEN I MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO
00:22:33 AND WAS FINALLY ABLE TO QUIT SMOKING WHILE SERVING IN A
00:22:34 RESTAURANT BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE 22 YEARS AGO.
00:22:37 >> I'D LIKE TO SHARE A QUOTE FROM A FORMER BAR WORKER
00:22:40 RECENTLY RECORDED AT A SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE EVENT.
00:22:43 I WORKED IN BARS FOR YEARS WHEN YOU COULD SMOKE IN BARS WHEN
00:22:47 THE LAW CHANGED AND YOU HAD TO SMOKE OUTSIDE, IT ACTUALLY
00:22:48 RESULTED IN MORE PEOPLE QUITTING AND REALLY RESULTED
00:22:51 IN A GOOD EFFECT A MORE HEALTHY EFFECT.
00:22:52 ALSO JUST AS A BAR WORKER YOU'RE REALLY ENTITLED TO HAVE
00:22:55 HEALTH AND SAFETY AS PART OF YOUR JOB AND HAVING TO BE IN AN
00:22:58 ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS SMOKE HARMFUL CHEMICALS
00:22:59 AND SECONDHAND SMOKE EVEN OUTSIDE HAS A HUGE DETRIMENTAL
00:23:02 EFFECT. >> I HAVE SUPPORT FORUMS TO
00:23:05 GIVE YOU SIGN BY 13 PATIO BAR WORKERS AND A PATIO BAR
00:23:10 CO-OWNER. TWO OF THEM WORK AT BARS ON THE
00:23:13 OPPOSITION'S PETITION LIST. THEY ALL SIGNED THIS STATEMENT
00:23:17 . I SUPPORT A CITYWIDE POLICY
00:23:18 IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT WOULD PROTECT THE HEALTH OF WORKERS
00:23:21 AND CUSTOMERS BY REQUIRING ALL PAID AREAS OF EVERY BAR TO BE
00:23:25 FREE OF TOBACCO AND VAPE SMOKE INCLUDING PATIOS AND SEMI
00:23:28 ENCLOSED ROOMS. SOME OF THE WORKERS SIGNED
00:23:29 ANONYMOUSLY OUT OF FEAR FOR THEIR JOBS INCLUDING ONE WHO
00:23:33 WORKS AT ONE OF THE BARS ON THE OPPOSITION'S LIST.
00:23:36 NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO FEAR FOR THEIR JOB BY SPEAKING OUT
00:23:39 IN FAVOR OF PROTECTING THEMSELVES AND OTHER WORKERS
00:23:41 FROM TOXIC SECONDHAND SMOKE. ALSO PLEASE NOTE ON THE
00:23:44 PETITION PAGE THAT THE PARK SITE IS MARKED AS BEING
00:23:47 IN DISTRICT 11 WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT TEN.
00:23:48 THANK YOU. CONTINUATION PLEASE AND THANK
00:23:51 YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU CAN LEAVE THAT ON THE RAIL
00:23:52 OR RETRIEVE IT IN A MOMENT. I'LL KEEP THEM UNTIL I CAN HAND
00:23:56 THEM. OKAY.
00:23:56 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS
00:24:01 . >> MY NAME IS JOSEPH HAYDEN
00:24:04 AND I'M ONE OF MANY WOULD BE PATRONS OF BARS WITH PATIOS IF
00:24:08 I FELT WELCOME TO INHALE AND POISONED AIR THERE SAN
00:24:12 FRANCISCO HAS LONG PRIDED ITSELF FOR BEING A PROGRESSIVE
00:24:13 TRAILBLAZER BLAZER WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO PROTECT
00:24:17 WORKERS BY BANNING INDOOR SMOKING IN THE 1990.
00:24:20 YET TODAY WE HAVE A GLARING PUBLIC HEALTH BLINDSPOT.
00:24:25 PARKS, RESTAURANTS, PATIOS AND INDOOR SPACES ARE
00:24:28 RIGHTFULLY SMOKE FREE BY LAW. THE OUTDOOR PATIOS OF OUR BARS
00:24:29 AND TAVERNS ARE STILL CAUGHT IN A TOXIC BLUE GRAY HAZE.
