ral speaker cards? >> yes. >> and again, just to reiterate, speakers will be afforded one minute. >> the first speaker -- >> are you in need of spanish translation? why don't you come forward? >> translator: my name is melba and i live in 46 roeder street by geneva.

so i'm opposed to this project mostly because with the last one, the last six months we have had damage done to our car, as well as i have had to raise the gate around my house, because i have people sitting there and using drugs. so i feel like a prisoner in my house because i have bars on

the windows everywhere and always have to clean out front and see the remains of the marijuana joints there and always don't feel safe because people are around smoking and cleaning and i just don't feel safe. i studied child development and had child chair at my place and right now i only have two kids because they are leaving me and don't want to have their kids there with me. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any other person in need of spanish translation? >> thank you. >> we'll take the piric speakers public speakers in

need of chinesetranslation? if we could have first speaker come to the podium? >> translator: i am a neighbor that is in -- that is in opposition of this proposal i believe that everybody knows how detrimental marijuana can be.

and if there is a presence in our neighborhood, it will greatly impact our seniors, children and our working-class. and there are increasing presence of cannabis in our neighborhood, and every day we actually can smell it, and they -- and we are impacted by it. we need a calm, peaceful and clean neighborhood and we do

not need like a medicinal use type of atmosphere in our neighborhood. and we do not need violence, criminal and drawingbuse drug abuse presence our neighborhood. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> translator: atine is my name. i am a teacher. i often tell me students that we should be environmentally aware.

and my students often tell me ways and means to keep the air clean. every time we open this topic, all my students become very emotional. because we have many students residing in the mission. and they mentioned that there are many cannabis establishments in the mission. and they often can smell and inhale these unpleasant smells. perhaps for those who are used to cannabis smell, they are not

impacted. perhaps there are some -- those of us who may need it. and for us regular folks and their children, we are quite sensitive and actually find these aromas and smells repugnant. and i call upon everyone -- >> excuse me. >> because of our well-being and because of our children, we should try our best to minimize the presence of cannabis in our neighborhood thank you. >> could you please terrupt and tell the audience no clap

and no loud interruptions? next speaker. >> translator: hello everyone. my name is livanlu. i came here this evening braving the elements, the weather, the rain. i come here to oppose the presence of cannabis in the neighborhood. i have three children 10-year-old, 7-year-old and

9-month-old. i do not wish that they smell or inhale these foul smells and will make the their well-being and healthy development. i have been living in the mission for more than eleven years and i really love the neighborhood. and when i can smell -- when i found out the presence of these unpleasant smells can make the impact our children, i found this a great pity. >> thank you.

>> hello everybody, my name is chou chin lu, i am a mother of three. and they are young children. for their health and well-being, i come here -- i come here to oppose. i do not wish my kids become secondhand smokers. and please, please consider the position of a family member, as well as a mother.

our children is the only thing that matters in our life. that is why i am here. thank you. >> thank you. >> translator: hello everybody. i am a -- i'm in child-caring. i take care of -- the kids that i take care of, i treat them like my own and i want them to grow up and be well.

i do not wish the kids be exposed and inhale these cannabis smoke, and can impact their health. i really do not want them to open up a cannabis shop there. that is why i am here. and i -- it really concerns me to have this many cannabis shops in the neighborhood. for the wellness of the kids and for their healthy development. i vehemently oppose.

thank you. >> translator: how are you? my name is cathy wu. i have been in the united states along with my family members for more than 40 years -- yes. we have been residing these four decades in san francisco. a couple of years ago, there were propositions to propose passage -- to legalize

marijuana and my family and i both voted for the legalization. today it's with heavy heart that i come here to oppose this opening up of that many marijuana or cannabis shops. i have parents that are of old age. my older brother's kids they are very young. we don't want our elders to be exposed to the smoke. it gives them head aches and we

wish san francisco to be a healthy place. i don't want my nieces and nephews growing up to think that marijuana is good stuff. >> thank you, your time is up. >> hello. >> translator: my my name is gloria. i oppose opening shops in san 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. >>