medical cannabis but object to the location it is just not fair to those kids that live in edward the second to make that more difficult for them thank you. >> good evening ladies and gentlemen, i've asked to read something briefly for a person that couldn't come i'm the resident of san francisco born and raised in san francisco thank you. i of the born and raised in san francisco i'm aware regarding the cannabis from the 80's the first on van ness and market a child of san francisco been around everything as well for cannabis in our home care person delivering as well i think we should have it there i

understand they're feeling about being around kids i was a child of san francisco myself and if my parents taught me what was wrong they know not to touch it not good to do for people that are sick who need it like myself i'm to read this quickly this is from bryan davis the president of the marina community assistance for my own personal views against the use of drugs i and expect to be a supporter but we've had to excuse me. have found it to, very safe and secure business that successfully have complete reaching out to the community.

>> taking serious responsibility of all community responsibilities i know i have 20 seconds left - the castro district as very much by having this facility and the good people in their neighborhood we too want to have them part of our neighborhood that is david bryan thank you. >> thank you. >> hello commissions i'm paul owens own the cocktail lounge in the neighborhood when those people came to me i was skeptical and sad and talked with them and went to they're other locations and what really got me the professionalism and the care for themuni com and

everything what i found interesting when i was walking in and out of place how many chow chow were walking in front of of me a beetle school with little girls taking ballet i believe that those are the right people when i went out and talk to a few of the neighborhoods the fellow's schedule to get a few sometimes from our local merchant i got two of them i want went to the marina dell i didn't and the next thing i know 19 small businesses signing the piece of paper we want to improve lombard storefront i've been on the commission nothing is happening

on lombard street i'm begging you guys give us something on lombard street thank you very much. >> hi, i'm jason a neighbor in the marina corner the corner from the proposed location he wholeheartedly support this on the north side of the city to get our medication it is not convenient to get it on line i'd like to read a letter from the board cal hallow association as an individual i've lived in the neighborhood for 21 years raising my son and the facility given the presence of the responsibly run medical cannabis would be harm to the edward the

second and antidotes with the facility operated for four years and no suggested studies that medical cannabis pose a bad harmful issue and medical marijuana is sproirp in treating my son that doesn't interfere with the school and the professionalism and attendance to the taxi to the health of my patients and the prescription drugs can be purchased other two nearby walgreens how this adds it to lombard increases the risk for adults or community folks and the cost of medication is not cheap the academic raven in june showed that medical cannabis didn't increase amongst

the teenagers he and an article in the post that the medical marijuana used by teens didn't correlate to other mental health issues thank you. >> good evening commissioner president fong and commissioners i'm david troop the president of the dubose triangle and the existing facility sits one our neighborhood if you told me i would be standing here testifying in support of a medical cannabis i would thunderstorm smoking something funny i am spent not being a patient a cannabis user speaks to the professionalism convalescent operational skills

and the honor really of the professionals from that facility when we came to our organization 5 years ago seeking support for the first location i think every one of us on the deboss triangle were somewhat skeptical i more than others a lot of the previous medical marijuana dispensaries have been far less professional organizations they did not add to the retail character of the neighborhood, they invited crime and you know lots of bad things and brian hudson made a lot of promises to us and we decided to trust him and give our support we've never regretted that this

is a model operation we've not received one complaint from anyone in the four years in operation i think that is just outstanding i think the fears of the cal hallow neighborhoods are his placed you don't think i do not have have a dog in this fight i've wasted 4 hours of my evening those are good people. >> thank you, sir, your time is up. >> appreciate that. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'll call for names. >> good evening. i'm mary roman

boom a resident of pacific heights a medical person a senior and a medical cannabis patient having a serious skin cancer several years ago no place that is assessable for me as a pacific heights residents to get cannabis for my condition and so it is just seems long, long overdue to have a dispensary if a neighborhood that i can walk to the facility i know is well run and professional and i think that to get into a dispensary you have to have the right credentials not just walk