00:24:33 >> IT'S TIME TO PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT FINALLY MAKES
00:24:37 BAR PATIOS SMOKE FREE. LIKE THE OTHER TWO LARGE CITIES
00:24:41 IN THE BAY AREA HAVE SEEN FIT TO DO.
00:24:44 >> AND YEAH, SO THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE NUISANCE OF A BAD
00:24:48 SMELL. IT IS A MEASURABLE HEALTH
00:24:51 CRISIS. A RECENT UCSF STUDY TESTED THE
00:24:52 AIR ON SAN FRANCISCO BAR PATIOS WHERE SMOKING IS PERMITTED.
00:24:59 I WAS PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT STUDY ALTHOUGH IT LITERALLY
00:25:03 MADE ME IL SIX OUT OF THE NINE LOCATIONS REGISTERED IN THE
00:25:04 EPA'S UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY RANGE WITH ONE HITTING THE
00:25:08 HAZARDOUS THRESHOLD AMONG FRIENDS PARTICULARLY AS WE AGE
00:25:14 THE HARMS OF CANCER, ASTHMA, HIV AND DIABETES ARE ALL
00:25:18 EXAMPLES OF IMMUNO COMPROMISED. THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
00:25:22 PLEAD FOR CLEAN AIR. >> TO SUGGEST THAT WE STAY HOME
00:25:23 IF WE DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR CULTURE IT'S
00:25:27 COMPLETELY CONCOCTED AND ABHORRENT.
00:25:30 >> I FEEL THIS PARTICULARLY AS A GAY MAN MYSELF.
00:25:33 AND THAT'S TANTAMOUNT TO SAYING THAT METH IS AN INHERENT PART
00:25:34 OF GAY CULTURE. >> SO I FULLY SUPPORT THE
00:25:37 ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU.
00:25:40 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:25:45 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS NICOLE BURNETT AND I AM REPRESENTING
00:25:49 ZAI GEIST AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE
00:25:52 FOLLOWING ESTABLISHMENTS AND BUSINESSES
00:25:56 AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OPPOSING THIS ORDINANCE.
00:26:00 EL RENO SMALL BUSINESS FORWARD THE STUD HORSES MARKET
00:26:04 AND SALOON. CASEMENT'S MOTHER SHIP BAR
00:26:08 MOTHER THE ALEMBIC POWERHOUSE BAR THE PARKSIDE.
00:26:15 THE LAUNDRY CORNER KILOWATT THE NAPPER TANDY 540 BAR FINNEGANS
00:26:20 WAKE S.F. MARCH AND THE NATIONAL HARM REDUCTION
00:26:24 COALITION. WHILE WE RESPECT THE BOARD'S
00:26:28 CONCERN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, WE BELIEVE THE LEGISLATION IS
00:26:31 MISGUIDED IN ITS SCOPE, TIMING AND PRIORITIES.
00:26:35 >> AND WE URGE THE BOARD TO REJECT IT.
00:26:39 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:26:42 >> HI, MY NAME IS PEYTON DANIEL .
00:26:47 I'M HERE ALSO REPRESENTING DWIGHT GEIST AND WE ARE HERE TO
00:26:50 OPPOSE THE ORDINANCE FOR BANNING SMOKING IN PATIOS.
