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not come from this supervisor. we wanted to enable it in the land use code and hence, the amendment. but the context of that conversation was very different. it just meant that as of january 1, there would only be these 30 facilities. that conversation has changed today. >>president breed: but based on this particular amendment, as of january 1, it would still be only these particular facilities that could add adult use while they're given a temporary -- they're given a temporary -- a temporary permit to operate and to do adult use beginning january 1 or whenever we pass this law and it goes into effect, and then, they would have to go through the process to do this permanently -- to do adult use permanently. >>supervisor peskin: and all of those, again, are subject to the same kind of appeal procedures that we previously discussed relative to section 312, whether it's conditional use or discretionary review,
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they have 90 days to apply, and if they don't get it in a kbrae year, they revert back to mcd's. >>president breed: and i think it reverts back to i didn't want any amendment without a public process, so i know we need to do this so it relates to mcd's and as it concerns land use, but the ability to do this after this legislation has passed is what i'm most concerned about. i would like a moment to review this particular legislation and make sure that i completely understand where you're coming from. i believe i do, but incident is we just received it, and we know in some regard that we have to do it -- because i know, i discussed it with our attorney, jon givner yesterday, and supervisor kim and i had a
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discussion about this in particular, and wanting to make sure that this is included, and so we know that it's necessary. i think how it's done is of question to me at this time. supervisor kim. >>supervisor kim: okay. so i did ask a number of questions of mr. givner yesterday, and i apologize. i think there's just too much going on, and i so think the biggest -- or the big rocks i want to understand is what is the process with this amendment with supervisor peskin's amendment to get a temporary permit? what is the process to get a temporary permit under this scheme with this amendment? >> this isn't really a temporary permit for adult use cannabis sales. what section 3322 does which is called the transition provision as a new section to article 33 of the health code which regulates medical cannabis
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dispensaries, and if enacted as it's now written, it would immediately authorize permanent mcd's to sell adult use cannabis as part of this existing article 33 permit as soon as this ordinance goes into effect, provided they do a number of things. provided they apply for and receive a temporary state cannabis license, provided they receive a determination from the planning department that the sale of adult use cannabis on the premises is in compliance with the planning code, and that's where this amendment comes into play and that is how it complements this. section 3322 would automatically allow these mcd's to sell adult use without any any further process provided they meet these criteria, one of which is they have to show they comply with the planning code. >>supervisor kim: okay. what did you mean by the statement, there's no such thing as a temporary permit? >> well, people have talked about this as a temporary permit for mcd's.
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there's actually no new permit being given. all of the mcd's already have an article 33 permit, and this amendment would basically expand the scope of that permit. >>supervisor kim: but temporarily. >> i meant to say it's not -- >>supervisor kim: you're saying it's not a permit. >> yeah, but the authorization to sell the adult use cannabis would itself be temporary because it's authorized for 180 days. >>supervisor kim: should this board vote on this, all 30 operators would be able to expand to adult use on the day this is enacted as long as they have a temporary state license. >> well, there are additional criteria beyond that. they will be able to expand their business to sell adult use cannabis if they apply for and receive a state cannabis license, if they receive a determination from the planning
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did he want that they are -- >>supervisor kim: which this amendment takes care of. >> right, if they comply with all of the requirements and proce prohibitions that are imposed on cannabis retail in article 16, if they apply for a permit within 30 days of being made available, and then there are additional criteria that are made available or required as part of supervisor cohen's equity amendment. if they're mcd's that have more than ten employees, they'd have to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that within 120 days of the effective day of the ordinance as least 30% of all business work hours are performed by workers who meet at least three of the criteria, and they would have to submit to the office of cannabis an actually equity plan. so it's not an automatic expansion for every single mcd,
