thank you. >> thank you for helping us to craft the legislation. >> thank you, supervisor mar and campos. i am glad to be here today and i want to thank all of the parties involved and those who sat down with us and despite the lamb and the chicken the negotiations were tough and i am glad that we came to some good compromises and a legislation that i am really excited to see driven by youth and youth leadership, and i am board member with the arab american grocer's association and i am the only young person on it they are all like my uncles. so it is tough to fight for what you believe in in the city and what i believe in too and we can't overlook that small, family businesses who survive and live in a changing landscape and i am the third

generation of a story in district six and the south of market neighborhood since 1967. so, thank you for letting us a small businesses and stake holders and san francisco be a part of this work. >> thank you. >> high, high name is emily and i am 17 years old and i go to good side international which is in the sunset and i have grown up in the mission district my life and i have been born and raise there had and i can tell that there is a difference in the amount of tobacco outlets when i go to school and get back from school. and part of the reason that i am here is i am representing my path, which focuss on economic injustice and i think that there needs to be a more equitable amount of tobacco outlets in every district. and also, i see that, the effects that i see is like a older of my friends they all, mostly smoke and i have been

exposed to the secondhand smoke my life and that is part of the reason that my 12-year-old brother who was born and raised in the mission district has asthma now. so thank you. >> thank you so much. >> steven is one of the leaders of the healthy corner store coalition thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> my name is steve, and i started smoking when i was 15 years old and i have smoked for the next 25 years and now for the last 26 years i stopped. but i wish that i had never started. but i am not the rule, i am the exception. i think that any time that we can put a path to limit the sales of tobacco and i think that is fantastic. and hopefully this will be the first step and in a long range of plans to reduce the sales of tobacco. and finally i just like to thank all of the young adults

here and you are doing a fantastic job and you should be commended and thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> hello. thank you for having me. my name is don, and i am a justice leader in the tender loin. and we have less permits it would be easier for young people not to smoke and easier for me to quit. thank you. >> thank you. >> i am going to call the last cards, jessica, and lorraine floor and ply path and emily already spoke from my pathos are all of the cards, that i have if there is anyone else that would like to speak come forward. >> next speaker, my name is (inaudible) and i am here to represent the bay view district

and i want to (inaudible) and bling stands for building leaders and innovative new giving. and we are here to support the turf campaign and we believe in social justice and we believe that tobacco is a social justice is issue that mainly targets low income people people of color, and most importantly our youth and they are most vulnerable to the negative health impacts of tobacco use, we say that we want to make a change in our community, but we are rarely see any action, where this is our first step to the action to make change, thank you. >> my name is (inaudible) and i am a member of bling and i am here to represent as a member or someone who lives in the san

francisco community you know i spend most of my time and all of the stores and all of the homeless people, spending the rest of their lives, by that store and just buying, cigarette and just you know putting their lives just being to waste, like if you imagine that if this policy passed it will encourage the people to bring in a better life for themselves and also to, for this, for the mission, for example, to for the students, and all of the people and communities to really, to have a better life and better future for them. thank you. >> thank you. >> and thanks for helping to build a strong food justice movement in the city. >> i am an organizer in the tender loin and i coordinate the healthy corner store

coalition and i would like to applaud both of you supervisors for being present and attentative t championing the issues and so i want to thank you for that and taking the lead on this ordinance. and the ethnicity and so it is over run by tobacco retailers and we have enough addictive substances that are found in the tender loin and it is interesting that there is a map and how much of those block, and the cells of the addictive substances and so in the work of the healthy retail programs, we found that by increasing the access we see a reduction in the tobacco and alcohol says and so we need to focus on not just limiting what the negative

influences are found in these stores, but how do we increase the access to community health, and it is really a big issue, and to promote those and these how can we address the issues that are found in the moving the people from san francisco, all the way through the community health, through the displacement and through the police burr brutality and how to make the san francisco a healthy place for our people. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> hello my name is lorana and i reside in the sunset and work in the mission, and i have noticed that it is easier for the youth to purchase the tobacco products in the mission compared to where i live and i support this policy because i don't think that they should have access and i don't want

anyone to inhale secondhand smoke. and thank you for leading many different coalitions in the city. >> and and i am normally, the person to person but thank you, and supervisor, mar and campos, and i am getting a call right now. >> i work for the healthy program and also the co-coordinate the coalition, and as well as amid, the district six resident and i grew up in the sunset, and so, i strongly strongly support this legislation, and there is a crazy over crazy over concentration of the tobacco outlets in the tender loin where i work and also by my health in soma and on the limit of the permits in san francisco it just makes sense and especially where i live and you

