francisco, because there are seniors that are living with us, and we don't want them to be exposed to these aromas and smoke. and actually if we are opening up cannabis shops, we're just allowing people to profit repatously. i wish to express my opinion and also help other people to -- who feel the same way, to lend support. >> thank you. >> thank you . >> . next speaker.

>> >> translator: my name is mae wong. i oppose the opening up of another cannabis shop. and i think that in san francisco, san franciscans value health and if we have shops like that, then it will affect people's health and it will cost the city a great deal of money. okay, because in mission street, it is already infamous,

you know, people will ask me, you know, where do you live, and then they say oh, you live in marijuana alley? and i don't want that. i don't want that happening to me. thank you. >> translator: hello everybody. my name is nelson. i reside behind the proposed cannabis shop. actually my backyard is connected with the proposed establishment.

i would like to let everyone know that behind the proposed cannabis club, there are three child-care facilities. and if and when these children are exposed to cannabis on a long-term basis, what kind of impact will it have on their health and well-being? please consider this judiciously and with discretion. secondly, our community -- in our community, is there truly

this need to have this many cannabis establishments? most of the cannabis users are from other neighborhoods. and the purveyor of cannabis know well these buyers where they are from. why do they -- why do they not open up the establishments closer or where the user resides instead of opening up the establishment in our backyards? >> thank you, sir, your time is up. >> translator: i do oppose.

thank you. >> >> translator: my name is mae chen. i just want to say that in our neighborhood there is already excessive amount of cannabis shops. there are two on mission street. i live in the street behind those shops. many of us, we talk about amongst ourselves for the sake of our child, for the well-being of our youth.

i appeal to the commission to consider declining. thank you >> translator: hello everyone. my name shau lee. i'm a licensed child-care provider. i have been working in this field for 16 years.

i raised many children and some of them already are in college. seeing them grown up well and in good state and in well-being, i'm very grateful and happy -- [speaker not understood] there has been several openings of cannabis clubs in the

mission. as far as i know, within a thousand feet of any school, there cannot be any marijuana establishment and also within 500' there cannot be any shops that sells tobacco. >> thank you, your time is up. >> translator: my name is jenn

seng wong. i reside in the mission. i wish that please do not open another one, there are just too many. there are schools and there are many child-care facilities. you know, being a parent, or being parents, we should all think on behalf of our kids. our children are our future pillars of our society.

they are not the contrary. also since the opening of these cannabis clubs the air quality in our neighborhood has been affected. please consider this matter and do not let another one open in our neighborhood. thank you >> translator: hello everyone. my name is bennie lee. i have been living in the outer mission for 15 years. i have one son and one daughter.

they are about to be grownups and i wish that there won't be another cannabis club opening up in our neighborhood. i have many friends, and many senior members of the family. they encounter these smells and it's very unpleasant. i oppose. thank you. >> just if i could interrupt i'm going to make one more

requesttor anyone in the overflow room, if you can hear me, please who is in need of a spanish interpreter to please come forward and if our spanish interpreter could be so kind to interpreter that. >> if you could just say if no one comes within the next five minutes then you are going to leave. >> translator: hello. my name is -- every time i pass those cannabis shops, when i smell the marijuana, i can

hardly breathe. and i have mentioned this to my doctor regarding this. then my doctor told me not to go by there. now there is going to be another one. that means that i have yes, less places that i can go. i wish that you do not approve this proposal. >> thank you. >> thanks. >>

>> i do not know why i can apply for another one. >> public speaker: >> interpreter: shouldn't we take care of -- shouldn't we make those shops that are non-compliant compliant before we open up another one. if

we open up another one before taking care of the compliance problem, then there will be other issues just like the officer and he mentioned that there are many problems that cannot be addressed. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> interpreter: hello, my name is gordon. i moved there 5 years ago. i live across the street.

there are like five of us who live there. my grandmother is 93. and my son is 3 years old. in recent years i noticed there has been a decline in our safety. bad elements and 3 days ago my house was broken into. i'm concerned if there is another shop that's open, it will get worse. because of that i oppose. i strongly oppose. thank you.

>> public speaker: >> interpreter: hello, everybody, my name is -- i'm a veteran. oh, okay i often pass by cannabis clubs. and often people would cluster or gather around. i understand that there is medicinal use to cannabis. but, truly how much of the population are in need of that, and then there are so many users.

there are like street users. are they medicinal users or are they recreational users. and if they are recreational usage, i find it repugnant and i do oppose. actually there isn't a great deal of medicinal use. i don't think we need another one. thank you. >> public speaker: hi, my

name is nelson lee. i live 2 blocks from the mission. it's very opposite to open too many in the same place. i used to make the same store around the area make everybody more convenient but not in the same place in now every neighbor they have the same. thank you. >> public speaker: >> interpreter: my name is kinney. i live across the street from the proposed shop.

everyday going to and from work i pass by the two existing cannabis clubs. i actually witnessed that there are people who have bought things from the shops and come out and resell to others. i can understand i have relatives that need to use marijuana medicinally. i do not oppose the medicinal use of marijuana. there are already two shops there and i think it is quite

sufficient. as a mother i really hope that my children can grow up in a nice and calm neighborhood. if i cannot stop the openings of shops in the neighborhood and my kid has to grow up in the neighborhood, i feel that i have really short changed my kid. so, because of that i really oppose. >> next speaker, please.

>> public speaker: >> interpreter: that's my name. i have been living in this community for almost two decades. 2 decades. everyday i pass by mission street. and i see a lot of people there using marijuana. i feel very unsafe. there are already two open. why do they need to open a third one? >> you know, it's like within walking distance to the third one. they don't need to open up a

third one. and furthermore, there is an mcdonald's close by and there are many kids going in and out and it's not good for them to see that, to witness that. so i oppose opening up another one. thank you. >> public speaker: >> interpreter: hi, my name is huang ty lee. i have an image or can i use it on the projector? >> of course.

this is mission street. there are actually there are like 30 plus shops all over. all the green dots are existing ones. the proposed one, it's actually pretty dense. next to the proposed site there are already two close by.