>> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. commissioners my name is bonnie born and raised in san francisco i currently live in district 11 as a most of the 2 i'm here to oppose green gods compassion one of the biggest worries my children as parents guardian and maybe aunt. >> uncles how comfortable raising our quiz in a district saturated with mcds we can't walk to a park without psa a mcd or people smoke in their car on the sidewalk though not open their premises it definitely dispersed in the neighborhood i ask you commissioners take into consideration the children and the effect it will have on their innocence in district 11 your district deserves a chance for

cafeterias and storefront more beneficial to our families in the community we have 5 cannabis clubs and don't need another one thank you. >> hello commissioners. i'm 10 years old i live next door to the proposed mcd location i don't want to live next to an mcd you you know in all san francisco district 11 this is a the most children and especially are the most impressionable kids kids go to the minnie park my dad and i us a go there all the kids in the neighborhood couldn't be out here because

playing pco i didn't man we kids are the fire chief of america where y is our neighborhood picked on we're not asked to be treated better but asking you that you don't allow us to be treated less please commissioners, i beg of you don't allow an mcd at the location we don't want it but most importantly we don't need it we have 5 serving the district many over delivery services thank you for your time. >> good job commissioners i'm alex and proud of that young man my son having said that, let me start off argument from people in the neighborhoods and concerns about

another mcd potentially trying to open up in the neighborhood one of the big issues as part of her good neighbor policy has has secured parking from arco station and an auto body shop this is a circuitry statement they've not entered into an agreement it makes me question the validity of the information the other thing many wong is no strainer to the parking impact in the area she herself her own vehicle parked on the sidewalk if she cares about the folks in the area why not care about assess for people whether that is stockholders or people in chores and she parks her car on the sidewalk because there is no

a parking impact in the ear it is tough but she indicated she'll secure parking with an auto body shop can we accommodate that off-street parking this is the automobile body shop leaking fluids a better shot showing how packed they are all the time so when they talk about potential leasing 5 spots to her where interest r their cars freeing up space for 56 or 6 spots those vehicles will be on the streets and monopoly i's the street and ultimately make that look bad with leaking cars this is a aerial view taken as well as a weeks ago goes to show the auto body shop is always

business i know my neighbors testimony testified on 09 matters but parking is a big issue the planner bad folded an impact to parking it's clear an impact to parking i wish they will be here to give additional information on the impact thank you. >> and my hope you'll oppose this club if i wasn't clear on that. >> he. >> next speaker, please. >> . >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm the mother of two children. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i live right in relation to the place they want to open. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm afraid of this.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> i feel fwrad for me and my children. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> this is a place they'll be dealing with a lot of cash. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and a lot of materials that is very- >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my fear is as a wife and mother. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> that one day they'll be assaulted and might think my door to the entrance to that place. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> through my house thinking they're going both the currency. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> one more thing.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> all the men. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> in the neighborhood invited them to come and get coffee and massages. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> that's not respect full. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> she's preventing to open up a store seducing the men in the neighborhood. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> that is not correct. >> not correct. >> thank

>>, was beautiful.i have been and listened to everybody and it's a great time for me to say to the asian community, welcome to the excelsior. i been there all my life. i don't know anyone has said that by like to say that to you guys. i'm retired now. i worked hard with kids that have problems. boys and girls. now i'm taking care of my 96, mom who's thinking about cannabis to use. my two brothers died on me the last five years one this year and cannabis has helped. it's very hard to explain this in a personal matterbecause i don't want to tear up but i am

totally convinced that it helped my brothers in pain. i think we need to reason here. reason, reason, reason.think about that. you took this duty to reason. i know it's hard i like to close by saying that you to listening to me keep your head up i was in the same shoes. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening hon. commission thank you for listening and thank you for your interns tonight. my name is ryan miller. an active-duty us marine corps veteran and direct of operation evacuation educating veterans about cannabis. we start up their groups and communities of commodities of cannabis dispensaries. we've not only

great to host population either ask services but also prioritize hiring veterans. in my experience, serving local veterans, access to compassionate employment and safe natural methods of [inaudible] combined with the overdose and suicide. for the parents here, if candidate is such a threat to the use youth than why did the deer problem remove correct cannabis from the curriculum. what does enough even measure? there's clearly not enough jobs for veterans it locally. there's not enough access to a part of to a call and pharmaceuticals. there's nowhere near enough protection and opportunities for those ooking discourse only harmedby the races one drugs. in closing, for those with short memories, please remember the sacred actresses of the battle

the indigenous folk healers of this land enjoyed this people with this plant prior to colonize asian. i would argue, that the presence of military recruiters on campus is far more awful america one among marijuana. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>[calling names]. >>good afternoon. good afternoon can you hear me commissioners? my name is marley norman on the vice president of residents association known as [inaudible] and up in a resident of since 1984. in the spring of 2014, we testified

at a planning commission hearing regarding the reports quote, and then in the clinic is medical cannabis dispensaries acquirements. the report was requested by supervisor avalos. one recommendation and what was to expand the green zone to prevent the clustering of dispensaries. to date, unfortunately the legislation has not been enacted by the board of supervisors to permit this expansion. i until and unless ringtones are expanded by action taken by the board of supervisors, district 11 should not be required to bear the burden of more medical marijuana dispensaries. as one who has glaucoma and has it finds, two friends stricken with cancer, is a practicing psychotherapist i want to people suffering from depression anxiety was just mad at stress over and then despite suicidal on where aware of the candidates and their treating those medical disorders and some aperture guessing canopies per second we would welcome this

if you consider a visit made existing unmet needs in our community. we always have a moratorium on check cashing outlets and liquor stores in tea-i love in the will as a president for limiting terms of businessman saturation becomes an issue. even notified and cds waiting in the wings and occupy 3150 mission st. and 38 seven 819 >> we got compassion that sees other to propose and cds approves the five dispensaries operating within a mile. please, help our neighborhood avoid oversaturation for which green scots compassion and thank you for your attention. >> next speaker, please. >>hello. my name is alan mills. i am a 32 year residents of district 11. i'm also a member

of the outer mission merchants residents association. i hear him here to speak against the project and you've heard a lot of discussion about the relative virtues of medical marijuana. that is not in dispute. that is not the issue. the only issue the planning commission needs to i feel needs to consider the impact that an already impacted neighborhood will have it when yet another cannabis is added to our neighborhood. you've heard those five within -there are five cannabis clubs and existence without a 1.5 mile area. we think that is more than enough. when it comes to the issue of diversity, there's also diversity in the kind of businesses that are neighborhood needs to attract good having five cannabis clubs when in such a short small radius, is not diversity. thank you. we urge you oppose this project. thank you. >> mr. pres., commissioners,

my name is david huber and i am here representing the new mission terrace improvement association. we are not immediately within the area affected we are between the cluster of the five and cds. what i'd like to raise three points at clustering, it's a valid concern. equity, other communities in san francisco don't share this consideration. and the last one is a question of if you will, economic justice mission street and the excelsior 128 280, of the ducati onto top of vail daily city, is not vibrant economically. the question is, what kind of i plan does the city have for the economy in the excelsior district and in district 11? i would bring to

your attention that supervisor john avalos and two major candidates for the board of supervisors at all made their point that we don't need another mcd in this community. but mostly, i like to talk about one item and that is without some direction from the city and from the planning department, and from you, the excelsior district which struggles with vacant storefronts and with the ability to figure out some way to serve the community that lives there, which has a huge proportion of families him again families, and children, this will not stop with this one question that you before you today. the direction that i would ask you to provide would be to take this issue to vote to oppose it and to continue trying to work with the community towards a more vibrant