00:26:57 THE OUTDOOR PATIO SMOKING BANS STRIKES IN ESTABLISHMENTS THAT
00:27:01 HAVE IN MANY CASES BUILT THEIR ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL AROUND
00:27:03 THE LEGAL USE OF THESE SPACES CIGAR BARS, LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD
00:27:06 TAVERNS THAT SERVE A CLIENTELE WITH WELL-ESTABLISHED
00:27:10 PREFERENCES. THESE ARE PRIVATE BUSINESS
00:27:14 BUSINESSES. HOSTESS HOSTING CONSENTING
00:27:17 ADULTS THE EXCEPTION THAT ALLOWS SMOKING IN BARS WITH NO
00:27:22 EMPLOYEES AND IN HISTORICAL COMPLIANT SEMI-ENCLOSED SMOKING
00:27:27 ROOMS WAS NOT A LOOPHOLE. IT WAS A DELIBERATE
00:27:30 AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OF REAL WORLD BUSINESS DIVERSITY
00:27:34 LIMITING ELIMINATING THESE EXCEPTIONS WILL FORCE SOME
00:27:38 ESTABLISHMENTS TO CLOSE ENTIRELY OR TO LOSE A CRITICAL
00:27:42 PORTION OF THEIR CUSTOMER BASE AT A TIME WHEN SAN FRANCISCO
00:27:46 HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HAS NOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE
00:27:50 COMPOUNDING CRISIS OF THE PANDEMIC.
00:27:54 DOWNTOWN VACANCY RETAIL FLIGHT AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
00:27:58 THE CITY'S RESTAURANT AND BAR SECTOR LOST HUNDREDS OF
00:28:02 BUSINESSES BUSINESSES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
00:28:05 >> THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT TO PILE.
00:28:09 >> IN ADDITION, ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION.
00:28:12 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:28:13 NEXT PICK A PLACE. >> HELLO TO THE BOARD OF
00:28:20 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS JOHN ROCK.
00:28:23 I AM A CO-OWNER OF A SMALL BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE
00:28:27 MISSION. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT
00:28:28 THE BOARD VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED SMOKING BAN FILE
00:28:30 NUMBER 260361. WHILE I RESPECT THE BOARD'S
00:28:34 CONCERN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS
00:28:35 MISGUIDED IN ITS AIM AND PRIORITIES.
00:28:39 AN OUTDOOR SMOKING BAN CONTRIBUTES TO THE EXISTENCE OR
00:28:42 THREAT OF MANY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST BELOVED
00:28:43 LOCALES. SOME EVEN LEGACY BUSINESSES
00:28:46 THAT SERVE AS LIGHTS IN THE CITY'S ALREADY FAINT NIGHTLIFE
00:28:49 BY PLACING YET ANOTHER BARRIER UPON SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
00:28:51 CURRENTLY FACE LEGISLATIVE DEMANDS FAR BEYOND STATE
00:28:54 AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. >> IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF
00:28:58 LOSING BUSINESS, THE LEGISLATION AS IT IS CURRENTLY
00:29:01 WRITTEN PLACES ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ON BAR STAFF
00:29:03 AND MANAGEMENT MONITORING OUTDOOR SPACES AND NAVIGATING
00:29:06 POTENTIAL CONFLICT THAT MAY ARISE FROM ASKING PATRONS TO
00:29:09 PUT OUT THEIR CIGARETS OR TO MOVE TO THE STREETS BEARING
00:29:13 RISK OF CITATION IF PATRONS REFUSE TO COMPLY ARE THE LAST
00:29:14 THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE WORRYING ABOUT ON TOP OF OUR
00:29:18 REGULAR OPERATIONAL DUTIES. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE THE
00:29:21 PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS WELL-INTENTIONED IN PRACTICE IT
00:29:25 WILL DO LITTLE TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFER BECAUSE IT JUST
00:29:26 DISPLACES THE ISSUE. FIRST OUTDOOR SMOKE DISSIPATES
00:29:30 WITHIN SECONDS AFTER CIGARET SMOKE IS EXHALED AND EXPOSURE
00:29:34 FALLS SHARPLY WITH DISTANCE. AND SECOND ALLOWING OUTDOOR
00:29:37 PATIOS FOR SMOKING AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO
00:29:41 INHABIT SHOULD THEY NOT WISH TO BE AROUND SMOKE CONTROLS WHERE
00:29:45 SMOKING IS ALLOWED. INSTEAD OF PUSHING PAID SMOKING
00:29:46 PATRON PATRONS ONTO THE STREETS WHERE OTHER BUSINESSES LIKE
00:29:49 RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS MIGHT BE AFFECTED.