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it's only for those mcd's who meet all six criteria. >>supervisor kim: now, the date might have changed, but if i remember correctly, we said if we'd passed something today, the first conceivable operation date in san francisco is january 1st. i just want to make sure i understand this. if i'm a current mcd operator, and i guess my current state license, and i chief 30% local hire, and i submit my equity plan, i can -- assuming we pass the plan as stated by supervisor peskin, and there is no -- i thought there was
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>> in the amendment to article 33, there are no additional notification requirements, and i'll defer to deputy city attorney wang, but my understanding is there's no additional notifications jane skbran what if a neighborhood wanted to appeal just the temporary expansion? is there an ability for them to do that? >> there would be no peal for the expansion. >> and they would be able to temporarily expand for a year? >> no -- well, the expansion as authorized would be for 120 days, which could be renewed by the director if the mcd is found to have been making good faith efforts to comply with their equity plans. >>supervisor kim: okay. why was a year mentioned for the temporary engs pangs if it's only 120 days. >> i don't know where a year was mentioned. >>supervisor kim: something about how it reverts back after a year to mcd only. >>supervisor peskin: because
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it says on 205.2 that would be authorized no early -- it says to be authorized no earlier than january 1, and expire no later than january 1, '19, that's where i get the year from. >>supervisor kim: so you're eligible within the year to get this temporary expansion. >> i think that land use expansion would last for one year. >>supervisor kim: i get it. >> but the permit use expansion would be for 120 days and would be renewable. >>supervisor kim: okay, and in the meantime -- so they'll have the temporary permit for 120 days, assuming they meet all the requirements presented by supervisor peskin and all of the amendments -- the ones that are already put into place, and then, they have to apply for the permanent in order to extend it beyond the 120 days,
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although there's one extension beyond that. >> right. >>supervisor kim: now, can you also clarify why delivery is treated differently? there's 30 current operators, and there are 16 delivery services. what happens to those 16 delivery services on january 5th? can they also expand to adult use? >> so for delivery who have article 33 permit, they would be subjected to this exact same process. >>supervisor kim: okay. so it's not limited to 30, it's all 46, so all 46 will be able to expand to adult use on january 5th, assuming they do all of these things. >> yes. >>supervisor kim: okay. great, and after that, they would apply for a permit, and once a permanent universe is set, then after that point, the equity requirements kick in, so assuming all 46 are able to get
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a permanent adult use license, then, i assume the next 46 that get a permit to do adult use will be equity applicants. this is a hypothetical. >> correct. >>supervisor kim: no, the next 46. >>supervisor yee: no, i think it's 23. >>supervisor kim: excuse me? >> no, you're correct, supervisor kim. >>supervisor kim: okay, i just wanted to make sure i understood what it is we were voting on today. thank you. >>supervisor yee: and i guess through the chair to supervisor peskin, in your amendments, does it have -- i didn't see anywhere where during this process where sort of automatic, is there any notification of the community?
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>>supervisor peskin: i do not see any provisions that counsel with corre can correct me as to the temporary use notification. >> victoria wang, deputy city attorney. that's correct. the amendments before you do not contain a notification provision for the temporary land use authorization. >>supervisor peskin: but would for going to permanent. >> still -- excuse me? >>supervisor peskin: i was just adding for my colleague that those notification requirements would, upon application for a permit conversion, trigger public notice. >> correct. >>supervisor peskin: okay. >>president breed: okay. anyone else on the amendments? is everyone ready to vote? supervisor kim. >>supervisor kim: i'm so sorry. i asked about the current number of operators, 46, but i forgot to ask about the pipeline. so if you have land use
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authorization and you're in the pipeline today, you can convert to adult use? or is it everyone in the pipeline can convert temporarily -- i'm sorry, are eligible for the 120-day expansion to adult use? >> under the amendment that the board adopted at its last meeting, this temporary expansion of your mcd permit is only available to existing mcd's and -- and a pipeline mcd's that have been shutdown by the federal government under the compassionate use act, i believe that's just one other, at this point. >>supervisor kim: okay. so it's 46 plus that were shutdown by federal raids, so what happens to the pipeline? when can they get an adult use expansion? they're not eligible for the temporary, but they are eligible for the permanent?