in kids can't walk in i'm asking us a patient and the senior citizen and residents to allow the facility into my neighborhood thank you. >> high i'm a residence of marina i think a lot of folks made good points if you see the operation they're running over in the castro you'll find that professionalism and compassionate and that was said earlier it needs to be reiterateed the pacific heights voter approved the prop 1 legalizing marijuana and 76 percent voted in support for a mandate and community 4 to 5 medical cannabis patients in the 4 northern zip codes and

the patients are 26 hundred and the city will not approve an mcd in a commercial zone in a busy part of city how will it get approved folks already there and existing for a lack of dispersion and edward the second the codes with those resources of alcohol nearby so a single mcds will not have the negative impact on edward the second and they're within their legal right to assess medical marijuana for the cannabis for medical reasons and

not sdriementd against because they're homeless or almost homeless thank you. >> hi, i'm sarah i'm a resident the cal hallow a member of the junior league he work at cal hallow a family coach and he ran the marijuana and used it for pain relief for injuries when i think the facility i think that thanks or things community and philanthropist and my dad first communities with wherever he go there i know when i'm not quack in there on the street they say hi to me i feel safe if that block and parking my bike la for than the current location obtain on lombard street and outside of school i'm

worried about my bike right now (laughter) in floicht when most of my errands are run on line this is the only way i can do not including the toy dive and i feel good about that because i would norman forgot that but i run into that and happy and lastly my dad my dad an "x" principal and missionary and suffers from a disease and terrible pane for years i thought that would take a lot to convince my dad to try medical cannabis but but after a few months he said he was out to dinner all he could that about he was not in pain to hear those

words from my dad a life challenging we need one now thank you. >> (clapping). >> hi i'm a residence in the marina and i want to start out by reading some go that was asked to read residents of the marina we live on scott street across from the proposed site and next to the edward the second we as a family are extremely excited to have you as neighborhoods weave live here 6 years and put two kids in high school and a 7-month-old we thought lombard with lacking in professional businesses and hope to start a change we understand that the

cal hallow certifications is opposed but the i i didn't it is directly across edward the second i should remind you this is the home they strongly opposed to being built despite the recent efforts to reach a compromise all the neighborhoods associations including the neighborhood cal hallow and the neighborhoods and merchants and marina association and others filed a joint appeal against edward the second and for the board to come out with the reason it has a negative impact didn't care about in the beginning feel free to give me a call i don't have a dog if this fight not a medical cannabis yours a residence of the reason

those those folks we know care about the community and we'll be happy to have them and hi names a donna i've been a patient of the facility since august of 2002 as far as the safety issues westbound that ballet studio from the blocks i've not heard of problems i usually take the bus 37 at the corner of church and market i used to be afraid to wait for a bus now the facility is open a greeter at the door i feel very safe and

actually there was a very industrious girl scout put up here cookie stands and it was productive in november of 2016 well it is predicted that medical cannabis will be legal besides medicinal uses and the lombard street location other lesser or sketchier let's say dispensaries couldn't be located within a certain radius of that wierl continue to offer programs that promote health and free programs for the u.s. veterans support groups jogging and meditation and a workshop i just i wouldn't without the possibility of parole know what to do without this facility

apparently a recent community meeting captain greg i'm going of the northern station said he spoke with his colleagues at the mission street light station and that's where the facility is located they've confirmed no police activities since related to the issue of the facility i'll highly recommend you approve that thank you. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good evening. i'm a recipe of nob hill by born and raised in san francisco also here my

desire beautiful i don't use marijuana bay area but i can tell you that the location of that dispensary predictable the least the worries about we have so many issues that effect our youth something like that the location is not something i'm concerned with i think this committee should approve that location i'd like to schaffer a whatever if the board of directors from the seeshgs i'm writing to competence my support for the medical cannabis dispensary at lombard street i have lived and raised may family in the marina for a over 45 years and welcome them a member the drooshgz of the association but speak here individually i've more than enthusiastic

about exploring that project thank you. >> good evening i live 5 blocks away from the promoted location he fully support and welcome the facility to my neighborhood currently the only option to objecting marijuana i prefer to go to a local location he can get expert advise on the treatment thank you. >> good evening. i'm kidnap lives on scott street the house next door to the e do edward the second also there 6 years guardian of two boys and a

father of a 9 months old baby girl i'm no support of facility he finds it interesting the cal hallow association the approximate it to the e-2 the kids mind i this an nesht they tried to block an initiative that he would say an apple house to equilibrium the sxhupt which i saw none the face here at it is also a place where a few friends of my boys reside i know and care about so as a friend and a next door neighbor of the facility and as a father of kids i ask you approve that initiative thank you.