00:29:52 EVEN IN A COUNTRY LIKE JAPAN WHERE SMOKING IS NOT ALLOWED ON
00:29:54 CITY STREETS, SMOKING IS PERMITTED IN OUTDOOR BAR PATIOS
00:30:00 . IN A TIME WHEN THE CITY IS
00:30:01 STILL RECOVERING FROM THE ECONOMIC BLOW OF THE COVID
00:30:04 PANDEMIC, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEEDS TO BE
00:30:05 FOCUSING FOCUSING ITS PRIORITIES ON LEGISLATION THAT
00:30:08 ACTUALLY SERVES THE CITY AND ITS ECONOMY BY CREATING
00:30:11 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ADDRESSING STOREFRONT
00:30:13 VACANCIES. OUR BARS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES
00:30:16 THAT ARE THE EMPLOYERS TAX BASE AND FABRIC OF THE CITY'S
00:30:19 CULTURE. IF WE WANT TO KEEP SAN
00:30:20 FRANCISCO A CITY WORTH LIVING IN, PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE
00:30:23 PROPOSITION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:30:25 NEXT SPEAKER POLICE FELLOW SUPERVISORS.
00:30:30 >> MY NAME'S GLENN MCLAUGHLIN AND I'M HERE TODAY AS AN
00:30:34 ENTHUSIASTIC BAR PATRON AND ALSO AN ORGANIZER WITH
00:30:37 SMALL BUSINESS FORWARD. AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU
00:30:41 WITHDRAW THIS BAN ON SMOKING ON OUR BAR PATIOS.
00:30:44 >> WHILE I APPRECIATE THE INTENTION BEHIND THE ORDINANCE,
00:30:47 I JUST CAN'T REALLY WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHY THIS
00:30:49 LEGISLATURE IS A PRIORITY IN THE CITY.
00:30:52 I HEAR POLITICIANS PAY A LOT OF LIP SERVICE TO THEIR COMMITMENT
00:30:57 TO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT THIS IS
00:31:00 SOMETHING THAT WILL UNEQUIVOCALLY HURT OUR SMALL
00:31:03 BUSINESSES AND THEIR STAFF WHO WORK THERE BOTH OF WHOM WILL
00:31:07 BEAR THE BRUNT OF BOTH THE ENFORCEMENT AND THE
00:31:11 PENALIZATION FROM THIS LEGISLATION WHICH SEEMS
00:31:12 PARTICULARLY UNFAIR. >> I THINK ALSO PEOPLE HAVE
00:31:16 ALREADY ADDRESSED THE FACT AROUND THAT LIKE IF YOU ARE
00:31:20 SOMEONE WHO LIKES SMOKING ON BAR PATIOS IF THAT'S NOT
00:31:24 ALLOWED YOU WILL CERTAINLY BE SMOKING ON THE STREETS IN FRONT
00:31:25 OF THOSE BARS WHICH ARE NEIGHBORS TO PARKLETS WHERE
00:31:29 PEOPLE ARE EATING THEIR DINNERS OUTSIDE.
00:31:32 AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO BAN ON SMOKING ON THE STREETS AND I
00:31:36 THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE AND I
00:31:40 THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. >> I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT
00:31:41 THERE ARE OVER 20 BARS SIGNED ON TO THE PETITION RIGHT NOW
00:31:47 ALONG WITH THIS PETITION HAS BEEN CIRCULATING FOR ABOUT A
00:31:51 LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS NOW AND THERE ARE 2000 496
00:31:54 SIGNATURES ON THAT PETITION. SO THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHING
00:31:58 THAT SAN FRANCISCANS ARE FOLLOWING, THEY'RE PAYING
00:31:59 ATTENTION TO AND THEY'RE NOT IN SUPPORT OF.
