00:00:10 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:00:11 THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER .
00:00:14 WELCOME TO THE JUNE 29TH 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE U.S.
00:00:19 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:00:22 SUPERVISORS. >> I AM SUPERVISOR MARINA
00:00:23 MELGAR, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE JOINED BY SUPERVISOR BILAL
00:00:26 MAHMOOD AND TODAY WE HAVE SUPERVISOR STEPHEN CHERYL WHO
00:00:30 IS VERY KINDLY FILLING IN FOR SUPERVISOR CHEN, THE COMMITTEE
00:00:34 CLERK TODAY IS JOHN CARROLL AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
00:00:41 ACKNOWLEDGE JEANETTE AND GOLIATH AT S.F. TV FOR
00:00:45 STOPPING US DURING THIS MEETING.
00:00:49 >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
00:00:50 YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU'VE
00:00:53 SILENCED YOUR CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES
00:00:54 YOU'VE BROUGHT WITH YOU INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY.
00:00:57 IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF ANY OF
00:00:58 TODAY'S FILES YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM DIRECTLY TO ME.
00:01:01 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH OF EACH ITEM ON TODAY'S
00:01:04 AGENDA WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC
00:01:06 COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE I HOPE TO SPEAK ALONG YOUR RIGHT HAND
00:01:09 SIDE OF THIS ROOM. ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT
00:01:12 PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS
00:01:13 YOU MAY EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO ME AT G O H AND PERIOD CAIR
00:01:19 DROLET AS F G OF YOUR G OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS
00:01:24 TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE BY VIA THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AND THE
00:01:27 ADDRESS IS CITY HALL ONE DR. CARLTON B GOOD PLACE ROOM 244
00:01:31 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS
00:01:34 IN WRITING I WILL FORGE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS
00:01:38 COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS AS PART OF THE
00:01:40 OFFICIAL FILE ON WHICH YOU ARE COMMENTING.
00:01:42 ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD
00:01:45 OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF JULY 7TH 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE
00:01:49 STATED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.
00:01:52 CLERK. LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY.
00:01:53 FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE VICE CHAIR
00:01:55 CHEYENNE CHAN FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
00:01:59 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THAT MOTION ON A MOTION OFFERED BY
00:02:03 THE CHAIR THAT SUPERVISOR CHIN BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING
00:02:06 MEMBER CHERYL. CHERYL I REMEMBER MIKE ONE
00:02:09 MAHMOOD I CHAIR MOGAHED THANK YOU.
00:02:10 >> THAT MOTION PASSES. >> MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM
00:02:13 NUMBER ONE A. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A
00:02:16 RESOLUTION ADDING THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME ART
00:02:22 AGNES WAY TO THE 506 HUNDRED BLOCKS OF CONNECTICUT STREET
00:02:25 AND RECOGNITION OF FORMER MAYOR ART AGNES FOR HIS DECADES
00:02:27 OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF
00:02:30 SAN FRANCISCO. THIS ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA AS A
00:02:33 POTENTIAL COMMITTEE REPORT AND IT MAY BE SENT FROM TODAY'S
00:02:35 AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION TOMORROW ON THE COMMITTEE
00:02:38 REPORT AGENDA THAT'S THE JUNE 30TH 2026 MEETING.
00:02:41 >> GREAT. SO WE WELCOME DISTRICT TEN
00:02:45 SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:02:48 FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING
00:02:50 THIS ITEM. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:02:53 THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR MEMBER AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE
00:02:54 COMMITTEE. I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS
00:02:57 COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAMING IN HONOR OF MAYOR ART AGNUS
00:03:01 AND HIS LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SAN FRANCISCO MARY AGNES LED
00:03:08 OUR CITY DURING A PIVOTAL PERIOD AND DEMONSTRATED A DEEP
00:03:12 COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE EQUITY AND EXPANDING
00:03:16 OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS. HIS LEADERSHIP HELPED SHAPE
00:03:17 MANY OF THE POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT CONTINUE
00:03:21 TO BENEFIT SAN FRANCISCANS TODAY COMMEMORATIVE STREET
00:03:25 NAMES PROVIDE US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE
00:03:29 WHOSE PUBLIC SERVICE HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR CITY
00:03:35 AND OUR HISTORY. THIS DESIGNATION ENSURES THAT
00:03:39 FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL REMEMBER MAYOR AGNUS AND HIS
00:03:43 CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE VALUES HE CHAMPIONED.
00:03:47 AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT HE LED OUR CITY
00:03:50 DURING THE EARTHQUAKE AND GOT US OUT OF THAT AND HE WAS MAJOR
00:03:55 IN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS REALLY DISINTEGRATED
00:04:01 DURING THAT TIME PERIOD WAS ABLE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK
00:04:05 AND THRIVE. HE ALSO WAS MAJOR AND IF WE GO
00:04:09 BACK TO THE CHILDREN'S FUND THAT FUNDS THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:04:17 CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES, HE WAS ALSO KEY IN MAKING SURE
00:04:20 THAT THAT HAPPENS. >> AND SO I JUST WANT TO HONOR
00:04:24 HIM OBVIOUSLY AS A CONSTITUENT OBVIOUSLY FOR THE WORK THAT
00:04:28 HE'S DONE FOR THIS CITY AND THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE
00:04:31 AND SPACE AS HE LIVES ON THE STREET AND COMMUNITY IS VERY
00:04:35 SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
00:04:38 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE AND THANK YOU FOR
00:04:42 PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYOR AGNUS THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:04:45 SUPERVISOR WALTON PLEASE ADD ME AS A CO-SPONSOR AND LET'S GO TO
00:04:49 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE.
00:04:50 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:04:54 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
00:04:57 ONE A COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME FOR ART AGNES.
00:05:01 >> IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE COME
00:05:02 FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME AND MADAM CHAIR TO
00:05:05 PRESERVE HAVE NO SPEAKERS MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:05:08 NOW CLOSED. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT
00:05:12 WE SEND THIS ITEM FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
00:05:15 RECOMMENDATION AS A COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY
00:05:19 THE CHAIR THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE RECOMMENDED AS A COMMITTEE
00:05:23 REPORT MEMBER CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I
00:05:27 CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR I MET I'M SURE THERE ARE THREE EYES.
00:05:33 >> MOTION PASSES CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR
00:05:35 WALSH THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO
00:05:37 PLEASE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
00:05:40 PLANNING CODE TO PRINCIPALLY PERMIT THE RELOCATION OF BAR
00:05:44 USES WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LICENSES AS OF MAY 19TH
00:05:48 2003 WITHIN THE THIRD STREET ALCOHOL RESTRICTED USE DISTRICT
00:05:52 AND THE BAYVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO ALLOW
00:05:55 ESTABLISHMENTS WITH ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL LICENSES AS OF
00:06:02 MAY 19TH 2003 TO REESTABLISH THE USE UNDER THE EXISTING
00:06:03 LICENSE WITHIN THE R, U D AND NCD AFFIRMING THE PLANNING
00:06:06 DEPARTMENT'S SECRET DETERMINATION AND MAKING OTHER
00:06:10 FINDINGS. >> OKAY IT'S SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:06:13 >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY OPENING REMARKS?
00:06:15 DEFINITELY SO FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS
00:06:21 LEGISLATION PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED FLEXIBILITY FOR
00:06:24 BUSINESSES WHILE MAINTAINING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO
00:06:25 RESPONSIVE LAND USE, PLANNING AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
00:06:29 MANY SMALL BUSINESSES FACE CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR
00:06:33 CONTROL INCLUDING REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISASTERS, LEASE
00:06:41 TERMINATIONS OR OTHER ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT FORCE
00:06:44 RELOCATION ALLOWING ELIGIBLE LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS TO
00:06:49 RELOCATE OR REESTABLISH THEIR BUSINESSES HELPS PRESERVE JOBS,
00:06:52 MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS SERVING BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC
00:06:56 RECOVERY. AT THE SAME TIME, THIS
00:07:00 LEGISLATION CONTINUES TO REQUIRE APPROPRIATE REVIEW
00:07:04 AND COMPLIANCE WITH PLANNING CODE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT
00:07:08 COMMUNITY CONCERNS REMAIN A PART OF THE PROCESS AS WE WORK
00:07:13 TO REVITALIZE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT SAN
00:07:16 FRANCISCO, WE SHOULD SUPPORT POLICIES THAT HELP BUSINESSES
00:07:20 REMAIN VIABLE WHILE BALANCING NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS.
00:07:24 I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
00:07:25 AND STAKEHOLDERS IN DEVELOPING THIS PROPOSAL AND LOOK FORWARD
00:07:29 TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR
00:07:32 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
00:07:35 I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM
00:07:39 THIS COMMITTEE AND THANK YOU CHAIR GA THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:07:43 SUPERVISOR WE HAVE VERONICA FLORES HERE FROM THE PLANNING
00:07:44 DEPARTMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
00:07:47 VERONICA FLORES PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.
00:07:51 >> THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM ON JUNE 18TH
00:07:55 AND DURING THE HEARING THEY ADOPTED A RECOMMENDATION OF
00:07:59 APPROVAL WITH MODIFICATIONS THAT MODIFICATION WAS TO
00:08:03 CONDITIONALLY PERMIT ALL BARS WITHIN BOTH THE THIRD STREET R,
00:08:08 U D AND THE BAYVIEW AND CD INSTEAD OF THE NARROW CRITERION
00:08:11 PART OF THE DISCUSSION INCLUDED SUPPORT FOR A MORE
00:08:16 COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE THIRD STREET R U D THIS CONCLUDES THE
00:08:19 COMMISSION REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS ALONG
00:08:23 WITH MR. BEN VAN HOUTEN FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
00:08:27 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. >> THANK YOU.
00:08:30 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. VAN HOUTEN ON THE
00:08:34 AMENDMENTS? NO.
00:08:35 OKAY. OKAY.
00:08:35 AT YES. >> OKAY.
00:08:39 NO. OKAY.
00:08:39 NO QUESTIONS. SO CHAIR MCGRATH, I JUST WANT
00:08:42 TO SAY I DO ACCEPT PLANNING'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:08:44 >> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:08:46 LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM THEN.
00:08:49 >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:08:51 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
00:08:53 TWO RELOCATE RELOCATION AND REESTABLISHMENT OF LIQUOR
00:08:57 ESTABLISHMENTS. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:08:58 THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AT THIS TIME.
00:09:01 MADAM CHAIR IT APPEARS TO HAVE NO SPEAKERS FOR THIS AGENDA
00:09:05 ITEM. >> OKAY.
00:09:06 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
00:09:08 WELL I WILL MAKE A MOTION THEN THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM OUT OF
00:09:13 COMMITTEE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:09:19 ON THE MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE
00:09:21 RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:09:24 MEMBER CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR
00:09:31 MELGAR. >> MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE
00:09:32 EYES. OKAY THANK YOU.
00:09:32 THAT MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR.
00:09:35 LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE PLEASE.
00:09:39 >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
00:09:43 PLANNING CODE TO EXEMPT POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
00:09:46 INSTITUTIONS LOCATED IN AC3 DISTRICT OR THE ART AND DESIGN
00:09:50 EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT OF ART AND DESIGN EDUCATIONAL SPECIAL
00:09:54 USE DISTRICT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF INSTITUTIONAL
00:09:55 MASTER PLANS REQUIRE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
00:09:58 INSTITUTIONS LOCATED ELSEWHERE TO FILE INSTITUTIONAL MASTER
00:10:02 PLANS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REQUIRE UPDATES TO
00:10:05 SUCH PLANS ONLY WHEN THE INSTITUTION WILL INCREASE BY
00:10:09 10,000FT2 OR BY 25% OF ITS TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE WHICHEVER
00:10:12 IS LESS. EXCLUDE STUDENT HOUSING FROM
00:10:13 THE DEFINITION OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
00:10:16 INSTITUTION AND REMOVE THE THREE MONTH HOLD ON HEARING
00:10:20 CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATIONS AFTER AN INSTITUTIONAL MASTER
00:10:24 PLAN HAS BEEN ACCEPTED, THE ORDINANCE AFFIRMS THE PLANNING
00:10:26 DEPARTMENT SEEKS DETERMINATION AND MAKES FINDINGS OF
00:10:30 CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN IN THE PARTY POLICIES OF
00:10:31 PLANNING CODE SECTION 101.1 AS WELL AS PLANNING CODE SECTION
00:10:33 THREE ZERO TWO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:10:41 WELCOME LITHIUM AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE AMENDMENTS BEFORE US
00:10:48 AND THERE'S TWO SPECIFIC THINGS THAT SUPERVISOR CHEN AND I HAD
00:10:53 ASKED FOR IN NEW INCORPORATED THEM SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY
00:10:54 MUCH. >> DID YOU WANT TO TALK THROUGH
00:10:58 THIS? YES.
00:10:58 I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK SOME QUICK REMARKS.
00:11:01 THANK YOU, CHAIR. I APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING
00:11:02 THIS ITEM TO TODAY'S MEETING AND GIVING SOME FURTHER POLICY
00:11:05 DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THIS
00:11:09 LEGISLATION. SO THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU
00:11:10 TODAY WOULD MAINTAIN THE CORE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATION BUT
00:11:13 RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS ABOUT A PERMANENT EXEMPTION FOR
00:11:16 DOWNTOWN. SO THIS AMENDMENT WILL SUNSET
00:11:17 THE EXEMPTION FOR THE I AND P REQUIREMENT FOR UNIVERSITIES
00:11:20 LOCATING IN DOWNTOWN ON DECEMBER 31ST 2032.
00:11:23 THIS ALIGNS WITH THE OPT IN DATE FOR THE DOWNTOWN
00:11:27 REVITALIZATION FINANCING DISTRICT AND AFTER THIS DATE
00:11:28 THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS WOULD KICK BACK IN.
00:11:31 THIS AMENDMENT IS NON SUBSTANTIVE SO SUPERVISOR
00:11:35 DORSEY RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU ADOPT THIS AMENDMENT
00:11:36 AND SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
00:11:39 RECOMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU.
00:11:42 AT MISS TAM I'M TAKING THAT THESE AMENDMENTS ARE NOT
00:11:43 SUBSTANTIVE. YES, THEY ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE.
00:11:46 >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:11:47 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
00:11:53 >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LET'S GO
00:11:57 TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM PLEASE.
00:11:58 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:12:02 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
00:12:04 THREE UPDATING REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANS.
00:12:06 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE LINE UP TO
00:12:09 SPEAK ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL I'M POINTING OUT RIGHT NOW LINE
00:12:12 UP TO SPEAK ALONG THE WALL, LINE UP ALONG THE WALL AND THEN
00:12:17 THE FIRST SPEAKER CAN COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN.
00:12:20 >> I'LL START YOUR TIME. >> PLEASE COME FORWARD.
00:12:26 GO AHEAD. THE FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:12:32 >> HI, MY NAME IS RANDY NAKAMURA.
00:12:36 I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION AT THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF
00:12:38 THE ARTS THAT REPRESENTS ADJUNCTS AND STAFF.
00:12:44 SO SO MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS MAINLY BASICALLY REGARDING THE
00:12:48 EFFECTS OF THIS ORDINANCE ON THE COMMUNITY WHO LIVE AND WORK
00:12:52 IN THE ART AND DESIGN EDUCATIONAL SPECIAL USE
00:12:56 DISTRICT. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD FACILITATE
00:12:57 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY PROVIDES VERY LITTLE
00:13:00 PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HOW VANDERBILT USES THE CAMPUS
00:13:03 IN THE FUTURE. INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANS
00:13:06 ENABLES A SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY, FEEDBACK
00:13:07 AND OVERSIGHT THAT GUIDES HOW INSTITUTIONS DEVELOP THE LAND
00:13:12 OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. VANDERBILT SHOULD NOT HAVE
00:13:15 CARTE BLANCHE DEVELOPED TO ITS CAMPUS ANY WAY THEY WANT JUST
00:13:18 IN THE EXAMPLE THEY PROMISED BASICALLY THIS MONTH TO GIVE AN
00:13:23 UPDATE TO THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THEY BASICALLY WERE PLANNING ON
00:13:26 USING ESSENTIALLY THE CAMPUS AND HOW THEY WOULD HONOR THAT
00:13:31 BASICALLY CC'S LEGACY IS NOW THE 29TH.
00:13:33 JUNE IS ALMOST OVER AND WE'VE HEARD ALMOST NOTHING FROM THEM
00:13:37 . SO SO I KIND OF SORT OF
00:13:38 EMPHASIZE I OPPOSE THIS ORDINANCE AND IF THE ORDINANCE
00:13:45 DOES GO TO THE FULL BOARD, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT THEIR
00:13:48 AMENDMENTS WITH A CLEAR SUNSET DATE AND ENFORCEABLE LABOR
00:13:52 AND COMMUNITY COUNTABILITY LANGUAGE.
00:13:53 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO
00:13:55 THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:14:03 MY NAME IS PIPER ALDRIDGE. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
00:14:07 NINE. I'M ON STAFF AT CCR AND I'M THE
00:14:08 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY AND STAFF.
