any say over what kind of help or what kind of people are going to run these things? i think that these letter of determinations was a loophole. it needs to be shut because if we don't shut it, we're going to lose some of our best compassion and, you know, the government, the united states, all of us, are in big trouble economically and everything else. so any little help, i think. president chiu: thank you. next speaker? >> my name is 17, san francisco native and disabled veteran. i'd like to say that i'm against pit lie ordinance. i'm in favor of free switch and as a proponent of free speech, i'd like to say that any harassment that i might run up

against during my political activism only inspires me to redouble my efforts to have my civil rights, including free speech. i am in favor of chris daly's measure. i feel that m.c.d.s should have to go through the permitting process if they change ownership and also there are many underserved areas of san francisco that i think some of these outside interests could put a spot in. i'd also like to take a minute to think about someone that's near and dear to my heart. you may or may not realize that 25 out of every 100,000 people in america commits suicide. speaking of the group of people that would be older, unemployed, noncollege graduates.

as a homeless street musician most of my life in san francisco since my military experience left me with some post-traumatic stress disorder, i'd just like to say that even one suicide sets a bad example to the youth of america. thank you very much. >> my name is steven anthony wordsly and i flew in this morning from istanbul to speak to you and the north beach merchants association in efforts to save clay tower. clay tower is intention for the last five years is to change clay tower, the mural rotunda into a beer joint. and i think if we really look at this hard, i think the artwork in clay tower is art. shouldn't this be run by the

arts commission because this art has nothing to do with parks, nor does it have to do with recreation. now, i personally successfully recommended clay tower to become a national historic site. we celebrated that. did the park commission allow me even a plaque to commemorate that? no. they consider me kind of an enemy to them. and, in fact, every one of you standing here were elected to your office and i congratulate your position. the supervisors of rec. and park are not. it's like a club, and they cannot and will not oppose the mayor. the mayor's concern, obviously, is budget cuts. clay tower -- i don't know if you've been in there, but it's -- and i speak as a third generation san francisco san franciscan. my grandmother lived through the great depression. - it is a beautiful respite where you can see the whole bay and get away from the busy city. there's radical art.

and then there's also protectionist art. but, in fact, two-thirds of the art collection cannot be visited by the public because they're afraid of graffiti. you put graffiti on a fresco, you can't take it out. it's very clear to me that my efforts and my group, the preservationists, suggest that the clay tower become a 501c3 non-profit educational experience educating the world about the great depression. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you. next speaker? >> hello, i'm denise story and i thank chris daly for his quick leadership in defending us not only our community, not only from the arrows from the other cross the aisle of the political aisle, but defending us against our own community, speaking of

the candidate's community. and i've heard many good comments today. there's a solution to this. i guess we've opened up a floodgate for a lot of dispensaries to come here because haven't we lifted the moratorium on cannabis dispensaries opening here. i know there was a moratorium for a while. now we have to deal with defending our community over and over against the corporate interests. so i just want to say, get ready for it and happy birthday, david. cheers. >> next speaker, please? >> i'm steve smith. i'm here from hope net. i'm here to ask -- i'm here to beg you on behalf of the compassion patients of san francisco to support chris daly's motion.

to go past these letters of determination, this allows undesirable people to come in and buy up buildings beyond market price. when the rents go to $15,000, $25,000 a month, there is no room left whatsoever to help the sick and the dying of this city. when we became a sanctuary, people looked up to us. they count on us. now we're counting on you to help us protect them. so i, once again, beg on their behalf, to put this, close this hole in your legislation, and protect the compassionate. we have worked so hard to show the whole country, can be done. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you. next speaker?