00:32:03 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:32:04 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:32:07 MY NAME IS BOB GORDON. I'M SPEAKING AS A GAY MAN AS A
00:32:11 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT IN THE CASTRO AND AS A
00:32:15 VOLUNTEER WITH AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK
00:32:18 URGING YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE, THIS CLEAN AIR
00:32:21 ORDINANCE. SO I MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO
00:32:24 IN 1993 AND IN 1993 RESTAURANTS WERE STILL SMOKE FILLED BUT IT
00:32:28 WASN'T LONG BEFORE ALL THE RESTAURANTS HAD TO CLEAN UP
00:32:32 THEIR AIR. I REMEMBER IT WELL SOME
00:32:33 RESTAURANTS REALLY PANICKED SAYING THAT CLEAN AIR WOULD
00:32:37 SOMEHOW PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.
00:32:39 DIDN'T HAPPEN. IN 1998 SMOKEY BAR BARS HAD TO
00:32:42 CLEAN UP THEIR AIR. >> IT WASN'T EASY BUT AGAIN
00:32:46 SOME BAR OWNERS PANICKED SAYING THAT CLEAN AIR WOULD SOMEHOW
00:32:50 PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS AGAIN DIDN'T HAPPEN.
00:32:53 >> TODAY WE HEAR SOME BARS PANICKING.
00:32:57 SOME SAYING THAT THEY TRIED TO RESTRICT SMOKING IN THEIR
00:32:58 PATIOS THAT CLEAN AIR ON THEIR PATIOS WOULD SOMEHOW
00:33:01 UNEQUIVOCALLY HURT OUR BARS AS WAS HEARD TODAY.
00:33:06 >> IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE AND WE KNOW THIS FROM DECADES
00:33:09 OF SMOKE FREE RESTAURANTS AND BARS.
00:33:12 CLEAN AIR ATTRACTS MORE BUSINESS.
00:33:13 A POLICY LIKE THIS ONE CREATES A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
00:33:17 NO MORE DISCRIMINATION. SMOKE FREE BAR PATIOS MEAN THAT
00:33:21 EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE VIBE, THE MUSIC, THEIR FRIENDS.
00:33:25 AND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SMOKE THEY HEAD TO THE CURB TO SMOKE.
00:33:28 EAGER TO COME BACK TO ENJOY THE VIBE THE MUSIC AND THEIR
00:33:31 FRIENDS. HARMFUL CHEMICALS HAVE NO PLACE
00:33:35 IN OUR CITY. DISCRIMINATION HAS NO PLACE
00:33:36 IN OUR CITY. THERE SHOULD NO LONGER BE TOXIC
00:33:40 EXPOSURE ON PATIOS PERIOD. CLEAN AIR CAN BE GOOD FOR
00:33:43 BUSINESS. THANK YOU.
00:33:44 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:33:50 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE LAND USE
00:33:51 COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
00:33:53 AND YOUR TIME TO DISCUSS SUPERVISOR MELGAR ORDINANCE.
00:33:54 MY NAME IS JOHN MA. I'M A 32 YEAR RESIDENT OF SAN
00:33:58 FRANCISCO. I'M A GENERAL SURGEON AT
00:33:59 CHINESE HOSPITAL. I WAS THE 2018 PRESIDENT OF THE
00:34:02 SAN FRANCISCO MARIN MEDICAL SOCIETY AND A PREVIOUS
00:34:05 PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WHO BOTH SUPPORTED
00:34:09 THIS LEGISLATION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
00:34:10 THE MEDICAL SOCIETY WHO ARE ONE OF THE SPONSORS.
00:34:13 I AGREE WITH THE DECISION TO CONTINUE BECAUSE I BELIEVE
00:34:17 FURTHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER CONVERSATION WILL BE REALLY
00:34:20 HELPFUL TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO HELP THE SMOKERS WHO ARE
00:34:24 VISITING THESE BARS TO HELP THEM QUIT.
00:34:25 >> I'M A SURGEON. I'VE SEEN THE HIDDEN COSTS TO
00:34:29 SOCIETY FROM SMOKING THAT WE OFTEN DON'T DISCUSS WOUND
00:34:32 INFECTIONS, FAILED OPERATIONS AS READMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL
00:34:37 PROLONGED ICU STAY. THESE COST OUR NATIONS AND OUR
00:34:40 NATION HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
00:34:44 IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED BY UCSF RESEARCHERS THAT THE COSTS OF
00:34:48 SMOKING BURDEN OUR STATE BURDEN OUR CITY $500 PER RESIDENT
00:34:55 AND NEARLY $5,000 PER SMOKER. OUR CITY HAS A VERY LONG
00:34:59 HISTORY OF LEADING THE WAY IN TOBACCO CONTROL.