00:14:11 I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE THE SUPERVISORS TO REQUIRE
00:14:14 INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLANS INCLUDING FOR VANDERBILT
00:14:15 UNIVERSITY AS THEY WORK TO DISPLACE OVER A THOUSAND
00:14:18 STUDENTS AND LAY OFF ABOUT 500 WORKERS.
00:14:21 VANDERBILT'S VALUES ARE NOT SAN FRANCISCO VALUES.
00:14:25 IN ADDITION TO THEIR ANTI-WORKER STANCE, VANDERBILT
00:14:26 RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AN END TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AT THEIR
00:14:29 MEDICAL CENTER ON THE HEELS OF PRIDE WEEKEND.
00:14:33 I DEMAND THAT WE ASK FOR MORE INSTITUTIONAL MASTERPLANS
00:14:36 REPRESENT A MODICUM OF ACCOUNTABILITY FROM LARGE
00:14:37 ORGANIZATIONS TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE A PART OF.
00:14:40 AN EXCEPTION MUST NOT BE MADE FOR VANDERBILT.
00:14:42 NOT ONLY MUST VANDERBILT MAKE GOOD ON THEIR PROMISE TO WRITE
00:14:45 ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION, THEY SHOULD DO THIS BY COMMITTING TO
00:14:48 HIRE THE WORKERS WHO PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION AND RECOGNIZE
00:14:52 OUR UNIONS. >> VANDERBILT MUST ALSO PROVIDE
00:14:53 PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO CONTINUE AND FINISH THEIR
00:14:57 STUDIES SO HE STAYS. LEGACY IS NOT HONORED BY
00:14:59 BACKROOM DEALS AND WISHY WASHY LANGUAGE EXEMPTING VANDERBILT
00:15:03 FROM THE CITY'S INSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN
00:15:05 REQUIREMENT FURTHER FACILITATES THE DESTRUCTION OF AN ARTS
00:15:08 COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:15:09 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR COMMENT.
00:15:12 SEVEN X PICK A PLACE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:15:16 MY NAME IS KIMONO AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF AVE T 6642
00:15:19 LOCAL. >> THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER
00:15:23 OPPORTUNITY TO ADD PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CHANGE OF USE
00:15:24 FOR THIS PROPERTY AND NO MESSAGE OF MITIGATION FOR THE
00:15:27 CLOSING OF THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AT 120 YEAR
00:15:31 OLD INSTITUTION I HAVE COUNTED 700 PLUS EMPLOYEES
00:15:34 AND DISPLACEMENT FOR OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS.
00:15:38 >> THIS IS HAPPENING IN MATT DORSEY'S DEATH DISTRICT WITH
00:15:42 BOTH HE AND MAYOR LAURIE'S COMPLETE DISDAIN FOR EVEN
00:15:45 ADDRESSING THE LOSS TO ALL ART AND CULTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:15:49 >> THIS CLOSING IS DEVASTATING TO THE ART AND CULTURE
00:15:53 COMMUNITY NOT JUST OF SAN FRANCISCO BUT OF NORTHERN
00:15:55 CALIFORNIA IN GENERAL. WE ARE ALSO OBJECTING TO THE
00:15:58 BAN FOR GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IN ALL ITS FACILITIES THAT
00:16:01 VANDERBILT HAS ANNOUNCED IT IS HOSTILE TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY
00:16:05 IN GENERAL. WHAT WOULD HELP THIS SITUATION
00:16:09 SLOW DOWN, ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT VOTE NO.
00:16:12 VOTE NO ON ITEM 3260239. THIS TRANSITION DOES NOT HAVE
00:16:19 TO BE SO BRUTAL AS IT IS NOW. IT IS BRUTAL.
00:16:23 IT IS DEVASTATING TO OUR CITY AND THIS DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR
00:16:27 WE ARE TIRED OF THE WEALTHY EPSTEIN CLASS CONTROLLING THE
00:16:31 DESTINY OF OUR CITIZENS OF THE CITY.
00:16:32 WE ARE DEMANDING RESPECT AND THE MAKING WHOLE OF
00:16:35 EMPLOYEES OF THE COLLEGE. WE ARE ALSO ASKING THAT
00:16:39 VANDERBILT BE ASKED TO HIRE REHIRE MANY OF OUR STAFF WHO
00:16:43 RUN THOSE PROPERTIES. >> THEY BOUGHT THE BUILDINGS
00:16:46 BUT NOT THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU.
00:16:49 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:16:53 GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M OWEN SMITH.
00:16:54 I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CATERING FACULTY UNION FOR 120
00:16:57 YEARS HAS PROVIDED THE BAY AREA WITH THE WORLD CLASS ART OF
00:17:01 DESIGN EDUCATION OFFERING DEGREES IN FINE ART ANIMATION,
00:17:05 ARCHITECTURE, FASHION ILLUSTRATION, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
00:17:06 AND OTHER CREATIVE MAJORS. WHEN VANDERBILT ANNOUNCED PLANS
00:17:10 TO ACQUIRE SIX CAMPUS ITS IT WAS SAID TO HONOR CC'S LEGACY.
00:17:15 THE SO CALLED HONORING SO FAR HAS MEANT NOTHING MORE THAN A
00:17:20 VAGUE PLANS TO SUPPORT ART EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
00:17:22 AND MAINTAIN SIX ARCHIVES. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO PUT A
00:17:24 POSITIVE SPIN ON A GRIM REALITY COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE
00:17:30 CLOSING OF THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE.
00:17:32 THE DOWNSIZING, THE ACADEMY OF ART AND THE CLOSING OF THREE
00:17:35 GALLERIES IN MINNESOTA STREETS IS THE LATEST CASUALTY OF SAN
00:17:38 FRANCISCO'S DECLINE AS A CENTER FOR ART DESIGN AND CULTURE.
00:17:42 >> EXEMPTING VANDERBILT FROM INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN
00:17:46 REQUIRES REQUIREMENTS ENABLES VANDERBILT TO PERPETUATE THE
00:17:50 FALSE NARRATIVE BY SHIELDING ITS PLANS FROM PUBLIC VIEW.
00:17:53 CONTRARY TO MAYOR LAURIE'S CLAIMS, THE DEAL IS NOT NOT A
00:17:57 SIGN THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS ON THE RISE.
00:18:01 THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH IS THAT 500 SAN FRANCISCO WORKERS WILL
00:18:04 LOSE THEIR JOBS AS A RESULT OF SOURCES CLOSING VANDERBILT IS
00:18:08 NOT AN ART DESIGN SCHOOL. >> IT IS A PRIVATE RESEARCH
00:18:12 UNIVERSITY WHOSE ENTRY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS A RADICAL
00:18:17 DEPARTURE FROM PLANS FOR THE AREA TO SERVE ART AND DESIGN.
00:18:24 >> OH NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:18:25 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE EVERYBODY. MY NAME'S ED WANG.
00:18:30 I'M A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF
00:18:34 TEACHERS AND I ALSO REPRESENT THE FACULTY AT CALIFORNIA
00:18:38 COLLEGE OF THE ARTS. GIVEN THAT VANDERBILT DOES NOT
00:18:42 SHARE SAN FRANCISCO'S VALUES OF VANDERBILT OPPOSED EFFORTS BY
00:18:45 BOTH GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS AND FACULTY TO UNIONIZE, THEY
00:18:49 ALSO TOOK A HARD LINE AND SUSPENDED AND EXPELLED
00:18:50 STUDENTS WHO PROTESTED AGAINST THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR.
00:18:54 IN MARCH, VANDERBILT CEASED PROVIDING GENDER AFFIRMING
00:18:57 SURGERIES FOR ADULTS. VANDERBILT HAS NOT EARNED THE
00:18:58 RIGHT TO ENTER OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISCLOSING ITS PLANS
00:19:02 THROUGH AN INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN.
00:19:05 GIVEN VANDERBILT'S RECORD, OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW MORE
00:19:09 ABOUT VANDERBILT'S PLANS FOR ITS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS STUDENTS,
00:19:12 FACULTY AND STAFF. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A DETAILED
00:19:16 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IT WILL OFFER IN SAN
00:19:17 FRANCISCO AND HOW THOSE PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE.
00:19:21 ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE
00:19:23 CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN ART AND DESIGN DISTRICT.
00:19:27 THIS SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A COMMITMENT FROM VANDERBILT TO
00:19:28 HIRING A FACULTY AND STAFF RECOGNIZING THEIR UNIONS
00:19:31 IN SUPPORTING BETTER SEVERANCE PAY AND BENEFITS FOR LAID OFF
00:19:35 KEY WORKERS. WE URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE
00:19:39 PROPOSED AMENDMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:19:43 >> SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> >> HELLO.
00:19:50 >> MY NAME IS LINDA GROSS AND I'M A PROFESSOR IN FASHION
00:19:51 DESIGN AND CRITICAL STUDIES AT CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
00:19:54 WHERE I'VE TAUGHT FOR 27 YEARS. AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY
00:19:58 UNION. >> I'VE LIVED IN THE BAY AREA
00:20:02 FOR 38 YEARS LONGER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE I'VE LIVED,
00:20:05 INCLUDING MY HOME COUNTRY. MY HUSBAND WAS BORN IN SAN
00:20:08 FRANCISCO. MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN IN SAN
00:20:09 FRANCISCO. THE BAY AREA IS OUR HOME.
00:20:13 WE WANT TO KNOW WHY SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR VANDERBILT IS
00:20:17 EVEN BEING CONSIDERED AT ALL. AND SPECIFICALLY WHY IS IT GOOD
00:20:20 FOR OUR COMMUNITY? WE ARE TIRED OF LARGE MONEYED
00:20:24 ORGANIZATIONS GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT.
00:20:27 >> AN INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN SIMPLY PUTS VANDERBILT'S
00:20:31 THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS ON THE RECORD SO THAT STATED BENEFITS
00:20:35 AND ACTUAL OUTCOMES CAN BE TRACKED AND THE INSTITUTION CAN
00:20:39 BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AN INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN IS
00:20:43 THE LAW AND IT'S A BASIC EXPECTATION OF ANY COLLEGE
00:20:47 AND INSTITUTION. IT'S A LOW BAR TO MEET.
00:20:51 IT'S REASONABLE AND IT'S AFFORDABLE.
00:20:54 >> MORE IMPORTANTLY, REQUIRING AN INSTITUTION NEW MASTER PLAN
00:20:58 FROM VANDERBILT IS THE LEAST THAT YOU AS GOVERNMENT
00:21:02 OFFICIALS CAN DO TO REPRESENT SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS AS YOUR
00:21:06 CONSTITUENTS. WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON
00:21:10 ARTICLE 260239. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE
00:21:14 AND REQUIRE VANDERBILT TO SUBMIT THEIR INSTITUTE NEW
00:21:18 MASTER PLAN PER THE LAW. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
00:21:19 AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:21:23 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO MY NAME IS JUSTIN HALL
00:21:27 AND I'M A FULL PROFESSOR OF COMICS AT CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF
00:21:30 THE ARTS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE
00:21:33 TO THIS TOO. SO WE ASKED FOR TRANSPARENCY
00:21:34 FROM VANDERBILT'S BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF OVER 500 JOBS WE
00:21:38 HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER ANY OF US WILL BE HIRED BY THE NEW
00:21:41 INSTITUTION OR NOT AND WE DESERVE THIS SORT OF
00:21:45 TRANSPARENCY WHICH IS YOU KNOW, NORMALLY UNDER THE LAW.
00:21:48 WE ALSO DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS VANDERBILT WILL BE
00:21:49 BRINGING IN AND WE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS.
00:21:52 SO WE'VE HAD THIS WONDERFUL WAVE OF YOUNG AND EMERGING
00:21:56 ARTISTS COME TO THE BAY AREA TO SAN FRANCISCO AND CONTRIBUTE TO
00:22:00 THE ARTISTIC SCENE HERE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF
00:22:04 THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE POSSIBLE AND WHAT THE HOW
00:22:07 DEVASTATING THIS COULD BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
00:22:08 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
00:22:11 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
00:22:14 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ASTRA ENGLISH AND I
00:22:18 AM A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FROM CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE
00:22:20 ARTS. >> SINCE MY FELLOW STUDENTS
00:22:26 AND STAFF AND FACULTY FOUND OUT THAT OUR SCHOOL WAS COMING TO
00:22:29 AN END, WE HAVE BEEN LARGELY IN THE DARK ABOUT SPECIFICS
00:22:31 WITH VANDERBILT'S PLAN FOR THEIR EXPANSION AND WHAT THEIR
00:22:34 PROGRAMS WILL INCLUDE IF STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
00:22:35 CONTINUE IN PROGRAMING OR NOT AND WE DESERVE TO KNOW AS
00:22:42 EVERYONE HAS SAID, WHAT THIS EXPANSION WILL LOOK LIKE
00:22:46 AND HAVE A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE
00:22:49 SPECIFICS OF THEIR PROGRAMS, THEIR EXPANSION AND WHAT THE
00:22:54 NEW BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING WILL LOOK LIKE.
00:22:57 I SUPPORT MY STAFF AND FACULTY AND THEIR DEMAND FOR VANDERBILT
00:23:01 TO HIRE STAFF AND FACULTY RECOGNIZE THEIR UNIONS
00:23:04 AND SUPPORT BETTER SEVERANCE PAY AND BENEFITS FOR LAID OFF
00:23:06 WORKERS. SO I URGE YOU TO REQUIRE
00:23:09 VANDERBILT TO MAKE A CLEAR INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN.
00:23:10 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:23:14 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:23:20 MY NAME IS CHRISTINA LASALA. I AM FACULTY AT TCA, THE
00:23:25 FOUNDER OF THE INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM THE UNIQUE CREATIVE
00:23:28 CULTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO WHO IS BEING DESTROYED BY ACTIONS LIKE
00:23:33 THIS BY THE THE ACTIONS OF VANDERBILT.
00:23:39 I'M HERE TO PLEAD FOR A PRESERVATION OF THE OF NOT ONLY
00:23:46 ARTS EDUCATION BUT THE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM THAT MAKES UP THE
00:23:51 CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS ON THIS
00:23:58 MEASURE AND REQUIRE VANDERBILT TO FILE A MASTER PLAN
00:24:02 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. >> WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY
00:24:06 AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT WE NEED THE SUPPORT FROM OUR CITY TO
00:24:10 SUPPORT OUR OUR OUR PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU.
00:24:14 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:24:19 >> HELLO MY NAME. >> MY NAME IS JOHN ALLMAN
00:24:24 AND I'M A MEMBER OF INDIVISIBLE S.F. LGBTQ WORK GROUP AS WELL
00:24:27 AS HIV AC NETWORK PART OF THE SAME CISCO AIDS FOUNDATION.
00:24:31 I JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO SO I USUALLY
00:24:35 PREPARED COMMENTS BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SORT OF WINGING IT FOR
00:24:37 TODAY. MORE AND MORE THE FEDERAL
00:24:39 GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES AND ACTIONS AGAINST TRANS
00:24:42 PEOPLE ARE LEAKING OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
00:24:46 SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO SUPPORT TRANS RIGHTS, TRANS
00:24:50 HEALTH CARE AND WE SHOULD NOT BE INFLUENCED BY SOMETHING
00:24:51 THAT'S COMING FROM VANDERBILT. YES, VANDERBILT HAS HAS A
00:24:54 CAMPUS IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, HOME OF MAR A LAGO.
00:24:58 SO I'M GUESSING THAT THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEM BEING
00:25:01 SO ADAMANT ABOUT CUTTING GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERIES.
00:25:05 BUT I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO. NUMBER THREE AND ASK THAT WE
00:25:08 KEEP SAN FRANCISCO THE CITY ON THE HILL THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S
00:25:12 GOING TO SUPPORT LGBTQ RIGHTS. >> THANK YOU.
00:25:15 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:25:17 SO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS GRAHAM
00:25:23 PLUMB. I'M A PROFESSOR OF UX DESIGN AT
00:25:26 CTA. I'VE TAUGHT THERE FOR TEN YEARS
00:25:30 AND BY MY RECKONING I MUST HAVE TAUGHT ABOUT 800 STUDENTS THAT
00:25:31 HAVE NOW GRADUATE IT. I WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE
00:25:37 HARDEST THINGS TO TO. WELL, ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS
00:25:38 ABOUT THIS STORY IS THAT THERE IS NO WAY OF AUDITING WHAT IS
00:25:42 BEING LOST AS CCAR IS CLOSING. I KNOW THAT MANY OF MY OWN
00:25:47 STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
00:25:50 THEY HAVE CREATED COMPANIES THEY ARE LEADERS IN COMPANIES.
00:25:53 THEY ARE SOLVING WICKED AND COMPLEX DESIGN PROBLEMS
00:25:57 AND I REALLY WANT THE TRADITION OF ART DESIGN TO CONTINUE
00:26:01 IN SAN FRANCISCO S.F.. CA HAS ATTRACTED SOME OF THE
00:26:06 BEST DESIGN TALENT INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY
00:26:09 FOR MANY MANY YEARS. WHEN CA CLOSES THAT WILL STOP.
