dren under 18. the way that we would write the ordinance would include all facilities zero to 18. how can there be balance of views when members of the marijuana task force exclusively represent their interests? where are the rights of property owners and residents who oppose mcd notice neighborhood? although marijuana out-power our resident voices bawforts vast financial resources, we hope you will haar ow please. there have been four applications nearby property owners like myself and residents were not timely or properly informed. project planners never attended our community meet totion hear our positions. they may have unfairly affected the commissioner's decisions. within a thousand feet of the two mcds there are youth groups. after school and other children's

programs. they spoke against it. listen to the concerns of the san francisco health department. >> thank you. and after the last speaker that i've called ryan indigo kitty chang, wendy wong and miss -- something kwong -- i don't know. >> good afternoon, everybody. thanks for hearing us again on an important topic. i want to put my support for the -- i'm david mccarthy, i'm the owner/operator of a small nonconforming cultivation site here in san francisco. i wanted to support the city-wide

policy in san francisco. i want think we should approach this as a whole city. i'd like to put my support behind the 600 square foot distance, i think that is a large distance. i think it's an easily supportable distance. i want to talk a little bit about myself. we've been talking about access. i've heard a lot about the mcds and access to patient. what about the access to the mcds for their product and the cultivators. i'm a small nonconforming cultivator. although i take the leap and hope to make the transition in deregulated future. i am like a thousand people in san francisco. we provide medicine for hundreds if not thousands of patients a month, individually.

if that pathway is difficult enough that it's not able to be met by people like me, we are going to see a drastic shortage ever of is medicine and that will turn the city back into a black market for marijuana. i wanted you to take that into consideration and i look forward to the future. >> thank you. -- thank you sir. >> thank you for taking our comments. i'm denise dory. i'm a member of access and member of the harvey milk club. it didn't get me anywhere with prop 64. it was designed to destroy the patient movement. i plan to replace it with anything without jail time. until then please don't let hate groups define san francisco with jim crow

laws. these are nothing more than jim crow laws. let's put it this way, if coffee secured as many diseases or treated as many diseases as cannabis, they'd regulate it half to death. the price would go through the ceiling. and coffee i've seen make people mental. it is a drug. it's processed. i'm against the thousand foot buffer. i think we should have the 600-foot buffer with no day care centers. what are they going to do run from mommy and say i like it? this is -- a lot of this is a a is solution looking for a problem. we're responsible in the can with cannabis community. it stops violence. the other things i wanted to say, a lot of us in district 6 where i live can't

afford cannabis. it keep us happier. people are less likely to have mental breakdowns in district 6, but we have a hard time getting it there or affording it. i can't afford it. i have to pay for my own lyme treatment. i have a 50/50 chance of beating lyme. please support compassionate care. and the doctor don't even mow about cannabis patients. they don't know -- >> thank you ma'am. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, i'm dr. chris emmerson. i am the cofounder and chief scientist of a cannabis manufacturing company here in district 6. three things, the first i'd like to read a number 397,631. that's how many residents of s.f. voted on prop 64.

those voters under the impression that they'll have access to the adult use market starting january first. there is an amendment introduced by supervisor sheehy which i support that allows funds a pathway forward for existing mdcs. and we need to include the non-retailers. cannfinally on the subject of equity, i strongly oppose a thousand foot buffer. we talk a lot about equity. by minimizing the amount of space, we exponentially decrease the opportunity for equity applicants to enter the market. challenging enough for operators would have been here, trying to operate in this market and in san francisco. that's only going to be compounded for equity applicants. we need to consider how we move forward allowing them to come in and by having

this doral dra cone draconian thousand foot buffer we'll um peed the cannabis industry -- impede the cannabis industry in san francisco. >> i'm ryan. i was born if san francisco. i've live -- i was born in san francisco and a resident of district 9 and employed in the medical cannabis industry. i work for one of the largest distributors in california. i work directly with a number of the people you heard speak here today and number of dispensary services here in the city. i was hired for this position shortly afort passage of the original medical cannabis regulation and safety act in 2015. so i'm living proof that it creates jobs. i don't want to take up too much time.