mission street. that is where i'd like to leave you. thank you. >> hello commission to my name is stephanie messina and i'm here representing excelsior action group. we are opposed to the proposed application to establish medical cannabis dispensary and 100 sick oh ave. and queens five compassion. unfortunately finding ourselves once again working in opposition in the community's opposition to the addition of more and cds in our local community it is mentioned in a previous testimony before this position is based on the clustering of and cds along this corridor. since 22 eg has worked in collaboration with the mayors

office economic enforced about what our local modes in the neighborhood groups to revitalize the excelsior commercial corridor good because this other weekly value that adverse accusation that she level commercial space. by allowing clustering of and cds along commercial areas the commissioners will be effectively undermining this work. additionally, the area is already well served with mcd products. currently there's a total five and cds nearby area along mission and ocean avenue. we urge the commissioners to prioritize better used for commercial space that reflects most pressing needs of our local community. furthermore, we show the communities concerned any navigable and use of the of green zones and [inaudible] a designation is resulted in a disproportionate and submitted and cds in san francisco southern and eastern others. thank you so much for letting us speak on this item. >> good evening commissioners that my name is in jeopardy, small business owner in the mission. by now i should be at my restaurant running my visit but instead i'm here again as hereto with the folks have not

done and that is really listen to us. listen to the overwhelming voice of the people live in the neighborhood and work on the corridor. the of three and cities already on what these" business corridor by tax revenue over last five years. clearly their presence is not about the wound of increased commerce that they claim is a benefited our business-related something for traffic boost from the to and cities around the corner from us nor has the troubled intersection between duck upgrades april. we need businesses that serve the community. five and cds in a mile and a half insufficient to surround a pertinent we've heard all the same claims and promises from and cds before and i know you have to. here us the people who were directly affected by the decision at hand. on a personal note, i lost my stepfather after 11 your battle cancer and my own partner just about a year of chemo 22 zero carcinoma and other medical marijuana can help both of them. but this isn't about medical marijuana. but the needs and will of the specific community. please,

we've had enough. stop the clustering on a corridor. thank you. >> good evening commissioners of my name is raised really. i'm captain of the worst cars neighborhood watch. these note, pages 120-29 and the document project are not in support of the ncd. they are the sign in sheet from the may 19 to outreach me to get those held at atankle substationangle side station. i neighborhood watch iseast of the [inaudible] 200 block of mission. another street we get spillover from these is absent we find product wrappers stickers graffiti in their one smokers trespassing on our neighbors property at smoking in their cars. we have

to clean up. it's taking a really long time to get to the point where these and cds are working with us as a community adding another one and training it is another burden on our resources. adding another mcd in our corridor also provides a merchants and residents association conduct in the businesses we need and request. small and large businesses are willing to open restaurants cafés preschools and social services and in some cases legally not allowed to. if there is an mcd or other liquor store other similar substance vendor nearby. thanks. >>hello. my name is silly johnson and i am [inaudible] that is not clear. it's saying that [inaudible]. i already

[inaudible] i was the one that saved them. it was bombs all over in washington dc. and, i said to them that this [inaudible] should be [inaudible] investors in trying to make [inaudible] should be [inaudible]. i am saying, [inaudible] taking a shortcut and cd mcd [inaudible]. what i am talking about is a world of mastermind for saving

[inaudible] because [inaudible] i had and nearly dying, you know, is not the easy task. i said, that forward this to be [inaudible] important for these masterminded discrimination [inaudible] i'm not going to have [inaudible]. i tell you, our children >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> for the chair good evening to archbishop gregory

richardson. i want to thank all the communities for being here today. as you will see coming up on the november ballot, a new law which is going to be to legalize marijuana in the state of california. california's better get used to these particular applications coming before your community. let me just give you on in support of the project and i look at the future. when wall street when the federal reserve, raises the interest rates and this affects your federal budget your state budget, and you are city budget, and your funds dry up like in the 50s when you have recessions, you remember this day. talking about your funds

for your nonprofits, talking about your funds for your educational programs, talking about your funds, you may end up in a soup line on the street. if you don't be bold enough to do what is necessary for the future, then you, too, will perish and your kids will not have a future. this is guaranteed. so, i urge you to approve the project. you cannot blame applicants for applying for opportunities that are zoned in that point. so, i hope we understand what we are doing here today. we can set a precedent and on the community

were nice. i don't allow people to come into my neighborhood and wait for somebody else to clean it up. i keep it coming. that way this problem would not exist. >> good evening commissioners. my name is [inaudible]. and cds [inaudible] >>[non-english speaker] >> in my opinion, mcd in terms of the numbers of existing businesses is already overrepresented in the city and also over clustering in certain districts of the city. >> >>[non-english speaker]

>> >> my understanding from this listening to the prior speakers is that we need to have more retail is spent three outlets to serve the seniors and the residence. but my understanding also tells me that many dispensaries offering delivery service right to the use homes. so that tells me also that it doesn't make sense that more dispensaries should be approved and the existing just for the purpose of dispensing more of this marijuana product because of the fact they can be delivered. >> >>[non-english speaker] am

a retired person and i amthat the ability of the guaranteeing of my safety, walking around in the city and taking public buses are being threatened because mcd bring in more crime problems undesirable elements into the city and that is not something that we will guarantee me anymore safety. >> >>[non-english speaker] >> mcd are not prone to bring

me in any jobs more than the fact that they offering more crimes and again, threatening our communities whether you are talking about a child work or and our goals were a senior, and it is becoming a huge concern for the senior population that i represent. >> >>[non-english speaker] >> i also understand this is usually operated in cash. when you have a lot of cash being changed hands in one location, like a dispensary, it will also bring in a lot of crimes and that is also threatening our community. >> please, vote no. thank you.

>> >> commissioners married out where i live about 10 blocks away. the clustering in this neighborhood has been very well described. several glass speaker noted, several of the them city and our very own neighborhood provide delivery service including delivery to seniors and veterans. so i find the sponsor's argument marking pitch unconvincing. i want to add one more reason for disapproval. this property is ms. it's been this way since the transfer of ownership into the cat family in 2003 could a qwerty the building department on my complaint tracking system, it's been the subject of three pages of violations since their tenure. which

includes filter to maintain the property work without permanently reducing and adding units without permits go to provide residential tenants with basic housing needs such as how one. the fan water department in building department place liens on the property during the tenure did they pills in making this property. to the building code violations one from 2015 both for work without remained unresolved. i know [inaudible] died in 2014 but the family said plenty of time to get this property into decent shape and they've chosen not to. if you believe approving a sense of use for this property would result in better maintenance you only have to look at what happened when babies out the ground floor of grocer. nothing about the property was improved and the cast of characters coming and going from this site brought graffiti and grade is a to a neighborhood of hard-working families with many many young children. where i come from, which is good to

background of: the aforesaid what i didn't know you owners with a long history of failing to maintain the property do not like using clean up their act with additional city approval regardless of who the less he is. they get you to move the property for everything they can and surrounding neighborhoods they are price. please, join with my neighbors and disapprove this part. >>italy to those standing on the side please finance to get if you cannot find a seat make your way to the overflow room in room 416. thank you. >> hi good evening everybody am [inaudible] district allowed. i living in the between mission and geneva district. i saw the problem and there are lot. i don't want [inaudible] my child to carry the [inaudible] hard to sleep. then also that has a mission a lot of problems in their. so i just enough is enough. thank