don't need hundreds, and my whole neighborhood of the sunset. and so i also work every single day with the small business owners, and with the healthy retail program as well as the tender loin, coalition and we have seen that positive food products like whole wheat bread and other things can be economically viable through the market and there are many markets in the neighborhoods throughout the city that are making money and just healthy retail program is a great resource for those stores that if they want to shift their model, and that, you know, the healthy program and also the coalition, i ask you to support

the healthy retail efforts in san francisco, thank you. >> and i have been living in the china town for about 14 years now. and i used to be part of it six years ago, and then, after that, i started working with kids and what shocked me was that i had a few students that are second graders and they were pretending to like smoke with the pencil, and i asked them what are you doing? and they said, oh, you know, everybody smoking. and it is cool. and it should not, and it should not be like normal, to smoke, and so, i really support her, for limiting the amount of tobacco stores in our

neighborhood. especially in china town. and so there are so many, like, if you cannot have, like take five steps without having to dodge a smoke or a cloud of smoke. so i really support this campaign and this, and i hope that this passed and thank you. >> thank you for this six years of work too. >> next speaker? >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is joshua. and six years ago, i was once a member of the tobacco use reduction force, and today, six years later, i still currently live in the mission, and i still see the impact of tobacco in my neighborhood and not a lot has changed. the tobacco density is everywhere. you don't even have to you will not, and you can just walk down

the street for yourself and see the influence of tobacco density in the neighborhood and the mission and the bay view and the tender loin and then you could just walk and you could take a bus ride down into like the pacific heights or the marina and see how it is lower, and one of the facts that when we have done our research, that really stuck with me to this day is how i found it you can just see it

and you don't need like. >> and i don't know how to put it, but it does not take much, but it will be just in front of you and it is not like, it is not, and it is right there, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> if there is anyone else that would like to speak, please come forward. >> next speaker. commissioner? >> hello, supervisors, my julian and i am with bling, and i have come to express my support for this legislation and the amount of education onto and don't smoke is mind blowing and i guess that so many people around me family members and friends and just people in the streets smoke and

it is always, wondering why, if anyone knows that it is bad for you to smoke, why are people doing it? because it is easy, for some people it is easier to get your hands on a cigarette than it is to catch a bus. >> tobacco in particular, targets youth, and low income communities and people of color and lgbtq communities and i have seen the map that they have all of the tobacco outlets in san francisco. and there are so many stores and it is just one big mass i know that yesterday we got a bit of a lesson from one of the turf members about this legislation and one of the things that got to me is that the tender loin alone is about one fourth of all tobacco stores and that and everything else has been said today by all of these wonderful people does not move you to action i am not sure what will.

so i thank you for your time. and fully support this legislation >> it looks like there is no other public comment. >> i want to thank everyone who has spoken and especially the young people who i think that have eloquently stated why this is a pretty easy call and so with that, supervisor mar? we need a motion to move this item forward. >> yes, before i make the motion let me just say it sounds like a tremendous number of neighborhoods are represented and people of all ages, but especially the high school students, to those that have been working on this for over six years and are now maybe not even youth any more, and the transitional aged youth to others but i feel very positive about this small business input into this and everybody putting their heads together to make life better for our communities.

and thanks so much for the department of public health and the researchers from ucsf and stand ford, and the turf young people that had the vision of a healthy community for everyone to protect the young people and the vulnerable communities and to make a healthier san francisco and so with that, i move that we support this legislation. >> and supervisor, mar, i know that we want this to be voted upon as quickly as possible. so if we could include in the motion to be sent as a committee report so that can be voted on the december 9th meeting? >> so, mr. chair, we are in the amendment >> before we do that there is a motion to amend? what specifically from the city attorney's office? >> i know, that there is some minor amendments that have been introduced that we have introduced today and there is trailing legislation that we will consider with some of of the testimony that came from

the office of small business, and mr. bob labrus from the cigar bar and that will be trailing legislation that we will work on in the future, but the amendments are not subnative that have been introduced today so we have a number of amendments so there is a motion to amend. and yes, deputy city attorney. >> deputy city attorney, just to add on to supervisor mar's description, some of the speakers spoke about an amendment to essentially grandfather in food retail establishments that have been in the same location for five years and then, transfer the license to a new purchaser. that is also part of the amendment that you would be adopting today as well as the amendment that was mentioned by one speaker to allow children of the owner of an establishment to obtain a new permit. >> okay, so we have a motion to amend along the lines that has