00:26:13 >> THAT WILL STOP HAPPENING BECAUSE VANDERBILT IS NOT AN
00:26:17 ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL. >> OKAY THAT THAT FEEDER OF ALL
00:26:21 OF THAT TALENT WILL NOT COME TO SAN FRANCISCO AGAIN.
00:26:25 HOW DO I KNOW THIS? BECAUSE VANDERBILT IS NOT
00:26:28 ACCREDITED WITH THE ART DESIGN PROGRAMS THAT TAKE AT LEAST
00:26:32 SEVEN YEARS BEFORE IT CAN ACTUALLY RUN THOSE PROGRAMS.
00:26:35 SO IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT AUDIT THAT IS TELLING US WHAT IS
00:26:39 ABOUT TO BE LOST, I ASK THAT YOU AT LEAST ASK FOR A MASTER
00:26:44 PLAN SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE SOMETHING IN IT TO
00:26:47 REPLACE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE LOSS TO
00:26:52 BUSINESS AND THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY.
00:26:56 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:26:57 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> HELLO.
00:27:01 MY NAME IS CAROL BACA AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK
00:27:05 TODAY. I AM A FULL PROFESSOR AT THE
00:27:09 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND I WAS THE VICE PROVOST FOR
00:27:13 BRANCH CAMPUSES AND ONLINE EDUCATION THERE AND I'VE ALSO
00:27:17 SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY AT EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE IN THE
00:27:21 SUNY SYSTEM AND ALSO AT SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
00:27:24 UNIVERSITY. SO I KNOW A LOT ABOUT BRANCH
00:27:25 CAMPUSES. I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF
00:27:28 TODAY AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL.
00:27:32 I'D JUST LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN A BRANCH CAMPUS IS OPENED
00:27:36 IT CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMPUS.
00:27:40 IT'S USUALLY MINIMALLY STAFFED .
00:27:44 >> THE SERVICES PROVIDED USUALLY DO NOT COMPARE
00:27:47 FAVORABLY WITH THE HOME INSTITUTION AND THERE'S A
00:27:51 POSSIBILITY FOR THE INSTITUTION TO TAKE TO 2 TO 2 USES THAT ARE
00:27:56 NOT EDUCATIONAL. SO IN OTHER WORDS TO RENT THE
00:27:59 SPACE TO NON EDUCATIONAL PLACES.
00:28:00 SO THIS IS WHY WE REALLY NEED TO SEE THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE
00:28:03 BOTH IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYMENT WHICH IS A HUGE LOSS, A HUGE
00:28:07 IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES THEY
00:28:11 DON'T OFFER VANDERBILT DOESN'T OFFER A BFA OR AN MFA IN THE
00:28:15 ARTS. THEY DON'T HAVE PROFESSIONAL
00:28:19 ARTS PROGRAMING AS THE LAST SPEAKER JUST JUST SAID.
00:28:21 AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO MENTION AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
00:28:26 SO THERE'S A LOT OF LEGISLATION THAT'S AFFECTED HIGHER ED
00:28:30 IN TENNESSEE THAT'S BEEN VERY A.D.D. AND I THINK WE DESERVE
00:28:34 TO HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY. >> THANK YOU.
00:28:37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
00:28:41 >> HI, MY NAME IS ROSEMARY MCDERMOTT AND I'M A STUDENT AT
00:28:45 CCR. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY
00:28:49 APPEARANCE I'M OLD AND CCR IS OLD TILL 119 YEARS IN THIS
00:28:53 COMMUNITY. >> I AM A RETIRED NURSE AT THE
00:28:57 SAN FRANCISCO VA AND I AM A VETERAN OF THE ARMY NURSE CORPS
00:29:04 FOR EIGHT YEARS. I HAVE SERVED MY COUNTRY AND I
00:29:05 HAVE SERVED MY COMMUNITY. I BECAME VERY ILL THREE YEARS
00:29:12 AGO. >> I HAVE A RARE TYPE OF CANCER
00:29:13 THAT I UNDERWENT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR.
00:29:16 AND WHEN I CAME TO CA I WAS ACTIVELY DYING.
00:29:20 I WENT INTO REMISSION THERE THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER.
00:29:26 I WANTED TO GO TO ART SCHOOL BECAUSE I AM AN ARTIST.
00:29:30 >> I'VE BEEN DRAWING IN MY KITCHEN FOR DECADES AND I
00:29:34 WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE MY ART AND I FOUND COMMUNITY
00:29:37 AND CONFIRMATION THAT CCE CA IS MORE THAN JUST A SCHOOL.
00:29:42 IT IS A COMMUNITY SITTING ON AND HONORED LAND.
00:29:46 THAT COMMUNITY DAY EXISTED IN ANCIENT TIMES.
00:29:50 I'M ASKING YOU TO HONOR THESE PEOPLE'S DREAMS TO HONOR MY
00:29:58 DREAMS AND TO HONOR THE DREAMS OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL
00:30:01 TRYING TO FINISH THEIR PROGRAMS .
00:30:05 THEN ALLOW US TO REMAIN THERE AND AND GRADUATE IN 2027 AS
00:30:11 PLANNED AND ENCOURAGE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY TO FILE A
00:30:16 MASTER PLAN SO EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTAND AND CAN UNDERSTAND
00:30:24 WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> I WROTE WHEN I WAS THINKING
00:30:28 ABOUT COMING HERE THAT VANDERBILT IS YOUR HOPE.
00:30:31 >> THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. BUT WE ALSO ARE YOUR COMMUNITY.
00:30:36 >> FOR ME CAR IS COMMUNITY. A NATION OF ARTISTS GATHERED ON
00:30:41 AN HONORED LAND. >> PLEASE LET US FINISH.
00:30:44 WAS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
00:30:48 COMMENTS. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
00:30:49 SPEAKER AND I TO OUR DREAMS. THANK YOU.
00:30:51 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
00:30:54 >> THANK YOU. >> I'M TOM BARBASH AND I'VE
00:30:58 BEEN WITH THE K. I'M A NOVELIST AND STORY WRITER
00:31:02 AND I'VE BEEN TEACHING IN THE CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM FOR 20
00:31:05 YEARS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW JUST
00:31:09 HOW STARTLED OUR COMMUNITY WAS WITH THE FIRST PRESS RELEASES
00:31:11 WHEN IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT DEAL FOR SAN FRANCISCO BUT THERE WAS
00:31:14 ALMOST NO MENTION OF THE FACULTY IN THE STUDENTS.
00:31:18 >> AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE WRITING
00:31:22 COMMUNITY FOR LONGER THAN THAT. I CAME OUT TO STANFORD AS A
00:31:25 GRAD STUDENT AND CA HAS BEEN SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT
00:31:29 MAKES US SPECIAL WHAT MAKES US BETTER THAN NEW YORK.
00:31:33 SOMEONE ONCE SAID IN NEW YORK EVERYBODY IN SAN FRANCISCO,
00:31:37 EVERYBODY IN NEW YORK EVERYBODY READS EACH OTHER'S REVIEWS.
00:31:38 IN SAN FRANCISCO EVERYBODY READS EACH OTHER'S BOOKS
00:31:40 AND THAT'S SORT OF THE SPIRIT OF K OUR STUDENTS ARE NOW
00:31:44 PUBLISHING LIKE MAD. WE'VE HAD TEN STUDENTS WITH
00:31:47 BOOKS OUT IN PROSE. WE STOOD ON THE COVER OF THE
00:31:49 TIMES BOOK REVIEW BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT WE'RE PART OF LIT
00:31:52 QUAKE WHICH IS A LITERARY FESTIVAL.
00:31:55 IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THE COUNTRY WE'VE HOSTED LIT QUAKE
00:31:58 EVENTS. YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD TONS OF
00:31:59 STUDENTS IN IT. OUR STUDENTS BECOME
00:32:03 AMBASSADORS. WE HAD ONE OF THE BEST I RAN
00:32:05 ONE OF THE BEST READING SERIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S CONTINUED
00:32:06 UNDER OTHER PEOPLE'S SUPERVISION.
00:32:10 WHERE ARE YOU BEING BRING IN PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
00:32:11 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS AND THEY GO OUT AND SING THE
00:32:14 PRAISES OF THE CITY THEY VISITED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
00:32:17 THE REASON WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SAN FRANCISCO IS A GREAT
00:32:20 BOOK TOWN AND IT IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF THAT IS KAY AND I
00:32:23 CANNOT TELL YOU THE OUTPOURING, YOU KNOW, OF PEOPLE FROM ALL
00:32:28 OVER THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ACTUALLY WHO HAVE HEARD ABOUT
00:32:29 THIS AND ARE SAD ABOUT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE PROGRAM.
00:32:32 >> AND LASTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY EVERYTHING'S BEEN
00:32:35 FAST. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A
00:32:36 THOUGHTFUL PROCESS. WE HAVE NOT FELT LIKE OUR VOICE
00:32:39 HAS BEEN HEARD. I MEAN I'M GLAD WE HAD THIS
00:32:41 OPPORTUNITY BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES
00:32:44 WHERE WE TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN
00:32:47 CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT'S LOST WHEN OUR DOORS ARE CLOSED.
00:32:51 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS.
00:32:53 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS TOBIAS
00:32:58 NAISMITH AND I JUST GRADUATED K THIS PAST SEMESTER AND JUST
00:33:05 WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN SAYING HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN
00:33:10 HAPPENING. WE'VE BEEN IN THE DARK SINCE
00:33:11 THE MOMENT WE HEARD VANDERBILT WAS BUYING OUR CAMPUS WHICH WAS
00:33:13 RIGHT AFTER THE SEMESTER STARTED.
00:33:14 SO WE'VE SPENT THIS FINAL SEMESTER MY SENIOR SEMESTER
00:33:18 JUST BEING SO WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR
00:33:22 COMMUNITY AND SO SCARED FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF
00:33:26 AND EVERYONE WHOSE JOBS JUST HAVE GONE ALL OF A SUDDEN.
00:33:29 SO I'M JUST ASKING PLEASE VOTE NO.
00:33:33 LOOK INTO YOUR HEART AND SEE THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS WORTH
00:33:37 WAY MORE THAN WHAT VANDERBILT HASN'T BEEN GIVING US.
00:33:38 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:33:41 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MELGAR
00:33:48 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS CHEMA HERNANDEZ GIL
00:33:49 I'M POLITICAL ORGANIZER WITH SEIU LOCAL 1021 AND I'M HERE ON
00:33:54 BEHALF OF OUR UNION TO AMPLIFY A LOT OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD
00:33:58 OUR MEMBERS AT C.K. WERE SHOCKED WHEN THEY INITIALLY
00:34:02 DISCOVERED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THEIR EMPLOYER, TO
00:34:05 THEIR INSTITUTION AND THEIR WORK.
00:34:08 >> THEY WERE ALSO SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THIS WAS MOVING
00:34:13 FORWARD. RIGHT.
00:34:13 SO I WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE
00:34:16 WITH VANDERBILT TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY ON THIS PROCESS.
00:34:23 AND I SAY THAT NOT JUST AS AN ORGANIZER FOR SEIU LOCAL 1021 I
00:34:26 AM A FORMER NASHVILLE AND MY FATHER STUDIED AT VANDERBILT.
00:34:30 I AM WELL ACQUAINTED FIRSTHAND WITH THE EXPERIENCES
00:34:34 AND PRACTICES AND CULTURE AT VANDY AND I THINK THEY WOULD DO
00:34:37 WELL TO HAVE A BIT MORE TIME TO FULLY ENGAGE WITH THE SAN
00:34:42 FRANCISCO COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE DO THINGS
00:34:44 IN THE CITY AND MORE TIME IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING.
00:34:49 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:34:50 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. I.
00:34:56 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I'M ON VOCAL REST SO BUT
00:35:00 IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I WANTED TO SAY MY NAME IS TEO ON
00:35:04 CONSENT TINNITUS AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE MISSION
00:35:08 DISTRICT AND A GRADUATE OF K. AND I'VE SEEN THE WEALTH
00:35:11 INEQUALITY PLAGUE OR SO-CALLED TECH RICH CITY AND I'VE ALSO
00:35:18 SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFER NAMELY PEOPLE OF COLOR, TRANS
00:35:20 PEOPLE AND OTHER MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.
00:35:22 AND I REALLY URGE YOU TO NOT TAKE THE ARTS AWAY FROM US TOO.
00:35:26 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:35:27 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO THERE.
00:35:32 MY NAME'S MARA HOLT PSKOV. >> I RECOGNIZE MY SUPERVISOR
00:35:36 CHERYL HELLO. I AM AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT
00:35:40 K AND I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
00:35:44 I JUST WANT TO PUT IN A COMMENT THAT YOU KNOW VANDERBILT IS NOT
00:35:48 OR AT LEAST THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN US HOW THEY'RE REPLACING THE
00:35:51 VALUE OF ASSOCIATE EDUCATION AND ITS COMMITMENT TO THE
00:35:56 VALUES THAT SAN FRANCISCO HOLDS DEAR.
00:35:58 I WANT US TO RECOGNIZE THE LOSS OF THE INSTITUTION THAT HAS
00:36:03 GROUNDED THE ENTIRE BAY AREA SINCE THE 1907 EARTHQUAKE OR
00:36:07 SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WE NEED VANDERBILT TO SHOW US
00:36:11 OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, OUR CITY HOW THEY WILL FIT WITHIN
00:36:17 AND SUPPORT AND UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY IN THE SAME WAY THAT
00:36:19 CCR HAS ENDEAVORED TO DO THROUGH OUR TEACHING, THROUGH
00:36:23 OUR SUPPORT OF OUR FACULTY ADMINISTRATION AND STUDENTS
00:36:26 GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS.
00:36:30 AND PLEASE VOTE NO SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME FOR US TO
00:36:35 REALIZE US. >> THE BAY AREA, SAN FRANCISCO
00:36:38 IN PARTICULAR AS TO REALIZE WHAT VANDERBILT IS BRINGING
00:36:42 AND VANDERBILT TO REALIZE WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO.
00:36:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
00:36:48 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM
00:36:51 NUMBER THREE FROM WHOM WE HAVE NOT ALREADY HEARD?
00:36:54 >> OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:36:55 NOW CLOSED. OKAY.
00:37:01 MS. TAM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
00:37:05 I WANT TO START AT SOME REMARKS BY SAYING THAT I DO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:37:09 THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS IN THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS ENGAGED
00:37:16 WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS AND MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUE
00:37:20 SUPERVISOR CHAN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE SAW AS
00:37:24 OVERLY BROAD IN THE LEGISLATION AND YOU HAVE WORK TO MAKE IT
00:37:28 NARROW IN ITS SCOPE AND MEET YOUR GOALS.
00:37:31 SO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S
00:37:35 STILL SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
00:37:39 I WILL SAY FOR STARTERS BECAUSE SEVERAL WELL THANK YOU TO THE
00:37:46 COMMUNITY FOR COMING AND ENGAGING WITH US AND FOR
00:37:50 GIVING US YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ISSUE.
00:37:53 YOU KNOW THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT
00:37:58 TO SAN FRANCISCO. THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS
00:38:01 AND CRAFTS WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE BAY AREA, TO THE ARTS
00:38:05 CULTURE OF ALL OF CALIFORNIA AND REALLY OUR COUNTRY.
00:38:06 IT HAS PRODUCED SO MUCH WONDER AND MAGIC AND YOU KNOW THE
00:38:13 STATE WAS INVOLVED IN TRYING TO UPHOLD THE INSTITUTION
00:38:18 AND SUPPORT IT UNTIL PRETTY RECENTLY.
00:38:21 SO I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD AT GOING
00:38:25 FORWARD AS A FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND THE
00:38:32 INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN IS A TOOL THAT WE USE FOR ALL KINDS
00:38:36 OF THINGS TO MATCH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTITUTION,
00:38:43 AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE
00:38:45 INSTITUTION TO THEIR GROWTH THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO GROW
00:38:49 ARE THEY ADDING ENOUGH HOUSING FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR FACULTY IF
00:38:52 THEY'RE GOING TO GROW, IS THERE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION TO GET
00:38:56 PEOPLE THERE? IT IS A ZONING AND PLANNING
00:38:57 DOCUMENT, NOT NECESSARILY AN OPERATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL
00:39:01 TELL YOU HOW MANY TEACHERS, WHAT KINDS OF TEACHERS, WHAT
00:39:07 KIND OF PROGRAM OFFERINGS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
00:39:08 MISMATCH AND WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED AS THE LACK OF
00:39:14 TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMATION. THAT BEING SAID, I DO AGREE
00:39:19 THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DISCUSSION AND AND I WILL DO
00:39:23 WHAT I CAN TO ENCOURAGE OUR MAYOR TO ALSO ENGAGE WITH OUR
00:39:27 COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME
00:39:31 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY WITH AN
00:39:35 ORGANIZATION THAT IS AS IMPORTANT AS THIS INSTITUTION
00:39:39 HAS BEEN AND INVOLVING SO MANY JOBS.
00:39:43 BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I WON'T BE VOTING NO.
00:39:46 I AM WILLING TO GIVE IT MORE TIME BECAUSE I DO THINK
00:39:51 CONVERSATIONS SHOULD HAPPEN AND I THINK THAT WE COULD
00:39:54 PERHAPS FIGURE OUT A PATH FORWARD.
