at least i can give my voice as i give him the board. we have done what ever we can. now we have the president, the first african president in the history of the united states. now, we are going also to have history -- supervisor chiu: 90 very much. -- thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. stop the corporate rate of public library. do not give or accept money from the friends and family foundation. they have more to do with then just the library. private money is raised from those who will pay to maintain the class barriers for themselves.

those who raise private money are peddling influence in vanity to those who cannot get it any other way. that is what the influence of private money always depends of on line but -- lies and secrecy. is important for you to realize how little the public money is. the library pose a public budget is over $83 million. the contribution of the so- called public-private partnership is $4,500. the friends do not raise money for the library. the library raises money for the friends. we have attempted to persuade the public that we run society for the collective benefit, and not only of the libraries but all public institutions are publicly supported so they will reflect the virtues of the first amendment, freedom of information, and democracy. that effort and investment of resources is the trade for a fraction of a penny. are you prepared for a city hall where you cannot criticize corporations because they paid for the chairs?

that is what they do in the library. never mind accountabilities. for that money, the library is not bode even the slightest debt of justice. the only thing public is entitled to is to be good slaves and expressed gratitude that our masters are not even more cruel. what happens to public institutions when they are used to maintain class barriers and promote the influence of private money? what happens is that the truth itself becomes meaningless. that is what it is about, that the truth is for sale. i care about the library, but they will do this to whatever you care about, including city hall. eli's cost more. -- beef lies cost more. -- teh lies -- the lies cost

more. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker please. >> this right here -- i was put in jail many years ago trying to get residents to work under what they call good faith. now it is going to be almost illegal for them not to hire under 50%, so i think what i did was well taken. this is one step, i think, of community reform. it is almost like a new change of the guard and a new change of policy. i would hope that the other supervisors would catch on, but also community reform. that is everything that supervisors doing now and changing everything from the way they used to be. community could have some kind of emblem of what is going on. it is -- how can i put it?

unacceptable that we have so many people not employed. this would be a mechanism we could work upon, so i'm happy about that today. my main concern right now is -- who is in control here in san francisco? i will be coming back talking to you more about that because we have right now our mayor getting ready to tiptoe out the door to sacramento, and i know you, board of supervisors, once you get new board members, it will be very interesting here in san francisco. yours truly will be on top of that and bringing it to the world. i might want to sing and dance for you. i might do that next week, but i'm not going to do that this week. i'm trying to unserious and thank everybody for doing a wonderful job. -- i'm trying to be serious and thank everybody for doing a wonderful job. in town of here.

>> nice to see someone with excess of happiness. i am a tv producer, and i have been a member of 1944 ocean dispatchers for three years. i buy my medicine east of century, if i run out of free stuff they give me, which does not often happen because i make what they give me last. when i do have to buy stuff, i buy from them because they do treat the community with respect. i have degenerative disease, before health net, i was spending my food money on expensive medicine and eating that live in st. anthony's, but it is good to eat there for a safety net, but not for months and years. thanks to hold net, i have a

much better quality of life. i can afford gifts for my family once in awhile, which is great. it is good for one's mental health to be able to eat properly and stuff like that. so i have never witnessed the sale of anything. no one has ever asked me for any money, and i do volunteer my time. if access pays $10,000, it is like taking food out of our mouths for a year. if i get two grams of medicine a week free and a meal free, i do not see how that constitutes a dispensary when the dispensaries i belong to are already licensed, so licensing us again is like double dipping, which is not fair. we already jump through a lot of hoops as patients, which is already enough bureaucracy. i thank you for listening. supervisor chiu: thank you.

next speaker. >> good afternoon, board members. i'm the director of access to love community center, which is located at 1260 mission. last time i was here -- how do i -- supervisor chiu: it will just appear. >> the last time i was here, we unanimously decided to close the loopholes in the mca act that were going to allow some of our dispensaries to be wiped out. shortly thereafter, i received a violation notice from the planning department, and part of it that as outlined here reads that clearly on the front door, it says no medical cannabis is sold here, but they need to verify this further, so they stop in and saw that there were no registers, no menus.

