an mcd wanted to move into the marina i also been supportive but not interested in it in my backyard but after hearing the owner speak on this i was converted i was impressed how their set up and the integrity and mostly by the fact that the san francisco police department stated the apothecarium has not been a nuisance and someone at the door it keep an eye on so many people are suffering from chronic pains and newcomers other continents don't get relieve from particle sulz and the past meeting happened to meet up with a close friend two-time breast cancer survivor i need to head to a community topic meeting she made angle off had an if the aau pocket that's

the one go to allergy gives go there it is clean i understand the initial resistance and those that are opposed refused to listen to the statistic the fears are based on assumption i think so that is concerning and presumes and to assume all residence are substance abuse i feel this business has every right to operate in the area eve it makes people uncomfortable but fills a need for patient living on the north side of city. >> thank you. >> good evening board members i'm jeremy i live with my 5-year-old son and fiance i work

as personal trainer the cal hallow association didn't speak for me and my family unlike c h a we've down done homework i don't use cannabis as 15 years as a athlete cannabis relieves arthritis and many other things that effect us i'm aware the cancer patients especially helped by medical cannabis i is no reason to drive across town that was prescribed by their physicians we don't - even though kids what walk into the pharmacy it sells hundreds of drugs that kids what offer dose

and die from the dispensary you must have a cards i urge you to deny this and not award the ignorance and fear that c h a has been peddles their exclaims are simply not backed up by complains or experience thank you. >> thank you. >> hello my name is peter i've owned any home since 1984 not a apothecarium patient and hope to never need that care, he was curious to exactly the risk of the 2410 and i wanted to see it quantity if i had i look at the appellants brief the only risk a greatly increased opportunities for yes, ma'am pulls and convenient by presuming by those

tenants there's nothing evidence at all they dew give evidence those tenants will take advantage of this opportunities it is procure speculation i think you can't make a decision based on pure speculation and is speculation is more so when you consider one the executive director of the larkin youth association whatever it is talked to the community marina community association agreed that is more difficult for the tenants to buy machinery at the apothecarium then get it is a legally and also minimizing this risk is the fact why would those tenants with very, very little money pay double the street price of marijuana by buying it at the apothecarium i had a communication with the schdz of

larkin street and the chp and told one they don't ban smoking do you allow patients withoutal denial we strictly honor the privacy of the attendance in neither rooms they've effectively given those tenants a license to smoke marijuana so who is going to worry about those tenants when they have a license to smoke marijuana in many their own room. >> honorable commissioners i'm dennis richard the vice president of the planning commission and i'm here as an individual citizen not going to speak but after hearing the comments and some of the comments from the d s i indicted to speak so you know some folks

said i haven't met a medical cannabis dispensary i voted for the against the one on affirming not a great place to put that that's like putting an mcd in the warriors arena we have a levi stadium decision given the background our decision we'll talk about no clustering not from one thousand feet from the daycare center the current apothecarium is across the street from the karate school and no complaints into the panes of the kids going to karate school and known known issues mcds in the city are close to the kind of businesses the

neighborhoods you can ask mr. sanchez if there are reasons specified i'll be interested no body of evidence that you heard the presence of an mcd increases the livelihood that agree child whether abuse a cannabis no please activities or complaints on the aau forgot years i made the motion to take discretionary review i understand the concerns around the attendance in the hotels i ask we originally have a 25-year-old cut off point they can sell cannabis we were told or lead to believe we couldn't do that forestalling but paired it back over 21st years of age we asked for no delivery so someone can order across the board i'm speaking speak gnaws

deputy mr. owen clued me in said do businesses we're allowed to set a threshold forage for recollecting the business activity i would suggest if any hung opinion take the train of thought as a planning commission i'll grant the appeal for the neighborhoods, however, i'll approve the project with the condition that none 21 to 25 years old will be able to purchase from that medical cannabis dispensary formal a period of time may be one year or two years and at the end of that sunset have a memorandum of understanding or another hearing to see if there are issues and decide whether you want to reduce that age requirements or noticing not it is a sensible and reasonable approach it goes in line with the concerns of the mayor and the neighborhoods many adam if the hotels a win-win for

everybody thank you. >> i left my heart in san francisco >> we give you more time mr. richards granted our board is not subject to the planning commission you're before our board and have read information the board vote was closed you said i conditioned it at 21 years of older with no deliver that the idea you heard your initials idea was 25 why want. >> we were lead by the city attorney that said that goes against subtly we're seeing individuals become of age we didn't understand be if you're regulating a business activity with use that is actually allowed i took that the deputy city attorney that's you are intent. >> i'm asking that myself and