i'm going to echo some of the highlights. i support the 600-foot buffer. a thousand foot buffer has led to the clustering issue. i feel this has been discussed and accepted as fact by this board in the past. i support mr. de la plain's proposal of 51% ownership stake and not allow for out of state interests and permit flipping. also the 50% local hiring requirement is a good goal. possibly something we may need to build up to. on site consumption is important. we need safe places for consumption both for residents and tourists and i urge you to support the pipeline amendment, thank you. >> good afternoon.

i'm karen. i'm the licensing and exoo compliance direct where spark. i'd like to offer my thanks to supervisor sheehy and safai and for the presence of the deliberationly the deliberations by the visiting supervisors today. i'm here to offer our comments on several issues. first, i agree with former speaker and task force member lora thomas. it's entirely possible to get tht right by the january 1 deadline. it's a mistake to disregard the monumental effort by the task force. one way to facilitate a smooth transition by january 1 is to provide temporary permit to allow those engaged in the registration process to be allowed a temporary coon conversion by january 1.

the fundamentally the argument here is that the expectations that cities and counties would meet the january 1 deadline. the industry here in san francisco3me stands prepared to serve. second i appreciate the discussion here today concerning predatory landlords and urge the board to figure out a process where by the permit stays with the business operator. the operators poured many dollars into the site development and engaged with city regulators to demonstrate their compliance. it's a real possibility and completely unacceptable that these businesses stand to lose what they've fought so hard for. i'll a just say please make us legal by january 1 and save us from our predatory landlords.

>> good afternoon. i'm katie chang. when prop 64 was put on the ballot it did not indicate where the stores would be open. prop 64 passed therefore the local residents that oppose it do not have the ability to inhabit our neighborhood as we see. please keep the pot stores away from minors. the 1,000 feet rule must include any facility that serves minors from 2 to 8 years old including public and day care. free school afterschool mayor's youth program. private and public schools. they're all human beings too. please maintain the 1,000-foot rule for medical and recreational pot stores.

apply the 1,000 rule on all types of pot stores whether recreational or medical. otherwise you'll have stores allowed to be open on the same block one for mcd and one for recreations. recreational. currently the number of mcds in san francisco is as capacity. so no need to open more. they can have 36 pots even if they follow the law. they will who is going to monitor that? each pot -- california is doing draft prices. going -- [inaudible] pesticide and fertilizer is excessive.

electricity usage -- >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. i know there are a lot of people take a break. to echo what my neighbor said, that growing pot in residential areas in apt is disastrous to the environment. it takes six gallons of water per pot. over 10 types of pesticides for pot. so i don't know if you can put into consideration whether the pop can be grown in the residential areas. we can eat chicken, we cannot grow the livestock in our neighborhood, why? we should not have any pots growing in the apartments at all especially when we have diversive. we can be diversive by having the landlord and neighbors to fight for

the water bills. as i mentioned that we don't see any long line in mcd. i don't know if you've seen any mcds sitting there and observing people in and out. they're in and out in three minutes. i'm sure they don't have long lines. in n' out berger has 30 minute wait we should open more in n' out burgers. we should not open to cannabis business. this is a new industry. we have to take it baby steps. we should not have any privilege for cannabis business in so-called green zone. we should put our residents into the highest priority, who are living there 2017. 24/7. cultivation of pot is not the solution. i would like to also mention that

we are also in drought season in california. and having the pots growing in san francisco is disastrous to us and -- >> thank you. let me call a few more speaker cards. mary mana, audrey and tamara. >> good afternoon and thank you everyone in this room. i'm ellen, i am a family social worker. we have a team done research from the chinese community and a community that has impacted [inaudible] for mcds. i am here to support safe access for patients. at the same time, i'm here to request

to all of you here being responsible adults. create a zone -- a thousand feet zone a wray from the kids including any facility serving zero to 18 kids. we have done research. according to federal law, whoever allow cannabis to open in a position that is opposed by majority of neighbors creating a nuisance to people, they're liable for a lawsuit. they're liable for any damage that is created. number two the landlord allow it's property to have a cannabis operation is liable for a lawsuit. the city and county of san francisco had a council here today. as you and i know, in this room right here, every month, is there is a lawsuit