00:39:58 >> BUT I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO
00:40:02 FILL SPACES TO ATTRACT NEW EMPLOYERS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE
00:40:06 PROGRESS FORWARD WHEN WE HAVE LOST SOMETHING BECAUSE
00:40:10 OTHERWISE WE JUST WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE.
00:40:14 SO WITH THAT I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A QUESTION OR
00:40:21 CONCERNS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.
00:40:25 I DON'T THINK WE'RE YEAH, GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO
00:40:30 AMEND. >> YEAH I'LL MAKE A FIRST MAKE
00:40:32 A MOTION TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION AS READ INTO THE
00:40:36 RECORD BY SUPERVISOR DIRECTOR'S OFFICE AND THEN A MOTION TO
00:40:40 CONTINUE THE ITEM AFTERWARD TO THE CALL THE CHAIR TWO MOTIONS
00:40:47 BOTH OFFERED BY A MEMBER MAHMOOD THE FIRST TO AMEND THE
00:40:50 ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED AND REQUESTED BY SUPERVISOR
00:40:53 DORSEY'S OFFICE AND THE SECOND TO CONTINUE THE ORDINANCE AS
00:40:57 AMENDED TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR ON THOSE MOTIONS MEMBER
00:40:59 CHERYL CHERYL I AM MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR I MELGAR
00:41:08 I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS.
00:41:11 >> OKAY THAT MOTION PASSES JUST TO BE CLEAR WHAT WE DID WE MADE
00:41:14 THE AMENDMENTS AS REQUESTED BY THE SUPERVISOR AND THEN WE
00:41:18 CONTINUED IT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR WHICH WILL GIVE THE
00:41:21 SUPERVISOR AND FOLKS TIME TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION AND TO
00:41:26 GET WHATEVER IS NEEDED IN TERMS OF A PROCESS OF TRANSPARENCY
00:41:30 BEFORE THIS CAN COME BACK TO US FOR A VOTE.
00:41:34 >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:41:37 >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT SIDE
00:41:39 AND PLEASE MR. CLERK. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS
00:41:42 AN ORDINANCE WAIVING THE STREET ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FEE
00:41:46 AND ANNUAL PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OCCUPANCY FEE FOR A PROJECT
00:41:49 SPONSOR TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A WASTE BIN ENCLOSURE ON THE
00:41:53 SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE HARRY STREET STEPS AT THE
00:41:54 INTERSECTION OF LAIDLEY AND HARRY STREETS IN UPPER
00:41:58 SNOWY AND DIAMOND HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:42:00 IT ALSO AFFIRMS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SECRET DETERMINATION
00:42:07 OKAY WE HAVE A RENEWAL WITH JOY HERE.
00:42:11 IS THAT YOU? I SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN WAS
00:42:12 GOING TO JOIN US BUT HE'S HE'LL BE HERE FOR CANNABIS CAFES.
00:42:16 >> I'LL BE SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM AS WAS THE NEXT ONE.
00:42:19 >> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:42:20 WELCOME. WELL, THANK YOU.
00:42:23 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR MELGAR SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
00:42:26 SUPERVISOR CHERYL RONNELL FROM PRESENT MANAGEMENT'S OFFICE
00:42:28 HERE THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE THE SIDEWALK
00:42:31 ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FEE AND THE ANNUAL RIGHT OF WAY OCCUPANCY
00:42:35 FEE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTE SPIN ENCLOSURE NEXT TO
00:42:39 THE HARRY STREET STEPS WHICH CONNECT UPPER SNOWY AND DIAMOND
00:42:43 HEIGHTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. FOR YEARS BOTH THE RESIDENTS OF
00:42:46 THE HARRY STREET STEPS AS WELL AS RECOLOGY WORKERS HAVE HAD TO
00:42:50 CARRY TRASH CONTAINERS UP AND DOWN MORE THAN 100 STEPS ON
00:42:54 COLLECTION DAYS OFTEN AS EARLY AS FIVE IN THE MORNING.
00:42:57 THIS ARRANGEMENT WE THINK VERY CLEARLY CREATES SAFETY,
00:43:00 ACCESSIBILITY AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES FOR RESIDENTS AS
00:43:04 WELL AS SANITATION WORKERS IN COLLABORATION WITH RESIDENTS
00:43:08 AND RECALL G D P W HAS IDENTIFIED A FIX WHICH IS
00:43:11 INSTALLING A WASTE SPIN ENCLOSURE STRUCTURE ON THE
00:43:15 LATELY STREET SIDEWALK THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE TO WASTE BINS WHICH
00:43:18 WOULD SPARE RESIDENTS AND RECOLOGY WORKERS THE CLIMB
00:43:22 UP AND DOWN THE STEPS FOR WASTE COLLECTION INSTALLING THAT
00:43:25 STRUCTURE REQUIRES AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AND THIS
00:43:27 ORDINANCE WOULD WAIVE THE ASSOCIATED PERMIT FEE OF JUST
00:43:31 UNDER $2,000 AND THE ANNUAL OCCUPANCY FEE OF $250 AS THESE
00:43:34 ENCLOSURES WILL IMPROVE SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE FOR BOTH THE
00:43:38 RESIDENTS AND SANITATION WORKERS.
00:43:41 WE BELIEVE THESE FEE WAIVERS TO BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
00:43:42 SO WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WILL STAND
00:43:46 BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD JOB AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
00:43:49 THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I DON'T
00:43:53 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS .
00:43:56 I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE ROSTER.
00:43:57 LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SIDE OF THANK YOU MADAM
00:44:00 CHAIR. >> LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
00:44:01 WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
00:44:03 FOUR ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AND OCCUPANCY FEE WAIVERS HARRY
00:44:07 ST STEPS WASTE BIN AND CLOSURE. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:44:09 THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN.
00:44:12 MADAM CHAIR, TO PRESERVE THE SPEAKER'S OKAY PUBLIC COMMENT
00:44:16 IS NOW CLOSED. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
00:44:19 MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED BY.
00:44:27 I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.
00:44:27 COME ON. >> OH I'M SORRY.
00:44:32 I'M READING THE WRONG THOSE AMENDMENTS.
00:44:35 >> I JUST THANK YOU LATER FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.
00:44:36 I GOT IT. OKAY.
00:44:37 SO JUST A MOTION TO PASS THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH A TO THE
00:44:40 FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
00:44:43 A MOTION HAS BEEN OFFERED BY THE CHAIR THAT THIS ORDINANCE
00:44:46 BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THAT MOTION
00:44:50 MEMBER CHERYL CHERYL I MEMBER MIKE BUT MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR
00:44:54 I MELGAR I MADAM CHAIR THERE ARE THREE EYES OKAY THAT MOTION
00:44:58 PASSES. THANK YOU.
00:45:00 LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE NOW.
00:45:02 YES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN
00:45:04 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
00:45:08 GUESTROOMS FOR A HOTEL USES PERMITTED AS A CONDITIONAL USE
00:45:12 AND RH TO RESIDENTIAL HOUSE TO FAMILY AND RH THREE RESIDENTIAL
00:45:18 HOUSE THREE FAMILY DISTRICTS FROM FIVE OR FEWER ROOMS TO
00:45:22 EIGHT OR FEWER ROOMS. THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THE
00:45:23 PLANNING DEPARTMENT SECRET DETERMINATION AND MAKE MAKES
00:45:27 FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE HIGHER
00:45:30 PRIORITY POLICIES. THE PLANNING CODE SECTION ONE A
00:45:31 1.1 AS WELL AS FINDINGS OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE
00:45:34 AND WELFARE PURSUANT TO PLANNING CODE SECTION 302.
00:45:37 >> OKAY WELCOME AGAIN MR.. HELLO AGAIN.
00:45:42 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO MODESTLY EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
00:45:45 GUESTROOMS FOR HOTEL USES CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED
00:45:48 IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS UNDER EXISTING LAW HOTELS
00:45:52 IN MOST RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ARE CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED
00:45:56 FIVE OR FEWER GUESTROOM AS THIS ORDINANCE RAISES THAT CEILING
00:45:57 TO EIGHT ROOMS AND AS AMENDED IT WOULD BE TEN ROOMS.
00:46:01 THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUIREMENT STAYS IN PLACE SO THE PLANNING
00:46:04 COMMISSION WOULD STILL THOROUGHLY REVIEW EACH
00:46:05 APPLICATION ON ITS MERITS. THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT FOR THIS
00:46:08 LEGISLATION IS A BED AND BREAKFAST IN DISTRICT EIGHT
00:46:11 OPERATING IN NO VALLEY NO REASON TEST WHICH YOU MAY OR
00:46:16 MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH. IT'S BEEN RUNNING EIGHT
00:46:19 GUESTROOMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW WITH A VERY STRONG
00:46:20 NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT. THIS ORDINANCE CREATES THE
00:46:23 PATHWAY FOR NEW BUSINESS TO BRING THEIR OPERATION INTO
00:46:27 COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLANNING CODE MORE BROADLY ON FROM A
00:46:30 CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE, HOTELS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ARE
00:46:32 SMALL SCALE SO THINK ABOUT IN BREAKFASTS AND THEY ALSO
00:46:36 TEND TO OCCUPY CONVERTED HISTORIC BUILDINGS ALLOWING A
00:46:39 MODESTLY GREATER NUMBER OF GUEST ROOMS CAN MAKE THESE
00:46:43 PROPERTIES MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE TO MAINTAIN WHICH WOULD
00:46:46 SERVE BOTH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL AS THE CITY'S
00:46:47 HISTORIC PRESERVATION GOALS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD
00:46:51 THIS ITEM IN MAY AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH
00:46:54 THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS WHICH WE HAVE ADOPTED AND A
00:46:57 CIRCULATED VIA EMAIL AS WELL AS JUST NOW PHYSICALLY THE
00:46:59 REDLINED VERSIONS AS WELL AS A SUMMARY ATTACHED TO SUMMARIZE
00:47:02 THEY WOULD APPLY THE ORDINANCE TO ALL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
00:47:06 WITH A FIVE ROOM CONDITIONAL USE CAP FOR HOTEL USES
00:47:10 CURRENTLY INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ROOMS PERMITTED FROM
00:47:14 EIGHT ROOMS TO TEN ROOMS AND SPECIFY THAT WHEN A HOTEL
00:47:17 USE IS ESTABLISHED IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
00:47:19 THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE EFFECTS ON THE
00:47:22 EXISTING HOMES QUALITY AND VIABILITY AS AN INDEPENDENT
00:47:25 DWELLING UNIT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO LOSS OF HOUSING THAT
00:47:26 COMES WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOTEL USE.
00:47:30 THESE AMENDMENTS APPEAR ON PAGES 1 TO 3, FOUR AND FIVE
00:47:35 AND AS I MENTIONED HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED WITH YOU ALL.
00:47:36 >> THANK YOU TO YOU CATHY SHIN FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
00:47:39 AND JOSEPH SAATCHI FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR
00:47:42 ASSISTANCE WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
00:47:43 I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO JOE TO PRESENT ON THIS ORDINANCE.
00:47:46 BUT BEFORE THAT I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS
00:47:50 LEGISLATION AND THE ADOPTION OF THESE CIRCULATED AMENDMENTS
00:47:54 AND I WILL NOTE THAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE SUBSTANTIVE SO
00:47:58 THEY WOULD REQUIRE THEY WOULD REAPPEAR AT THE NEXT LAND USE
00:48:02 AND TRANSPORTATION MEETING. >> THANK YOU.
00:48:08 >> WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
00:48:09 JOSEPH SACKEY PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF RENEWAL ALL
00:48:12 WE'D ALREADY PROVIDED A THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF THE
00:48:15 RECOMMENDATIONS BUT AS STATED THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD
00:48:19 THIS ITEM ON MAY 21ST AND ADOPTED A RECOMMENDATION
00:48:20 FOR APPROVAL WITH MODIFICATION .
00:48:23 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER THE LOGIC OR THE
00:48:24 IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE
00:48:27 INCORPORATED PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND THIS CONCLUDES THE
00:48:31 COMMISSION REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
00:48:34 OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:48:38 I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR
00:48:39 COMMENTS. >> LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT
00:48:43 ON THIS ITEM PLEASE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:48:47 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:48:48 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE HOTEL USES IN OUR
00:48:50 DISTRICTS. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
00:48:53 THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN AND IT APPEARS
00:48:54 TO HAVE NO SPEAKERS. >> MADAM CHAIR.
00:48:57 OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
00:48:58 NOW CLOSED AND WE WILL I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE
00:49:07 ADOPT THESE AMENDMENTS AND CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO OUR
00:49:11 NEXT MEETING ON MONDAY JULY 13TH 13TH.
00:49:18 YES. SO WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING NEXT
00:49:19 BUT ON THE 13TH THAT'S THE NEXT AVAILABLE TWO MOTIONS OFFERED
00:49:30 BY THE CHAIR THE FIRST THAT THE ORDINANCE BE AMENDED AS
00:49:34 PRESENTED AND REQUESTED BY THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND THE
00:49:40 SECOND THAT THE ORDINANCE BE CONTINUED AS AMENDED TO THE
00:49:43 JULY 13TH MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE ON THOSE MOTIONS.
00:49:46 MEMBER CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER MOHAMMED MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR
00:49:51 I MELGAR I MET HIM TOO THERE ARE THREE EYES OKAY THE MOTION
00:49:57 PASSES OKAY WE ARE DOWN TO OUR LAST ITEM AND I THINK PRESIDENT
00:50:05 MANDO MEN WANTED TO BE HERE FOR THIS ITEM.
00:50:11 UH, MR.. SHOULD WE GO AHEAD?
00:50:18 YEAH. OKAY.
00:50:21 >> LET'S CALL THE LAST ITEM PLACE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX IS
00:50:25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HEALTH PLANNING POLICE
00:50:28 AND BUSINESS AND TAX REGULATIONS CODES TO ESTABLISH
00:50:30 A NEW PERMIT TYPE FOR CANNABIS CAFES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
00:50:34 OFFICE OF CANNABIS THAT WILL AUTHORIZE THE PERMIT TO SELL
00:50:38 CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS ONLY FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE
00:50:41 PREMISES OF THE CAFE EXEMPT CANNABIS CAFES FROM THE
00:50:44 PROHIBITION ON SMOKING IN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.
00:50:48 ESTABLISH THE PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENTS WITH A CANNABIS
00:50:49 CONSUMPTION PERMIT REQUIRING EMPLOYEES TO ENTER A DESIGNATED
00:50:53 SMOKING ROOM AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT EXEMPT CANNABIS
00:50:59 CAFES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FROM THE 600 FOOT BUFFER RULE
00:51:01 THAT APPLIES TO CANNABIS RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS RESTRICT
00:51:04 ELIGIBILITY FOR CANNABIS CAFE PERMITS FOR ONE YEAR TO
00:51:08 BUSINESSES THAT CURRENTLY HOLD A CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAIL OR
00:51:11 PERMIT OR THAT HAVE THE SAME OWNERS AS SUCH A BUSINESS
00:51:15 REQUIRE EQUITY APPLICANTS THAT APPLY FOR A CANNABIS CAFE
00:51:19 PERMIT TO PAY THE $2,000 APPLICATION FEE ANY PERMIT
00:51:23 AMENDMENT PROCESS AND COSTS AND A $3,000 LICENSE FEE FOR
00:51:29 THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CANNABIS
00:51:33 CAFE PERMIT. THE ORDINANCE ALSO AFFIRMS THE
00:51:34 PLANNING DEPARTMENT SECURE DETERMINATION AND MAKES OTHER
00:51:37 FINDINGS. >> OKAY.
00:51:38 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE ARE JOINED JUST IN TIME
00:51:42 BY PRESIDENT MANDOLIN, THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION AT
00:51:46 THE THREE ZERO THANK YOU CHAIR MELGAR THANK YOU SUPERVISOR
00:51:52 CHERYL FOR DISTRIBUTING MY AMENDMENTS AND ALL RIGHT SO THE
00:51:59 ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW CANNABIS
00:52:03 BUSINESSES TO PREPARE AND SERVE FOOD AND NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
00:52:07 FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION. IT ALLOWS CANNABIS CAFES IN THE
00:52:08 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND I BELIEVE THAT IS
00:52:12 COMMON SENSE. CANNABIS CAFES CAN AND SHOULD
00:52:15 BE PART OF SAN FRANCISCO'S POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY STORY
00:52:20 WHICH WAS A BIG PART OF ASSEMBLYMEMBER HANEY'S INTEREST
00:52:23 IN ALLOWING THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE ALONG WITH ENTERTAINMENT
00:52:27 ZONES, NIGHT MARKETS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS LIKE
00:52:30 FREE OR OUTDOOR CONCERTS, CANNABIS CAFES CAN BE PART OF A
00:52:34 SAN FRANCISCO'S REVIVAL. >> THE LEGISLATION WAS A LONG
00:52:42 TIME IN COMING. WE WORKED ON IT FOR I THINK AT
00:52:45 LEAST A YEAR IN LATE APRIL THE ORDINANCE WAS HEARD BY THE
00:52:50 SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION WHERE IT RECEIVED A51 VOTE OF SUPPORT
00:52:53 AND IN LATE MAY IT RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM THE
00:52:56 PLANNING COMMISSION. NOW SINCE THE ORDINANCE WAS
00:53:00 INTRODUCED WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH
00:53:01 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS ON A SERIES
00:53:04 OF CLARIFYING NON SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS.