>> hi i live on lombard a plain clothes and a half from the site i'm not a medical cannabis dispensary user when i first heard an mcd want to move into the marina my nesht response was not responsive not interested in having that in my backyard by having heard the owner speak he was converted i was extremely expressed the district they run their business and the sfpd states they've innovate been the cause of any problems that someone a at the door is appealing as crime is rising dramatically prior to the most recent communities meeting he met up with a close friend a two-time breast cancer survive our she

made a comment well, that's the one to go to all my girls on chemo go there i understand the initial resistance but those who refuse to educate themselves and innovate interested in the facts i think that edward is concerting e concerning but misconception for the reasons states i'm fortunate inform not have currently have a medical need he trial building that amuse people do i feel strongly that business can operate in the area and fills the needs for parents and bring life into lombard plagued with vacant stores thank you. >> good evening a residence

and a couple of pieces of information edward is run by go organizations the larkin and is cal partnerships oosz two groups will help the under principles and politically good organizations that know how to lobby politicians and and how to make an impact at the planning commission and they know how to fight powerful not in my backyard organizations a few years ago they have a fight bin the canceling hallow a group that bitterly opposed their project some of you may remembered they have executives and wros letters and brought a group of residents and one they beat one of the wealthiest associations in the city let's compare that heroic effort they have that on letter of opposition to this project and sent executives to testify one have they rent e sent residents

no does the letter speak to specific threats no, it say, i wonder if necessary opposed this across the street from the residents and the second item i want to share the board of supervisors had issued a mriemgz on october 1st, the board of supervisors supervisor wiener aider and abettor issued a speculation dlaur the facility and congratulating them their three hundred thousands of documents to community minded groups and helping to clean up the corner 6 of the many letters in the facility presentation to you are interest individual board members the cal hallow and others groups bryan davis president of the is boards marina and john farrell board

member and peter future board. >> thank you, sir, your time is up. >> thank you. >> scott adler (calling names). >> and a whole bunch more in the bucket. >> good evening. i'm michelle a member i've lived added greenwich and franklin for 43 years and helped to write proposition 21 that made medical cannabis legal and in 2012 diagnosed with stage iii lung

cancer and you can't do that normally i was as opposed to be dead by that christmas and the cannabis oil saved my life i've lived in the marina i want a medical cannabis sclos to me not driving over half the it up to get my marijuana i need it i need to take this the size of a fwran of rice for the rest of my life the cancer about not come back i don't want to die of cancer but something else but is when you mention edward the second edward the second the children the people there and the children that they have to walk by bars

and walk by walgreens and cvs they carry drugs too you can't get into a dispensary in california you without a doctor's recommendations that's the most important thing people shouldn't be denied this in your neighborhood thank you very much. >> good evening. i'm michael a.d. al ridge lived in cal hallow in the 44 year i've two medical conditions which absolutely require medical cannabis no other drug works as well and presently i have to go crosstown to the facility to on my medication hiv partiality in

the marina and cancer and all covets ms patient note the number of wheelchairs on lombard medical patient in the marina needs someplace nearby and in regards to the specific lecture that was chosen bus the only one available in the green zones by the planning commission in years ago i was here for those mergers because of the amount of is that a "yes in san francisco the space is limited on this location on lombard street was both vertebral, and, secondly, in the green zone it is required by law so you should be fortunate the dispensary that is asking our permission is a really good one i would not support a bad dispensary and medical marijuana

store on the other hand, you folks have to realize a year from now that will be a booklet that will probably legalize marijuana throughout the state dealing intellectually with medical cannabis dispensary allowing as far as possible every neighborhood to have a dispensary that is local that it seems to me a logical thing to do. >> hello my name is stephen my wife and i sarah eye have lived in cal hallow a few blocks from the site we're homeownership's and we work in cal hallow meanders are raising a young child's with other on the way we on the facility will be an asset