>> excuse me. my name is tony frasier. i'm very brief. i got a call from ms. davy who wasn't able to come here. she wanted me to ask about mcdonald's with the little kids with the games. she said that the little kids, at mcdonald's should have puzzles and math, like, for education, and basically told me to tell david campos happy birthday. i'm very brief. president chiu: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is greg ledbetter, i am the activities director for access with love, and also on the board of directors of cannabis policy. the patients that come before you as well as the patients that are behind me are the citizens

of san francisco. i'm here to share a story with you about a phone call i received. i once used to work with sister reverend randy webster. and upon it closing, the building itself went to a met morphysis of sorts. it once was geared to be a flower shop. then they said, no, we're going to turn around and make a gym out of it. then, just prior to them getting ready to open, they came with this wonderful idea, hey, let's make it a dispensary the way it was. well, the neighbors didn't care -- due process wasn't done in order for that to happen and the neighborhood came out in hordes. the point i'm trying to make is there are outside entities

trying to take vested interests of san francisco medical cannabis dispensaries. the things that are in place right now need to be strenuously looked at in order to preserve the patients' rights as well as the dispensary owners' rights here in the city. let our medicine be our medicine for san francisco, and let our dispensary owners, the ones that are here with compassion for their patients, serve their patients here in san francisco. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next peerk, please? >> happy birthday, david. >> next speaker. >> my name is lance williams. i'm representing bernl heights collective in another part of the city and i really do urge you to go with daly's idea. i'm really quite scared. our landlord said that someone

could talk to him just recently and i've talked to other collectives and they're getting bombarded because this is a loophole and it's just frightening. now, i'm also on the other side of the coin, i live in south of market. and i live right next to hope.net and i've worked next door or on the other side of the street at a motorcycle shop for five years. i watched them. they worked very hard on the community. it took a lot for them to come in there and the community was scared about it at first but they've shown what they can do. i'll tell you, everyone in my neighborhood doesn't want another collective -- it wouldn't be a collective, but profiteers -- coming in and setting up shop. it's quite disturbing. right now -- i don't think i could handle it. and it's really a shame and i really want you to close this loophole as soon as you can. but it's really quite shocking. again, i worked right next door for five years and they're good

people. i don't want anything happening to them but i don't want anyone else coming into our neighborhood and i want to have the voice. if i can't voice it, our neighbors can't voice it, we're feeling castrated. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is theresa cooper and i've worked at a cannabis dispensary in the city. i pride myself in going to family businesses. i'm also very careful about the people that i hang out with. i'm a healer of 10 years. i've worked at the world school of massage. family businesses that have built relationships in the community, built trust, have offered compassion, especially hope.net, access of love. what they offer the community has been built up for many years. so if someone comes in with

money, there's no way that anyone can replace what people have built up for many years. so i would be at a loss for compassion. i would be on the street smoking my medicine unless i had a friend that was home, maybe. i really appreciate theseath

and and the community connections that have been built the last 10 years in

supervisor alioto-pier: captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor dufty: i would like to call this meeting to order as a member. the first item is collecting a chair pro tem. supervisor elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: i will nominate our former chair. supervisor dufty: commissioner david chiu is nominated. are there any other nominations? seeing no one, nominations are closed. madam clerk?

>> [roll calroll call] the item passes. supervisor chiu: please call item no. 2. >> item #2, approval of the minutes of the july 2010 meeting. supervisor chiu: without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. public comment? is there any public comment on this item of the approval of minutes? seeing no one, public comment is

closed. we should rescind that vote, motion to rescind. without objection, the prior motion is rescinded. now, could we take a motion to approve the minutes without objection? the meeting minutes are approved. item number three, please. >> the chairs report, information item. supervisor chiu: our chair is not here today, he will deliver the report at the next meeting. item #4. >> item #4 is executive director's report. >> -- supervisor chiu: mr. executive director. >> thank you. several things that i would like to comment on. birds of all, a final roundup of sp83.

there are seven counties that have voted to put the measure on the ballot. if it passes, they would raise a combined $62 million per year for projects around the region. from a quick survey, $30 million per year would go to rehabilitation and the balance would be designated for programs like transit, bicycle, pedestrian projects, technology, and pollution reduction. on the parkway i have some good news. we have received notice that the department of transportation has awarded a $3.8 million grant under