00:53:08 THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR SHERYL YOU NOW HAVE
00:53:12 COPIES OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
00:53:16 THEY'VE ALSO BEEN CIRCULATED TO YOUR OFFICES ALONG WITH A LINE
00:53:19 BY LINE DESCRIPTION OF EACH AMENDMENT.
00:53:20 BUT THE GENERALLY THE AMENDMENTS DO THE FOLLOWING
00:53:25 THINGS ONE THERE IS CURRENTLY A RULE THAT SAYS THAT NO TO
00:53:30 CANNABIS STOREFRONTS CAN BE WITHIN 600FT OF ANOTHER.
00:53:36 >> OUR ORDINANCE IS INTRODUCED CREATE AN EXCEPTION IF AN
00:53:40 EXISTING RETAILER WANTED TO OPEN A SINGLE CANNABIS CAFE
00:53:44 LOCATION WITHIN 600FT OF ITS EXISTING RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT
00:53:45 WHICH IS THE WAY WE THINK THIS WILL PROBABLY WORK AT LEAST
00:53:51 IN SOME CASES THE AMENDMENT ACTUALLY NARROWS THAT EXCEPTION
00:53:55 TO PREVENT A RETAILER FROM OPENING A CANNABIS CAFE IF IT'S
00:53:57 ALSO WITHIN 600FT OF ANOTHER EXISTING RETAILER.
00:54:00 WE THINK THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WITH THIS AMENDMENT ADDS GIVES
00:54:05 THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OPERATORS NEED
00:54:08 WHILE ALSO PRESERVING SENSIBLE SPACING STANDARDS.
00:54:14 THE SECOND AMENDMENT CLARIFIES IN THE PLANNING CODE THAT THE
00:54:18 600 FOOT EXCEPTION IS PERMISSIBLE AFTER AN
00:54:19 APPLICATION HAS BEEN REFERRED BY THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS TO
00:54:22 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THERE IS A HISTORY OF
00:54:23 LITIGATION WHERE CANNABIS RETAIL APPLICANTS HAVE GONE
00:54:26 THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS AND GET DENIED BY THE
00:54:32 600 FOOT RULE. THE MEMO CLARIFIES THAT
00:54:34 APPLICANTS WILL FIRST BE SENT TO THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS TO
00:54:36 CONFIRM THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXCEPTION BEFORE GOING
00:54:39 THROUGH THE PLANNING APPROVAL. THE THIRD AMENDMENT ADDRESSES
00:54:45 SOME WHAT HAD BEEN CONFUSION ABOUT WHO CAN APPLY IN THE
00:54:49 FIRST YEAR IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM THE POLICY GOAL IS
00:54:52 NOT CHANGED BUT OUR AMENDMENT CLARIFIES WHO CAN QUALIFY TO
00:54:57 OPEN A CANNABIS CAFE WITHIN THAT FIRST YEAR AND THE FINAL
00:54:58 AMENDMENT WAS REQUESTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM
00:55:01 AND IT CLARIFIES THAT CANNABIS CAFES MUST COMPLY WITH ALL
00:55:05 APPLICABLE HEALTH CODE REQUIREMENTS AS A CONDITION OF
00:55:06 THEIR OFFICE OF CANNABIS PERMIT WE ARE JOINED TO THERE IS WE
00:55:12 ARE JOINED TODAY BY BEN VAN HOUTEN FROM THE OFFICE OF
00:55:13 ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:55:16 HE HAS A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE ORDINANCE BUT I DO JUST
00:55:20 WANT TO EXTEND GREAT THANKS TO BEN FOR TAKING ON THE PROJECT
00:55:27 OF ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CANNABIS CAFES COULD
00:55:32 HAPPEN IN THE REAL WORLD NOT JUST IN LAW.
00:55:38 THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, VERSIONS OF A LOCAL AUTHORIZED AN
00:55:43 ORDINANCE THAT YOU KNOW, COULD TECHNICALLY HAVE ALLOWED FOR
00:55:47 CANNABIS CAFES BUT WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN THEM.
00:55:50 THAT MAY STILL BE THE CASE BUT I THINK THAT BEN HAS THOUGHT
00:55:54 THROUGH A LOT OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS IN THE VARIOUS CODES
00:55:58 THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE ALSO HAVE HERE
00:56:02 REPRESENTATIVES IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
00:56:05 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM AND THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS FOR
00:56:06 ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK SYMBOL
00:56:10 OF MEMBER MATT HANEY FOR FOR PASSING THE LEGISLATION
00:56:17 AND CHAMPIONING THIS CAUSE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN
00:56:20 LOCALLY I WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT AND THANKS TO SARAH
00:56:25 CROWLEY AND HEATHER GOODMAN AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
00:56:26 THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING PROJECT REQUIRING A LOT OF
00:56:29 MEETINGS, MULTIPLE CODES, A LOT OF CREATIVE THINKING
00:56:36 AND LAWYERING AND THEY DID IT AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
00:56:39 AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS IN THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS WHO
00:56:43 ALSO WERE VERY PATIENT WITH ME AND NEEDED TO HAVE SOME OF THE
00:56:48 COMPLEXITIES OF OUR CANNABIS REGULATION EXPLAINED.
00:56:52 I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO SOPHIE MARIE WHO'S
00:56:55 BEEN WORKING ON THIS SO IN PARTICULAR NAKASH PATEL, RAY
00:56:59 LAU AND JEREMY SCHWARTZ ALL HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND THEN
00:57:06 I WANT TO THANK THE S.F. CANNABIS ALLIANCE PARTICULARLY
00:57:09 DUNCAN LYON, DAN LYMAN FOR SPEAKING UP FOR THE CANNABIS
00:57:13 RETAILERS AND HELPING ADD THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AND THE
00:57:17 PLANNING DEPARTMENT VERONICA FLORES AND KURT BARTON WERE
00:57:19 HELPFUL RAGDOLL CART KARANJA AND JENNIFER CALVERT FROM BERNE
00:57:25 PUBLIC HEALTH ALL CONTRIBUTED. SO THANKS EVERYONE.
00:57:26 AND LASTLY BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST LEE THANKS TO SOPHIE
00:57:30 MARIE AND MY OFFICE FOR CARRYING THIS ALONG OVER MANY
00:57:34 MONTHS AND GETTING IT TO THIS GETTING IT TO THIS POINT.
00:57:40 SO I ASK THAT YOU ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL AMENDMENTS WHICH ARE
00:57:44 NON SUBSTANTIVE AND FORWARD WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO THE FULL
00:57:48 BOARD FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.
00:57:51 AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INVITE WITH THE CHAIR'S
00:57:55 PERMISSION MR. VAN HOUTEN OF COURSE WELCOME.
00:57:59 >> MR. VAN HOUTEN THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:58:00 A CHAIRMAN GA AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS BEN VAN HORN FROM THE
00:58:04 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:58:07 I APPRECIATE PRESIDENT MADELINE'S OPTIMISM BY CALLING
00:58:10 MY PRESENTATION BRIEF BUT I WILL HOPE TO MEET THAT
00:58:12 EXPECTATION. >> THANK YOU AGAIN TO PRESENT
00:58:15 MANAGEMENT AND THE MANY CITY STAFF THAT HE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS
00:58:22 HAS BEEN A PROJECT FOR OVER A YEAR INVOLVING AT LEAST A DOZEN
00:58:25 CITY FOLKS OFFERING BRAINPOWER TO IT.
00:58:29 BUT REALLY THE GOAL IS THROUGH THROUGH AMENDING ALL OF THESE
00:58:30 CODES TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY TO
00:58:34 REIMAGINE AND CREATE NEW SOCIAL SPACES FOR CANNABIS CONSUMPTION
00:58:37 IN SAN FRANCISCO EMERGING OUT OF THE OPPORTUNITY CREATED BY
00:58:41 ASSEMBLYMEMBER HANEY'S YOU'D BE 1775.
00:58:47 SAN FRANCISCO'S LEGAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY HAS FACED
00:58:48 AND CONTINUES TO FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES LACK OF
00:58:52 ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL BANKING IS INCREDIBLE IMPEDIMENT
00:58:56 EXTENSIVE STATE AND LOCAL REGULATION AND SIGNIFICANT
00:59:00 STATE TAXATION ARE A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER.
00:59:03 >> I WANT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR PRESIDENT
00:59:07 MAINLAND'S WORK TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL
00:59:08 CANNABIS TAXATION ASSEMBLY MEMBER HANEY'S WORK TO DELAY
00:59:11 THE INCREASE TO THE STATE EXCISE TAX AND THEN COMPOUNDING
00:59:15 THOSE CHALLENGES THERE IS A ROBUST ILLICIT MARKET
00:59:19 UNDERCUTTING LEGAL SALES. THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF
00:59:24 THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT ALL SMALL BUSINESSES AND RETAIL
00:59:26 BUSINESSES ARE NAVIGATING FROM ESCALATING LABOR COSTS IMPACTS
00:59:30 OF INFLATION ON CONSUMER SPENDING ALL OF WHICH IS TO SAY
00:59:31 THAT THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGED MANY
00:59:34 INTERVENTIONS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF THIS
00:59:38 INDUSTRY AND ONE OF THEM WE BELIEVE IS INCREASING ACCESS TO
00:59:41 SOCIAL CONSUMPTION SPACES AND EMPOWERING OPERATORS TO
00:59:44 MAKE THOSE SPACES MORE INVITING PLACES THAT CUSTOMERS WANT TO
00:59:46 VISIT. IN 2024, THE CALIFORNIA
00:59:51 LEGISLATURE ADOPTED HB 1775 FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER HANEY
00:59:54 WHICH EMPOWERS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ALLOW CANNABIS
00:59:58 RETAILERS WITH CONSUMPTION LOUNGES TO PREPARE AND SELL
01:00:01 FOOD AND NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES
01:00:05 AND SELL TICKETS TO ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS.
01:00:06 AB 1775 ALSO MANDATED NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
01:00:10 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE ACTIVITIES.
01:00:13 THIS IS REALLY A POTENTIAL SEA CHANGE MOMENT IN HOW WE
01:00:17 EXPERIENCE CANNABIS AND CANNABIS CONSUMPTION
01:00:21 AND HISTORICALLY CANNABIS RETAILERS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN
01:00:22 CONFINED TO SELLING CANNABIS, CANNABIS PRODUCTS
01:00:26 AND DISPENSARY MERCHANDISE. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS BILL
01:00:29 LOCALLY CREATES A NUMBER OF NEW REVENUE STREAMS AND POTENTIAL
01:00:33 REVENUE STREAMS FOR CANNABIS OPERATORS.
01:00:36 THERE ARE CURRENTLY I BELIEVE AT OUR LAST COUNT 11 CANNABIS
01:00:40 CONSUMPTION PERMITS FOR RETAILERS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:00:44 WE BELIEVE THAT THE ORDINANCE MOVING FORWARD TODAY CREATES A
01:00:45 NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AS WELL AS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
01:00:48 THE FOR THE BROADER INDUSTRY BUILDING ON THE EXISTING LOCAL
01:00:55 FRAMEWORK FOR CANNABIS CONSUMPTION SPACES.
01:00:56 THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO THREE THINGS IT WOULD ENABLE FOOD
01:00:59 AND BEVERAGE PREPARATION AND CONSUMPTION AT CANNABIS
01:01:02 RETAILERS ALLOW CANNABIS BUSINESSES TO DEDICATE MORE OF
01:01:03 THEIR SPACE TO CONSUMPTION LOUNGES AND CREATE A NEW
01:01:07 CANNABIS CAFE PERMIT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS IN TERMS
01:01:13 OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ENABLE
01:01:17 CANNABIS RETAILERS WITH CONSUMPTION LOUNGES AND NEW
01:01:18 CANNABIS CAFES TO PREPARE AND SELL FOOD AND NONALCOHOLIC
01:01:22 BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES.
01:01:25 IT WOULD REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON CANNABIS OPERATORS REQUIRING
01:01:28 EMPLOYEES TO ENTER INTO SMOKING ROOMS AND A REQUESTED AMENDMENT
01:01:32 WOULD MAKE COMPLIANCE WITH THE HEALTH CODE A CONDITION OF A
01:01:34 CANNABIS CAFE PERMIT FROM THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS.
01:01:37 JUST TO EMPHASIZE HERE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE ANY
01:01:41 CANNABIS BUSINESS WOULD STILL REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH
01:01:44 EXISTING STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND IT'S OUR
01:01:46 UNDERSTANDING FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
01:01:48 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL
01:01:49 REGULATORY WORK THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD ENGAGE
01:01:52 IN TO IMPLEMENT THESE OPERATIONS.
01:01:59 THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO EXPAND CONSUMPTION AREAS.
01:02:03 SO UNDER PLANNING DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE THE CONSUMPTION OF
01:02:04 CANNABIS IS CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE SALE OF
01:02:07 CANNABIS AND THAT MEANS THAT THAT TO DATE CANNABIS RETAILERS
01:02:11 ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING MORE THAN A THIRD OF THEIR SQUARE
01:02:14 FOOTAGE FOR A CONSUMPTION AREA. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD AMEND THE
01:02:18 DEFINITION OF CANNABIS RETAIL TO MAKE CONSUMPTION PART OF THE
01:02:22 PRINCIPAL USE ENABLING GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR OPERATORS
01:02:23 SEEKING TO DESIGN INVITING SPACES FOR SOCIALIZATION,
01:02:26 DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT. NOW WHILE IT WOULD INCREASE
01:02:30 FLEXIBILITY IN CONSUMPTION AREAS, THERE WOULD STILL BE
01:02:33 LAYERS OF STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS ON THE
01:02:36 AVAILABILITY OF SPACE FOR CONSUMPTION.
01:02:37 SO UNDER STATE LAW THE CONSUMPTION OF CANNABIS CANNOT
01:02:41 BE VISIBLE FROM THE FROM FROM PLACES IN THE PUBLIC.
01:02:45 ADDITIONALLY, THE EXISTING RULES AROUND MITIGATING SMOKE
01:02:48 TRANSMISSION WOULD PREVENT A SMOKING CONSUMPTION AREA FROM
01:02:52 OCCUPYING THE ENTIRE STOREFRONT.
01:02:53 THERE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE THAT STRONG AIR FILTRATION
01:02:56 SYSTEM WITHIN THE INSIDE OF THE BUSINESS AND SOME SEPARATION
01:03:01 FROM THE FROM THE FRONT DOOR AT THE SAME TIME ACTUALLY JUST ONE
01:03:07 MORE NOTE IS THERE ARE OPERATORS RIGHT NOW NAVIGATING
01:03:10 THE CHALLENGES OF THIS LIMIT TO A THIRD OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
01:03:11 SO THIS PROVIDING THIS FLEXIBILITY WOULD HAVE REAL
01:03:13 WORLD IMPACTS IMMEDIATELY. THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO
01:03:18 CREATE A NEW CANNABIS CAFE PERMIT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF
01:03:21 CANNABIS. SO UNLIKE EXISTING CANNABIS
01:03:22 RETAILERS A CANNABIS CAFE WOULD BE PERMITTED TO SELL CANNABIS
01:03:26 AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES
01:03:30 ONLY NO CANNABIS OR CANNABIS PRODUCTS COULD BE TAKEN OFF OF
01:03:33 THE PREMISES. THIS IS DESIGNED TO EMPOWER
01:03:34 OPERATORS TO CREATE NEW HOSPITALITY ORIENTED SOCIAL
01:03:38 EXPERIENCES INVOLVING CANNABIS CONSUMPTION WITHOUT IMPACTING
01:03:41 THE EXISTING MARKET FOR IT TO GO SALES THE CANNABIS RETAILERS
01:03:45 PRESENTLY RELY ON. SO IN PRACTICAL TERMS A NUMBER
01:03:49 OF RETAILERS YOU KNOW MOST RETAILERS DON'T HAVE ON SITE
01:03:53 CONSUMPTION AND THAT'S REALLY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS BUT
01:03:56 BUT BUT ONE OF THOSE REASONS IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
01:03:58 SPACE OR THE SPACE IS NOT WELL DESIGNED TO HAVE A CONSUMPTION
01:04:01 AREA. THE NEW CANNABIS CAFE PERMIT
01:04:04 WOULD EMPOWER THOSE EXISTING RETAILERS TO OPEN A SECOND
01:04:07 SPACE FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY ON ONSITE CONSUMPTION.
