within one hour i believe any of person requiring medical cannabis has easy and rapid access to meet their requirement the city of san mateo has band it and american people article in the sf weekly said the medical cannabis owners are looking to open up in narrows neighborhoods with ease access to san mateo county i don't believe this has anything positive to our neighborhood more do i believe putting it there serves our community. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is grace i want to share my first experience for a second-hand marijuana when i was waking in my neighborhood i said hey, what's this smell

so this was interesting i must say it might effect the journeying generation but after that i felt this kind of smelly was walking down hey, there must be something wrong i said my freehand told me to is marijuana so this is a second-hand smell that make me dizzy so i would say that's not good for anyone okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, i'm 83 year-olds year-old since i feel this is so important i have to come so my -

i oppose to mcd in any remain integrity i'll thinking to entertain a method to speed up this process there are 3 hundred stoned people and takes a long time to process but we picked a head count of whatever you know oppose it and really - it also with the oldest people come early everyone been there a long time. >> if you could organize that we'll appreciate it we'll accept that offer. >> yeah. i'm not kidding. >> we're not kidding actually.

>> yes. absolutely you can count the entire group. >> why not ask people opposing mcd please stand up. >> wonderful and if you don't feel to - the need to spank so everyone can sit down from the translators can help me. >> we'll consider our option noted. >> and then. >> yes. sure we'll do it again later but out of fairness we should ask for supporter to stand up. >> surely. >> if you support the mcd can you please stand up. >> we'll do it again in another

hour or whatever it is appropriate. >> thank you okay. >> next speaker. >> good evening ladies and gentlemen my name is steven more and more i live in the outer sunset i've heard so many unfwruths marijuana spoken in this room i'm here to advocate and request you kindly issue the permit i'm a 25 survivor of hiv and aids a two-time cancer survivor in 2008 the university of california and san francisco issued me a recommendation from a medicinal marijuana to offset the harmful effects from drugs and help my appetite since that time i've been getting medicinal

marijuana with no charge based on my that disabilities and in case the supervisor was anti medicinal marijuana. >> please issue this permit it is very important. >> thank you, sir our time is up. >> thank you kindly. >> hello, i'm one block from the place and i'm a young if you teacher marijuana has been used century i's by the chinese people that call themselves christians that have compassion where is that bars that sells cigarette and alcohol i've never smoked marijuana that helps people

health food stores and chinese herb stores are the places we want the option the chinese stores were in trouble this is not fair those people need help we need someone spreading false information we got smoke stores and bars and all this stuff they're not worried about that in the neighborhood i'd be worried about my kids. >> thank you, sir our time is up. >> thank you very much. >> maybe we can take a minute (clapping) no interruption in the translator can help me we're going to allow if people stood up earlier and don't want to speak let's allow them to leave the room.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> go ahead. >> my name is chelsea a resident of san francisco for the last 13 years my case. >> i'm a medical cannabis patient i have a disease that effects my appetite i'm surviving from we really need that medical cannabis in the terryville district there are many patient that can't get places and minimum of delivery and, yes delivery services don't go all over the city for this place to open up it will be a

great honor and it would be a great hope to people like me cancer patient people that suffer chronic pain and this is the form they get their relieve they don't want to be be hard medication like vindicate deny and things like that. >> thank you. your time is up. >> thank you. >> good evening. i'm susan a designation dispensary is one that is difficult to grow take into account specific conditions for patients that need relieve but also who want to learn from the knowledgeable patient staffs staff about the appropriate conditions for instance our running veterans were treated with cannabis in many countries

those who need care may not be the most vocal but this is not an election this is about health care for all different months of care for people of different conditions that is a net if? an election if a group could vote they'll win this is not the process not the person with the most signatures win. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> hi, i'm teresa johnson a care provider for my patients mcd club has been supportive and compassion for her i would think that is be unethic to close it i'm opposed to open

it. >> i say, no, we mcd in my neighborhood no, thank you. >> my name is jennifer morris i've been in the city for awhile i'm an aide worker i travel throughout the city and sometimes have to pick up medications and medical cannabis for my clients some are in wheelchairs and therapists for someone to get that it is very difficult to take care of my clients some of my clients are in the sunset and it will be easy for me to get there to get their medicine i feel when they say it will rise up in crime i don't

think it will it is very well maintained they don't allow children in there you have to have id and medication permission that's all i have to say. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening i strongly to say no more mcd in our neighborhood please think about our teenagers and the young children thank you. >> i live in the sundown for many, many years and i think somethings like this puts our neighborhood added risk i moved there because of the safety and the schools i don't want to see my kids growing up around those stores.

>> next speaker and i'm a high school teacher for many years i love my kids i call them kids i think everyone here they have their kids or grandchildren so i know if they got medical cannabis i think us crazy i think total stop open the marijuana at the terraceville street another questions what kind of money we should get money why sell this one make the money and sell to the kids or the kids making them crazy this is our kid is our american future. >> that's correct. >> next speaker. >> i strongly oppose the mcd

in our neighborhood why you know already mission so many of them it is if you look at the map it more than 10 or more than 20 in mission already they just have a- why san mateo county they need to travel to 0 city why other country you open more and more and even effect to other district in san francisco 90 san francisco has good enough amount and others coming in noriega i heard about that thank you very much. >> hold on one second if you want to come up. >> hello my name is brenda i've