you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is-i live in district 11. i represent my family members. no more mcd stores. enough is enough. please, vote no. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening commissioners. my name is [inaudible] i live at 1098-avenue and district 11. please, no more mcd's. enough is enough. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am audrey. i know one [inaudible] in geneva to assist

the whole community is now the and city is not more than a [inaudible]. why much more than [inaudible] because the and cities have all [inaudible]. note and cities. i don't think there is the number of mcd's in neighborhoods should be limited. second, i'm taking [inaudible] the mcd in the outer mission as our teenagers take it on the bus stations and in trade to have [inaudible] i live two houses away from the mcd. i have three kids. every day the school principal told all the student will call, no smoking. but the mcd in front of my house. the truth is too young to dildo the difference. they cannot tell drugs are drugs. i don't want this mcd in my neighborhood. it makes me nervous. i hope it will go away. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi good evening

commissioners. i am living 150 feet away from the [inaudible] avenue and [inaudible] and i also have kids. i would represent this is not a suitable location for opening a marijuana store. as you see it's very dangerous. you can see, i know that many people [inaudible] what you need to really [inaudible] we are tired of it. we are scared. we all have the problems of traffic and trafficking. even [inaudible] >> can you speak into the microphone, please? please keep the door closed so we can hear the speakers? >> even if it's not open

there's a lot of cars parking over there. it's very dangerous to the people who walk because 100 and say go is between mission street and there's a lot of elderly cross the street. and go to school and take muni. so also, you know the parking space and here, [inaudible].. so, also, i want to present the neighbors thousands of them, and this is the other neighbors. i hope that people you can understand, we don't want any mcd's here. i want to-also i want to per represent the people that signed the cannot able to come. also, want to resent the people who have been here that i have time to speak because we know you're tired but i want to

represent them to say no more mcd enough is enough. this location is not >> thank you. no. if you can ways your hands. please. >> [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you. >> hello. >>[gavel]. >> i also- >> your time is up. your time is up. thank you. we can have another speaker. ma'am. next speaker, please.

>> do you want to commit those signatures? no? okay. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon commissioners my name is barbara to get i represent the car you the improvement association to get the association has voted against this mcd because we believe we have too many. i'm also a member of the cannabis task force for supervisor set up to study adult use and one of things were considering is expanding the green zone. i think we all agree it has to happen. i would hope we could wait until does happen before we start talking about this but anyway in this district district 11, we have three. that makes is the third highest in san francisco. i think either we share the pain or the money needs to stand in district allowed. that has not happened yet so much against it and i pose the associated think. >> a good i hope you stay

around. i have questions for you. i hope you stay around. next speaker, please. >> hello commission my name is welcome merely having most of them here before you again sam city and what's weird tonight. last time let's start getting lease with a nice sunny day. we are tired. we are very tired in our district. we cannot handle one more mcd. this is nothing against [inaudible]. we just need another medical cannabis dispensary in are just. the other thing is, we need to also take a look at her application. the fact that on her application she said she's not have any cannabis edibles. tonight we find out to have cannabis edibles. that seems a little strange to me so what's or are we being told? the other thing is you have to realize was less than 350 feet from the san mateo county board. they do not allow medical cannabis dispensary storefronts. once again, district 11 is being asked a burden to have another medical cannabis club and we get to the

parties about patients in district 11. i don't agree have to be serving patients from northern san mateo county. in a package, you also had a letter from david-vice mayor daly city was urging you to please, do not approve this project. we are pleading with you. we need better neighborhood. we need better economic about but as you further from the excelsior action. you put him-dark roasted weedy spacesuit upping economic development to our area. there in and out. as a term which is in the gun and turntables. you burn adjourn you going to buy a medicine drought double parked on out of there. on that sickles is a vision-gesturing area where there's been a number of pedestrians this view the topic is also a concern. he also buses. your muni buses on that road and it's only which get over to the west side of san francisco and to get to the

freeway. once again, please, hear us. we been here. we've brought out people. you've seen on g using a packet of information. i am for you, to deny the project. i keep it on. >> data. i'm going to call work cards. >>[calling names] >> i'm not any of those people. can i still-i was in line >> sure what your name? be dick mary heard excelsior action group. i hate to be repetitious. i just wonder reiterate it isn't about were against cannabis use for medicinal purposes. i have many friends that need it. actually, most of them can't even drive to go edit so they use the

delivery service. we wouldn't be having this discussion if this was dispense as most medicines which is at walgreens for a pharmacy. we wouldn't be having this discussion. having worked on both the ocean avenue and mission corridor, i know that this the presence of it, the clubs, they have bars and no looking in the windows could it's totally unattractive for commercial corridor. also, we are surveyed over and over the people in the neighborhood on what they would like to see and if ms. hong had a patch up our heart bookshop i was so we be woken her with open arms should is disingenuous to been told that this is a racial issue. and that we have not welcomed her. and excelsior, you know the names of our streets. we are so diverse and we welcome everybody. we have the world in

one neighborhood. so, this is not that issue. this is i'm asking you to actually have a moratorium citywide until the election in november and we see what happens then you get the recommendation from that cannabis task force on let's go forward from there. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am my name is daisy open a vice chair of the cannabis legalization cuts force here in san francisco. i'm a public health addict. i worked tirelessly with dph could working groups. i'm around city advocate. i am here in support of green compassion and open up her dispenser. i want to first say that there are hardly any people of color on dispensaries and we know the war on drugs was strategic and caused economic social economic and

social devastation to our community. not allowing [inaudible] on the cause of too many in our communities actually very damaging. we don't want clustering the web do something about the green zone so people can move as a limited number of spots were he cannot shall be open a cannabis dispenser because of the green zone. i also want to make you aware of the fact that [inaudible] compliance by having the [inaudible] having the windows if he reads the law it actually states those are the things you're supposed to do if you have a storefront dispenser. the majority of these points but application [inaudible] she's not those are little very miniscule things that should not deter ways from letting her open her dispenser. she is really having health services at her dispenser did she immediately back to the community and that started. she's changing the

cultivar cannabis dispensaries are looking at. one more thing. i just want to say to the folks here today with the stickers, the majority are asian-american chinese-american dr. member she's also chinese two. which is disappointing you came out here and rallied in a massive group to shut down which is trying to be it i would've actually thought that her being half chinese baby would support her. it's disappointing to come here and see this. cannabis is so much stigma around cannabis and the cameos are for no reason and remember [inaudible] in 1920s and gambling >> thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> good afternoon

commissioner. my name is quando wing and him an educator and i work in san francisco unified school district. i like to ask you a simple question. how would you feel if a medical marijuana dispensary were to open right across from where you live? that's what happening to me. i him offer medical marijuana but how appropriate is it to open one right in a residential zone with their families and children ? i'm a cyclist and there are no streetlights at there. it's a lot of traffic and it's pretty dangerous. there are cars parking on the sidewalk because there's no parking. why not choose a commercial zone? i hope you already know there's already five medical marijuana dispensaries within half a mile radius from where i live. the closest one is like five blocks away. on mission street. next to a number of restaurants.

what then is irrational to open on another one in a residential neighborhood? from a simple search on google maps, there are already 18 dispensaries here in san francisco. all built on commercial streets of san francisco. there are 6 on mission st., three on market, 21 ocean, and another six in the downtown area. of san francisco. i believe this dispensary will be the first in a residential area. now, if it's about convenience why is it that we don't have any medical marijuana in the north beach district. were this see cross district or the richmond district spirit with the sunset district? were the hunters point district? again, if it's about convenience, i think it's only fair for everyone in the entire city javaone in their neighborhood. or maybe five or six, like we already have in the mission. now, that's creating jobs i think probably we should open more. in those statistics >> thank you. i'm going to call some more cards.