01:04:11 THAT BEING SAID, EXISTING RETAILERS WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED
01:04:13 TO CONVERT TO THIS NEW PERMIT TYPE RETAILERS THAT HAVE
01:04:16 STOREFRONT PERMITS CAN CONTINUE OPERATING AS THEY DO RIGHT NOW
01:04:22 . CANNABIS CAFES WOULD BE SUBJECT
01:04:23 TO AND WOULD NOT CHANGE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS FOR
01:04:27 CANNABIS BUSINESSES. THESE WERE NOT PROPOSING TO
01:04:30 CHANGE THE ZONING TABLES REGULATING CANNABIS USES
01:04:32 AND CANNABIS RETAIL IS FREQUENTLY REQUIRES A
01:04:34 CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION NO
01:04:37 CHANGE TO 600 FOOT BUFFER AROUND SCHOOLS FOR CANNABIS
01:04:41 RETAIL USES STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR
01:04:42 CANNABIS RETAILERS STILL APPLY THE EXISTING PUBLIC HEALTH
01:04:46 RULES REGULATING CANNABIS CONSUMPTION STILL APPLY AND THE
01:04:49 STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD SERVING
01:04:51 BUSINESSES ALL CONTINUE TO APPLY.
01:04:56 THE ORDINANCE DOES PROPOSE A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
01:05:00 TO THE INTRODUCTION OF CANNABIS CAFES FOR THE FIRST YEAR ONLY
01:05:04 AN EXISTING CANNABIS RETAILER OR AN OWNERSHIP GROUP WITH THE
01:05:08 SAME SET OF OWNERS AS AN EXISTING RETAILER WOULD BE ABLE
01:05:09 TO APPLY FOR ONE CANNABIS CAFE PERMIT FOR A NEW LOCATION.
01:05:15 AND WHILE CANNABIS CAFES WOULD STILL GENERALLY BE SUBJECT TO
01:05:18 THE 600 FOOT BUFFERS PREVENTING A CANNABIS BUSINESS FROM
01:05:19 LOCATING THERE ANOTHER CANNABIS BUSINESS THERE WOULD BE A
01:05:23 NARROW EXEMPTION FOR A CAFE THAT SHARES THE SAME OWNERSHIP
01:05:26 WITH AN EXISTING RETAILER. PRESENT MANAGEMENT WALKED
01:05:34 THROUGH THE REQUESTED AMENDMENTS BUT I'M HAPPY TO
01:05:35 TALK ABOUT THEM IN ANY MORE DETAIL AND BEYOND THAT YOU HAVE
01:05:41 REQUESTED YOUR ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS AND YOUR SUPPORT
01:05:46 AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
01:05:48 OKAY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS IF
01:05:50 THAT'S OKAY. >> AM I SO CURRENTLY OUR CODE
01:05:56 REQUIRES SPECIFIC VENTILATION BOTH PLANNING AND BUILDING FOR
01:06:04 CONSUMPTION WHEN IT'S SMOKED IN.
01:06:08 SO THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU JUST EXPLAIN MAKE SURE THAT THAT
01:06:16 CONTINUES BUT IT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY AND I AM A LITTLE
01:06:20 BIT UNCLEAR ABOUT HOW THE VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS APPLY
01:06:24 TO THE FLEXIBILITY. SO IF FOLKS ARE GETTING IF THEY
01:06:29 HAVEN'T EXISTING DESIGN ALREADY WHERE THERE IS SMOKING
01:06:32 CONSUMPTION ALLOWED IN THE LOUNGE AND NOW YOU'RE GIVING
01:06:36 THEM THIS FLEXIBLE CITY OF MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE SPACE,
01:06:40 DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF THEY'RE USING TWO THIRDS OF THIS SPACE
01:06:45 AND A CONSUMPTION BY SMOKING IS ALLOWED, DO THEY THEN HAVE TO
01:06:51 HAVE VENTILATION IN THAT ADDITIONAL THIRD THAT THEY'RE
01:06:52 ADDING? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE
01:06:55 QUESTION. >> THE INTENTION HERE IS TO NOT
01:06:56 TO UNDO OR OR CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE IN THE I THINK REALLY
01:07:03 IT'S THAT ARTICLE EIGHT A HEALTH CODE REQUIREMENTS AROUND
01:07:04 THAT THE SMOKING AND THE TRANSMISSION OF SMOKE AND THE
01:07:07 MITIGATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED THE EXPANSION OF THE
01:07:10 PERMISSIBLE SPACE FOR CONSUMPTION IS IS REALLY FROM A
01:07:14 PLANNING CODE PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT?
01:07:15 SO IT'S JUST FOR THE PLANNING JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF
01:07:18 PLANNING CODE AND ANY ANY NEW DESIGN OR REDESIGN OF A SPACE
01:07:22 WOULD BE REQUIRED. WELL FIRST OF ALL AND IN MANY
01:07:23 CASES THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION
01:07:26 TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS OF ANY EXISTING SEE YOU ON THE ON THE
01:07:30 PROPOSED USE BUT THEN NO ALL THE EXISTING ARTICLE EIGHT SAY
01:07:34 THAT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO TAKING A SMOKING SPACE DOUBLING
01:07:38 THE SIZE AND THEN NOT COMPLYING WITH THE EXISTING PLAN.
01:07:42 VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO COMPLY REGARDLESS
01:07:44 OF WHAT THE PROPOSED SIZE OF THE SPACE WOULD BE.
01:07:48 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
01:07:49 SO ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY UNDER OUR
01:07:53 POLICE AND HEALTH CODES IN SAN FRANCISCO SMOKING OF TOBACCO IS
01:08:00 NOT ALLOWED WHEN FOOD IS BEING SERVED INDOORS.
01:08:04 DID WE AND I KNOW THAT IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND ENABLING
01:08:08 CANNABIS CAFES THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ALLOWED IS
01:08:12 FOOD WITH SMOKING OF CANNABIS. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE CHOSE
01:08:18 TO HAVE THE YOU KNOW, LESS STRICT STANDARD ALLOWING
01:08:23 SMOKING AND NOT JUST CONSUMPTION, YOU KNOW, BY
01:08:27 INGESTING I THINK YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A FROM A PREMISE
01:08:31 PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE CANNABIS UH SMOKING UNDER YOU KNOW,
01:08:39 APPROVED HEALTH CODE STANDARDS IS PERMISSIBLE THAT THAT THE
01:08:43 ABILITY FOR PATRONS IN THOSE SPACES TO UH EAT A LITTLE BIT
01:08:47 OF FOOD WHILE THEY'RE IN THOSE SPACES FELT LIKE A REASONABLE
01:08:51 UH EXTENSION WITHOUT WITHOUT SEEKING TO UNDERCUT ANY OF THE
01:08:55 EXISTING RULES. I GUESS THAT WAS MORE A
01:08:58 QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION.
01:08:59 >> BUT SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR AN OPERATOR THAT CURRENTLY DOES
01:09:05 NOT HAVE CONSUMPTION BY SMOKE OR YOU KNOW, CONSUMING CANNABIS
01:09:10 BY SMOKING BUT JUST YOU KNOW, EDIBLES OR WHATEVER TO GET A
01:09:14 CANNABIS CAFE LICENSE AS WELL? >> IS THAT POSSIBLE?
01:09:18 THAT IS POSSIBLE, YEAH. SO THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT
01:09:20 TYPES OF CONSUMPTION PERMITS THAT ARE THAT ARE ISSUED BY THE
01:09:25 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ONLY THE TIER THREE IS THE
01:09:27 SMOKING ONE OTHERWISE IT'S A CONSUMPTION OF OF PREPACKAGED
01:09:31 CANNABIS PRODUCTS OR CONSUMPTION AND LIGHT PREP LIKE
01:09:35 A WARMING UP A BROWNIE OR SOMETHING.
01:09:36 SO THERE ARE THERE'S CERTAINLY A UNIVERSE OF DIFFERENT WAYS
01:09:39 IN WHICH A CANNABIS CAFE COULD BE COULD BE DESIGNED OR A
01:09:43 CONSUMPTION AREA COULD BE DESIGNED THAT THAT SOME INVOLVE
01:09:46 SMOKING, SOME SOME DON'T INVOLVE SMOKING.
01:09:50 >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:09:50 THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR MY QUESTIONS AT
01:09:54 SUPERVISOR SHERYL. UM I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE
01:09:58 CHECK HERE THE FOR THE FIRST YEAR IT WILL BE EXISTING
01:10:01 BUSINESSES, EXISTING CANNABIS BUSINESSES THAT THESE LICENSES
01:10:06 WILL GO TO. THAT'S CORRECT.
01:10:06 RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
01:10:08 AND EACH EACH EXISTING OPERATOR WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR
01:10:12 ONE CANNABIS CAFE AND ONLY ONLY EXISTING ONLY EXISTING
01:10:15 OPERATORS AND EACH ONE COULD APPLY FOR ONE IN THE FIRST YEAR
01:10:17 AND THEY COULD BE ON A SEPARATE PREMISE OR THEY HAVE TO BE ON
01:10:21 THE SAME PRESENT PREMISE OF THE EXISTING BUSINESS.
01:10:24 NO, THEY COULD BE ON A SEPARATE PREMISE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
01:10:26 POTENTIAL USE CASES WE SEE IS WHERE I'M AN OPERATOR WITH A
01:10:29 VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT CONSUMPTION BUILDING A
01:10:31 CONSUMPTION SPACE ON SITE JUST ISN'T FEASIBLE.
01:10:33 SO I COULD OPEN I KNOW OF AN EXISTING VACANT RETAIL SPACE
01:10:37 THAT'S DOWN THE BLOCK THAT COULD BE THE CONSUMPTION ONLY
01:10:39 SPACE AND THEN I COULD HAVE MY EXISTING DISPENSARY SPACE AS
01:10:41 WELL. >> THANK YOU.
01:10:43 >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY EXCITED
01:10:46 FOR THIS LEGISLATION SO THANK YOU PRESIDENT BENJAMIN AND THE
01:10:48 OFFICE FOR WORKING ON THIS AS WELL.
01:10:51 MY ONLY QUESTION IS ARE ANY LINE OF SIGHT ON DISTRICT FIVE?
01:10:55 UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS MIGHT BE LEVERAGED?
01:10:59 >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
01:11:02 YOU KNOW IT I MEAN TO GET BACK TO THE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
01:11:05 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT HOW COMPLEX THIS AREA IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK
01:11:09 WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THERE'S SOME
01:11:11 EXISTING RETAILERS WHO SEE OPPORTUNITY IN THE VERY NEAR
01:11:14 TERM AND ARE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON DESIGNS AND PLANS
01:11:17 THAT THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO TO
01:11:21 PERMIT THEM TO SUBMIT TO AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE.
01:11:24 BUT THOSE OPERATORS I THINK CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER
01:11:28 RETAILERS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP A SATELLITE LOCATION
01:11:32 IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO TO EXPLORE WHEREVER IT
01:11:37 WHEREVER IT MAKES SENSE. THEY KNOW HOW WE CAN GET IT AS
01:11:38 FAST AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:11:40 >> THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:11:41 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CLERK. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON
01:11:45 THIS ITEM PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
01:11:49 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION AND NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT
01:11:50 RELATED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX MAKING AMENDMENTS TO
01:11:52 VARIOUS CODES RELATED TO CANNABIS CAFES.
01:11:55 IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM YOU MAY SPEAK
01:11:57 UP FIRST BY LINING UP ALONG THAT WESTERN WALL AND THEN IF
01:12:02 THE FIRST SPEAKER CAN COME FORWARD TO THE LECTERN I'LL
01:12:04 START YOUR TIME. >> PLEASE BEGIN.
01:12:09 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS DAVID GOLDMAN.
01:12:14 I'M THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE BROWNIE MARY DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
01:12:18 SERVED FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS ENDING LAST MAY.
01:12:21 I'M CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD OF THE GREEN CROSS, THE ONLY THE
01:12:25 CITY'S ONLY NONPROFIT DISPENSARY AND ALSO ON THE
01:12:29 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CALIFORNIA NORMAL, A STATEWIDE
01:12:33 ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF
01:12:36 TODAY NOT REPRESENTING THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
01:12:37 WHILE I SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO ENABLE CANNABIS RETAIL ENTITIES
01:12:41 TO HAVE CONSUMPTION LOUNGES WITH FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT, I
01:12:45 HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CREATING A NEW LICENSE TYPE THAT PERMITS A
01:12:48 NEW TO A NEW RETAIL ENTITY WHERE CONSUMPTION ONLY
01:12:52 ALLOWABLE ON SITE WOULD TAKE PLACE.
01:12:53 CURRENTLY THERE IS A MORATORIUM ON NEW CANNABIS RETAIL ENTITIES
01:12:58 FOR TEN YEARS CREATING A NEW PLACE TO PURCHASE CANNABIS
01:13:03 IN THIS NEW CAFE PERMIT APPEARS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT
01:13:07 AND INTENT OF THAT LEGISLATION. EVEN WITH THE MORATORIA I AM
01:13:11 IN PLACE THERE ARE 32 BRICK AND MORTAR APPLICATIONS AND 30
01:13:14 DELIVERY APPLICATIONS IN THE PIPELINE.
01:13:16 WE HAVE WAY TOO MUCH RETAIL ACCESS AS IT IS THE CANNABIS
01:13:22 INDUSTRY IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR RETAIL ENTITIES IS OVERSATURATE
01:13:26 ATED. MANY OF THE MANY OF THE NEW
01:13:28 RETAIL ENTITIES INCLUDING THE RECENTLY PERMITTED ONES HAVE
01:13:31 LITTLE BUSINESS CURRENTLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:13:34 23 RETAIL STOREFRONTS HAVE CLOSED 5021 DELIVERY SERVICES
01:13:38 HAVE ALSO CLOSED. OUR CURRENT DISPENSARY URBANA
01:13:43 WITH TWO RETAIL LOCATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS JUST GONE
01:13:46 INTO RECEIVERSHIP. CLEARLY THE SAN FRANCISCO DOES
01:13:51 NOT NEED MORE RETAIL ACCESS. LET THE CURRENT RETAIL ENTITIES
01:13:55 SHOW THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL CANNABIS CONSUMPTION
01:13:58 LOUNGES THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE BEFORE YOU CREATE A NEW LICENSE
01:14:02 TYPE THAT WILL IMPEDE RETAIL COMPETITION AND MAKE IT MORE
01:14:09 AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE CURRENT RETAIL ENTITIES TO
01:14:11 EXIST. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THAT
01:14:14 ECONOMIC MISTAKE. THANK YOU.
01:14:15 TO CONCLUDED THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:14:17 >> LET'S HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:14:20 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MEMBERS AND SUPERVISORS.
01:14:25 MY NAME IS MICHAEL COHEN AND I ALSO WAS A MEMBER AND AN OFFICE
01:14:32 HOLDER IN THE PRIMARY DEMOCRATIC CLUB FOR A NUMBER OF
01:14:33 YEARS AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE GREEN CROSS.
01:14:37 >> HOWEVER I AM SPEAKING COMPLETELY FOR MYSELF TODAY.
01:14:40 >> I'M NOT OPPOSED. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO EXPANDING
01:14:44 OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANNABIS USERS.
01:14:47 >> IN FACT I STRONGLY SUPPORT ALLOWING EXISTING LICENSED
01:14:51 CANNABIS RETAILERS TO ENHANCE THEIR BUSINESSES THROUGH ON
01:14:55 SITE CONSUMPTION FOOD SERVICE AND ENTERTAINMENT
01:14:58 OPPORTUNITIES. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE CREATION
01:15:02 OF A NEW LICENSE TYPE ENTIRELY A NEW LICENSE TYPE THAT WOULD
01:15:10 PERMIT ENTIRELY NEW RETAIL ENTITIES TO ENTER THE MARKET
01:15:13 DURING A PERIOD WHEN SAN FRANCISCO CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS
01:15:16 ALREADY FACING EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES.
01:15:20 THE CITY CURRENTLY MAINTAINS A MORATORIUM ON NEW CANNABIS
01:15:23 RETAIL STOREFRONTS, CREATING A NEW CATEGORY OF CANNABIS RETAIL
01:15:28 OPERATION EVEN UNDER A DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK.
01:15:31 APPEARS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THAT
01:15:35 MORATORIUM. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CURRENT
01:15:38 ECONOMIC REALITY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CANNABIS INDUSTRY
01:15:40 CANNOT BE IGNORED. MANY OF THE OPERATORS MOST
01:15:46 AFFECTED BY THIS PROPOSAL ARE NOT LARGE CORPORATIONS.
01:15:51 THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ,EQUITY APPLICANTS, LONG TIME
01:15:54 ADVOCATES AND LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO INVESTED
01:15:58 THEIR SAVINGS, BORROWED MONEY, SIGNED PERSONAL GUARANTEES
01:16:01 AND DEVOTED YEARS OF THEIR LIVES TO BUILDING COMPLIANT
01:16:05 CANNABIS BUSINESSES. UNDER THE CITY'S EXISTING
01:16:07 FRAMEWORK, I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD TO CREATE A MORE
01:16:16 MEASURED APPROACH IN RESPONSE. THANK YOU.
01:16:20 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:16:29 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:16:30 MY NAME IS WILLIAM DOLAN. I AM A RESIDENT AND BUSINESS
01:16:35 OWNER IN DISTRICT FOUR. I OPERATE A CANNABIS RETAILER
01:16:37 CALLED YERBA. IT'S LOCATED AT 46TH AVENUE
01:16:40 IN JUDAH AND I AM ALSO AN EQUITY APPLICANT.
