that until dph has their hear and put it back on their back. >> as i understand, and let me know if i am come nothing territory we are not supposed to be in, dph would like to hear both locations at the same time and they have scheduled a hearing where there are two mcds that they would like to hear that are within the 500' of one another. >> commissioner hillis. >> i agree with commissioner sugaya, it's backwards and we're going to take this up and talk about clustering, which is an issue regardless of the legislation or not passing. it's been an issue that we have heard about for a long time. dph's issue is the quality of the enterprise that is operating now and which would change our opinion significantly if they said no to it. so i agree with commissioner sugaya. i think we're doing this back-yards backwards and need

to wait what dph says so we can talk about the issue of clustering and regardless of supervisor yee's legislation. >> is there more than one location within the 1,000'? >> there is another mcd located within 500'. >> so i was thinking even if the other location is ultimately denied i did dph, this would be [po-urbl/] for cu. >> other mcd is located within a thousand -- it's outside of the 500'. >> i suggest that we go ahead with the hearing and hear from the public. they have waited all day to talk. and then discuss. commissioner hillis? >> no, i'm fine with that. >> well, that concludes my presentation. and i'm available for

questions. thank you. >> project sponsor. >> hello commissioners my name is greg and i'm the sponsor of very passat health centers at 1423 ocean. a little bit about myself, i grew up in a family business -- we're in security business. i got into medical cannabis for my injury for pain, which we still continue today. they are talking about 1944 ocean is way past 1,000' for the second one, if waterfall was to be denied. the other one is way past 1,000 ate. there was some concerns with

the neighborhood groups that i met with about the appearance of the front of the store. there will be no bars or hume cameras and we have low profile cameras out front and you will be able to see through the store, so it won't be blocked off, which is a big concern to the community. the other thing was there is a lot of talk about the smell of the cannabis. our paint store was next door had some smell problem and since then we have hired an engineer to connect that problem running negative air, which we would have air changes in the building seven times an hour. so the smell won't be coming out of the front of the

store or impeding on our neighbors. that is about it. could you have any questions? >> he may have questions later. >> thank you. >> hello. >> are you part of the project team? >> yes, i am. >> great. [ inaudible ] my name is christina -- program coordinator. native san franciscan. i graduated from san francisco state and i have a degree in civil justice and political science and paralegal certificate, just to give you background. we're applying for mcd 1423 ocean avenue. for the last three years i managed waterfall wellnessness on day to case basis complying with city ordinances and

regulations. in january, greg and i left waterfall wellness. my experience in managing the dispensary and understanding the needs of our patients has enabed me to create the model of successful outreach compassat care program in san francisco, which assists over 300 patients weekly. our program is one of the few compassion programs that cater to veterans suffering from illnesses living in san francisco. we continue to offer delivery service that is free of costs for our home-bound patients who are too sick or too ill to leave their homes. our patients are diagnosised with serious conditions and most of them suffering from cancer, aids and other terminal diseases. we are able to develop personal relationships with our patients that go beyond just delivering the delivery service. for some we may be their only contact. in short, greg and i continue to provide one of the largest compassionate care programs in

san francisco. these services are not required by dispensaries. which are makes us pretty unique. we know first happened there is a need for more services for our parens and that has been our main motivation to find a larger space and bigger location, to where we can offer more for those in need. aside from working directly with our patient, working with city officials and both greg and i hold seats or the medical marijuana task force and cannabis industry and end iting the working group at city hall, sponsored by president of the board, david chiu. it has always been our intent to serve the community and patients with the utmost sincerity. this open house every tuesday

night is welcome to welcome the community and we present current topics and opportunity to respond to questions and concerns. as far as our neighborhood outreach we contacts the surrounding neighborhood associations includinging the ocean avenue association, et cetera. >> i'm sorry, your time is up. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. let's open it up for public comment. i have a number of speaker cards, please line up on the screen side of the door room

so we don't block the door. [speaker not understood] public comment is for two minutes. >> good evening, my name is barry and i'm here speaking opposed of the granting of this permit. i am a united states marine. i am a decorated vietnam veteran and also a member of the marine corps league vfw veterans legion and newly formed san mateo county -- i do 300-400 community service hours a year primary with veterans, va hospitals .