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i'm just wondering if they get them before the equity applicants, as well. >>supervisor safai: madam chair, can i actually comment on that because my amendment actually dealt with that. >>president breed: supervisor safai, do you have a comment or question for supervisor safai, supervisor kim? >>supervisor kim: is it okay if i just have them answer first because i'm just trying to keep everything straight in my head. >>supervisor safai: i got it. >>supervisor kim: so those in the pipeline are not eligible for the temporary expansion. >> that's correct. it's only for the ones that were shutdown, so going back to supervisor safai's earlier
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amendment which discussed how businesses -- which businesses will get permitted initially, and what that amendment does is to say that the director may only give permits to, i think, six categories of business, as least initially, and those categories are equity applicants and equity incubators, equity applicants that possessed one prior to the date of this ordinance, temporary businesses that get a nonretail businesses, businesses that have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the director that they were operating in compliance with the compassionate use act of 1996 and were forced to stop their practice because of federal prosecution. so that would capture some people who are in the pipeline,
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but only those who received their approval from the planning commission before the effective date of this ordinance, as well as those businesses who registered with the office of cannabis as a preexisting nonconforming operator. those are the categories of businesses who may be immediately eligible for a permanent permit once they are made available by the office of cannabis. >>supervisor kim: so if i was to limit my question just to those in the pipeline, it's either those who have gotten their planning commission approval before the date of this ordinance being finally passed and signed. >> that's right. >>supervisor kim: by the mayor, and it also... >> and it would be -- >>supervisor kim: skb thoand that got their mcd permits. so there -- there may be a number of applicants in the pipeline that won't be eligible
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for adult use, period, expansion, unless they take on an equity owner. thank you very much for letting me ask all of these questions. i just wanted to know what we're voting on today. >>president breed: so does anyone have any further questions or comments on the amendment? seeing none, i'll come back to this for the amendment and put some more amendments on the roster. supervisor yee? supervisor safai. >>supervisor safai: no, i just wanted to clarify about going from a temporary operation to permanent -- whatever we're calling it at this point, but that was the reason for my good neighbor plan and having to be resubmitted, but every existing neighbor would have to submit
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this be good neighborhood plan and existing security plan, and so that way, there would be some level of review along with the amendments that were proposed by supervisor cohen today, in terms of equity plan and so forth, so that was my only comment, and then, the other stuff was clarified by the city attorney. thank you. >>president breed: thank you, madam clerk, on the amendment, was there a second for the amendment? >> clerk: not yet, madam president. >>president breed: okay. so supervisor peskin has made a motion to amend. is there a second? seconded by supervisor safai. madam clerk, on the amend, call the roll.
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>> clerk: [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >>president breed: the amendment passed unanimously, and seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk, on items 8 and 9, as amended, please call the roll. >> clerk: [ roll call. ] >> clerk: there are ten ayes and one no with supervisor safai in the dissent. >>president breed: the ordinance is passed on the
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first reading. they're following the board rules. thank you, everybody, except that one person who complied. all right. let's get to role cal call for introductions. >> clerk: madam president, you are first. >> clerk: supervisor cohen. >> supervisor: did you say supervisor cohen? >> clerk: yes, ma'am. >>supervisor cohen: good evening, everyone. time for roll cakol for introductions. i'm excited, today i'm introducing along with supervisor fewer, a hearing request on municipal banking. earlier this year, the board unanimously approved establishing a task force to study the formation of a municipal bank and how it might align with our city's money and our city's values and how we can invest to support our resident and our small business
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owners. over the last several months we have been working with the lawyers committee for civil rights to understand the legal steps for obtaining a state charter fore a -- for a denovo bank. the municipal bank task force application, which will be seating 15 experts in everything from community housing to financial block change technology will be posted this week. that task force will finally be meeting in early of 20 -- early 2018, and this hearing will kick off thoet meetings with a broad understanding of the challenges ahead. i will leave to supervisor fewer the rest to introduce and to talk about. this ongoing public banking