>>[calling names] >> good afternoon commissioner's. my name is lisa-in night when of the meetings i did ask ms. fong about it they had a doctor on site for consultation. she told me, no. in that case, why should it be our sore from the storefront that traffic issues the safety issues, i have a son. she has a breast cancer. she is controlling as she [inaudible] marijuana is not only the solution. other issue is, i really after i heal all this i really want to say this. this is not racist were color

issue. i'm a chinese-american. i'm am yellow. but we all are humans and under one sky. this is [inaudible] from us. thank you. say, no. it is our future. please, help them and say no to this. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon my name is-your card for me but i'm coming up to the front. i am here to voice my support for the project at 100 sick oh advocate on monday (this rogatory commission good i'm on the board of california close association of work along with nina part two i believe will be able to speak today. and andrea force on organized a [inaudible]

art escort mission as an organization is crazy pastor position the people most left out of the insured here in california. and ms.-would be ones that are sitting here today have heard a lot from people opposed the project. a lot of what they said is stigma. his stigma on who consumes cannabis. statement along the lines of what dispenser brings in the neighborhood and statement along the lines of the effects of cannabis on school committees and children. i think that if we were to truly take a good look at what happens when cannabis comes to a neighborhood we will learn that ms. young's model is a very different from the typical dispensary model. should you be opening yet another cookie-cutter dispensary in his neighborhood i could see how the opposition will make that i could see from the course of business that people have double park and will be

exclusively for that. it's a difficult that she is trying to foster difficult. in san francisco with her dispenser. i just ask you follow the guidelines she has and otherwise approve her application without any over arching issue. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker, please. i'll call the remaining cards. >>[calling names] >> hello. we've heard a lot of impassioned arguments. i got a lot of the concerns that people of the neighborhood have. 1200 some of them are city as used, parking is a city edge. dispensary to me is something that is going to be the weight of the future. i myself am a professional. i actually work at gap inc. i suffer from chronic back pain. i am actually user of marijuana and use that gail. this statement is him it's criminal to smoke

weed kind of is an old-school way of thinking. i completely understand they cannot parking spaces but i think [inaudible] is changing her model to go a little bit more delivery service to the client delivery service to the customer and she's really invest in security and things like that. and she's really impassioned about going back to work with this community to make sure that they have a nice balance. could foster another relation with the dispensaries in the original them to also grow their bottle so they don't infringe upon the rights of the people actually live in the community and i completely feel for everybody in the community. all departments are valid but to criminalize something as medicinal marijuana to me is kind of going backwards. in november, this can be about measure anyway to make this legal so i kind of think it

would be good to find a good balance of doing that are continually looking at something bad and sucking on. thank you. >> thank you. next >> my name is-homiletic that psycho parent therapist emmett [inaudible] i know you sat through a lot of argento make it brief. say my one support is about that in. i so the population the stigma needs to be decreased it be great to bukit timah although be the first mcd to have this model. to help decrease stigma. thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is-[inaudible] my work at cannabis software, and i live in san francisco mission the last six-year. i'm probably one of the people stepped into every dispensary

not only san francisco but in oakland in berkeley and santa cruz throughout california as well. one thing that are really want to phrase is the communities way to show up. i really like this community is almost in this prospect something that are really want to bring up is the concerns about parking again our citywide issue. the concerns about the types of people and cds may bring in their area you seemed over completely valid. to make that change, it really has to come from within. that's what the keisha is trying to get set a new bar a new standard. so, i understand there may be a clustering. there may be one too many mcd's in your view but you want to take in account is what is this can you do differently from the others got the fact that she's saying she's going to specifically help veterans, whichever 10 and my family, is really something that you want to highlight. it's not about

just another mcd just one more that's quantity like all the other. the fact that this was grimaced at the park for the other ones. she then work with the community and that something that its impact has not been happening. so i want to bring that to the forefront of the community as well. the second point is that as a woman of color in the industry, as a latina as a black woman, i know there are 1% of all the cannabis business owners, only 1% are black. as of mid-tech industry at the 1% of all workers are black and people of color. so this is an opportunity to create a revolution, difference. you're going to the first one of color in san francisco to own the dispenser. that's huge. i understand for some it's not ideal but think about the community change it will bring it it is not just like every dispenser. something new. i really push for you guys to support it. thanks. >> think. as the next week or i will call more names. >>[calling names]. if there's other people in the public

don't want to speak please sign up on the screen side of the room. >> my name is stephen mason. i'm here in sport of spero and the dispenser. i've been in the industry for over 10-11 years and are used to work for the company and oakland. i've only seen benefits from medical marijuana. from epilepsy to aids, cancer, there's a lot of people that really benefit from this even as the general boy brought in by his father. so, i understand the concerns of the community but realistically is here bring in more work and it will also bring in more a sense of pride for what's going on. this movement is happening. you guys can look around and think that a stock is happening all over this country realistically, it's better to get it now what you guys can and understand that this is a beneficial movement for all

health and people that actually have a voice in this these different communities. these people in this particular community at this point they may not understand it but it's no different than any other as hard business brain brought in. it's also a lot better than having the liquor stores on every corner and these type of issues. though people were hanging out with jordan is [. it's all been done for years now. so, to say this is because an issue that's really i think a personal opinion. but at the same time if you don't give her a chance your figment opportunity for you say no. so, i'm in full support. thanks. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening commissioners. my name is loraine branigan am a member of the and of on the go straight very close to the community growing and that have mcd's. i am really very much an advocate of what our captain has said in supporting equal

side station and a member of [inaudible] and altogether, recent we have is really quite a diverse community there. it's really important to know that we have is a very unaffected area in the city even though were the majority people about in that area. i have many families members that are in use marijuana for their health and it's a great opportunity. this is a point note that the majority of people here that came to speak for willy don't live in the district. they are not people who are really closely affected by that. we want the people of district to use with a need in our neighborhood. the rest of the district do need to share in this responsibility for every [inaudible] because it will be part of the future here. thank you very much. please, vote no. thank you

>> >> thank you. it's next speaker, please. >> good evening commissioners. also, good evening to members of the gen. assembly. i am here in support of her project. first of all come i want you to know who i am. i am a healer. a hypnotherapist. i am also a spiritual life coach. an in office in san francisco and i've worked in the community for a very very long time. at different phases at different levels could i have worked with almost every ethnic group in san francisco including on the board of international human rights organizations live into maybe about 60 different countries all over the globe. i understand and i hear-i hear your concerns honestly. but i want you to know that the

keisha is part of the team. she doesn't stand alone. she stands on the shoulders of women and men who come from very strong backgrounds. so she's not operating a loan. we hear you as team members. we hear exactly what you're saying. it's all about relationships. whether it's with the police. it's about relationship. whether it's with the next-door neighbor who is establishment is next-door whose home is next-door to this establishment, we have to listen to peoples concerned and address them in a correct manner. so, i am here to say we hear you can we intend to make write anything that's coming our way. thank you. >> thank you. other any additional speakers? please. >> good afternoon commissioners. i'm christine white. i live in on top of the

proposed project. 100 sickles ave. i've lived there for more than three decades. i have seen this apartment building change hands five times. so far in the past 10 years [inaudible] the owner of this building now is really very very hard to get the maintenance dump it i have to fight them with the rent board for the past three years. before i can get the repairs done in our unit. as you can see, the front she just recently painted the back of the front, of our apartment this apartment building is a much dilapidated it so humiliating if you get this is committed to the front, it looks like a slum. the green

point that was painted that was [inaudible] about 5-6 years ago when there was this was a store before. originally, 30 years ago it was a [inaudible] shop. then it became a liquor store. the liquor store did not make it for a couple of years and moved out and there's the progress. she was the last one. i him really opposed. with that, about the landlord. can i continue, please? it's very important. the parking, >> we may call on the. love 30 seconds. >> please. parking is telugu atmosphere more than 30 years. now i'm getting parking tickets the same spot in front. she does not get tickets. i get tickets. that's what my concern was. number two, number three.