00:35:00 WE LED THE EFFORTS TO END THE USE OF CHEWING TOBACCO AT
00:35:04 ORACLE PARK AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUMS ALL ACROSS
00:35:07 AMERICA TO SUPPORT THE TOBACCO TAX AND TO STOP THE SALES OF
00:35:11 FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND TO REIN IN THE E-CIGARETTE
00:35:14 INDUSTRY. WE'RE HERE NOW BECAUSE IN 2014
00:35:18 SUPERVISOR ERIC MARTIN LED EFFORTS TO END SMOKING ON
00:35:19 RESTAURANT PATIOS. >> THERE WAS AN EXEMPTION
00:35:22 CREATED FOR BAR PATIOS BUT AFTERWARDS CITIES ALL AROUND US
00:35:26 SURROUNDING US IN THE BAY AREA ADOPTED HIS MODEL ORDINANCE BUT
00:35:29 ELIMINATED THIS LOOPHOLE AND EXEMPTION.
00:35:33 I FULLY SUPPORT CLOSING THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:35:38 CONSIDERATION AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A VERY THOUGHTFUL
00:35:41 CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD ABOUT THE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP
00:35:42 SAN FRANCISCO QUIT SMOKING. >> THANK YOU.
00:35:46 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT PICK A PLACE.
00:35:49 >> KRISTEN EVANS FROM SMALL BUSINESS WORD.
00:35:50 I WANT TO THANK DR. MEYER FOR ALSO THINKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT
00:35:54 APPROACH TO HOW WE MIGHT APPROACH THE CHALLENGE OF
00:35:58 SMOKING ON PATIOS AT THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION LAST MONTH.
00:36:02 >> THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSIONERS ALL VOICED A
00:36:05 CONCERN ABOUT HOW THIS LEGISLATION CAME ABOUT AND HOW
00:36:08 THERE HAD BEEN A LACK OF OUTREACH AND AN OUTPOURING AN
00:36:12 OUTCRY FROM BAR OWNERS THAT HAD JUST RECENTLY BECOME AWARE OF
00:36:16 IT OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION. A LOT OF BARS HAVE BEEN REALLY
00:36:20 INNOVATIVE AND THINGS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDING
00:36:23 CONDOMS FOR HIV PREVENTION, LIDS FOR CUPS TO AVOID ROOFIES
00:36:31 ,NARCAN DISTRIBUTION TO HELP PREVENT OVERDOSES.
00:36:35 WE CARE ABOUT OUR PATRONS AND WE WANT TO SEE HEALTH
00:36:39 SOLUTIONS. BUT I DO THINK THIS ALSO NEEDS
00:36:43 TO BE BALANCED WITH VERY REAL BUSINESS PLANS.
00:36:46 I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO TO DISCOUNT WHAT THESE BAR OWNERS
00:36:50 ARE TELLING YOU THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CLIENTELE
00:36:51 THAT COME TO THEIR BUSINESS TO USE THEIR PATIO FOR SMOKING.
00:36:57 THERE'S A ALSO ON THE SAME DOCKET OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
00:37:02 COMMISSION. THERE WAS THE PROPOSAL TO ADD
00:37:05 CANNABIS CAFE LICENSES. AND SO ON ONE HAND THE CITY IS
00:37:09 SAYING LET'S JUST TO DISCOURAGE SMOKING.
00:37:12 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IS ALSO PERMITTING AND LICENSING
00:37:17 SMOKING IN CAFES AND INDOOR SPACES.
00:37:18 SO I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A BALANCE TO BE STRUCK AND I
00:37:22 APPRECIATE THAT WE MIGHT FIND A PATH FORWARD THAT BRINGS THE
00:37:29 BUSINESSES ALONG AND ALSO DOES IT IN A WAY THAT WON'T HURT
00:37:30 THEM FINANCIALLY SO THAT THEY'LL BE FORCED TO CLOSE.