appreciate that you come forward. >> sure and look how quiet in the room oh, my goodness we are really go and . >> i'm coming to observer observe that light bulb went off n my head thank you. >> good evening my name is torrance i'm a founding president of the entertainment commission i've sat. >> commissioner. >> i know another commissioner. >> i'm retired and speaking as an individual's person and one fact in colonel cotton unanimous surveys were given to 40 thousand students before and after legalization to determine why there was any change in the use patterns colorado children are not smoking more cannabis since the drug became legal they're not smoking more cannabis this report was at the

direction of state public safety i think that fact be entered into the records thank you for your patience. >> any other public comment on this item. >> seeing none, we will start of rebuttals whose got sleeping bags. >> when i get shoulder surgery i'll consider another treatments okay. so many thousand overriding thoughts is there's legislation in place that says that multiple populations need to be one thousand feet away you get the feeling why not

eliminate that why not go to the budget analyst report put them next to where the children are everything i heard not a threat i will say that i'm highly sympathetic i'm convinced of the benefits of medical marijuana i'm glad it is available in san francisco the issue still remains that particular location is next to vulnerable youth the k housing transitional is not identified but they're vulnerable and that's where what we're asking you to make that discretion i think that future legislation should be modified to include that component and also the schools and the studio a couple of doors down again, the same vulnerable youth one thousand feats are supported to protect that's my first point and a little note when they said

not within our boundaries it is because the address is scott street and you are boundaries are scott to lombard - the interpretation of the point it didn't increase the use after all adolescent use is honoree other states other than emergency can contribute to the medical marijuana and warrant investigation so a little bit more to the lance article than you heard today this is not a reason we opposed it but likely this will become legal and that

will change dramatically the clinic tell on cellist nut street the plan b anyone that spoke i'm perfectly happen but fine wonderful people and not that the users on chestnut street wherein otherwise but a huge advertised a tricky part of the area but a lot going on lombard street. >> i'll let you finish our thought because the permit holder gave his time up. >> that's when it becomes legal another comment i want to make someone said that cal hallow has a strong-arm that is not true and they said that have

not been good neighbors we meet quarterly how can we help and what can we do i wasn't going to mention we give christmas gifts to the edward the second and got a very nice not thank you for making us feel part of neighborhood i don't think that is true we - when something comes in we make it work they're our neighbors. >> that's all i have to say thank you for your time i appreciate that. >> i have a question you say if you're brief locating a mcd from across the street edward is an opportunity for he means pulse important marijuana by the average resident and not only that dribble but by the guests

of the residents i'm not understanding how this happens the implication someone get medical marijuana and peddles it, it is restricted to the dispensary is that note true. >> you mean edward the second it is hard to get in. >> having this across the street is a greater opportunities for convention by at risk residents i'm not united nations. >> they indeed can have medical marijuana cards they can use it that's true their lout to have it guests up to 10 nights a week maybe the actual resident didn't have a card but a gift guest they can walk across the street and get it operationally is that clear. >> clear as mud

any other questions thank you very much rebuttal from the permit holder. >> i'd like to introduce a talented lawyer hopefully, you'll see more info the future first of all, the ballot it initiate explicit said this somewhat not effect any cities ability inform regulate where they go and in fact, in san francisco case by case if it is legal recreationly to approve are december approve this is wrong again, the zoning administrator is contrary this is one of the most intents of traffic very, very loud and active if the medical cannabis can't loathe on one of the

descend certify where can it locate trying to locate in fisherman's wharf the planning commission turned it down let's not contribute to the lack of this we've lost one in a week in the city by the way, market street with the blue line this is where they are other than long market street and south of that there's one in northern portion of the city western here on geary street and assess close by the way, if it is true that the cal hallow association is in - this tells us if you look at the agreement between the two of them it should reassure that you

cal hallow as often as we want to go into the cal hallow and larkin street and observe didn't say any limitation on times of the year between the two groups of cal hallow and larkin that means they'll look at the apothecarium is interacting with the residence inside under from time to time i think you should be further assured that will be properly supervised a good site and keep these in mind the planning commission put in that the permit holder cvs has to come back a report by the neighbors how the neighbors felt this and i hypotheses fit into the neighborhood and the planning commission as you may know has a right 0 revoke any