[inaudible] whether it's lotion, soap >> thank you. >> >> p to ask we may call me with questions. what is your name again? christine white. thank you. >> i do not say what color you are. >> any additional speakers on this project? last call, please. >> good evening gentlemen my name is [inaudible]. i live in san francisco. i live in 13 years. i am here to speak about mcd in general. we have 28 mcd in san francisco. i'm not going to argue about the medicinal benefits of the mcd. i'm not going to argue. it's definitely might have some use for it but i think there's too many mcd's.

i think with the advent of delivery service like east meadow and my friends are also working on the delivery service, there's no reason to have any more mcd's until there's no regulation. we know that the use of the flawed system and if we can go [inaudible] we can come in the van give you the prescription and take the cart by its and give it to your friend including minors. it has been a lot of abuse in the minor community and the underage children. i think what we need to focus here is about mentoring the quality of life in san francisco. a lot of neighborhoods are getting gentrified. it creates-it alters the quality of life in the neighborhood and i think we need to refocus on community

building and bring the community together and i have a lot to say, but i'm out of time. >> thank you limited any additional speakers? seeing none, public comment is closed. >>[gavel] commissioner antonini >> thank you for your comments. this is a difficult decision. commissioners we are obliged to go up or down so i'll give you some of my thoughts. first of all, i served in the past with shelley bell and she's representing the project sponsor as pointed out this doesn't it be the type of dispensary that will not have any on-site consumption and will do a lot of deliberate and

will probably try to target seniors and veterans and a lot of things that we wish we had had some of the other ones. one of the problems we have with this whole thing which wasn't done very well at the very beginning by the state of california, is first come first serve. when it's hard to get more into their and there's a terrible distribution. i mean, there are places the united states where liquor is run by state liquor stores and regulated by areas by population and you go there and it's not the wild wild west where everybody is in business on a product. so, i think that's unfortunate that they're not in san mateo county which is thriving. part of this whole thing. i mean, hopefully, if marijuana is legalized, in november, and i'm not sure that's a slamdunk, medieval do a better job with that. because it's very handled very poorly and it works against some of the better sponsors and this one probably is. you know, it

ends up with the clustering and a lot of other things that are occurring. but, on the other side of the coin, we've had huge numbers of people actually who live in the neighborhood who've come out in opposition to we've had some major public figures. the existing supervisor i understand both of the two candidates that are running for supervisor are both in opposition. david-who is in the doe city councilman but candidate for supervisor san mateo county, was important, in my mind, capt. mcfadden because he is-he and his forces are the ones who have to deal with palms that are generated by this spencer e's and so dispensaries so that's way heavily on me. obviously, all the things that been said traditionally about these

businesses where there's a lot of cash and may not be the customers who may not be the dispensary but the fact that money and the product out on the street leads, can lead to assaults and robberies and other things, but that just comes with any of these. it's unfortunate we have five within 1.5 miles, which is high concentration. so the idea that someone in this neighborhood who is in need of medical marijuana is not being served of course is not the case because there's plenty of them already there. i also had testimony from the people with

the san francisco christian center, which are within 1000 feet. that qualifies in school even though apparently they have a lot of youngsters there after school which should be the same as being the school but i think technically under the law you have to be an actual elementary school possibly even a public elementary school, to be within that 1000 ft.2. there are also were allegations presented by one of the speakers about the upkeep of the property. i am not sure this really has anything to do with the project sponsor because i'm not sure she is necessarily on. she may be a writer. i don't really know about that, but that is interesting there were that many problems going on. so, that's another concern. those are the parking problems have been brought up. i think the representations that the body shop would be available for parking probably doesn't look right that scored to be the case. however, as one speaker said, parking is something we have to deal with all over in san francisco but it does look

like this are pretty congested area. it might add already existing problems. so, i will see with the other commissioners have to say. having made a definite decision on this one i can certainly see both sides. obviously, this project sponsor has every right to have a dispensary as anyone else would. that's not the issue. the issue is the mother to many? the number does not one and mark were having a lot of problems already. the police are against it. many elected officials in the area are against it. so, that is the difficulty that i have. >> commissioner wu >> thank you two responses to public comment. i agree that there's no need there's no

basis for the stigma around medical marijuana to we have heard so many mcd's here in this debate sort of comes up every time. i think that we have said again and again as a mission we believe that medical marijuana is important for the people for health. secondly, do think it's a true that the majority of operators are not people of color and are not women and that is a real concern. the challenge for us is the permit goes with the land and can keep the permit the operator. so, it's a land use decision and not an operator decision. the clustering challenge willie as a challenge. i do believe that there is an over saturation in this neighborhood. it was a hard hearing to go through and december 2014 with spark again who may be a better operator and may not be come about like i said, the permit goes without land. i do believe believe there should be some geographic equity. this commission turned

down and mcd i think was in fisherman's wharf. that was one i supported it but i do not support the spark in 2014 and i can't sport this one tonight. >> commissioner johnson >> thank you much. i think i echo commissioner antonini in this operator seems up a great player and i think we are able to open a dispensary. are you are able to serve the clients you want to aye definitely want to see not just a graphic equity with and cds but also diversity with their ownership and operators. i definitely support that. i like the way you set yourselves up if we ever get to this point in the commission i do have some questions about how you actually been to operate. i spent a lot of time in your documentation in your operating plan. but for now, i'll just keep my comments high-level and

kind of see where we are going. i definitely at, commissioner echo commissioner wu in the past this commission is supported marijuana use. echoing the person you reject a lot of arguments that talk about criminalizing or stigmatizing marijuana use. i think the world is changing and i don't find those arguments sway me in terms of looking at and mcd location and whether not you should or should not be somewhere. however, i am concerned about the clustering issue and also, just also in terms of how it also coincides with this operator intends to serve, whenever we've had clustering issues the past, were discussed clustering issues, or slave also listen to operators who make a very strong case that their clients tell clientele is local to where there shunted maybe if there are mcd's week other operators say, yes, but the clientele i didn't to serve

lives within this neighborhood where these neighborhoods and these are the people in targeting so this why my location should be here. in this case, i really felt was looking at the documentation listen to public comment this location is here because that's only place he can be. not necessarily because as a special claim on the population in this area which is probably why we are seeing so many people from public comment coming up from the neighborhood did not arresting them opposite because i think would be here anyway but why we haven't seen as many other people have said i'm in a locked down the street and use this place. right. i think that swayze when i think about the land-use decision here. which apart from the usage it's who you're serving on why are you in this particular piece of land. i do hope that i wonder other commissioners but high-level, i