heard a lot of the same things interest the occupant to me seems like they've in a crime free area and nothing ever goes wrong it goes wrong in the direction of everywhere that's my in chairperson that goes and travels very far and the reason she travels far is because the place she goes to say save i terrorist it you'll find a lot of people who will not provide you with the right and proper things so if it takes us to ride two hours to go to the right people and receive the right stuff and i have a lot of medical problems and those problems help many with my depression to go on

everyday and to make light of my situation. >> thank you ma'am our time is up. >> i want to (inaudible). >> ma'am, your time is up. >> thank you ma'am, if you want to come up thank you. >> and for those who stood in support of opposition and do not want to speak it would be great to leave the hearing room and watch from the overflow room. >> i'm a 48 year resident of the sunset district in san francisco i have severe rheumatoid arthritis for which i get an infusion every 4 weeksless or recently i've started to use the spray i get more relieve interest the infusion every month i live only

two blocks from the dispensaries and i could walk to it with great convenient for me. >> next speaker people on the left-hand side hi, i'm listed in sunset for 15 years and i see a lot of children around there's schools a lot of chinese speakers that don't need the marijuana dispensary i don't want it there's enough dispensaries in san francisco already we don't need anymore thank you. >> thank you. next speaker.

speeding i think marijuana is poison and i think that should not be should be dispensed in a pharmacy or hospital not been able to give assess in a neighborhood store.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> and i found i just found out there are a lot of people from the neighborhood opposed the selling of marijuana in a store assessable so assessable in the neighborhood. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so i oppose strong. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> if there's a need it should be elsewhere like pharmacy or hospital. >> thank you. your time is up. >> thank you. >> good evening i say, no, we mcd in my neighborhood thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> where everyone is line up on the left-hand side of the room

come to the right hand or a handicap the reason you can't stand. >> i'm kilogram i come from marin county have known greg through my church we met one time what i'm looking at seems like an education issue i'm a medical patient that followed christina because of the context for most of the medication i use they provide didn't have side effects they're providing things for the majority of patient that are medicines someone mentioned the waterfall they're not water falls they separated because of those reaps their compassionate

care and many used for cannabis even though the federal government is still patenting. >> next speaker >> i represent the chinese christian union of san francisco we have 15 churches other than the city markup is not good for our children and city i strongly oppose to use mcd. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi my name is wick i didn't i live in the sunset for a long time i don't will the marijuana sell on our neighbors is p has - i railway don't let them to said

that much for the truck. >> thank you. next speaker. and commissioners good evening my name is a kevin a lawyer or attorney with the will pacific institute i represent the church an applicant approached the church it was itself community has a need to convoke limit the access to children in the vulnerable community the facts are not in dispute this is saturated westbound schools and churches and children and of course my client the church that offers youth programs the california courts have spoken it make sense to restrict the businesses that w can only serve adults churches are a draw you because of the programs the city wisely denied the application

for the pure court found the city's decision reasonable. >> thank you very much. next speaker. please. >> good evening, commissioners my name is frank i want to speak against the mcd basically there were numerous reason report from the law times and the news el cerrito chief and numerous california chief on the medical marijuana to the community and increase crime and to increase the illegal division those are the 3 major issues they identified at the medical marijuana marijuana to california and also i don't know, you guys looked at the cvs members of the

public news the biggest issue of marijuana use in the community from colorado was the money freshen defined it as an illegal drunken therefore many banks. >> sorry sir, your time is up. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm jonathan i'm in favor of the dispensary opening greg is a wonderful guy and chris 10 a they've been helping people with the needs for a long time and will continue to do so thank you. >> thank you very much ma'am. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> ma'am, if you could use that.

>> i'm sorry. >> all right. thank you ma'am. >> excuse those people coming in the room i need to do so quietly you can't stand in front of the door it causes a fire hazard we've lined up enough people on this side of the room be patient until that side of the room clears up that would be great. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) thank you if those people that stood up don't wish to speak we've acknowledged your opposition to the proposal if you like you can actually go home. >> you can leave yes and yes you may.

>> thank you all for come in and participating thank you. >> sir if you want to speak - >> okay. if you're leaving the room maybe give me me one minute with the, sir with the cane. >> one second ma'am, sir come on up. >> thank you commission i'm a veteran a disabled veteran and before i was a disabled developer i got run over by a car and had surgery i had nervous damage and thiefs in the

back this dispensary has teacher of me i served my country for the free speech of speaking speech but last a also would like you to >> (speaking foreign language.) >> okay one second.

>> i say, no, we mcd in mcd in sunset. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> it will negatively effect our neighborhood and will discourage people from developing and investing in our neighborhood. >> thank you.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> all right. we don't need anymore outburst of that kind. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you that's fine thank you. >> we got it. >> hello i live in sunset district i'm not supporter cd mcd okay. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi ladies and gentlemen i'm kathy and a couple of years ago i sported medical cannabis but today, i'm talking about my deepest regret and sold by the

hospital or pharmacy so i totally begins to open the marijuana store and in the sunset which is my neighborhood thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello, i'm danielle i was born and raised and live in marvin citizen county i'm a supporter of male marijuana i've seen people healed the medical cannabis get it off the streets and people. >> sorry i apologize the person with the mobile phenomenon turn it off it is destructive and not respectful to the speakers sorry go ahead. >> it provides hard to find strains that are cd rich and

medicinal i don't have the time to explain the diverse between two marijuanas but important not having to have - it is available in other country as medicine and government regulated we're trying to find a safe place that is not run by cartels thank you. >> okay. i'm sorry. what? >> okay. >> we'll actually call a deputy in one moment you have to come in and leave quietly and respect other people's thinking outside the box that's why we're here, sir you'll say or be the first to be escorted