secondly, i am a third generation san franciscan and it used to be that there was a liquor store on every corner in this city and we have kind of gotten away from that, which i think is a good idea and having a cannabis store on every corner doesn't strike me as a good idea and this was mentioned to several people that i talked to before i came in, if there is smoking involved on the premises, they

hate the idea for a variety of reasons. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commission. my name is derrick morgan and i was a former employee of greg and christina for two years. i was a manager at one location, and the general manager at another location in vallow. i am here today to explain these people are not responsible and professional business owners. when i signed up for waterfall, the compassion program consisted of a jar of dirty meds, that we just hand out to anybody who said do you have compassion today? under me and tyra, one of the other speakers we reformatted the compassion program and now offer patients medicine that they need and in proper amounts.

also there were no compassion programs at the other location in vallejo that was owned by greg. very poor quality medicine is coming in. we would bring to their attention there is like mildew and other mold and they would say to go around it -- trim around it or get rid of the ones that look the worst. that is not responsible at all. did not care about their employees. they have been sued -- greg has been sued several time by old employees for violating labor laws. not offering proper breaks. and not paying overtime. i have also -- when i was working in vallejo, they refused to pay for my commute and had me transporting large

amounts of medicine. i have also received abusive texts and gotten emails with viruses in them from them. saying that they were going to hold raises -- if i didn't do things >> thank you. >> so i urge you to please vote no to any additional hearings for this em. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello, i'm desiree and the current compassion coordinator at waterfall wellness and you would like to thank the commission. i have worked under both greg and christina, as well as our current ownship. i want to go back to something that christina just said about our home-bound patients that she delivers to, who i am very familiar with. our home-bound patients aren't supposed to leave their homes for a variety of reasons due to their health. i see a lot of them here today, which is unfortunate and i feel

they are -misinformed on what they are advocating for. i have a couple of hundred signatures for accessibility to medical cannabis dispensary. i want to talk about the compassion program. a lot of people here today are already part of our passion program and i want you to evaluate the need for an additional mcd? for our community? we are already serving all of these people and he work with them daily. if we copyright accommodate them -- i always work with another way to find that we can. essentially, it's just about evaluating need and i just don't see a need for another

dispensary. also i want to make note when i took over the compassion program there were about 50 people on each list that were not active. i was able to add more people. i wanted to add that as well. >> thank you. next speaker. as the next speaker comes up i will call more speaker names. [ reading speakers' names ] >> hi commissioners and thanks for having me. my name is tyra mitchell, part of waterfall wellness. my position is opposing the new dispensary at 1423 ocean. as it has been mentioned before, our patients are satisfied with what we do. and is there are already two

dispensaries within a four-block radius, why make it three? we provide quality medicine. we [ho*-ed/] host neighborhood events and patient-appreciation programs and as you heard our compassion program. we also have started doing drives and fundraising and just bringing more to the you the community. he attend neighborhood meets and we get to know all of our neighbors more.

there is a pending lawsuit against gregory from embezzling funds. and also, the ocean association have voted against a third dispensary, which is the neighborhood meeting that we attend and they are a known organization. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i will call a few more names. [ reading speakers' names ] >> good evening, my name is kyle maple. the basic reason i am here is in support of this program and i'm speaking as a former caregiver. the idea of having another option, one that will actually make it easier and more

affordable for patients to make the adjustments that their illness has had required them to make in their lives is important. i don't think coming up here and taking away options is good for them. i think it should be all about them. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, commissioner. my name is james ward. i am a disabled marine veteran. i was a cold war vet. i am a bay area native. i have been living in the tenderloin at the same address for seven years. about two years ago i was part of the veteran's committee that in the access of love we drew a letter up for the medical cannabis commission task force and apparently greg was the only one who listened. what we asked for in that letter is pretty much the way he setup the compassion.

i know these folks as bac, but i know them as greg jazz jazmyn and nick and that was really important to me. when i checked other dispensaries, they had a discount, but you had to buy higher amounts and the ones that i could afford were not part of that discount. i really appreciate that the people are wright the book on our a compassionate dispensary should run. i believe that they have served employee as me as a veteran.