against the city and county of san francisco. i do not think the taxpayer is willing to pay more lawsuits related to this cannabis industry. san francisco is run by the people, created by the people, and the in the best interests of the people. it's responsible as government employees and representatives to create laws that is win win for business and is win win and supported by local residents, at the same time protect children youth, at the same time protect us, the taxpayers. >> thank you for your testimony. next speaker, please. if i have not called your name, michelle ditster. lora foote clarke and john martinelli.

>> thank you for the time. i'm mary maugh. i'm a retired clinical social worker. for 32 years i work as a psychiatric social worker for the city and county of san francisco mental health division. i do know the benefit of cannabis. but i also know the harm of it as well. i'm here to urge you to up hold the 1,000 feet including preschool, private, or public. i volunteered to help parents to develop a healthy family. i volunteered at the church for their afterschool tutorial program. many of the patients ask me to represent them because they're at work and they are a liable to come.

they and i are very concerned about the serious lookalike children's snack like gummy worms, and all kinds ever flavors in the gummy line edibles. they are the concerns of the parents that they might be on the market next year. it's importanter in us to keep the products away from the children. i'm a sphroak survivor. -- i am a stroke survivor. i lose my balance. when i walk to the -- i get bumped very easily and i lose my balance easily. i urge you also to limit the cannabis store away from heavy foot traffic car traffic area. thank you. >> next speaker, please.

>> i am head of -- i am here to provide translation for this lady. there >> voice of interpreter: i am a resident of valley for 19 years. i am here representing my district of this valley and the people of the [inaudible] palace. there are many people immigrants that are not allowed to vote because they're not citizens of the united states. i am here to request you government representatives to think about putting 1,000 feet into any facility that serves zero to 18 centers.

i do not support any cannabis stores. i do not support cannabis stores next to children day care centerrers and preschools. they're little human beings, they are human. there is only one life to live. the kids are minors they're easily to get sick if they're next to cannabis stores. so please stay away 1,000 feet for day care preschool and any other services that serve zero to 19. little peoples health care important just like adults'. thank you.

>> next speaker please. >> over here please. >> thank you. so in 1966, you can see the nazis held a rally on the steps of city hall, unfortunately. then in 2017, about a month ago the pacific justice institute which is an lgbtq plus kkk they're a hate group designated by the law center and they've had their foothold here in are san francisco thanks to supervisor tang. what a witch we have as a supervisor.

>> sir -- sir. >> and bring a hate group to san francisco. that is not our right -- that is not all right. that is never all right. >> first of all folks in the crowd keep it to yourself. if you could address your comments to a panel and not a particular supervisor. >> because tang brought into the pacific justice institute and a thousand members of the community to bring hate talk against, lgbtq people that shead we should be tortured and put in concentration kamps. i am gay and all you have to do is google katy tang and lgbtq hate and you'll come up with various articles. that's why the gay supervisor said that the talking points here today are

from the pacific justice institute. this barrier about children because gays are dangerous to children, that's where they stop and use their hate talk to bring this to san francisco because at the use her as a foothold to take these innocent, i go nornlt asians and -- these i go north asians so good by to you you witch. you witch! >> that's enough out of you. so addressing hate speech with hate speech is still hateful. that's enough. or i mite have you removed. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm tram ritz and i oversee the cannabis

market. the leading marketing firm in the cannabis industry. in colorado, a state which boasts a cannabis market with steady growth they support 3.5 million adults over 21. that equates to 5,000 adults per storefront. san francisco with the highest consumption rate in the world has a daily ri operation of 1.5 million.. currently we're looking at 50000 adults per storefront. 10 times the ratio of colorado. 23 percent ever adults consume cannabis. while 38% would consider it in the future. there are 60% of adults that are likely to consume can tbhus 2018. many are worried that opening it up in their neighborhoods will result in

