this commission. i do that for any number of reasons but they include her un failing good humor. particularly at very long meetings. her commitment to the department , herren enthusiasm learning everything a department does. all of the challenges that it faces and her willingness to get in there and try to solve or to advance ordeal with those challenges all the while maintaining her wonderful sense of humor. and because i think this is a job that takes well more than a year to master. i've been really impressed by the degree to which she has mastered the jobs and the inns and outs of the department and the commission and the confidence she shows now in

running meetings with lots of people in the room, compared to when she did it in the beginning i think that she's earned another year in this position. i think she deserves another year in in this commission. i think we will all benefit from having her as our president again. >> i am so humbled. >> we need a second. >> commissioner. >> do you accept the nomination? >> i do, yes. thank you. [laughter] gladly. >> i was surprised. thank you. >> any further discussion? >> it would be wonderful to have you serve another year. >> thank you.

>> commissioners at this late hour speak into the mics. we move slowly back. so, is there no further discussion, is there public comment on this item? seeing none, all those in favor of the -- i'm going to do a roll call. on the nomination of the commissioner as president commissioner bermaho. >> aye. >> commission commissioner waltz >> aye. >> oyoys. >> stevenson. >> aye. >> stevenson aye. >> the nomination passes. [applause] i'm very proud. thank you so much. >> did you hear what she said? she has i love this place. >> and now commissioner

stevenson. we are on the next nomination, ok. >> so as she always does, commissioner waltz takes all the good words and makes them sound perfect. which is part of why i would like to nominate her to continue as our vice president of the commission. i think that her lifelong commitment and this category, her devotion to this commission for how many years now? >> um teen. >> a lot. [laughter] >> has just done nothing but benefit this city day in and day out. even though she will always steel the beautiful articulate way of saying things, i would like her to continue on as our vice president. >> thank you. >> i would like to accept. >> ok. is there any discussion? >> second. >> discussion or second. >> i'd like to second the motion >> ok. >> is there any further discussion? >> seeing none. is there any public comment? >> seeing none. we will do roll call vote on the

nomination of commissioner waltz for vice president. aye. >> waltz. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> commissioner stevenson. >> yes. >> commissioner juan is excused. nomination carries. [applause] congratulations. >> could i just say something. i want to thank you all. and i also just want to say that i know, this is a very unusual time. we're all in it together. and we'll see as we march forward with our new mayor and what will happen in six months, i think that the things that i know i want to focus on is the future of the commission and making sure that everybody in san francisco knows the great work that we do here and how we reach out to so many communities and we don't leave anyone behind

i think that's the best of san francisco. and i look forward to continuing with all of you. so thank you very much. [applause] >> i just want to say ditto for me. >> ok. >> thank you. i see no further discussion. we will now move onto the next item which is item 13. highlights of the january 17th, 2018 operations committee meeting and the december 11th, 2017 and january 8th, 2018 policy committee meetings. >> ok. so we had a meeting last week, most of which you got the highlights today. we did a big dive into the budget and we got to talk about short falls, funding and we went through department area by area and saw how the funding was working there.

we did our homework. i'm glad we passed everything today. we had a great presentation on help me remember the name of th. a presentation but the name of the -- >> the equity initiative is a cross departmental initiative in the city to make sure all of our communities are being considered with all of the different deficient we're making as a department. so what i loved was that they now every initiative we undertake as a department there are questions that we have to ask and the questions are things like who does it serve? what are we not thinking about? making sure that the equity lens over lays everything so we don't have environmental justice program that is mostly thinking about environmental justice but that everything we do as a department has a justice lens over laid. the several of the staff have been trained in it and the training will be on going over the next year and it's actually happening across the city and all the departments, that was

very exciting to see that. >> thank you. at our december 11th meeting the policy committee heard a presentation on the programs or the movement towards use of renewable fuels and by city agencies in addition to hearing from the department. we heard from the sustainability with the support of san francisco and san francisco international airport discussing their various contributions to december. we also had a presentation by the citizens climate lobby regarding a proposed carbon feet and dividends, it's bipartisan support in congress this issue is going to come before the

commission shortly. and then just earlier this month on january 8th, we received an update from chris giger and his colleagues regarding the department's december hearing on the implementation of the 2017 reduced risk pesticide list and we received the first version of the 2018 pesticide list. we reviewed a document that summarized the issues raised in public comments to date as well as the department's responses and we heard from chris that there has been a 95% reduction in the use of the most hazardous herbicides within city limits. we also began a discussion of the new restrictions under the

reduced risk pesticide list and those of you who had been here before, but not you, know that this will come before us as well but not until may, right. >> july. >> ok. >> we have some work to do. it will be a few months before we actually are finished with the recommendations for you to take action on. >> questions for the committee report? >> thank you for all the hard work. >> i had a question regarding when the c.c.l. carbon fee and dividend issue will come before the full commission. do you know when? >> i think in march. >> march should be the earlyest.