it was clearly not a retail operation. if you read the definition, i have circled here, it relates to not for profit. we are a nonprofit organization. a not-for-profit is more descriptive of the retail pharmacies, and i think that we also have to remember in regards to access of love that this is a sanctuary city for medical cannabis, and we have intended to comply with the law. i had an arrangement with the health department that all members of access of love were to be members of the two-city permit it collectives that support axis of love, and i assume that was clear and understood, so now there is a little bit of a dispute going on between planning and health, and to my and standing in my reading, the health department

has final jurisdiction over medical cannabis -- to my understanding and my reading. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> i have been a member of the axis of love for 10 years. i am here today to inform you that we are not a dispensary. we are a collective. i come to the center for groups. i get to communicate with patients that have the same issues as me. without the groups and support, i would probably be in an sro doing drugs. once you are in an sro, there is no help to better yourself. axis of love got me an apartment and moved me free of charge. i could have never done this on

my own. every day, i could not go to the bathroom and my kitchen without dragging my oxygen tank down the hall. i feel much better about myself not -- now that i do not get harassed and abused every day. it also got me a vaporizer since i have problems breathing. every night, i also get a meal. i probably would not be if it were not for them. after i have paid my rent and bills, i have $35 in need to live on, and there is no way i can afford my medicine. medicare will pay for all kinds of narcotics, which i could get hooked on, and i depend on the generosity of the collective. without this collected, i would not have a quality of life. please do not take it away -- without this collective, and i would not have a quality of

life. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a member of the marijuana oversight of finance committee and activities director of axis of love. i am not an attorney, but i can beat the law. medical act of 2005 describes in medical cannabis dispensary as a cooperative or collective of qualified patients or primary care givers that facilitate the lawful cultivation and distribution of cannabis for medicinal purposes and operates not-for-profit consistent with california health and safety codes 1136 2.5. i'm here today to report a gross

misinterpretation of the law. having been involved in the process of the downfall, and i met a non for -- a not-for- profit cooperative, i assure you that my duties to not involve sitting behind a registered. there are no menus of men's for patients to choose from, and our services are limited to the members of our compassion, and our charity-based services are geared specifically for those in the haitian community -- there are no menus of meds for patients. i encourage you guys to please ask the planning commission to cease and desist the harassment of compassionate services based agencies here in san francisco.

thank you. >> good afternoon, members of the board of supervisors. i am a physician and nutritionist, and i wanted to submit in to public comment in support of supervisor mar's legislation before you currently that attempts to incentivize the coupling of toys by fast food operations -- attempts to de- incentivize the coupling of toys by fast food operations. included statements by nationally renowned pediatricians and nature is in the spirit with regard to a study called 2008 feeding infants and toddlers study, a dietary intake survey of nearly

3400 infants and toddlers aged zero to four years, it was conducted to provide information on the pending patents and trade intakes of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers living in the united states -- the year in -- be eating patterns -- the eating patterns and intakes of infants , toddlers, and preschoolers. the study specifically found that 60% of children consumed sweetened beverages every day and that the french fry is the top five vegetable that was consumed by infants and children in this age group. additionally, it was found that the bmi of the mother of the

time of conception was one of the biggest predictors for childhood obesity, so i did want to submit this document. it is a very important document and will continue to be -- -- will contribute to the -- supervisor chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. ♪ city day-by-day city day-by-day oh, dear lord i see so clearly and i hope you hear me city day-by-day day-by-day oh, dear lord these things i pray these two minutes ago so quick

the giants are going to get all the hits and i know they just cannot miss in this city day-by-day day-by-day i see better so clearly and i want you near me and i hope you hear me day-by-day city day-by-day oh, dear lord these things i pray i promise you more deeply and i hope you hear me in this city day-by-day day by day day by day ♪ [applause] supervisor chiu: thank you.

next speaker please. >> hi, supervisors. in a member of access of love, and i am also a contributor of compassionate services as a coat, and i just want to say that -- i am a member of axis of love and also a contributor of compassion is services as a cook. the demands are really ridiculous. as far as bill 420, all patients are allowed to be care givers to one another if they are physically able to do that, and we are also allowed to have more

than one caregiver. up to three at least provide medicines in all forms to help us through our trials and tribulations. axis of love is just a group of patients being charitable to one another because we do not have the money to pay for it. taking it away would take away the ability of interns like myself to feel worthwhile in the community because of the services we are able to give to one another. again, nobody in our organization has got a house note paying in, a suburban van or any of a lot of the things you see the dispensary owners and stuff, and not that they do

not deserve to earn a wage, but we clearly are in no form like any dispensary or in violation of any rule. thank you very much. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. thank you, supervisors, for the opportunity to address you. i am a member of axis of love. i'm not a lawyer, but i do read the law, and i know much can be interpreted. i became and medical marijuana patient back in 2000, and i know the difference between a medical marijuana dispensary and a charitable non-profit organization like axis of love. i attend a women's group, and i volunteer my services as a