disagree with commissioner johnck i think the state ballot measure has a good chance of passing and hopefully the work we have ongoing within the city to think about how do we legislate a legal use, a legal use of marijuana i hope that one form of future decision on this. oddly, will be able to fix some of the issues we have oh green zones. expand some of them and hopefully look at these how is this use pattern and how will it physically represent is a good i would also talk about we talked to dispensaries and operator models with them but there's everything from what people might think of more like a bar where alcohol is served all the way to think about a pharmacy and more by medical institutional type of usage. so i'm looking forward to seeing how this city thinks about with the physical representation of this when you should be. i would like to hear other commissioners and their thoughts. i am definitely on the fence with this one but i'll say i am support of the operator of mcd's in general. i

do not know that this particular spot is good for this usage for a lot of reasons, not just because the neighborhood opposition. >> thank you each and every one is very difficult. there's 28 dispensaries in the city rainout and went to bed late delivery services options. available so citywide, there is i think enough and maybe even comparable to some other uses will be less than 20 bui on those services as well. it's difficult i think in this particular case the clustering aspect is coming to play. there is clearly large opposition or turnout from the neighborhood opposed. you have to listen to that. i think this operator has finally nothing do with this operator and i'm sure this operator is cooking the business plan looks fantastic

and commissioner wu pointed out it's a land-use decision we do make not approve the business type. the sfpd is an important person to speak opposed to this. you have to listen i think to what he says and on about years, on the ground really feel for what's going on in the neighborhood. i want to point out what sort of in a crossroads with november coming up and i know the departments and other agencies of the city of the discussed a little bit about because pass in november of this body and the rest rest of the cities can attribute this to be doing with the green zones? to expand them >> baby director can speak to that. i know with just started >> commissioners there has been a couple menu that cannabis task force. i think may wonder two people in the room on that task force. it's primarily tasked with looking what happens if the measure does passn in november. to get ready for that passage i also think they been talking about other aspects such as the green zone

and extending where and cds might be able to go. i don't think they have-i think there's a general sense on the task force from what i understand them of doing that. but that is required legislation to my knowledge. there's been no legislation currently in the works to get and i don't honestly don't know the timeframe for such legislation. of course, if it passes november we want to be ready, the city to propose regulations for how we would allow them to this obesity located >> >> thank you for that. commissioner moore >> i been sitting on this commission for the last 12 years and i commend this commission not for one moment having shied away from a very candid conversation about i

think on and everything in between, but acknowledging the previous speakers in the end, it is the venue's decision and nothing else. while, in the heart of all hearts, ownership equity etc. is an extremely important thing to keep in mind no matter what we do and where we do it this is not about ownership equity. this is about simply land-use. we, over the years and this is no time frame 04-5 years had very candid quite loud and controversial discussions including recommendations from supervisor avalos who felt we were not paying specific attention to the boundary of his district. he has us much closer to the community and we see here a group for a number of hours but we are not in it every day. and i believe that clustering is now without bond door was

closing, to come in a very serious issue and that even more so, because of the upcoming change potentially in october and the very [inaudible] we would have to basically reinvent how we look at the entire phenomenon and in my heart of hearts, i believe this will also become more an issue of a commercial corridor with the infrastructure more resilient and more clearly helping business regulate themselves including appropriate behaviors, etc., but with we have seen this year, really at the bottom of a residential building, i have big second thoughts about this particular location is even the right location. i'm very sad to hear one of the speakers summarizing that unfortunately, the building is already in questionable shape. 14, on top of that the building has an almost decade-long history of

violations with cbi and the building issues. that doesn't make me feel comfortable. another question i had myself and we've seen quite a few and cds and will work out plans in the past. this is a very small piece from a very small operation. is it large enough for what sounds like a very solid and very people oriented and positive plan. those are all questions but ultimately, no land-use, my biggest questions are i do have lots of hesitance to support this and partially because of the saturation that is already existed >> commissioner richards >> i misread in support of medical cannabis. i actually went against district supervisor recently whose staff and i believe himself did not want an mcd in his dish. i was ready as i came in this room to vote [inaudible] because i'm

independent i did go to for spark in december of 2014. i voted doing, vote against the city was on fisherman's wharf because i like you to put one on the were easily and completely inappropriate place. as i heard all the speakers and i got think everybody for and against. my pluses and minuses here, we had the existing supervisor not support this project. the two major candidates for his succession his office, not supporting it. the police capt. mcfadden not supporting that we had no birds leavers and the word neighborhood association not supported and in the amount of neighbors not supporting it. that withstanding, it's not a popularity contest but as we keep going down the list, clustering is a big issue for me. i get whole issue around then use equity i don't think anybody decided in 2005 or 24 would put everything in

district 11. it was just with the green zone fell because you have this many schools clustered the. love more than 1000 feet. that's why so many parcels i guess available. we do have two and cds in my neighborhood in the castro [inaudible] because it's more schools clustered there. i do believe there's a safety issue. around this. that it does bring people who do medical marijuana towards him and to be honest with you, the housing issue where san francisco is been asked to pick up the slack percent of clerk in san mateo county because of the zoning restrictions that the mile so feel a little bit not even a little bit month, flabbergasted were asked to pick up the fact they don't have the mcd's and we are trying to it feels like when i go to reno, and right on the california side border and across it, always seven casinos. if you look at the way these things are there to the

city line on the map i can see is that we know of it. the coming right here on the border people are coming here from wherever. south and their current clique-ish that coming there by their stuff pick up and leave. i think they're going to come in and patronize the businesses they could create other issues. i did have questions around experience. issues with the operative i know as a team that i do have no concerns for the needs of medical cannabis in this neighborhood is met. the delivery services available. i do think there is a negative impact on existing businesses. somebody brought up the fact that businesses won't open with her somebody mcd's in the neighborhood. i believe that. i think on this one, welcome witnesses on the edge of the residential and the beginning of a commercial is an issue for me in the physical building issues are also a big concern especially around to consider security. on the plus side,

there's the benefit of medical campus. i see toward seniors and veterans although i'm imagine it's open to everybody. absolute, understanding the issue around the equity spending the money around in different communities can absolutely understand that. i know we would bring jobs to committees to the community that serving as well as communities that have a higher unemployment rate. feels a vacant storefront is pretty dilapidated. i want to ask the woman who's on the cannabis task force him and make a few statements here in a minute. i know there might be somebody else if you want to come up as well? can you there's three people, please. if you folks can share with us kind of where things are going because we have now until november there's still a couple more applications pending good i see more than a couple. 15. that's

a lot. can you let us know what you think things are getting out? >> i could pass his own believe were talking but the greens of. we had a presentation from arun start in our july meeting to take up the subject in august and openly, with some recommendations for the board of supervisors. so the minimum is six and a feet or 500 state law? >> state law is 600 and >> have you modeled 650, said artist we- >> they went the other would. it went for 300 and we've also talked about either of its widespread we talked a little bit about much is doing the way the crow flies but how you actually have to walk to get to that position. which might make a difference. >> okay. great. i think the thing i would like to say is that it's been in the green zone and modeling between now

and november, especially for this district, that we asked staff or maybe have a policy mapping and additional projects for giving this to be the second one i believe that the disapproving and i think it saves everybody time and effort to have to go through this into we actually have eight former footing. i know for prostitution or city attorney might have some ages about it but a deal policy on saturation would at least let project sponsor note we have high-level concerns. >> actually suggested that in committee but i think that our concerns are there's people forced up by the feds for reasons were not their own and we did not want to totally cut them out of the process. they should be like and be grandfathered in her somebody but for new ones, yes, i would love to see that happen. >> i do with the other commissioners feel better but given with registered him and make a motion to take the disapprove the project. >> second >> commissioner antonini >> i just wanted, and i'm going to vote for the motion but i would encourage project sponsor it sounds like you have a very good-the site is not the