01:16:44 I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT IS GOOD
01:16:48 FOR SAN FRANCISCO. IT'S GOOD FOR OUR LOCAL
01:16:49 CANNABIS COMMUNITY AND GOOD FOR OUR LOCAL EQUITY COMMUNITY.
01:16:52 THIS LEGISLATION CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING
01:16:56 RETAILERS MANY OF WHICH ARE STRUGGLING TO REMAIN
01:17:00 FINANCIALLY VIABLE INCLUDING NEW POTENTIAL REVENUE STREAMS
01:17:03 FROM FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND ENTERTAINMENT.
01:17:07 IT'S ALSO A PATH TO CREATION OF A UNIQUE HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE
01:17:10 THAT CANNOT BE REPLICATED BY OUR COMPETITION IN THE IN THE
01:17:12 ILLICIT MARKET. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A
01:17:15 CANNABIS RETAIL AND CAFE PROJECT AT 560 VALENCIA STREET
01:17:18 IN THE MISSION SINCE 2017 AND AFTER NEARLY A DECADE OF
01:17:24 EFFORTS LEADING UP TO THE PASSAGE OF MATT HANEY'S AB 1775
01:17:28 1775 THE STATE CAFE BILL THIS LOCAL LEGISLATION WILL FINALLY
01:17:32 CLEAR OUR PATH TO CREATING A UNIQUE CANNABIS HOSPITALITY
01:17:36 AND CONSUMPTION EXPERIENCE THAT FEATURES NON CANNABIS, FOOD
01:17:40 AND BEVERAGES. THIS IS ABOUT CREATING A LEGAL
01:17:44 REGULATED HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE FOR CANNABIS AND NON
01:17:47 CANNABIS CONSUMERS ALIKE TO RELAX AND UNWIND.
01:17:51 THIS IS ALSO ABOUT PROVIDING A SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
01:17:55 THAT WANT TO ENJOY THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF A RESTAURANT
01:17:56 LOUNGE OR CAFÉ WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF ALCOHOL.
01:17:59 >> THIS LEGISLATION EFFECTIVELY PROTECTS OUR EXISTING OPERATORS
01:18:06 WITH AN EXCLUSIVE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR TO OBTAIN A NEW CAFE
01:18:07 PERMIT. IT ALSO MAINTAINS A 600 FOOT
01:18:10 DISTANCE DISTANCING RULES AND EQUITY PROGRAM RULES FOR
01:18:14 NEW CAFE PERMITTEES AFTER THE ONE YEAR PROTECTION PERIOD
01:18:18 EXPIRES. THERE ARE VERY FEW REMAINING
01:18:21 COMPLIANT LOCATIONS THAT EXIST CURRENTLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:18:25 MOST OF THOSE WILL REQUIRE A CU REQUIRE YEARS OF DUE DILIGENCE
01:18:27 COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BEFORE
01:18:30 OPENING. >> I BELIEVE THIS LEGISLATION
01:18:33 SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTS OUR EXISTING RETAIL COMMUNITY.
01:18:36 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:18:37 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:18:44 THANK YOU SUPERVISORS FOR HAVING US TODAY.
01:18:45 I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.
01:18:48 >> I'M A MEMBER OF THE BERNIE MARY DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
01:18:52 OUR HISTORY HAS BEEN ABOUT INCREASING ACCESS AND THAT'S
01:19:00 WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. THIS IS ABOUT CREATING A
01:19:01 DIFFERENT KIND OF SPACES. >> MOST OF OUR SPACES WERE
01:19:07 CREATED REALLY IN THE 1990S AND THE EARLY 2000S.
01:19:10 >> THIS IS REALLY MODERNIZING THE APPROACH THAT ENTREPRENEURS
01:19:18 CAN TAKE. >> AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THE
01:19:22 INDUSTRY ITSELF HAS BEEN STRUGGLING BECAUSE AMONG OTHER
01:19:26 THINGS THERE'S ONLY ONE REVENUE STREAM.
01:19:27 >> THIS WOULD OPEN UP MULTIPLE REVENUE STREAMS TO ALLOW THEM
01:19:34 TO NOT JUST BE DEPENDENT ON ONE PIECE.
01:19:39 >> THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR TOURISM.
01:19:44 SAN FRANCISCO IS THE CANNABIS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
01:19:49 >> WE ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER AT A PRIDE CELEBRATION MO
01:19:56 GREENS. RIGHT ADJACENT RIGHT HERE WAS
01:19:57 MOBBED WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE CONSUMING.
01:20:01 WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THEY COULD ALSO ORDER FOOD AND ENJOY
01:20:08 IT THAT WAY ALSO? >> I SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION.
01:20:12 I THINK MANY OF OUR MEDICAL PATIENTS DO AND OUR CONSUMERS
01:20:16 DO. AND I'D LIKE IN FINAL THING
01:20:19 THINK ABOUT THE MEDICAL PATIENTS AND CONSUMERS WITH
01:20:23 LIMITED CHOICES. THEY DESERVE ALL THE CHOICES
01:20:28 THAT EVERY OTHER CONSUMER PRODUCT HAS.
01:20:31 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:20:32 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NATE LANDO, THE CO-FOUNDER
01:20:39 AND CEO OF AWARD WINNING SNO TILL WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST TWO
01:20:42 CULTIVATORS LEFT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:20:43 I AND I TELL THE BOARD TO PLEASE ENDORSE THIS BILL WITH
01:20:48 THE ONE EXCEPTION IF YOU CAN MOVE THE THING FROM ONE YEAR TO
01:20:51 FIVE YEARS AS THEY SAY IT CAN TAKE A LONG TIME TO FIND THE
01:20:55 RIGHT LOCATION GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES ONE
01:20:58 YEAR YOU'RE PROBABLY IF YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW YOUR
01:21:01 PROVINCE, YOU'RE NOT EVEN OPEN. SO THAT WOULD BE MY
01:21:03 RECOMMENDATION GOING FROM ONE YEAR TO FIVE YEARS.
01:21:05 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:21:07 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:21:11 I'M LIZ WILLIAMS WITH AMERICANS FOR NONSMOKERS RIGHTS.
01:21:15 WE FOCUS ON PROTECTING PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO BREATHE AIR THAT'S
01:21:19 FREE FROM ALL TYPES OF SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE.
01:21:20 SO WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO PERMIT CANNABIS
01:21:23 CAFES. >> SAN FRANCISCO AS YOU HEARD
01:21:24 ALREADY ALLOWS CANNABIS RETAILERS TO HAVE A SMOKING
01:21:27 LOUNGE BY ALLOWING THESE SPACES TO OPERATE AS CAFES,
01:21:31 RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
01:21:32 EXPAND WHERE CANNABIS SMOKING AND VAPING IS ALLOWED INDOORS.
01:21:35 IN PRACTICE WE'LL HAVE A NEW SEGMENT OF RESTAURANTS
01:21:38 AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES THAT ALLOW INDOOR SMOKING AND AGAIN
01:21:40 IS SAN FRANCISCO COMFORTABLE WITH ROLLING BACK OUR SMOKEFREE
01:21:43 WORKPLACE LAW BY 30 YEARS? THESE ARE PROTECTIONS THAT
01:21:46 WORKERS AND PATRONS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING SINCE 1990 EIGHT
01:21:49 AND SAN FRANCISCO CANNABIS CAFE STAFF WOULD BE EXPOSED TO
01:21:52 INCREASED INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN ORDER TO DO THEIR JOBS.
01:21:54 THESE WORKERS PLUS MUSICIANS, COMEDIANS AND OTHER
01:21:57 ENTERTAINERS WHO PERFORM THERE WILL NEED TO MAKE TOUGH
01:22:00 CHOICES. WILL THEY PASS UP A WORK
01:22:01 OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH OR RISK THEIR HEALTH TO
01:22:05 GET PAID? THAT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION TO
01:22:06 BE IN ESPECIALLY IN THIS ECONOMY.
01:22:08 THE CITY'S WORKFORCE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR ON
01:22:10 THE JOB AND THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE CANNABIS
01:22:13 INDUSTRY. RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT CANNABIS
01:22:14 SMOKE CONTAINS MANY OF THE SAME TOXIC AND CANCER CAUSING
01:22:17 CHEMICALS AS TOBACCO SMOKE AND ALL TYPES OF SMOKE WHETHER
01:22:20 IT'S FROM CANNABIS, TOBACCO OR WILDFIRES CONTAINS FINE
01:22:23 PARTICULATE MATTER THAT IS BREATHE DEEPLY INTO OUR LUNGS
01:22:25 WHERE IT CAUSES RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
01:22:28 RISKS. THAT INCLUDES ASTHMA ATTACKS
01:22:29 AND HEART ATTACKS. OUR LUNGS DON'T KNOW THE
01:22:32 DIFFERENCE. BREATHING ANY TYPE OF SMOKE IS
01:22:33 HARMFUL TO HEALTH. THE CITY IS TOUTING THE
01:22:36 VENTILATION STANDARDS BUT THE FACT IS THAT VENTILATION
01:22:39 SYSTEMS AND SMOKING ROOMS CAN REDUCE ODOR BUT THEY CANNOT
01:22:40 PROTECT AGAINST HEALTH RISKS. >> RESEARCHERS AT UCSF MEASURED
01:22:43 HARMFUL LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION INSIDE A CANNABIS LOUNGE IN SAN
01:22:47 FRANCISCO. AND WHEN THE RETAILER INSTALLED
01:22:51 A VENTILATION SYSTEM IT ONLY DECREASED THE AIR POLLUTION
01:22:52 LEVELS BY 12 PERCENT. >> SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD BE
01:22:55 PROTECTING AND EXPANDING WORKSITE HEALTH AND SAFETY
01:22:58 STANDARDS NOT ROLLING THEM BACK BY DECADES.
01:22:59 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:23:02 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:23:09 MY NAME IS DUNCAN LYE. I OPERATE CALIFORNIA STREET
01:23:11 CANNABIS, AN INDEPENDENT EQUITY RETAILER HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:23:14 AND I ALSO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:23:17 CANNABIS ALLIANCE. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
01:23:20 ORDINANCE. THE LEGISLATION IS NEEDED TO
01:23:24 CONTINUE TO DESTIGMATIZE CANNABIS AND ADVANCE OUR
01:23:25 INDUSTRY. LICENSED OPERATORS IN SAN
01:23:29 FRANCISCO CARRY MANY COSTS THAT OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T
01:23:32 SUCH AS GROSS RECEIPTS, TAXES PERMIT FEES STATE LICENSING
01:23:35 AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON ALL WHILE BEING LOCKED OUT OF SUCH
01:23:39 TRADITIONAL BUSINESS PRACTICES AS SIMPLE AS BANKING.
01:23:40 >> WE CARRY ALL THAT AND WE COMPETE EVERY DAY WITH AN
01:23:44 ILLICIT MARKET THAT CARRIES NONE OF IT.
01:23:46 A CANNABIS CAFE CREATES A REVENUE STREAM THAT THE ILLICIT
01:23:50 MARKET LITERALLY CANNOT REPLICATE A LEGAL REGULATED
01:23:54 HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE. THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE HERE
01:23:55 IN THIS ORDINANCE ORDINANCE WILL UNLOCK THAT.
01:23:58 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS ORDINANCE ALSO WITH
01:24:02 WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES IS THAT CONSUMPTION LOUNGES EXIST HERE
01:24:06 IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT'S NOT A NEW CONCEPT.
01:24:09 AND WHAT IT DOES SPECIFICALLY IS LEGALIZE FOOD PREP
01:24:10 PREPARATION IN SPACES. OPERATORS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING
01:24:16 A LINING UP WITH THE EXISTING CANNABIS CAFE AT THE STATE
01:24:17 LEVEL. THE STATE LAW CURRENT LAW
01:24:20 TREATS THE LOUNGES AN AFTERTHOUGHT CAPPED AT ABOUT A
01:24:24 THIRD OF THE SPACE AND THIS ORDINANCE RECOGNIZES NOT
01:24:27 HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE ISN'T JUST AN ADD ON.
01:24:28 >> FOR SOME IT'S ACTUALLY THE BUSINESS MODEL.
01:24:32 SAN FRANCISCO'S INDEPENDENT CANNABIS OPERATORS ARE ROOTED
01:24:36 IN THE COMMUNITY AND LOOKING TO ADAPT AND GROW SO PLEASE
01:24:40 SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. >> THANK YOU.
01:24:41 THANK YOU FOR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:24:44 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS HEIDI HANLEY AND I'M
01:24:48 HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS CANNABIS CAFE ORDINANCE.
01:24:51 >> I COME BEFORE YOU AS A LEGACY CANNABIS OPERATOR WHO
01:24:55 HAS WORKED IN THE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
01:24:58 TODAY I'M PROUD TO BE AN EQUITY PARTNER WITH SOULFUL DISPENSARY
01:25:01 IN THE INNER SUNSET DISTRICT SEVEN.
01:25:02 I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND HOW REGULATED CANNABIS BUSINESSES
01:25:06 CAN POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE PROVIDING
01:25:09 SAFE ACCESS FOR CONSUMERS. THE ORDINANCE REPRESENTS AN
01:25:13 IMPORTANT NEXT STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF OUR INDUSTRY
01:25:16 ALLOWING CANNABIS CAFES CREATE AND CREATES A MUCH NEEDED NEW
01:25:17 REVENUE STREAM FOR LICENSED BUSINESSES THAT CONTINUE TO
01:25:21 FACE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.
01:25:24 IT ALSO ELEVATES THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCE BY BRINGING THE
01:25:28 CANNABIS CAFE INTO A RESPONSIBLE HOSPITALITY
01:25:32 SETTING. MUCH LIKE WINERIES
01:25:33 AND BREWERIES HAVE DONE FOR THEIR INDUSTRIES, MOST
01:25:36 IMPORTANTLY, IT PROVIDES ADULTS WITH A SAFE, LEGAL
01:25:38 AND WELCOMING PLACE TO CONSUME CANNABIS.
01:25:41 NOT EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO CONSUME WHERE THEY LIVE
01:25:45 AND CONSUMERS DESERVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS REGULATED,
01:25:48 PROFESSIONALLY OPERATED AND FOCUSED ON EDUCATION,
01:25:50 SAFETY AND COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SAN
01:25:53 FRANCISCO TO CONTINUE LEADING WITH THOUGHTFUL CANNABIS POLICY
01:25:56 SUPPORT SMALL AND EQUITY OWNED BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS
01:26:01 AND STRENGTH, STRENGTHEN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
01:26:04 >> I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
01:26:07 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
01:26:08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:26:13 >> I'M RYAN DAVIS, CO-CHAIR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO TOBACCO FREE
01:26:18 COALITION AND DISTRICT FIVE VOTER.
01:26:19 OUR COALITION STRONGLY URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THIS ORDINANCE WHICH
01:26:23 WOULD NEEDLESSLY EXPOSE FOOD SERVICE WORKERS AND PERFORMERS
01:26:26 TO TOXIC SECONDHAND SMOKE IN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS.
01:26:30 HERE'S A QUOTE FROM MICHAEL. QUOTE I'M A MUSICIAN WHO PLAYED
01:26:34 IN BARS FOR MANY YEARS. I STOPPED SMOKING WHEN I WAS 19
01:26:37 YEARS OLD BUT I HAVE ASTHMA DURING ALL OF MY DOCTOR VISITS
01:26:38 THEY ASK IF I'M A SMOKER. ONE SATURDAY I PLAYED IN SAN
01:26:42 FRANCISCO AT THE CIGAR BAR AND WHEN I CAME OUT I WAS
01:26:45 REEKING OF CIGAR SMOKE. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT FOR
01:26:48 MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE PLAYING IN LOUNGES THAT HAD SMOKING
01:26:51 IN THE LOUNGE I WAS BREATHING IN SECONDHAND SMOKE AND THAT'S
01:26:53 PART OF WHY I AM ASTHMATIC TO THIS DAY.
01:26:56 I AM A SECOND HAND SMOKE INHALER UNQUOTE.
01:26:59 WHILE LEGAL CANNABIS BUSINESSES ARE UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED
01:27:03 THAT THE ILLEGAL MARKET CONTINUES TO UNDERCUT THEIR
01:27:04 PROFITS, THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO RETURN TO 20TH CENTURY ERA
01:27:08 INDOOR SMOKING ENVIRONMENTS. WHILE SOME WORKERS MAY BE OKAY
01:27:12 WITH THAT, IT IS NOT A CHOICE THAT ANYONE SHOULD HAVE TO
01:27:15 MAKE. HERE'S A QUOTE FROM LYNN QUOTE
01:27:16 I USED TO WORK IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY AND THERE WAS A
01:27:19 SMOKING LOUNGE AT THE DISPENSARY I USED TO WORK AT
01:27:23 AND IT DEFINITELY AGGRAVATED MY LUNGS A LOT.