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discussion is coming at an important moment in our community. this month, the san francisco retirement board is expected to finally discuss the vote on fossil fuel divestment. this week in washington, the trump administration is working to diminish the power of the consumer financial protection bureau, thus limiting the oversight of big banks on wall street. in our long cannabis discussion, we have barely acknowledged that cannabis is currently an all cash business, cash payroll, no banking, vaults of bills in the floors -- on the floors of retailers, and so a municipal task force will begin to bring a formal public discussion to how money is invested. it will help keep us -- it will help us understand how to get greater transparencicy in the banking system, and would help us protect the new cannabis
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industry. i look forward to working with supervisor fewer over the next several weeks and possibly months, and i'm excited to see that we can -- what we can accomplish through this ongoing proprocess and again want to thank you all for your incredible commitment to passing ground breaking cannabis legislation. congratulations to us all. >>president breed: thank you,
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we don't have many other options for banking services that meet the financial needs and are socially responsible. the budget support yesterday explores options for increasing community supporting banking. one is the creation of san
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francisco public bank to serve to provide more public oversight and accountability for public dollars as well as able to better leverage the public dollars. the bank could provide financing for affordable housing and credit unions and community development institutions to provide low interest loans. the time is now for exploration of the public municipal bank model in san francisco. i am committed to looking at the banking option in a manner more sustainable and fiscally responsible. i am proud to call for the hearing in he partne partnershid the heir anything the next year. >> supervisor kemp. thank you peskin. >> submit >> ro
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>> thank you. today i call for a hearing about the yesterday glass explosion at 3971 missio mission treat. to the aids who constituents are across the street. we have news of an explosion in a pg&e gas line. there were no injuries. it was terrifying, causing emergency evacuation of residents, disrupted heat and cooking for 150 households and left several without homes for the foreseeable future. there are many questions that i have. i want to hear on the cause which is not revealed. i want to understand the protocols for monitoring lines and preventing future disasters how they notified the affected residents. i am asking fire, police and
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emergency and human services to respond to the event and to share what they saw and know. the past record of criminal negligence with regard to maintenance is very well-known to us. the 2010 explosion killed eight and destroyed 30 homes. they were found guilty and misleading investigators about the high risk pipelines. i want to be sure they are taking responsibility and we have ways to ensure account ability. i want them to be safe and i look forward to a public discussion and finding ways to make sure we reached the end of these catastrophes. i am introducing three resolutions to advance production of new affordable housing in my district. first two are resolutions authorizing the city to apply for state affordable housing and
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sustainable program funding for the 1950 mission street and 2016 fulsome street which are to break ground next year. i am introducing a resolution tothetoauthorize bonds and the i submit. two items today. two weeks ago we announced the right to the legislation for the threat of eviction to put the city on the road to ensuring there is access to legal representation. the ordinance would require an office of tenant assistance for legal representation for every person facing eviction.
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within 30-days of notification the tenant would be able to have an attorney. it would not provide attorney if landlord and tenant are in the same unit child abuse or harassment or a state or federal program provides full scope legal representation. my hope is we can quickly pass this legislation to ensure this program is up and running as soon as possible. yesterday i heard from a tenant in my district facing eviction. today i am designating first week of december cancer screen week. every year 600,000 americans lose live to cancer, 60,000 in n california. 2000 could be prevented with early screening. i lost my mother to ovarian
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cancer. i know the importance of early screening. studies have shown that 90% of colon cancers, 92% of cervical and 99% of breast and skin cancer could be cured if found early. i encourage all those in san francisco to talk to about screening options. thank you. >> justining the monthly tradition of honoring those who have given lie through organ donation also. she donated six organs and save saved five lives. with that i submit. >> supervisor.