right one. under the present law there's not a lot of other choices but this happens to be an area where there's been enormous amounts of opposition because of the clustering and the saturation and other issues that were raised. perhaps not before november but before the might be other sites in the city might be appropriate to do it may be better fit and hopefully also have more equity of medical marijuana dispensaries in areas that are underserved at this particular time. so, that's my input on it >> commissioner richards >> commissioners of is a motion >> i'm sorry. >> thanks. i want to ask reason know you're in the midst of emotion right now, but

considering all the changes that are going to happen from what we do or don't know is been a happen in november, can we-to give us an opportunity to talk more to the community? because i did just talk to the captain and we talked about some things. can we ask you to do a continuation until sometime in january? it gives her a chance to talk to the owner of the building concerns and it gives her an opportunity to talk the more the community and for all we know, when the legislation passes, the opportunity to move elsewhere or maybe one of the other ones shutting down because the land use issue. it might create this as a spot did i know there's a lot of neighborhood opposition and i think they're still needs to be some kind of talk to god because it is a different market i am just asking, we table this and do it sometime in january after the task force in the board and everybody has had an opportunity to look at it? >> i will asked staff if we take a motion to disapprove the project, when could the project sponsor bring a project back at this site? >> dublin washington southwest

dish. if a motion is taken to disapprove this, they could return a believe in one year. >> okay. i wait your other commissioners >> before commissioner johnson, which is what commissioner richards and 80 staff to look at what it would take maybe two possible to take a timeout and on teacher projects being presented to this commission at least until november to the task force finishes its work. commissioner johnson >> thank you. i want to follow-up on the project especially the project sponsor. unfortunately, i could not support a continuance of that

nature. that's because at least for my reasoning, my reasoning was actually about the actual land use in that location it was never the neighborhood opposition it it wasn't about many of the other things. the we've heard in public comment i be making the same decision if mcd's were allowed citywide and you could have been in any place. >> commissioner moore >> i would agree that observation is the one thing i like the department to think about should the legislation october created significant shift of how we are going about approval, that for reasons of ownership equity and small business under which this particular because of his size and model, there is indeed helping extended to small operators like this particular one by which there will be facilitated in a particular way. otherwise, i would agree that decision we been making today he is the and use decision not a small minority business operation decision. so, i'd like to see a merging of different positive supportive elements come together for a future support

for this particular operator but let this when use decision stand on its own for what it is and that is adr which is basically being denied >> okay billy would've a motion in the second. >> this emotion and second to disapprove the project. on a motion of commissioner antonini aye jonathan aye moore aye wu aye richards moved and seconded. fong spook the move commissioners that motion passes unanimously 6-0. places you on public comment >> is there any general public comment? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] >>

>> good evening everyone. thank you so much for taking [inaudible] time for our people that have reached out and [inaudible] we will go ahead and start. we are so excited to have everybody here tonight for our 6th annual mayor's, i am the future scholarship award. thank you all for bheeing here tonight. i want to do a few things before we start. i really just want to thank omar and zoe for opening up college track. this is our home and you will help us build and bringing in so many people into the community and making

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give out 47 scholarships this evening. [applause] so in addition we have anonymous donors, so these are people the mayor talked a lot about all the work each of our young people are doing to make sure they are getting through college and so we had a couple anonymous donors so want to we want to be there and make sure our young people get through so they also shared. the san francisco puc, jessica and tracy, i know you are both here and just want to say thank you for partnering with us always. we have 47 young people with us this evening, each will receive $1,000 to go towards the tuition and we want to just thankmany partners. what the mayor wanted to be able to do is not give individuals scholarships and not have anything else to go forward,

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well. there are a couple oother folks in the house you should get to know because thee are city leaders who have been really important to the mayor and the mayor relies on them for advise have guidance in the community. derek and ashly are here from mayors office of neighborhood service, theo hope sf. michael [inaudible] he does the workforce part. sandra and jen are here from family counsel and big shout out to florence and john who helped put this toorthd. thank you all very much for that. one other shout out and we'll get going. this year out of the 47 student we have, 16 of them are going on to san francisco state university. allison sanders is here on behalf of president less wong and thank you so much for being

here this evening. [applause] every one of wrour young people have graduated previously or just this year from san francisco unified school district. here to give a warm welcome and introduce our mayor is vice president of san francisco board of education and resident of bayview hunters point, shamon, walton. >> thank you. first of all, good evening everybody. one, i want to congratulate all of the young people receiving scholarships today. this is a exciting time and was just thinking 4 7 of you if all of you gave me half your scholarship money, i can go buy the car we all want and it will be like it is all of ours but i keep it at my house mpt i thank you for your dedication and

hard work on being deserving of receiving the scholarship this evening. just going to say 3 quick things, young, never be content with average because it is as close to the bottom as the top. to give more perspective, always remember a c is just as close to a f as it is to a a. a c is just as close to a f as a a so always strive for a's in life for everything you do. remember that. secondly, always focus on persevering and never let anyone tell you you can't do anything and be successful. you should have 124 perseverance of a insect that all us may see and know but may not realize how strong they are and how much they persevere and that sh bumblebee rr. the reason i say that is a bumblebee isn't supposed to be able to fly. you go and tell a

bumblebee that. you see them flying traev/7 non stop because of weight and their wings they are not suppose today be able to fly and yet they still fly. any time someone says you can't succeed or be successful just remember the bumblebee defying the odds. last, and this is something i always want you to keep at heart is always know where you want to go. whether you set a 3 month goal or 6 goal or year worth of goals, always know where you want to go so you remember the childrens story alice in wonder land and alice is talk toog the ches shire cat and they have a exchange and she asks the cat for direction jz the cat says, where do you want to go and she says, i don't know. the cat said, well then it doesn't

matter. always know where you want to go because that is the only way you get roadmap to success and where you want to end up with. i have the honor and privilege to introduce the leader of our city and by the way, this is a leader who had to be in charge and had to make strong decisions during challenging time. he is also a leader who spenz the most time that i have seen in bayview hunters point in many years so appreciate him for that. he is also a mayor who focuses on making sure that we are not device v and all work together to get things accomplish. if you look what is happening across the country and even in the city, it is very important now that we focus on strategies and working together. he is a leader in affordable housing, he is a leader in reforms needed for our communities to be successful so all of us have equal opportunities and he has been a leader in social justice

and equity. i want to thank him one, for his work and leadership through the challenging time. i want to thank him pr being here for the young people all the time including this evening and without further ado, here is our mayor, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction shmon and thank you for your wonderful work at the school board. i know that the more people from the community that get on to our elected body will really help and i know the school board is doing well. we are because of you and hid ruand all the other school board members and richards leadership we are the best performing urban public school in the state of california so thank you very much for that leadership. [applause] allison, thank you

and we are proud of our sf state as well and want to thank omar, thank you for inviting us to this beautiful place and before i begood in , let me share good news with everybody. we just learned that we won the lawsuit filed against the warriors arena so now we'll start building the arena and start moving forward on a wonderful opportunity have this team come back to san francisco as they left a few years ago and played wonderful city of oakland and maybe we can win a few championships as well. wanted to share that with you because as i talked about the warriors being success i'm looking at success with our scholar squz very proud. very proud of all you because not only have you

done it academically-i went through all your backgrounds and and i know there are a lot of other challenges you had to overcome in order to get into a position where you could succeed even more. i know too that most of you will be the first in your family to attend college and that means a lot of other people in your family will depend upon you to be successful and to kind of paint the way for them to be their success. i am extraordinarily moved by each and ever one of your stories mpt i too was a recipient of a few scholarships when i went to college. i don't think i would have been able to attend had schools i was privileged to go to without those scholarships. whether they were at private college or uc berkeley. those