permit upon a violation of any rules that supervision and the close supervision by cal hallow of larkin street should assure you this will be kwalg sprfrdz problems will be observed and dealt with there is recourse thank you. >> what does you think of the 21 to 25 idea. >> i've done a lot of legal research and put san francisco on the overhead this is a case where in the rental cars refused to provide a remedy car to someone of 24 years of age they sued the urban supervised act says a private party should not discriminate on age and there is a reasonable reason and reason it is alcohol tied the court said, yes it is true that the

court will not allow discrimination under 21 yes, but abc rules under 21 over 21 people who disseminate by age kaefl scrutinize ♪ rental car case the court said the california lunch break wrote this to allow them properly to disseminate against people under 25 because the large project authorization said that people that rent cars under 24 will have a bigger clan chance of on accident i think this wouldn't be legal it would be a

class-action very expensive to defend >> thank you. >> mr. glad men are you aware of the opposition. >> i wasn't part of team i know that contrary to the memory of the moe joe owner he recalls moe joe and talking to the client. >> i'll have him speak thank you. >> i did reach out to j.t. collins a very, very well or not man in the neighborhood the president of the association called him in high regard every single one of the merchants

called him in high regard and so we were proposing to folks to do that when we talked to him you need to talk to j t it sunk into the location for the site i reached out to him and from his friends and e-mail took a long time for him to return any of my inquires he eventually accident. >> answer any question. >> okay sure. >> where you aware of opposition to our use of before you purchased this this. >> not aware of specific opposition this board knows there is opposition to medical cannabis dispensaries given the the fear and governance ignorance and don't know what the real experience it in san

francisco. >> when were you aware of opposition and when i mean pretty early on with our initial location as well you definitely get e-mails and calls the first presentation i gave was april 20th two years ago to the marina association and the middle school you go approximately three hundred people there the last speaker i got a round of applause and detractors but only a few i feel that probably half a do so questions and to my surprise got a round of applause from the folks. >> what about the testimony 69 percent of merchants are opposed. >> i didn't scratch that in the brief so we have no less than 20 snatches or nearby merchants that have in our packets before us that's the

first day i've heard 2/3rd's of 69 percent. >> phrase this correctly listening to all the testimony this is really about i'm away of how many mcds. >> the one current location and little 1 on noriega street we're drawing from. >> so given you know seeing models that same best type why would you give that one up over lombard street. >> a huge likely withdrawal the costs of this sites two plus years in the making wimentd down $20,000 into the communities as members of my advisory board can

and i test we've wield that do you thing this is one of the ways we promised to the get go for people. >> i mean when you look at it as a business person i'm a business person you scout out what you'll side and see what your plans did you buy that location on 32 avenue. >> no a lease. >> so potentially did you sign a long lease. >> this is opposition so leases upon approval. >> you guys have been there how many years. >> probably 18 months no over two years we'll still being able to get have to lease. >> thank you. >> i have a couple of questions about how many patients that

term you see a day. >> a couple hundred. >> and is there is an age check performed how do you guarantee. >> yeah. everyone that comes into to our door a new patient with the cannabis from the relations and a california id not out of state or passports we verify that recommendation with the physician over the phone are through a we get from the physician has a thing they filled the rules and regulations and things like that takes 7 to 10 minutes for is vifshgs and calls by they're first name and spend time they having come in with their california driver's license we have everyone's records on file their driver's license and their address and

everything unsurprising people act well when you know who they are as a result we on this had to act people probation officer leave the premise half a dozen dozen for low blood sugar momentums and two or three people said i'm sorry for my behavior we'll allowed is an individual limited to how often how much. >> yeah. two ones per month. >> i was your honor, aware i don't know about an mcd legalization passes i mean are you going to seek to sell to the public. >> way two early to make that determination so alma the use of marijuana act will be revolted into under the medical regulations that are

currently and the rules for that the regulation have yet to be formed by laura the director of that agency so we haven't been not to make that decision likely or possible but just so what people are saying that act didn't remove any powers many municipality has to regulate our business that was firmed by the supreme court in 2012 and didn't remove it. >> you have a great business model. >> i will assume that is the national course of action; correct. >> we'll look to the states of colorado with 18 hundred dispensaries half are medical good reason certainly types of clinic tell and different regulatory schemes it comes down to come up of different factors

but the medical thing is very much in colorado despite the things. >> thank you mr. sanchez. >> you're still here (laughter) this property met all the planning refrigerates for the location issues that's been alleged not the intent of those locations i wanted to back up a little bit how they develop those rules so first, we have properties in 1996 allowing medical cannabis really no clear rules how to implement for quite sometime afterwards and medical cannabis dispensaries opened after that act and in operation before the controls in