to the neighborhood we can use for eyes on the street on this stretch of lombard patients in the area - patients in the this area the city will benefit from more convenient access to their medication we know that people have fears about cannabis in their neighborhood there isn't new of any evidence that suggestion a medical cannabis harms children people's false fears shouldn't get in the way of a best providing patient with the medical service sarah and i are not patient but in the end we support people in medical needs thank you. >> hi, i'm drew i want to read this letter

as a 25 year residents the district 2 i'll welcome the facility to my neighborhood lombard and cvs did care is a reviewer position of the city i toured the facility at market street and met with many of the staff most existing retail establishment could learn from the design and customer service i urge the 34r5789 to put aside bogus fears and look at the real world impact the facility i urge you to approve this we want to say the absent of cal hallow will case on a inconvenience those 0 who needed it will buy

the products and not accepted our indication to see who really goes into the current store thank you. >> hi my name is sarah i was born and raised in marina my family still lives there and they run businesses interest and i think that facility is exactly what the marina needs roadway especially that part of lombard street they can't it is keep on slooich businesses and lucky to have them in the marina their amazing everyone is smiling and full of life and happens and professionals completely the marina that's how i see that i want to share research that was done on

a use in recreational drugs and this was on june 15, 2015, the noukt reported that marijuana use was the not there's in the states in which medical cannabis was legal the studies is the most conceptual study is to date for the teenagers use of machinery that was published in the psychiatry covered a 24 year survey in 48 states august 4, 2014, frequent chronic medical marijuana use didn't hurt their mlk published by the association the leads research statistics no difference in me of the mental health regardless of amount of frequency of medical cannabis during adolescence that is

important to ask the proponents what dangers to edward the second and research to back up their claims thank you very much. >> good evening my name is daniel i'm a long time residents of san francisco and a small businesses of two businesses one is located on chestnut in the vera did care we have a dog ♪ game any business about a plain clothes from the proposed facility and in addition to running my business i'm also the current president of the castro merchant it is made up of three hundred businesses in the castro and upper market in retailed corridors businesses are

department think each other that i've seen the positive effects this facility has on the church street corridors and for that reason he urge you to approve i'm reminded how we got to this .30 years when my owe a friends were dying we helped them to stimulate their american people, it's and help them rest you don't kwhaefr that takes to help you recall going to delores park delores park a different place any usually cannabis slier was outburst of stock at this location you can get of get robbed or ripped off this is save for exhausted caregivers the facility wasn't have been for this reason i urge you to approve thank you

>> good evening. i'm a patient at the facility it is no square feet this the marina with one of the wealthiest neighborhood no square feet c that the excelsior have the high contraption have a high proportion of monster those don't have the clot of resources to oppose the mcds over the contemplation he hope the commission approves that mcd and sends a message that the operators need to open mcds if this commission is interested in the mcds outside avenue few neighborhoods make sure that patient in all neighborhoods have access to their medicine i'm a survivor of aids have been

for 20 years because of medical cannabis it gets me through every day of my life i have to have something to get me to to get me eat and funky thank them formal that ryan hudson is a good mentor and kind friend i appreciate them they'll do the same ♪ public communities i think that with that workloads they'll do to help others and that feeds the help it has a number of uses with commissions approves massage parlor and amplified distancing and ievent beer and wine the facility should think twice about this

the facility is a clean well lit place they take care of thereafter patient and make sure 200 no crime and trouble in the area and a lot of eyes on the strtsd and that is very important they also i'm also on the facility advisory committee board for the philanthropic board and we have supported over $300,000 to the community and they will do more and i thank you for your time >> good evening ladies and gentlemen, of the commission i manage a 40 units apartments building 10 blocks away from the location i've been a partiality since they've opened i definitely recognize the

validity of the concerns brought forgot having family members that have suffered with substance abuse but bans the facility track record of the demonstration of the at risk organizations and in support of reduction program i have no doubt it will be a model for the at risk population and help to encourage the community prospective with the product and of course the requirement of a license physicians interest for children and lack of approval will not i think this diversely the family community i support it and hope to see that flourish thank you.