this commission meeting had been full and the february meeting was full so march would be the earliest. >> ok. >> i can't make a comment about it can be? >> why not? >> i just think it's interesting i think we need like it's a policy committee meeting it was one of those passive presentations where you hear what they have to say. i just do know that car been feet and dividend is taking the carbon revenues giving them to the general public like done in alaska around fossil fuels. there's other groups out there including the 350s of the world and a lot of groups that don't think it's the best use of the money. i am a little reluctant to -- we can have that discussion that's the protocol but i love the opportunity to engage it more before we have to take a vote. i don't know what the process or path pathway is. i don't feel like we got asked

at the policy committee meeting or did we have a chance to invite other people who feel differently. they're smart, committed, aggressive, they got on our agenda. plus it already passed here a while ago, which is also interesting. >> sure. in this conversation it would be kind of a recaping of the conversation that was had in the committee meeting. the conversation of the merits of whether or not the action item should come before the commission would be a conversation for new business. >> which is later. >> which is next. >> rafael. >> i agree with you commissioner at the end of the policy committee meeting the policy committee did not affirmly act. he was hoping you would but you did not. i feel like there's room here to talk about whether a resolution would come forward and what it would say. we have not started crafting anything. so if we would like to, we could

revisit perhaps at the next policy committee meeting. to have a discussion. >> i'd like to do that. there's a lot of ways to invest carbon revenues and lots of wayt interrogate the other ways and a lot of those ways are ways environmental justice allies prefer. which is investment into low income communities and those kinds of things. >> and there are other environmental groups have other ideas. >> new energy. >> i'm going to interrupt the conversation. this has to be just a recap of the conversation that had happened in the committee meeting. again, if we want to have a discussion about the merits of whether or not this discussion should continue at the commission that would be for new business. >> which is next. >> which is next. >> any public comments. or any other comments? or next item.

>> seeing no public comments seeing no further discussion, we'll move onto the next item. the next item is announcements. this item is for discussion. >> all right. >> meeting tomorrow. we'll meet tomorrow and what is the address? the retirement. >> market. >> into the microphone. >> ok, yes. >> let me pull out my calender. >> i believe it's 1145 market street on the sixth floor. >> ok.

thank you. >> seeing no further discussion an announcements, seeing no public comments. we move onto the next item, item 15 new business agenda items. the speaker is anthony val december this is for discussion and possible action. excuse me. commissioners, the next meeting of the commission will be a special meeting on wednesday february 21st at 2:00 p.m. and we are having it at the port of san francisco offices bay side conference room peer pier 1 we've had a flurry of meeting here at city hall so the department has decided the offer the opportunity to take the meeting out into the community into one of the city facilities there at the beautiful offices there at the port of san francisco. so at the commission's request the department is doing a deeper dive into the information that was received at the community meetings. so, the outreach team will

present more of the data received during the community meetings. the commission will also be considering the annual report, the commission on the environment annual report, followed by a discussion with the city attorney also at the commissioners about meeting laws so if there are any -- i'm sorry >> meeting laws. the brown act and sunshine act rules surrounding meetings. so if any of you have any questions, please submit them to me so the city attorney can prepare. you may also ask questions at the meeting but just in case there's any particular issues that you would like covered, please let us know. and the commission is also planning on having its regular meeting in march. right now the date is march 27th

, 2018. but we are in the process of polling commissioners to find a date because there's a conflict with that date. so just a heads-up we will look to change that date as well. thank you. >> so this is new business. so to pick up where i left off. i think i just want to be clear that i feel like we need to investigate, interrogate if you will, examine, other carbon investment pathways before inviting one where there's just a very active and engage organization pushing for it. city resolutions and commission

resolutions are part of the strategy so they sought us out. i don't think that's a valid reason to invite them to present it here without looking at other investment pathway through revenue and considering the constituency. i am not saying i oppose it but groups and other environmental groups have other investment ideas about how to use carbon revenues. in the state of california has been a leader in an equity based investment strategy and it's distinct from what citizens lobby is proposing. having said that, they do really good work around around the bipartisan solution caucus and other exciting things but i didn't feel like we can leap frog from the policy committee meeting from this meeting without a broader examination of other policies. or whether we want to take action on that. i think it's just something we