loitering and criminalization. if we don't meet the demand the black market will thrive and loitering will be inevitable. the only solution is well-distributed access to cannabis in this city. awith the global revolution clearly underway, as a proud resident of san francisco the most progressive city in the world i expect nothing less than to see us lead this next wave of the cannabis resolution and do it right based on facts. thank you. >> i'm nina young. children are an endangered species

special in san francisco. we have one of the lowest ratio of children of all metropolitan areas. i listen to the speakers, one thing we can agree on and the law specifies that we should keep marijuana out of -- from the kids. we should not have kids have access to marijuana under 18. so that includes zero to 18. we need to also under prop 64, it demands that we set up regulations. so right now in san francisco, as we try to promote family-friendly environment, we need to make -- to pim pose 1,000 feet buffer between children

and -- impose 1,000 feet buffer between children and cannabis dispensaries. everything that has cannabis should be label add accordingly so people are away. so people can consume them and where they can grow them should be strictly regulated. please help san francisco to become a more family-friendly city. thank you. >> next speaker please. let me call a few more cards matthew king, we heard from patrick goggin, al alexandra butler and ester montoya. >> i'm betsy. i manage two of the consumption spaces in san francisco. i want there to be enough of the spaces available to law-abiding citizens so there is no chance for people to break the law by consuming cannabis in the parks. there is risk for criminalization

by restricting consumption spaces. this fuels the war on drugs and that's nopt the purpose of prop 64. in san francisco it's a major issue because the apartments are likely to be nonsmoking units. where are these people to go? the millions of tourists expected to flock to the city will only have eight locations to explore and engage with. accountthree of the consumption spaces come way premium price tag leaving five to the general public to enjoy. could you imagine an entire city with just five bars that you could go to without a 40-dollar cover charge for the other three? that's what we'll be left to. these consumption spaces offer a lot more to users recreation. they include education which is critical to the new cannabis consumers.

being able to offer a space for dedicated instruction creates a safe environment for a new user to understand how to be responsible. some of the most culturally diverse and accepting spaces in 2017 are cannabis spaces. i've seen it myself. people from every walk of life, every age group, every race, everyone forgets about all the things that we hear about that are supposed to divide us and we all come together the second a joint is introduced. i mopeconsumption spaces help people heal together. i don't understand what is so bad about creating more of those. thank you. >> lora clark normally i only talk about housing. but there has been a lot of interests from the membership in making sure they have a place to spoke mostly.

and i just want to say that we have empty storefronts on the one hand and retail business ready to take off. why would we stop that in any way? if we create an cumbersome progress we'll only see large businesses entering the mact. -- the market. whole point of legalization is taking the people operating in the shadows and legalizing them. if you make it difficult to enter the market people are not going to be able to do that. if you restrict cannabis locations you'll see wealthy people ordering on-demand cannabis and poor people using the black market. we need to have everyone have a piece of this. i want to take a step back and say land use is an important hearing. it's now 4:00. we've spent almost four hours on this.

i know all of you have more important things to do. in fact, just related to cannabis legalization, there are more important and pressing issues about how do we have it be union workers? there are hay lot of better things that we can do with this time. i think that maybe this entire thing should be scrapped. because we have more important things do before the january first deadline. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm audrey lange. i'm here first thing to tell you about the proposition 64 voting. in san francisco 900,000 residents. only 470,000 voters vote on november 8, 2016. more than 55% did not vote.

120000 children, youth and immigrants could not vote. supervisors, think about it. the city and county of san francisco has the responsibility to provide six language access to outreach all of the residents in 11 districts. first is tblish, english. second is spanish. third is asian. we did not see this. please support 1,000 feet a wray from the school including elementary school preschool, high school, public school,

kindergarten. considering the residents safety and healthy life. thank you. >> thank you supervisors. i'm john martinellly. mart -- martinelli. i'm a veteran. i live south of market in district 6. i belong to access of love. and i'm in relief rangers as a veteran. i'm hoping that, you know, i joined the service when i was barely over 17 years old. i couldn't vote then. but i use medical cannabis then even though it wasn't being referred to as such, it was something i needed for