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madam president. thank you. >> please read public comment >> the public may address the entire board of supervisors soup for up to two minutes for the board not on the new business or unfinished business items. this would include the public on october 17 and 24th board meting minutes and without reference to committee calendar. pursuant to the rules the remarks to the board as whole not to individual superintendent and not audience. if you want to use the overhead projector return it when we return to the live coverage of the meeting. >> ladies and gentlemen of the board i ask for resignation. you swore to uphold u.s. constitution. yet you continue to the operation of city wide case
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management and community focus a joint project with the san francisco campus of university of california which the city and county funds at $100 million per year. city wide and city counties and community treatment programs. it is responsible for involuntarily medicating and performing medical and surgical procedures upon residents of the city and county by depriving the patience of life and liberty without due process and in violation of amendment 5. they deny freedom of association and right to petition the government with grief grievances by amendment one. unreasonable searches and seizures without warrants in violation of amendment 4. deny patients the right to confront accusers by amendment
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six and right to jury trials by amendment 7. the cruel and unusual punishment from patience in constitution 8. the right to personal security and integrity guaranteed by amendment nine. they use medicine to unreasonably control patience. there is no avenue of complaints and violates amendment 13. denies equal treatment by amendment 14. you are knowledgeable yet you do nothing to prevent them. you violate the oath of office. i ask for your resignation. back now, madam clerk. >> next speaker. >> i am david flourish. ii am a resident of the city? sunset district. i am here to ask for your
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understanding and possibly create a system that protects actually has some sort of rental protection for elders, and involves rent control. i work for the city as a civil servant since 1973 through 2001. i have live understand the city -- lived in the city since 1980. i am living in a single family dwelling and i have lived there for 36 years as a renter. i am being served an eviction probably on december 1st. to use the maximum time allowed, i guess, would be one year.
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it gives me one year if i use the ultimate length of time that that act allows. i have looked and looked for places to live. my income does not support it. i have a decent rent agreement with the landlord. they are going for the profit and raise the rent times four. i have nothing more to say. i studied chinese and served in the military in the viet nam war and stu studied chinese. >> thank you for your comments.
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next speaker please. >> first of all, you are doing a tremendous job. i have been watching on tv. you look fresh on tv. i had to go home and get changed. right now what is going down in this town? population is going down. ♪ i like to know who is in control. right here who in san francisco? the city of the bay ♪ ♪ sit down. you might want to hear what i have got to say ♪ he knows me
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♪ we worked together when he was with the hrc. it is no mystery if you ask the man his name is ed. he will say ain't i no dam conspiracy. what is going down in this town? that population is going down. i like to know who is in control right here in san francisco? in closing i will say my name is a. i have been on this case. some of those people out there
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are all in this place. just check black history. i have been working. conspiracy. >> that is copyrighted now. >> next speaker, please. >> good evening. the two biggest lies are affordable housing and market rate housing. i was on the record two weeks ago i did not see supervisor cowen and farrell had to get ice cream and cake. that displays commitment to the people of san francisco. in addition, when super-visor cohen is quoted as saying people are responsible for the trash on the street.
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that is a bold face lie that defies logic. people in an rv are going to run around with a bunch of eviction stuff. what is shown here today is clearly these board of superintendents is in the hip pocket of the real estate developers and contractors. it would be refreshing how much they paid you to come up with these decisions. you don't have to pay the taxes for numerous times. you can undermine the city treasure. >> you are not allowed to speak on that issue >> i am talking generally. back to the situation of the city. never before has the city been in such a miserable state. you are the neros sitting on roam. never been no feces, more needles, more car break ins, more people livings in misery.
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you can't legislate cannabis, you are not competent. no idiot would give you their money for a bank. are you kidding? you are a disgrace. the guy is right. you should quit. next speaker. if there are other members to address the board please come to the microphone area. sfg tv, please. >> i see the power on. sf.gov please. projection. i am sorry, sir. the projector might be turned off.
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i will begin your timer, sir. >> i would like to introduce you to fernandez. this little boy was 8 years old. let's go back to october 3, 2017 when nine superintendents voted in favor of the justice institute when we know is an lgbt hate group. we know, according to the dar that the dar affirms with the law center they are valid to make that judgment.
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you all voted, nine voted for the appeal and two voted for extension. i want to congratulate you on helping kill this little boy. this little boy gabriel, his stepfather and mother were convicted november 16th of abusing him because they believed he was gay. his skull was cracked, three broken libribs, a bb in his lungs and line. he was forced to eat cat litter and feces. he made to sleep in a small cabinet tied up and gagged. this is what happens when people demonize gay young kids. so you should be proud of
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yourselves for helping kill this young man for your vote for a hate group that claims that being gay is more dangerous than smoking. also that in the supreme court for conversion therapy so that gay folks and lesbians could be tortured to be so-called straight. thank you for your hate vote. what a shameful body you are. >> thank you for your comments. thank you, sir. are there any other member to address the board during general public comment. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. please read the items without reference through committee >> 34 through 44 are being considered. single rolling call vote may be approved otherwise it may be
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considered separately >> i want to point out that all of these instruments total 1880 units of housing in san francisco. >> smarty pants. madam clerk. on the items please call the roll. >> 34 through 44. (roll call) there are 11 eyes. >> those items are adopted unanimously.