01:27:26 BEING CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO SMOKE UNQUOTE CANNABIS
01:27:28 SECONDHAND SMOKE HAS TOXIC AND CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS
01:27:31 ALONG WITH FINE PARTICULATE MATTER THAT CAUSES RESPIRATORY
01:27:35 AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH RISKS INCLUDING HEART ATTACKS
01:27:38 AND ASTHMA ATTACKS. AIR QUALITY STUDIES INSIDE
01:27:42 CANNABIS SMOKING LOUNGES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES FOUND
01:27:44 UNHEALTHY LEVELS OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND UCSF RESEARCHERS
01:27:48 FOUND A VENTILATION SYSTEM ONLY DECREASED AIR POLLUTION BY 12%.
01:27:53 INSIDE A SAN FRANCISCO CARNIVAL.
01:27:54 CANNABIS RETAILERS SMOKING LOUNGE.
01:27:57 JUST AS THE SAN FRANCISCO TOBACCO FREE COALITION SUPPORTS
01:28:01 SMOKE FREE BAR PATIOS, WE OPPOSE THIS LEGISLATION.
01:28:05 SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD BE PROTECTING AND EXPANDING
01:28:09 WORKSITE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS NOT ROLLING THEM
01:28:12 BACK. >> THANK YOU.
01:28:13 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT PICK A PLACE.
01:28:19 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ALEX MARIN CAUSE I'M
01:28:24 A BERKELEY RESIDENT AND I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF OUR
01:28:26 NUMBER 260281 THE CANNABIS CAFE ORDINANCE.
01:28:30 THIS IS CRAZY TO ME. WE DO NOT NEED THIS IN SOUTH.
01:28:34 THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER ADULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE
01:28:35 CANNABIS. THEY CAN.
01:28:38 THIS IS REALLY ABOUT WHETHER SAN FRANCISCO IS GOING TO CARVE
01:28:41 A NEW HOLE IN ITS SMOKE FREE WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS AND CALL
01:28:43 IT HOSPITALITY. A CAFE RESTAURANT COMEDY ROOM
01:28:46 OR MUSIC VENUE IS STILL A WORKPLACE.
01:28:49 CHANGING THE BRANDING FROM SMOKING LOUNGE TO CANNABIS CAFE
01:28:53 DOES NOT CHANGE THAT. WORKERS, PERFORMERS, PATRONS
01:28:54 AND NEARBY RESIDENTS MAY BE EXPOSED TO THIS KIND OF SMOKE
01:28:58 IF EMPLOYEES ARE SERVING FOOD, CHECKING IDS, CLEAN TABLES,
01:29:02 PERFORMING MUSIC OR WORKING SECURITY THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE
01:29:06 TO BREATHE SECONDHAND CANNABIS SMOKE OR VAPOR AS A CONDITION
01:29:10 OF GETTING PAID. SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD BE MOVING
01:29:11 FORWARD ON CLEAN AIR NOT BACK TOWARD THE ERA WHEN HOSPITALITY
01:29:17 WORKERS WERE TREATED AS DISPOSABLE LUNGS.
01:29:18 >> IF THE CITY WANTS CANNABIS CAFES THEN MAKE THEM SMOKE FREE
01:29:22 AND CONSUMPTION BY EDIBLE ONLY BUT DO NOT CREATE AN INDOOR
01:29:25 SMOKING CARVE OUT AND PRETEND IT IS PROGRESSIVE.
01:29:29 PLEASE VOTE NO ON FILE NUMBER 260281 OR AT A MINIMUM CONTINUE
01:29:32 IT UNTIL IT CAN FULLY PROTECT WORKERS, PERFORMERS, PATRONS
01:29:36 AND ADJACENT TENANTS FROM SECONDHAND SMOKE.
01:29:37 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:29:41 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
01:29:47 AND DR. RYAN INDIGO WARMAN SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE JUST
01:29:49 CELEBRATED MY 20 YEARS OF LIVING HERE AND I'VE BEEN
01:29:52 IN THE CANNABIS REGULATED INDUSTRY FOR OVER 15 YEARS
01:29:55 AND PART OF THE MEDICAL CANNABIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25
01:29:58 YEARS. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS
01:29:59 CANNABIS CAFE BILL. I WANT TO ECHO THE STATEMENTS
01:30:03 OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING THE CHALLENGES FACED
01:30:05 BY CANNABIS RETAILERS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO INCLUDING A
01:30:09 NUMBER OF CLOSURES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.
01:30:11 I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY HAD CANNABIS
01:30:13 CONSUMPTION FROM THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY DATING BACK TO 1996
01:30:17 WITH NO PROBLEMS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
01:30:21 THIS IS A BOON FOR CANNABIS TOURISM FOR SAN FRANCISCO,
01:30:24 TOURISM FOR SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITALITY PROVIDES SAFE
01:30:26 ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO CONSUME THEIR MEDICINE SAFELY AND MOST
01:30:29 IMPORTANTLY PROVIDES AN ECONOMIC RELIEF THAT'S VERY
01:30:32 MUCH NEEDED BY THESE RETAILERS. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS BILL
01:30:36 AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:30:37 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:30:42 MY NAME IS FAISAL SHEIKH. I OPERATE TO SUCCEED CHARGE
01:30:46 SHEET A NEW DISPENSARY THAT JUST GOES STABLISHED
01:30:52 IN NOVEMBER 2025 AS AN EQUITY OPERATOR I PERSONALLY
01:30:53 EXPERIENCE HOW EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING IT IS TO
01:30:57 OPEN A COMPLIANT CANNABIS BUSINESS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:30:58 I THINK A CANNABIS CAFE IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY BUT
01:31:01 WITHOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND EQUITABLE ACCESS MANY OF US
01:31:04 SIMPLY WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
01:31:07 I BECAME A EQUITY SOCIAL EQUITY IN 2018.
01:31:12 I OPENED UP MY BUSINESS IN 2025.
01:31:13 THAT'S A VERY LONG TIME. I SAY NO DOWN THE REQUIREMENTS
01:31:16 FOR THIS CAFE. GIVE IT THE SOCIAL EQUITY BUT
01:31:21 ALSO IF THERE ARE 50% OR MORE SOCIAL EQUITY PARTNERS.
01:31:25 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:31:29 >> SO FOR NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> MADAM CHAIR SUPERVISORS MY
01:31:34 NAME'S NICK KARSTEN ALONG WITH HEIDI.
01:31:36 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SOULFUL ON IRVINE STREET ONE TAKE A
01:31:40 MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS LEGISLATION AND FOR CONSIDERING
01:31:41 THIS EXPANSION WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.
01:31:44 I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO FEARS THAT THIS WILL DO ANYTHING NEGATIVE
01:31:49 FOR THE INDUSTRY. WHAT I WOULD DO IS OPEN UP A
01:31:51 USE THAT WILL ENABLE PEOPLE TO BE INTRODUCED TO SOME PRODUCTS
01:31:55 THAT THEY MAY NEVER SEE OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITALITY ENVIRONMENT.
01:31:59 RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU GO INTO A RESTAURANT AND YOU'RE EXPOSED
01:32:00 TO SOMETHING YOU LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO?
01:32:02 YOU GO TO THE STORE AND FIND IT.
01:32:03 THIS LEADS TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF SYNERGY
01:32:07 IN THIS ECOSYSTEM WITHIN THIS INDUSTRY.
01:32:10 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS REGULATION.
01:32:14 ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE ASSURANCES IN PLACE THAT
01:32:18 WE HAVE FOUND ARE GOING TO MEET THE HEALTH STANDARDS THAT YOU
01:32:22 WANT FOR THIS TYPE OF A USE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TODAY
01:32:25 AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE HAPPENING WITH THIS NEW PERMIT.
01:32:27 SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND GIVE THE
01:32:30 INDUSTRY A LIFELINE THAT IT DESPERATELY NEEDS.
01:32:34 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:32:38 >> NEXT SPEAKER POLICE OFFICERS.
01:32:39 I AM CHRIS CALLOWAY. I WAS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF AN
01:32:42 EQUITY DISPENSARY PERMIT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND SIX YEARS AGO I
01:32:45 WAS HANDED THIS DIPLOMA BY MARISSA RODRIGUEZ.
01:32:49 AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S AN EMPTY PIECE OF PAPER AND IT SERVES AS
01:32:56 A REMINDER TO ME AS KIND OF SOME OF THE EMPTY PROMISES OF
01:32:57 THE PROGRAM AND BUT IT ALSO SERVES AS A REMINDER TO ME THAT
01:33:03 IT'S KIND OF UP TO ME TO WRITE THIS STORY OF MY PARTICIPATION
01:33:06 IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:33:08 >> MY STORY IS A CAUTIONARY TALE AND WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT
01:33:12 CANNABIS CONSUMPTION I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL AND THERE'S A
01:33:16 LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED BY OUR
01:33:19 CITY WITH OUR CURRENT PERMITTING PROCESS IS YOU KNOW
01:33:23 I WOULD ASK THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
01:33:27 APPLIED FOR CANNABIS RETAIL PERMIT AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL
01:33:28 IN GRANTING ONE AND GETTING ONE.
01:33:31 >> HOW MANY? IF YOU LOOK AT THE CANNABIS
01:33:32 RETAIL MAP, HOW MANY GREEN DOTS APPEAR ON THAT MAP BUT ARE NOT
01:33:35 FUNCTIONING CANNABIS DISPENSARIES?
01:33:39 >> HOW DOES A NEW OPERATOR COME IN?
01:33:40 I'M A POSITIVE AM PLEASE PLEASE COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE
01:33:43 AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE.
01:33:44 >> I SAID SORRY. >> HOW DOES A NEW OPERATOR COME
01:33:46 IN AND LOOK AT THIS CANNABIS RETAIL MAP THAT'S SO OUTDATED
01:33:50 AND DETERMINE WHERE THEY CAN OPEN A BUSINESS?
01:33:51 I TRIED TO ACTIVATE A SPACE AT 19 MAIDEN LANE THE VACANT
01:33:54 STOREFRONT BEEN VACANT FOR SEVEN YEARS AND THERE WAS A
01:33:57 CLOSED MEDICAL TO CANNABIS DISPENSARY AT 49 KEARNEY BEEN
01:34:01 CLOSED FOR YEARS FOR WHATEVER REASON I WASN'T ALLOWED TO MOVE
01:34:05 THAT FORWARD WITHOUT GOING THROUGH AN EXPENSIVE LAND USE
01:34:09 DETERMINATION AND THAT PROCESS TOOK ME A YEAR TO DO IN HIS
01:34:12 VALLEY. THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A WAY
01:34:16 TO CIRCUMVENT OUR CURRENT LAND USE ZONING LAWS AROUND THIS 600
01:34:20 FOOT RULE SPECIFICALLY IN A PLACE THAT I'VE BATTLED FOR
01:34:23 EIGHT YEARS TO OPEN A DISPENSARY AND THAT'S HIS
01:34:25 VALLEY. THIS LEGISLATION SHOULD BE I
01:34:28 THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE A TIME TO JUST PAUSE AND LOOK AT THE
01:34:31 WHERE THIS LEGISLATION FAILS WHERE THE CITY HAS FAILED ITS
01:34:35 PREVIOUS LICENSE GRANTEES. AND I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU'RE
01:34:39 GOING TO COMBINE THE PLANNING OR ANY DVI YOU COMBINE GOLF
01:34:43 AND CANNABIS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
01:34:43 DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM
01:34:48 NUMBER SIX? >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU SO
01:34:52 MUCH. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
01:34:56 AND OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO FOLKS WHO CAME AND I KNOW
01:35:00 SUPERVISOR CHERYL IS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND POSSIBLY
01:35:05 MAKE A MOTION. I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU
01:35:08 SUPERVISOR PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
01:35:13 PUT INTO THIS AND SOPHIE MARIE I KNOW THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:35:18 I IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION
01:35:23 IN THE SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD I HAVE NEVER VOTED
01:35:24 AGAINST ANY CANNABIS LEGISLATION INCLUDING THE
01:35:27 EXTENSION OF THE TAX BREAK EVERYTHING BUT I WILL NOT BE
01:35:34 ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS ONE AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE
01:35:38 ISSUE OF SMOKING INDOORS WHICH I THINK IS BACKTRACKING ON OUR
01:35:42 PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS. >> NOW I THINK THAT THERE'S
01:35:47 MANY WAYS TO DO THIS AND WHEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER HANEY STARTED
01:35:51 WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AT THIS DAY I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE
01:35:55 EXCITED. I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS
01:35:58 AGO LISTENING TO A STORY ON NPR ABOUT THE WONDERFUL CREATIVITY
01:36:05 THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAILAND OF ALL PLACES INFUSING CANNABIS
01:36:09 INTO THE LOCAL CUISINE BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE SOME PROPERTIES
01:36:13 THAT MIMIC MSG ACTUALLY AND ENHANCE THE FLAVOR OF FOOD.
01:36:17 SO AS A CITY THAT HAS HOSPITALITY AND INDUSTRY AS ITS
01:36:21 AS HOSPITALITY AS ITS NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY, I DO SEE LIKE THE
01:36:25 GREAT PROMISE THAT IT CAN HAVE FOR TOURISM.
01:36:29 I JUST THINK THAT THE CREATIVITY THAT COMES OUT OF IT
01:36:36 AND CAN BE WONDERFUL AND I DON'T THINK THAT EXPOSING
01:36:40 PEOPLE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE WHETHER IT'S THE WORKERS OR THE
01:36:44 OWNERS OR OTHER PATRONS IS A GOOD THING.
01:36:45 IT IS COUNTER TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS AND THERE IS NO
01:36:51 LEVEL OF SAFE CONSUMPTION EVEN IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, GREAT
01:36:55 VENTILATION SYSTEMS WHICH ARE ACTUALLY VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
01:37:00 >> SO BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IN THE WAY.
01:37:03 I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR INNOVATION
01:37:07 AND I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT OUR RETAIL CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS
01:37:11 AILING AND THAT WE SHOULD BE TRYING NEW THINGS TO HELP THEM
01:37:16 OUT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO STAND YOUR
01:37:17 WAIT FOR IT BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS ONE AS WRITTEN.
01:37:20 OKAY. SO SUPERVISOR MOHAMED, I JUST
01:37:24 WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND SHARED THEIR
01:37:27 PERSPECTIVE TODAY AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NUANCE
01:37:28 HERE. I WILL SHARE THAT AS SOMEONE
01:37:31 WHO HAS NEVER SMOKED MARIJUANA IN THEIR LIFE AND IS A NON
01:37:38 SMOKER AND AS A RESULT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO
01:37:42 PARTICIPATE IN WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON.
01:37:43 I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A CITY THAT WE CONTINUE TO
01:37:46 PROVIDE CHOICE BUT THE CITY DOES NOT PICK WINNERS
01:37:49 AND LOSERS AND THAT WE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SAN
01:37:53 FRANCISCO A DESTINATION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAFES
01:37:57 AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF SMALL BUSINESS AND PROVIDE THAT
01:37:58 OPTION. WE HAVE TO REVITALIZE OUR
01:38:02 ECONOMY AND THIS IS ONE REALLY POWERFUL WAY TO PROVIDE
01:38:05 ECONOMIC DIVERSITY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND A WAY TO CONTINUE
01:38:09 TO PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR STIMULUS IN OUR ECONOMY.
01:38:14 AND I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR CONTINUING TO
01:38:17 INTRODUCE LEGISLATION THAT I CAN NEVER PARTAKE IN BUT WILL
01:38:18 ALWAYS SUPPORT. >> SO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR
01:38:24 CHERYL YEAH, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S OUT HERE A
01:38:28 BUSINESS A DITTO TO SUPERVISOR MAHMUD'S COMMENTS ON ECONOMIC
01:38:36 DEVELOPMENT AND GIVING BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITY TO
01:38:37 THRIVE HERE. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
01:38:41 I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS HERE SO
01:38:43 RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
01:38:45 ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DETAILED BY PRESIDENT
01:38:49 RANDLEMAN AND THEN AFTER THAT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME
01:38:53 DISCUSSION HERE BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AFTER WE TAKE THE
01:38:56 AMENDMENTS TO FORWARD THIS TO THE FULL BOARD WITHOUT
01:38:59 RECOMMENDATION AT THE FULL BOARD I DO LOOK FORWARD TO
01:39:02 SUPPORTING THIS BUT YEAH WE'LL I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION RECORDING
01:39:10 TWO MOTIONS EACH OF THEM OFFERED BY SUPERVISOR CHERYL
01:39:14 THE FIRST TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY A
01:39:18 SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT AND THE SECOND TO SEND THE ORDINANCE
01:39:22 WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED TO THE BOARD OF
01:39:23 SUPERVISORS ON THOSE MOTIONS. MEMBER CHERYL CHERYL I REMEMBER
01:39:29 MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I CHAIR MELGAR MELGAR I AND I'M SURE THERE ARE
01:39:33 THREE EYES ON THOSE TWO MOTIONS OKAY THIS MOTION PASSED I THANK
01:39:39 YOU. CONGRATULATIONS SUPERVISOR
01:39:40 PRESIDENT OKAY DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA
01:39:47 TODAY? MR. CLERK THERE IS NO FURTHER
01:39:48 BUSINESS. OKAY.
01:39:49 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. >> THANK YOU
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