>> good evening. i'm allen the president of the eureka valley association and been the president for seven years i understand the apprehension of those opted when 6 years ago when two others mcds approached but america's cup opening up i was adamantly opted with a facility and not contribute to the neighborhood and florida whether there's crime then the facility came i was a professional a nonprofit executive i was so express with they're well thought-out plan and their answers to the hard questions he grilled them on a

lot of things last week their philanthropist they gave me a level of convenience not bagging bad for the neighborhood he was wrong they've been outstanding for the neighborhoods they've improved the corner i would not walk by i avoided that area now additional eyes and improved traffic and with high reflex populations not impacts or increased their activities in the neighborhood they mover over have a commitment to the neighborhood by green house over $300,000 in a 3 year period to compare walgreens has 68 stores in san francisco net profits of 17 and what they did they give $95,000

a year this is invested and committed to the neighborhood. >> good evening, commissioners i'm women a san francisco resident first i'd like to read a letter from a patient he writes i know the organizations as a patient and a pier facilitator a driven support group we hope one another work through issues as veterans redragnet into the communities i served in the united states army a vernacular knowing about the facility commitment to the engagement and other service groups i suggested

they start this veterans group they liked it and the responsive idea for the public service i thank you for the support and created a positive atmosphere are the vet help get back to civilian life i want to bring another chapter to the ronald reagan sincerely a personal not medical cannabis user i'm not but i live in hayes valley for r years i know hudson and the people behind the facility for longer from where i live on hate street i walk by the facility i assure you the people behind this have's a responsibility and care and practice the highest security manufacture and have compassionate and well aware the

sensitivities and have considered everyone bryan and his team are responsible please approve the project thank you. >> good evening, commissioners i'm michael a current manager at sparks resource center at eight and mission i'm reading a letter on behalf of the a member of sparks this is in supportive of this medical cannabis on lombard spark as the paradigm the cannabis we recognize the best practices attributed by the authors their knowledgeable patients are known as some of the most well-trained in the industry and like spark the facility streefz to improve the

well-being the patients way innuendo cannabis including support groups as a cannabis operator it takes a village for the best practices not only for ourselves but for the community in which we operate the facility has a proven records of implementing those practices and building a reputation in the castro as a responsible operator they're highly regarded as a model dispensary many of the, however, this makes them a high operator for this reason we proudly support them respectfully eric on a person note he very much enjoy infrequent the facility it is wonderful and for many years they strive to be the best thank

you. >> if there are additional speakers line up on the screen side of the room you can come forward. >> good evening to all i'm from san francisco i wouldn't be here if not that i am living proof of what medical cannabis does for me suffer from a disease and i've been using this medicine i've been better every time i go through the facility they treat me very well i've seen them for the community and it matter a lot to me that forever thovr he agree to that location thank you.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm nancy i'm the daughter-in-law the late eugene he would be appalled i'm here to speak on behalf of the children the marina and of the cal hallow neighborhoods to think that this group i've never heard such a list of fab accolades about marijuana dispensary professionalism honor, monetary advantages in place proposed perimeter we talking about a substance that 20 years ago this conversation would be urban thinkable unthinkable so i'm not here to defend the cal hallow policy about edward the second i agree there is some

discretionary in overwhelm there but i am here to discuss the children i'd like to know how many people in the room those who are here in favor of the dispensary have children at home who are there 8-year-old how many? your okay. >> all right. >> not that many. >> so i think that we should be thinking of our children and i'm just amazed that this is even up for discussion san francisco is a difficult at the to raise children and few neighborhoods that have children in those neighbors thank you.