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madam clerk are there any memorials? >> today's memory is on behalf f of mr. george fox and mr. jack stover. in thomas vincent stack and misty steiner and julie k engle ton. >> this brings us to the end of the agenda. madam clerk any further business before us tonight? >> that concludes our business. we are adjourned. thank you everyone.
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>> good morning, everybody. we're here for the antibiotics and meet signing ceremony. thank you, mayor lee. in the simplest of terms, this asks large grocery chains to disclose the antibiotics in the meat and poultry products that are sold. families and consumers should have the right to know about how their meat is produced. prior to joining the board of supervisors i worked in health care at ussf. it was there that i spend time studying health trends and antibiotic resistance. antibiotic resistance infections are a public health emergency,
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as they kill thousands of americans each year. and most troublesome is that, in a recent report by the world hem organization, they found out that the world is running out of antibiotics to fight anti-resistant infections. this ordinance will help stem the tide of anti-resistant infections -- antibiotic-resistant infections about meat sold in the san francisco stores. the response at the federal and state levels is inadequate. in san francisco when we see a public health challenge or problem, we seek to respond to it. this ordinance is about doing what we can as a city to respond to a growing issue and keep more san franciscans safe and healthy. families and consumers should have the right to know about how the meat they are producing -- that they are purchasing was produced. with this legislation, we are doing our part to reduce antibiotic-resistant infections here in san francisco and
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protect public health. i want to share my sincere gratitude to individuals, city departments, and individuals who have helped in this legislative effort. particularly, i want to thank the national resources defense council for all of their work in tracking this issue and bringing it to the attention of the city, especially avi karr. special thanks to the department of environment, the department of public health for their collaboration on this ordinance and recognizing not only the environmental health issues, but the public health implications as well, especially for those with immune deficiency. i would also like to thank and introduce someone who has provided enormous support for environmental and public health issues. mayor ed lee consistently works to protect the health of san franciscans and have been great in the fight for antibiotic-resistant infections. please join me in welcoming mayor lee.
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>> thank you, supervisor first of all, i like to eat. what am i eating these days? i think that is interesting. certainly, supervisor sheehy has done his homework if not becoming the resident expert on our board of supervisors, i want to thank supervisor sheehy -- safai for being here as well and the other board members who joined in jeff's leadership to focus on a growing problem that he's identified. there are literally thousands of people who are consuming meats and poultry in the food products in the growing inspections that we uncover that are having antibiotics through their evolution grow through misuse and through overuse.