it's a beautiful building and i have seen the neighbors come in during the open houses and how the neighbors feel about them. these people, that is what we need in a medical cannabis dispensary and to deny them a permit would be a slap in the face to every veteran here. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker: >> good evening everyone. my name is mary lou and i'm here to support the collective. to me they have provided compassion to me because of my budget i am really poverty level and cannot afford to buy my medication. also i used to live around the area where the bac wants to do

business. that is why i am here, and also there are liquor stores and nightclubs around that area and where they serve liquor, which is detrimental to our health and having bac in the neighborhood is for harm reduction. i believe that and i'm really hoping for your kind consideration regarding to the bac group bay area compassion to open up. so that will have

a nicer area and quiet place. thank you very much >> thank you. as the next speaker comes up, i will call more names [speaker [ reading speakers' names ]. ch my name is mike hinkel, ge resident of san francisco. i believe bac sets an example for compassion in san francisco and maybe even nationwide and without them, the access to love group -- they support our vets group and our end of the month dinner. without them, it would be gone. bac has always been involved with helping less fortunate homeless vets and disabled. all of their compassion

programs that i have seen have petered out or the medicine just gets poor. i have none these guys for almost six years and the medicine has always been good. and they made me feel comfortable. i felt safe there. they cared about me. i felt secure. i haven't found that anywhere else. i know that they care about me and no other place has made me feel that comfortable. we need people like this. not people that think about their wallets. we need these kinds of people. we need these kinds of people because they care. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker.

>> good afternoon commission, my name is chelsea and i'm here on behalf of bay area compassion health center, because they have helped me out when i needed it. i have a really bad disease that makes my medicines cause illness to me. jasmine and cristine and greg treat me like regular family and they know me by name and they help me and they help a lot of people, like me with the medicines that they need when they can't afford it. that is basically all i have to say. >> thank you. >> thank you very much.

>> next speaker. >> my name is jennifer morris and i'm here for bac. i don't get compassion, but my girlfriend does. i have seen her go through pain. i have seen what meds have done to her. i have seen her pick up the phone and call christine and i have seen her call up the phone jasmine and they were always there. when you haven't got money or funds and your meds are messing with you, what else can you do? you seek compassion and that is what bac is. bac is compassion. thank you. >> thank you.

next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is jonathan dwyer. i am a patient of access of love and i have been dealing with greg and christine for a number of years when they were in waterfall wellness and by the sheer fact that they have all these people here, shows the fact that they are doing something really, really good. it's compassion if the sense that you don't have anything, they will always give you a little something and always help you out. so it's a really heartfelt program and it's really good compassion and really great people.

and having another dispensary actually gives you more options of other things to do. it's a great asset to the community to have another dispensary there for the people there. thank you. >> thank you. as the next speaker comes up, i will call more names [ reading speakers' names ]. >> good afternoon commissioners my name is mark cameron. i receive compassion from bac and they come to me and i don't have to go to somebody else. it's more compassion than i have ever received on another problem. i'm agoraphobic and

it's a shame that we have to come to support these two people. thank you. >> thank you. my name is justin bennett and a san francisco native and i support greg and christina's permit. i just wanted to say that three and a half years ago, i suffer

from cerebral palsy, and chronic condition that help my daily life and i can tell i that christine and greg have become part of my family and i thank you all for hearing our voices. have a great day. >> thank you. a couple more names. [ reading speakers' names ] >> hello commissioner, my name is michael goadman and he was a part of the medical cannabis with christina, and i also sit with her on the current

supervisor chiu's committee. i have seen how much she cares and very much involved in establishing the rules for compassion for everybody and we have here with these people, with greg and christine a model of how compassion should be done and how a dispensary [sp-efrb/]s people. it would be a real shame to lose these caregivers. thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hi, my name is adolph

pickett and i'm here for support of the dispensary of compassion i don't get around too well and they deliver it to me. they were the first ones and if i can get out, i can go to the open house and sit down and socialize with other people. it's great. either have it delivered or i could go socialize. if i don't have that, you know, it's kind of hard. i would like to keep it going. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm christine moyer and i would like to say that i have been with greg from the beginning of this, i guess it