00:37:33 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:37:35 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:37:39 MY NAME IS AMANDA WEBB. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
00:37:43 FOR THIS BAN. I'M A VOLUNTEER FOR AMERICAN
00:37:46 CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK AND A RESIDENT OF
00:37:49 DISTRICT FIVE AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE CDC STATES
00:37:51 THAT THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE AS
00:37:57 A STAGE FOUR COLORECTAL CANCER SURVIVOR AND ONCE HAVING BEEN
00:38:01 IMMUNOCOMPROMISED IT TAKES LOGISTICS WHEN DETERMINING WHAT
00:38:06 IS A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR SOMEONE IN THAT SITUATION AND I
00:38:09 SUPPORT THIS BAN TO ELIMINATE THAT BARRIER AND MAKE IT AN
00:38:13 EQUAL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL. THANK YOU.
00:38:16 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS
00:38:17 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM?
00:38:20 >> MADAM CHAIR. OKAY.
00:38:21 WITHOUT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:38:24 COLLEAGUES, AS YOU COULD HEAR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PEOPLE FEEL
00:38:28 VERY DIFFERENTLY ON THIS ISSUE. I DO THINK THAT THERE CAN BE A
00:38:35 PATH FORWARD THAT NEGOTIATES TIMING, DEFINITIONS,
00:38:40 ENFORCEMENT, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
00:38:43 I DON'T WANT TO WITHDRAW THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE I THINK IT
00:38:48 IS A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
00:38:51 I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE BUSINESS PLANS OF
00:38:56 BUSINESSES AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HARM BUSINESSES.
00:39:03 I ALSO THINK THAT WE LIVE IN A SEVEN BY SEVEN SQUARE MILE CITY
00:39:07 THAT IS VERY DENSE WITH RENT CONTROLLED UNITS ABOVE MANY OF
00:39:14 THESE PATIOS WHERE PEOPLE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE
00:39:17 WHETHER TO MOVE BECAUSE WE ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE
00:39:19 CITIES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE GIVING UP YOUR RENT CONTROL
00:39:25 DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL.
00:39:25 SO I THINK THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE POINTS AT WHICH PEOPLE
00:39:30 CAN HAVE DIFFERENT INTERESTS, DESIRES, DREAMS, HOPES.
00:39:34 I TOTALLY GET THAT AND FOR US IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
00:39:38 THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO COME UP WITH A PATH FORWARD THAT WEIGHS
00:39:42 THE DIFFERENT DREAMS, HOPES AND DESIRES OF CONSTITUENTS
00:39:49 IN OUR CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
00:39:52 WHO CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR HER THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE
00:39:57 WORRIED ABOUT YOUR BUSINESSES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
00:40:02 SUPPORT YOU BUT ALSO THAT WE SUPPORT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
00:40:06 AND THE FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT GIVEN THEIR CONSENT TO
00:40:09 BREATHING SMOKE WHEN THEY CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT.
00:40:13 SO I THINK BOTH THINGS MAY BE POSSIBLE AND WE WILL CONTINUE
00:40:17 WORKING ON IT. SO THEREFORE, COLLEAGUES, I ASK
00:40:20 THAT YOU SUPPORT ME IN MAKING THIS MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS
00:40:25 ITEM TO THE JUNE 8TH MEETING AND WE AND I YOU KNOW, GLADLY
00:40:32 WELCOME THE HELP FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE OFFERED
00:40:36 HELP TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH SOME
00:40:39 AMENDMENTS. >> MR. CLERK.
00:40:43 >> A MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THE ORDINANCE BE
00:40:44 CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 8TH, 2026 MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE.
00:40:47 ON THAT MOTION, VICE CHAIR CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
00:40:51 I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE
00:40:55 EYES THAT MOTION PASSES MR. CLERK IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON
00:40:59 OUR AGENDA? >> THERE IS NO FURTHER
00:41:00 BUSINESS. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
00:41:01 THANK YOU