my own health. even that long ago. but the buffer zones and the day care issues is really ridiculous. children are not going to be walking around marijuana dispensaries. you can't even see into a marijuana dispensary about -- let alone making the comments exand what kind of candy looks like what and what wrapper. that is not a valid point to talk about. also we need consistent city-wide policy not a restrictive patchwork so there is equity for the applicants. and that people that were displaced

by federal regulations can rejoin in the prosperity of being able to have another cannabis dispensary. and we just hope the -- >> thank you, sir. >> i'm martin olive oo i'm the president of vapor. supervisor sheehy has provided us with common sense compromises by the very concerns brought up by opponents and supporters. i want to support the 600-foot. san francisco is a dense compact city. it has large patches of residential

districts throughout the west side of the city. it's important to have options. it's taken me personally five years to fine a new location after getting shutdown by the federal government crackdown in 2012. i can attest to the difficulties in finding willing landlords for spaces that are ada accessible. i want to support on-site consumption for vaporization along with hvac. this is an important aspect of medical and therapeutic cannabis use and sidewalks and other places for use. cannabis helps relieve many symptoms. thank you for your time.

>> thank you sir. >> hello, i'm valeri schmaltz, i live in district 4. i'm not chinese i'm white. i want to point that out. i grew up in district 5 5 and this cultural thing is racist and xenophobic. i'm so o shamed shamed that these people that we elected are able to talk like thd can it's lacist. i'm appalled by it. so i want to get that out kidd grew up on 15th avenue and the freedom hong kong started coming to our neighborhood and people wouldn't talk to them. i took chinese lessons so i could talk to people. i support the thousand foot buffer. i support giving that will thousand

foot buffer to everything that affects children. and i would also like to point out something else. everybody who has come up here in favor or the large majority are people making money from cannabis. the regular many, many many of them and the fact it is that the normal neighbors like me are not here because they're working. they're doing something else. erthey're not paying attention to what is happening in an arcane committee. -- community. i know in the irving street quarter, there were some shady things that went on. i'm asking you to really look at that and i agree also with supervisors peskin and kim that access to marijuana definitely not an issue in our city. aside from being able to get it anywhere, you can get it fray dispen ri in 20 --dispensary in 10 minutes by

picking up the phone. >> here is the deal. if you can not keep your voice to yourself i'm going to ask you to leave and if you do not want to leave peaceably, i will ask the sheriff to escort you out. if you respect other people, you can stay here. one more word and you're out. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon members of the board ofboardofboardof supervisors. i'm stephanie tucker and a member of the cannabis retail alliance and a member of the vapor room cooperative team. i'm here to speak in strong support of jeff sheehy's amendments that provide, i think some balance and protection to the pipeline applicants. i also am in support of equity program.

i would like to see more language in the ex-witequity program that helps encourage women come into the industry. i want to speak strongly against adding in any more sensitive uses into our regulations. because it will effectively close down the opportunities for people to open up. right now we have a restrictive green zone. people have a problem finding locations in the green zone. when we're at the press 'tis of precipice of adult use we should expand the green zone. i ask you to abide by the state recommendations and do the 600 buffers from school and do not include child care facilities. i think it's important that everybody understand that on site consumption is a tool. it's a tool for keeping people off the streets.

there are healthier ways to be able to consume like vaporization. we don't have to smoke. but i think that we should come up with a permit just for consumption and allow medical dispensaries and retail dispensaries to have on site consumption. lastly, i'd like to apologize to supervisor katy tang and the medical cannabis community does not share those views. thank you. >> i'm [inaudible] ramirez. i'm here representing the long shore warehouse union and we're in support much supervisor sheehy's amendments. we're concerned about the registration for all the pipeline keeps going. the 600 feet. but we're more concerned about the workers themselves. that is why we appreciate them bringing

the labor peace agreements and we recommend that you look at what other cities have done in regard to labor peace agreements. they've lowered the general number from 20 to 10. l.a. did that, berkeley, their number had two. long beach two. alameda had two workers, two or more employees need a labor peace agreement. this will guarantee all workers will have what they deserve and need. a lot -- in this industry, everybody talks about these being a good, paying jobs. but a good paying job in one area may not be in other area. a good paying job in san francisco does not mean the same as in the central valley. we need unions to represent the workers so they can be protected and have the best they can that we all succeed in the cannabis industry. thank you.