>> next speaker >> hi, i'm jerry i'm for this facility i frequent they're a club a lot and aim grateful that their puc of the children i think that partners parents ought to watch their children closer there be bigger things than pot out there. >> hi commissioners thank you for allowing me to speak the the executive director my tree care we've provided remain in a residential setting care for individuals who have haven't aids and hospital that he is and ends of life care and mostly

optimistically medical stabilization care all the residents are vanlsz asdz use medical cannabis it helps and increases the appetite helps with nausea from the medications and the viruses and great for the pain relief that is easily for them to tolerant the facility current location on market street is two blocks from our facility i've been there numerous times is a very well run there are eyes on the street my tree is with this the organizations fortunate enough to benefit not just modern but help to recruit the volunteers among the staff and attends our

events and have diversity of him be supported for the last 4 improper yearlings or years obvious the patients were consuming medical cannabis out in the rain and their financial support has equaled equals the funds that it requires us to feed all 15 of our residents three hot meals important a year this kind of generosity is great and so grateful for that i encourage you to approve that. >> thank you by way of and i have reclose about the subject came up i stated quiet and tried to alone when i saw an article in the newspaper saying all the

merchants approves that our group took a vote of merchants within three hundred feet and the the vote says do you want a medical cannabis dispensary on lombard no propaganda no way or another out of 62 businesses that are open 44 voted no 13 voted yes, he included mr. owens name since he was in the paper in the count ones neutrality wouldn't sign their name and abstain owner out of the country has as many in a short time different people passed that out it was passed out fairly with with the and here's your this is for you

jonas i too have cancer i think cancer i voted inform male marijuana personally this location is an interesting location since is edward the second has come in we've had multiple car burglaries and dealing on the streets and still the house of prostitution withins blocks and is circuit from the ranches from nevada to recruit young women and have the bridge hotel is this the proper place for the merchant and thank you. >> okay is there any additional public comment. >> okay i don't see any public

comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i've heard from a number of people even before tonight hearing that the owners of the facility run a good operation and they must be because they have theo thousand patients that seemed hard to believe but you know but generates love revenue and made significant tricks to their credit but as was the point was made by a lot of people even a good operation shouldn't be in the wrong plays i agree with the neighbors that have spoken about the location not appropriate the larkin street who are in charge the facility across the street are in opposition the district supervisor is in opposition golden gate valley association a major association in the cal hallow area which my

dental office is a member and the cal hallow association the karate facility and knowing the office my office is a mile away i know how bad lombard is the opportunity if we run a clean operation once the money is on the streets there are leave tuft i was in the bridge molt and other areas make that difficult for anyone who meant walking around with the substance and a lot of cash so is laura brooks still here he have to ask you a question, please in your statement i think our statement you said 40 other locations in the general cal hallow marina area this dispensary could go and within the green zone are not.

>> 40 other locates. >> someone in one the correspondents talked about locates possible locations that site could go. >> maybe any reference to the 40 merchants within the three hundred radius within the greenbelt other locates that are potential we tochldz wouldn't opposite them. >> that's my point exactly there are a lot of fragile businesses and the two restaurants were a little bit on the ropes he guess not two successful so i know, but there are a lot of other places this could be not in such a difficult area but thank you did you have something to contribute. >> a map of the location. >> oh, all those deft place.

>> there was the federal on or about with the federal government taking over properties something wrong with the mcd that's no longer the case a lot of landlords will in the rented to the mcd new now the mcd the line up on the screen side of the room don't say to worry about public school. >> that's a good point and the facility delivers citywide so you know anyone can get their substance by delivery and the substance abuse the alcohol, is cheap whether or not for street value to medical cannabis so not

as much a problem and the bridge molt someone brought much the situation with not being a problem around the earlier project we approved over on the pet store nearby there were problems are the drug activity and a lot in the area, no question about that. >> and see i would be you know in favor of this if it were in another location away from the area that is a bad place to site it and you know there are a lot of possible places and at the request of the district supervisor i'm going to move to continue this item when is our next available commission hearing when we have a full commission new. >> commissioners that is december - well, the 19 and --

excuse-me. the third commissioner johnson you're out there are full calendars full through the end of the year this is the request for the next hearing with full commission just for clarity this is a mandatory discretionary review so ultimately a top probation officer with 6 expirations it gets approved like me other dr and in order to continue the matter it takes the majority vote. >> i understand. >> if this particular case 4 votes to continue so everyone is on the on the same page. >> give me the next date vertebral for this. >> quite frankly december 17th. >> why not december 17th and that's my motion to continue to