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and so this is a modest first step, jeff, until we have more information. it is a proven approach. it is a right-to-know approach. it is i approach that the board, the mayor, we all agree we simply need more information to really find out with a the evolution of this bacteria is doing in the market, in the supply chain, and when our kids and our families and ourselves eat these products what is happening with this bacteria? so if we have that information, if we know where it is coming from, we can then hook it up to abuse and misuse that might be happening in the market. we don't know. but we are asking the grocery store to comply with this ordinance and is formed by our medical doctors, our department of public health, our environmental department, natural resources and deep fence
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council has been working very closely. but it wouldn't come to this point unless we had people doing the research. i want to thank the opportunity to thank supervisor sheehy but his own staff that has worked hard on it. because i'm sure you had to answer a lot of questions before we begin imposing a lot more responsibilities on our -- on our businesses. but we are doing it for good purpose. and this purpose is a serious one. it's a health-related one we don't mess with our health. we have to have better health outcomes for our people, and if we find data that suggests to us 23,000 people a year in this country are dying and hundreds of thousands are infected by these antibiotic-resistant infections or things that are evolving by overuse and misuse, we have to do something about it. but it begins with informing ourselves. and i know supervisor sheehy has
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done this before when it came to h.i.v. and aids. he informed us. he informed the public. he informed his friends. and then we became that much martyr about our legislation and the about the things we had to do. then came the resources in order to do something on that disease. on this one, we have to do the same thing. we have to be as preventive as possible so it doesn't pro live rate. and that's the work of all of these agencies coming together. so it's my privilege to, again, sign legislation that strikes at the beginning of something before it really happens in epidemic proportions. but when it comes to health challenges to be smart about it and to do it early. so thank you, jeff, for your leadership. appreciate it. [ applause ] >> thank you, mayor lee. next i would like to introduce barbara
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garcia from the department of public health and a natural leader in public health, both our department and director garcia. >> thank you. thank you, mr. lee, mayor lee and supervisor sheehy. the department of public health is responsible for consumer and food safety in the city. so this hard finance really supports our ability to protect the food that people eat. the right to know if your food has antibiotics is really part of an essential consumer right. overuse of antibiotics we know causes emto stay in the hospital longer. it also impacts their ability to heal from diseases. so our ability to really manage the amount of antibiotics that people use really helps them. there are many medications that they can't use because of that
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and they have to have the ability to heal and get better from the diseases. so what is in our food, they're food is a protection we can provide to the people of the city of san francisco. i want to thank our director, deborah rafael who is not here today. she's been one of the leaders in san francisco with this, so i want to thank her, and all of the leaders here and those that are here today. thank you, mayor lee, for signing this ordinance. the city of san francisco and its residents will benefit from this ordinance, so thank you very much. >> thank you. did you want to say? no. we wouldn't have gotten this through. it's unanimous. i want to thank my colleagues and my friend, supervisor safai and thank you, barbara. lastly, we have jonathan kapplan from the resources council, which has been a great partner. there you are. >> thank you, supervisor sheehy.
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hi. i think this is switched off. can you hear me all right? there you go. so every once in a while a local government stands up and provides leadership for the entire nation. this is one of those moments. the city ordinance that is being signed today would turn a light on in the darkness that has shrouded the industrial livestock industry. for the first time, san san san francisl have access to those companies using meat safely and responsibly and move away from those who don't. the ordinance, i want to point out, is unique in the nation. there's really no other federal law today that requires livestock producers to disclose this information. there's a new state law in california that's going to require some data of reporting but it's not expected to require individual companies to disclose their own individual antibiotic use. until today, there has been no
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reporting of antibiotic use by individual companies anywhere in the country. for decades, that that use has been operated in secrecy and that stops here. i want to point out that this need for legislation is more urgent than ever. rising rates of antibiotic resistant bacteria has threadenned people as we know it. when antibiotics are used again and again, some antibiotic-resistant comes and we have to curb the unnecessary use of antibiotics wherever we can. that's our best hope for preserving modern medicine. the legislation being passed today or signed today will give consumers an important new tool for leverages marketplace forces to drive change in the industry. and, you know, the bottom line, this is a really big deal. so we are really proud to be
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here. we really appreciate the leadership from the people standing behind me. i want to thank mayor lee, supervisor she, and the directors and staff of the departments of environment and public health. congratulations to all of us. [ applause ] >> thank you, jonathan, and i think we're ready to do the signing. >> okay.
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there you go. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> thank you. to
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be. hank you. to >> hi, i'm average i'm a personal analyst that the human resources examining and recruitment unit and suffix i started my career as a san francisco state university and got my bachelors in psyched and orientational psyche if they had we have a great relationship that the san francisco unified school district i exploded for american people interim shopping mall and become eligible for a permeate job. >> okay. perfect. >> i love working for our human resources services because of
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the agriculture we're laid-back with a professional mindset although human resources is a challenge we're light a hearted started as a intern guided through the process eventually one day a a deputy director or staying with the puc is where i love it
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>> go we'll start the meeting tuesday november 21 for the transportation authority. please call the roll. [calling roll] director rubke. you have a quorum. director hineki will not be here. and please be advised the ringing of sound producing electr electronic devices are prohibited and anyone