>> i'm ester and i'm a cannabis patient. i'm opposed to increase the buffer zone from what californians approved. patients should have options when it comes to medicine like with other pharmacies we should have convenient options in this city that strifes to be walkable and encourages public transportation. at a -- as a woman i feel safe in the consumption dispensaries but not in bars. the saturation of patients in san francisco in comparison to berkeley and the neighboring cities which permitted dispensaries shows the need for additional access points which the 1,000-foot buffer would eliminate. this is shocking in a progressive city as san francisco and feeds into the stigma of cannabis that we're trying to break away from. it gives me the message i should hide

myself and medicinal choices from children. and it was mentioned that equity applicants might not be prepared to participate. but who are we to say that? we are limiting their potential before they have been given the fair opportunity to apply and participate. please maintain the 600-foot buffer and do not include day care centers as sensitive uses. >> for clarity i said that about equity applicants because i talked to them many of them. that's where that's coming from and i just want to make sure you know where it's coming from. thank you. >> before the next speaker--please come up ail we a call more. angela mah nina, josh davis and teresa

dukay. >> hello, i'm angela mah. i am an employee in cannabis industry for the past two years. i am originally from china and i have been a citizen here six years. i am a wife and mother of two. my work provide me complete [inaudible] allowed me to help provide for my family. today i'm speaking on behalf of myself and 20 of my chinese coworkers. we personally see the good cannabis can -- good cannabis can provide the community but they need dispensaries to be responsible -- respond to the opinion of the asian american group against

dispensaries in san francisco. they do not respect the belief of the thai chinese community. i speak from firsthand experience of being an employee with a company that is [inaudible] we appear to service cannabis patients and giving back to the communities. please note those opposed are only a small percent -- only small section of the asian community. they do not [inaudible] there is also the chinese community that benefit from the cannabis growth in

san francisco. >> how is this? how is this? yoap if you're listening or not, i get the impression you're not half the time. with all due respect to -- with -- let aises bring this one -- let's bring this one closer, i think. with all due respect to your efforts,

fund raising and running for office and serving the city of san francisco why do i get the feeling that everything has been decided and despite the eloquence of the speakers in favor of better things than you vote. i'm vice president of the berkeley cannabis commission and founder and ex-chairman of divinity cannabis closed. it was closed by the feds. so i have a perspective. great respect to the neighbors that are here. would i never open a dispensary if the neighbors didn't want me to. i appreciate what they're saying. that being said, our dispensary was under a six-storey apartment building adjacent to two others and never had any complaints. as soon as we closed our place had

graffiti everywhere and urine soaked. there were so many good points today. i just feel like i'm in a hailstorm of bad ideas and poor propositions and misinformation and ignorance. 600 versus a thousand. that's ridiculous! ridiculous! and also you're, you know, day care centers that's why -- that's why hope net was closed by the feds because it was too close to a day care center. there is so much else to dispensaries had --your map is the deferential of patchwork. the disbreen zone. i spent spr february to disease dealing

with the planning commission and board of appeals to keep my permit going. you should consider closing the dispense israel. >> good afternoon. i'm teresa. i'm the executive director of the san francisco community empowerment center. on behalf of the community i'm here to request you as a government representative to do what is the best for the local residents' interests, on the good and bad side of cannabis. >> hold on if you could move the post. there we go. all right.