been described, if we can take that motion without objection. >> without objection, and then we have a motion to move this item forward, as amended as a committee report. and if we could take that without objection. and the item passes unanimously and it will be voted on december 9th. >> thank you. >> mr. clerk, do we have any other business before the committee. >> there is no more business. >> wonderful. >> thank you for coming, meeting adjourned happy holidays. before we begin tonight's tree lighting ceremony. i want to

point out the lights are all in red in honor of world aids day. nobody in this neighborhood or community hasn't been touched by the aids pandemic. please join me in our moment of silence as we honor world aids day today. thank you. my name is daniel, i have the honor of representing the over 280 merchants that make-up the castro merchants association. our territory is from the castro to octavia

boulevard. i want to give my thanks to the 90 merchants and community groups for their support and you will see their names on the banner at the bank of america. in addition to this tree, there are gold and silver ribbons on market street and the lighted trees along market. i would like to see a show of hands for the board members of the castro district. [ applause ] thank you. tonight's mc is the first lady of castro street, donna . thank you, donna. >> i thought you were going to sing a song. where are the children. c'mon in here. we have room for you. it's a nice vigil. this is the tallest right here. thank you all for being

here. i love our new castro, do you? >> [ cheers and applause ] >> i love the lights, i love the palm trees. picture this, it's quite a contrast and the lights by the crosswalks and there is so many things that happened and we have smooth roads. i love the castro. if you love the castro make some noise. [ cheers and applause ] if you shop and eat in the castro make some noise. [ cheers and applause ] make sure you eat where they are and shop where they are. we have the lesbian and gay chorus and we have the freedom band. make some noise. [ cheers and applause ] . it can't be all of them. but they all have things coming up.

they have the sing along dance and the lesbian and gay chorus, you have done your concert right? >> they are doing part of it now. we are going to light our tree and we have a lot of wonderful people. do you have a song? something light and gay. we wish you a merry christmas. everybody sing along. ♪♪ we wish you a merry christmas! good tidings to you wherever you are. good

tidings for christmas and a happy new year!♪♪ >> very good. and there are more children here. it's great. it's wonderful. which one of you are the three wise men? >> you look pretty wise. the city of san francisco doesn't have a lot of kids. but we love kids. lots of singing and lots of joy. we have very other people here, we have

from mark leno's office, anna and we have district eight supervisor, he's the one that got us here. let's hear it for scott wiener and in case anybody acts up, and our chief of police will be here shortly. he has a little incident going on. no he doesn't. let's hear it for him. and the most our mayor, ed lee. and where is santa? he's coming. we can't light the tree without santa. he's bringing a couple of -- elves. this

is the most against -- generous community, this gay and lesbian and bisexual community. give yourselves a hand. every year this happens and monday and wednesday, my 22nd year raising in this emergency fund. if you have been touched by them, you know what that organization does. as soon as this tree is lit, i have to dash to my performance. here is sleigh bells. the course is never through.

on christmas eve they will be there for three concerts. it's the 25th big year they are doing this. i will be there with lisa broman. she's one of our guest stars. i think we are doing a duet. she better not wear the same dress i'm wearing. i hear sirens. is that santa? >> oh, my god! has everyone been good. there is no hiding from santa. i don't believe it. i didn't believe the christmas miracle. here is santa. [ cheers and applause ]

santa is here. let's wave to santa. there he comes. thank you for being here. he changed his hat. i like your new hat, santa. he's really here. santa is here. will you get her letter because she wants a lot of things. he's been very good this year. let's hear it for santa claus. [ cheers and applause ]

happy holidays. these kids bring all the kids out of us. happy holidays! everybody. now to light our tree. >> on the count of 10. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. happy holidays! [ cheers and applause ] >> you are good. thank you so much for being here. let's have a great holiday and spend your money in the castro. i will give it back to our host today. thanks for being here. thank you. [ cheers a >> the annual celebration of hardly strictly bluegrass is always a hit now completing

itself 12 year of music in the incredible golden gate park. >> this is just the best park to come to. it's safe. it's wonderful and such a fun time of the year. there is every kind of music you can imagine and can wander around and go from one stage to another and just have fun. >> 81 bands and six stages and no admission. this is hardly strictly bluegrass. >> i love music and peace. >> i think it represents what is great about the bay area. >> everyone is here for the music and the experience. this is why i live here. >> the culture out here is amazing. it's san francisco. >> this is a legacy of the old warren hel ment and receive necessary funding for ten years after his death.

>> there is a legacy that started and it's cool and he's done something wonderful for the city and we're all grateful. hopefully we will keep this thing going on for years and years to come. . >> welcome to the december 2, 2014, meeting of the sfmta board of directors call the roll