scholarships were a huge advantage to not have to work as much and go to school and work half time like a lot of students do to afford the very exeexpensive tuition and living expenses, so i'm glad to be in a position in a city like san francisco and when we talk to people about helping whether they are a engineering firm committed to stoit and san francisco community for many years and if you know anything about [inaudible] hill they are at the heart of a lot of infrastructure work with public utilities commission and have been very successful. they will make sure that our pipeline jz water systems and sewer systems are all working and at the same time they are able to see the actual talent of the people they work with in the present and future and

see the talent come through and hopefully you will be able to join public utility ue till commission and [inaudible] others who stepped up. we had people that said i want to give the money. i believe in your vision. i know and hear what shamon and [inaudible] are doing at the school board and want these kids to have every opportunity to succeed and don't want any attention just say take this and make sure the right kids get it. they all had one thing in common and that is the only thing i will be speaking to by something i'll ask of each one of our scholar awardees tonight and that is real san francisco thing. you know, for me, the door of opportunity was open not by myself. i think i could have been a smart, i could have done a lot of good grades and

did all that but that wouldn't have earned the confidence or investment people made. it is also the feeling i know in san francisco we have and that is the support for each other. that, when we have the opportunity door open for us, our obligation of a life time basis is keep that door open for somebody else. all of you will make something of yourselves. i feel that way, you will accomplish your goals, you will have happy families and have your own kids and responsibilities, but also the most important thing is just remember where you came from and how you got there and the people helped you that you turn around and you just keep the door open and help somebody else. that is very simple lesson in life but it is so san francisco because what i try to do in running the city is i look at housing developers and

look at companies that are investing millions and millions of dollars and i say okay, if we help you establish your business here, i want you to employ local people. warriors, when you build your stadium i want you to have local hire. ucsf, will wh you build a new hospital, i want you to reach out to our programs and get local people hired. tech companies, i want you to fly out with all wrour poky mon stuff, get some of those jobs for our kids and open up making sure we train our kids in the technology and jobs of the future. so, even though you see a lot of success going on, there are many of us day too dai day saying, keep the door open for somebody else, support our non profits, support our school district, support our community serving associations. think about communitys always because

that will always be the most important thing you could do and when you get a good education and good degree and good reputation, quite frankly that may be your goal, but it doesn't mean a lot-it means 10 times more when you apply that to building a strong community from which you came from. so, i'm about rebuilding all public housing in san francisco because i grew up in public housing and i never want public housing residents to be called public housing residents. i want them to be the citizens and residents of san francisco. that means everybody gets quality housing and we will put the entire direction of our economics of our city to make sure that happens. good paying jobs, 21 st century jobs, that is what we want everybody to participate in. that is why we

work hard to raise minimum wage and end discrimination squl work hard to erase the barrier jz even if people made mistakes they can't suffer their entire life from those mistakes, they need to recover. recover so we don't end in a place where people can't grow and move forward. that is why the city is so graitand took up the crazy responsibility to mayor of san francisco. who would want tobe mayor of peebals republic of san francisco? there are so many view jz so many things that have to be done but i took up the challenge because i have a lot of friends that said they would help make the city great and they are doing so and there is something we can get done as a city if we work together and support each other and make sure we never think about

communitys in isolation, we are people that can help each other. tell you a story and it is one i'm proud of because it has to do with my own community. in a few weeks hid ruand i will also add about 16 more scholarships. i had friends in chinatown who were part of these family associations. for years if you know chinatown and it is made up of a lot of different associations. some of these associations were created way back in the 1800's because there were a lot of discrimination of chinese so had to form own groups called family association to pull the money together because no one would hire them to do work. they had to borrow money from their own people because the banks wouldn't lend money. they wouldn't let them buy

property. sound familiar? didn't happen just to chinies but did happen to chineties. the family associations over many decades helped themselves. when i became the mayor 5 years ago the family association said mayor, will you bless us with your presence? for many decades the family associations gave scholarships to our kids and we are proud of that. chinese, we love education and love our kids to succeed. i said i think that is a good idea but have one condition. they said, what is that because we didn't-you are the first chinese america mayor, can you come help announce the scholarships? i said i'm proud you are doing scholarships but also say as the first chinese

american mayor i'm proud to do that and also proud if you open up the scholarships. they said, what do you mean. this a time be agchinese american i can show we support all youth that need scholarships as well. if you were to open up that would be a big message to have other kids not just chinese kids be recipients of the scholarships and now we are in our 4th year where they opened up their scholarships. we have 10 non chinese coming in to be part of the overall scholarships they fund. the point being, our communities have the same values, we want the same levels of success for our kids but we are part of a larger community of san francisco and can help each other out. if we just open the doors of opportunity and i'm

proud that our chinese community said to me, we would be willing to open that up because now during the scholarships, the fmlies come and have dim sum after the scholarships and they are experiencing each others culture and it is amazing what you can do when you ask people, don't just think of yourselves, but think the larger community. we understand the history of the chinese community. we need to bring everybody together. i want to share that with you because these are life experiences that you will all have and i just say that the stronger person will be the one that says i remember how i got to where i am and i will pay it forward and keep that door wide

open for other people so other people can experience what we are experiencing about being embraced by your community. final word, it is a scholarship but also want to think-want you to think of it as a investment. you're my investment. i'm investing in you and these days that is a powerful statement. when someone says i invest in you they are looking at the ipo and you to succeed so the money they put out there can say it was really worth it. that you did what that money-what investments ought to do. you took it and grew it and made everything possible that you can make out of it. sthis what an investment does. i think the highest praise is you are our cities investment so you is a lot more people that will suroun you for that success.

all the more to you and to say again on behalf of the city, i thank you for your accomplishment and leadership and have a lot more people when you are throw with the education we are identifies jobs so come and work with the city or companies that work with us being in san francisco. i know i will take a look at the other wonderful cities in the country but you are always know that the warriors are in san francisco. congratulations scholars. investments and good luck to you and let us know how we can all help continue your success. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you so much mr. mayor. so, at this time we will have the mayor come up and have tracy and summer come up from brown and cauldwell and ch 2 m.

they will give each of the scholars a city pin for florence will share with our-we have a certificate of honor for each of our recipients and this is a opportunity for you all to take a picture. i'm going slide my way out of here. i'm sorry, i didn't get a chance to introduce myself, i'm hide rumendoza and surge on education and family source squz elected member of board of education. this is my favorite time when we do investments that really commit to the community. during a time when it is really tough out there now we have to invest in our young people . thank you mr. mayor for doing this every year for the last 6 years. we had to move our venue to a larger space because he is growing the pot and getting more and more students. grow the pot! >> alright! that's the other

way to grow the pot. alright, i will call your name and if you please come on up and take a quick shot and can get families. we opened a i'll isle and have a lot of space. start with mony hewert from project rebound. we have jason bell receiving on his behalf. mony tweent george washington high school and going to san francisco state university. alright. it will take a minute to coordinate the photo stuff, right? alright. our next recipient is alejandro

martinez. going to san francisco state. our next recipient is alexandria brown from college track. she is graduate of laurel high school kboeing to university of santa cruz and her mother is here to receive the award on her behalf. thank you for being here an twuinate, we are really proud of your daughter. our next recipient will be aleana cor dorfba, a graduate of [inaudible] jordan high school for equity. cal state east bay! our next recipient is alfaundso