>> all cannabis stores should be 1,000 feet a wray from any facility that serve minors under 18 years old include the private and public school, preschool day care center, youth programs after-school programs. no cannabis store next to a bar or selling alcohol store. limited numbers of cannabis stores should not allow any new applicants at this point until you reach all 11 districts with six languages to explain this new recreation cannabis tbhais we've been asking for. -- cannabis businesses that we've been asking for. we adults have to do the duties to set up rules and regulations to protect all people and all ages including children,

youth, immigrants, and limited english and seniors. i believe, we, many of us voted for cannabis to be regulated. for everyone to have a win-win situation. business people can do business, local residents can keep their quality of life. at the end of the day, we all go home and ask the same questions, what have i done today? today we are not talking about only mcds -- >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hello i'm josh davis. i'll be short and sweet. just kind of give an intro. i have not been in cannabis for a long time i spent about four years in china working in construction in shanghai.

there i learned a lot about chinese culture. and i'm privileged to have that experience. i would earn courage everyone that opposes it especially the chinese community to do your own research. i feel there is enough information out there if you look outside your bubble and current community, i think you can come to your own conclusions if cannabis is harmful in these regions. i also wanted to comment briefly about the zoning. i think adding a 400 feet to the 600-foot buffer doesn't make much sense. if you look at the map, it seems like it's going to eradicate all the cannabis organizations that worked so hard and invested time and effort and money into establishing these brands. there are people behind the brands and i've been fortunate enough to meet a lot of people.

they don't want to serve children cannabis. they just want to operate legally. and supply medicine to their patients. that's it. they want to create innovative ways on how toe do to do that. when you restrict people and not allow them to operate legally you leave more opportunity for the black market. we're moving backwards. i would please ask the board of supervisors to not approve the thousand foot zoning. thanks. >> thank you sir. and i think i've called most of the people before. august, jessica nancy, zerami and tess. that's the last of my speaker cards. >> i did complete one it might still

be in the box. i'm saira shraeder sarah shraeder. mother of two. i've been active with medical cannabis advocacy in san francisco since witnessing my first federal raid first with the safe access chapter then i sat on the working group out of david campos office now i work with the state cannabis legislative task force here in san francisco. as a patient advocate i wrote the board ofboardof supervisors in planning a letter pleading to allow for discounts for veterans and senior citizens to allow for caregivers to go on behalf of minors of dispensaries because we don't want to cut off access to epileptic children or patients with special needs that may be minors.

it's important to create a cultivation permit for caregiver status. i think it's important that we have safe places fur our patients to consume and when it comes to policy, i want to remind the board of supervisors that the thousand foot rule here was based on trying to prevent federal interference based on the time and policy of the federal government and that changed. state ab 2260 has a state law to encourage the equity program to be successful we need to have new opportunities open up. if we have the same opportunities for 10 years, those will be expensive to find proper zoning locations for our pioneer dispensaries closed by federal interference to reopen as well as smaller players that might not have the same budget as larger ones to participate. i encourage you to allow for a 600-foot

rule and allow for a positive regulation on amendments for patients. >> thank you next speaker please. >> i'm terence allen, i've been chair of your task force on cannabis legalization for over two years, a conversation that's been going on weekly and officially monthly open to the public chaired and pardon me, department heads 714 voting members. i support that this task force be opened up and expanded to include our new equity applicant type as is being described by the equity report. i would like to ponder for a moment what happens in the neighborhood. we have neighborhoods in our city that have extraordinary high vacancy rates. it would seem to me that if those

neighborhoods it would be logical for businesses that have having a hard time finding a location elsewhere to be able to go and enter those neighborhoods and create some critical mass so that others wanted to be there. restaurants will follow if a cannabis dispensary is open. scumsconsumption location also follow if we allow for them and there is an evolution that would occur that would not push other businesses out but would shine a spot line on that particular neighborhood and make it attractive so that other businesses, other diverse types of industry would want to move in. this project starts january 1. it's something that we've known for over a year and something that we can work towards and something i would like to see mi city my city attain and to this committee, equity starts way place.

if you restrict place, you cannot have equity. if you restrict place, you cannot have equity. so please, i ask you, create equity by allowing the locations. >> i'm alice lynn. i've been a resident of san francisco and attorney. i worked worked with landlords and tenants for five years. this whole buffer situation is theoretical to me because realistically the people taupe to the idea of having cannabis as a tenant is low. if i see a landlord who has a bank mortgage i will tell them not to host a cannabis business. and the problem with this is