teacher. axis of love is a social services organization that provides counseling, meals, love, help, help reach, compassion, too low in, then no- income residents of san francisco become members. it is a closed group. people are not invited in off the street. you cannot just come in if you have a medical marijuana card. you have to come in and then qualify. to me, it is an example of an authentic collected, which is written, and i think that could be interpreted, and i think axis of love qualifies in that way. there are no cash registers, no price lists. there is no money exchanged. it is a gift society. there are no employees, only volunteers. my request to you today is in place of hold san francisco's sanctuary law -- is to please

the uphold -- is to please uphold san francisco's censure wary of. this organization does a great job for san francisco, and we need more of this. supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> i am a medical marijuana -- microphones, all right. i am a medical marijuana user. about three months ago, i had major back surgery. as you noticed, there is a theme on going with the people that are talking to you. i have not been able to work in over to of the will years. after surgery, i was pretty much

incapacitated, but axis of love has done more to help me than anything else out there, between the medical marijuana that they do provide, which i do not use any pain killers for narcotics since i left the hospital after three days. i only use medical marijuana. if it was not for axis of love, there would be no way -- by also have seizures. i had one this morning. i should have stayed in bed today, but this is important enough of an issue. why is somebody trying to harass the only legitimate, in my opinion, medical marijuana co of -- co-op that i have ever come across? it is in foretaste, whoever is behind its. i guarantee you it is not

somebody looking out for the betterment of the community. thank you for your time, and i hope that you listen to these people because we do not have many voices. this is our one opportunity, and you guys are the representatives of us and all that. we need your help. thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: before the next speaker, i would like to remind our visitors there is a board ruled that four of its of laws or other indications of support or opposition. we have this so that we can hear from all our speakers and move the proceedings efficiently. so if i could ask for your indulgence in that. next speaker. >> i would like to thank the board of supervisors. there has been a long military tradition in america supporting work ethics, promoting healthy lifestyle, and it simplifying

ethical behavior. as they say, all gave some, some gave all. not being a lawyer, but nevertheless being able to read the law, i would like to say that the axis of love is a members-only, nonprofit, satellite charitable organization rather than a not- for-profit retail mcd. i go for veteran support and treatment for my ptsd. i also like to say that the health department has jurisdiction over the axis of love, not the planning department. censure where's that is already prevents harassment of attempts to comply with the law -- sanctuary status already prevents harassment of a tense to comply with the law. i ask the board of supervisors is but fully to uphold the stage

where status of san francisco. thank you very much. supervisor chiu: next speaker. >> hello, my name is hector. i'm not a lawyer, but i can read the law. axis of love has been a great place. on monday, they have lots of programs for the low-income people such the veterans groups, they have a women's group that they feed. i think the only one that has a woman's group and dinner. classes in case you have a problem with drugs or alcohol.

they have a chess club. the only just love it teaches ladies how to play chess that do not know how to play. the only chess club i probably know that has the patience to do that. and they have lots of great programs. at times that we are low on money or low on gas, we need a hand at times, axis of love has been a great place. i do not think it is good moral ethics to tax or give a hard time to a place that does nothing but help low-income people. it is no different than a place feeding homeless people. everything is donations. there is no transfer of money. it is wonderful. great place. gives you the latest update of who is running for who in

politics. it is a wonderful place. they have been go, open mike -- they have bingo. nothing but love. thank you. supervisor chiu: next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i want to thank the board and president for giving me an opportunity to speak. i have appeared before the board numerous times, and i only usually speak about three issues -- veterans, homelessness, and medical marijuana. i am here to speak about both issues now. i have been a member of axis of love for a number of years. axis of love allows veterans to begin the socialization process to return back to society after being left on the street a

number of years. this is a thankless process. unfortunately, you had to cut the budget so there is absolutely nothing left except for [inaudible] this is the director of axis of love. she is the one that when there are no federal dollars, no state dollars, no city and county dollars, this lady -- ms. kathy smith is her sponsor -- these are the two ladies that help homeless san francisco veterans with meals, with the ability to pay rent. how about you did not hear an iraqi veteran came here -- a decorated era veteran, got his car towed, and he was going to

lose everything because he did not have the fee. who stepped up? when you shut these people down, you are shutting the last resourced veterans have. i have been associated for a number of years. i have never seen a cash register, a price boards. i have seen nothing but love. [applause] supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. my name is catherine smith, and chiron hopenet, -- and i run hopenet. i'm not sure what is going on with axis of love and the planning department. about two and a half years ago, larry kessler