have to realize that they were pushing an agenda and we have to discuss what our vision is. >> comments? >> new business. >> can i have a clarification question. i understand just, i thought that they said that the supervisors several years ago, had supported a resolution in support of the end dividend. is that correct? in which case, it might already be on the books and i don't know why we would need to renew that commitment. >> that is my recollection too. i do agree the chair of the committee can decide whether or not to calender this item at all for discussion or to go deeper and that will be something that we can discuss at the policy committee under new business as well. >> ok. >> think about it so that you have a view. >> my view is that i definitely

would want to invite other groups up to the plate. >> i understand that. i just meant whether or not you have a view on whether or not we should do this. because it doesn't make any sense why think. to begin this process if at the end, you are going to feel that it isn't worth it for us to do it. >> i don't think it's a high priority. especially if we can get the question answered about whether there's already action on the books a few years ago in which case it doesn't seem like the best use of our time, i feel like we can discuss this at the policy committee meeting but there's a lot of other things where we are moving the ball or where are we on the waste questions we've come up with or just a lot of things. >> so could we ask you director rafael to at least find out the

answer to that. >> certainly. >> and would it be possible for you to e-mail me and lisa and maybe we will not write that. >> i will let anthony know and he will figure out how the best way to get the information out. >> with the answer to that question. has the city already gone on record on that matter. >> yes, we will find that out. >> thank you. >> any other items under new business? future agenda items? any public comment? >> all right. >> ok. >> i know we're late. i guess one question i have is about -- i guess in the state of play around where we are in zero waste, not for something that has to come up right away, i know it's an issue that comes up with the policy committee first. it's an issue that continues to be vexing and there's been

technological upgrades and good things that are happening and at the same time, there's still issues and so i'd love an update there. at some point in some venue that makes sense. >> our plan is to actually do a fairly deeper dive on the zero waste plan and what kind of metrics makes sense and get the commission guidance on that. we haven't determined how best to do that yet. is it the policy committee first and the full commission or is it some separate meeting we're trying to workout right now with the best way is to first frame the questions and the problem statement and figure out how to engage the commission. but you are absolutely right. it's time this year in 2018 is the time to really look into zero waste policy. >> it would be good to take up our climate summit, how we are going to engage around that. i know that jennifer was dealing with the mayor's office on it.

but it might be nice to take that up in mayor something so it's a few months out. >> i've asked you about that before. and there was still a lot of things that were up in the air but maybe by may. >> i wasn't trying to -- >> no, no, no. >> why think that maybe not the next one or the one after that i don't know the right time but i'd love an update on green purchasing now that we have the new technology system in place and we're supposed to be able to track that appropriately now. so i'd love to know how that's going. >> see no further discussion. and seeing no public comments. we will now move on to item 16, adjournment, the time is 9:46p.

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[gavel] >> welcome, everyone, to our land use committee meeting of february 12, 2018, monday. i am katie tang, chair of this committee, and we're joined by

supervisor safai and supervisor aaron peskin is filling in today. we're joined by supervisor catherine stefani. any announcements? >> yes. please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the february 27 board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated. >> is thank you very much. can you please call item one? >> item number one, ordinance amending the planning dozed establish the geary-masonic special use district in the area generally bounded by geary boulevard to the south, masonic avenue to the east and assessor's parcel's block number 1071, lots one and four to the north and west respectively. >> thank you. i will defer to supervisor stefani first since this is in her district. >> thank you.

you heard this project last week. most important, it allows the number of affordable housing units in the project to go from three to 22. that is more affordable units than the total number of units in the original project. again, these amendments raised the inclusionary from 18% to 23% and broken down as 10% at 55% of the a.m.i., 4% at 80% a.m.i., 4% at 110% a.m.i. and 5% at 120% of a.m.i. and the appropriate a.m.i. bans will apply. the second recommendation is around car share spaces and the commission recommended four of the spaces be reserved for car share. on the advice of the city attorney, the amendments increased the findings requiring car share and the 16 spaces to be reserved for car share use. again, i want to thank the

laurel heights improvement association for being forward-thinking and the developers working so well with the neighbours. this project in a neighbourhood that hasn't seen any new housing is very welcomed. and i just want to thank everyone for their hard work on seeing this across the finish line. i was aid to supervisor farrell when this started over two years ago and to see it now is just incredible. so i'm happy to bring this uniquely dense neighbourhood and project forward. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. any other colleagues? supervisor safai? >> no. i'll reserve. >> all right. and if we don't have any questions for planning staff as well, then i will open this item up to public comment. i have two speaker cards. kathy and richard and anyone else who would like to come up to speak. please line up.

>> good afternoon, supervisors tang, safai, stefani and peskin. i'm from the laurel heights improvement association and i'm very happy to support the project before you today. because this project is on a small 12,000-foot irregular sized lot, the density increase through the special use district would allow the housing units to be increased from 21 to 95 units. which would serve the city's need for more housing. i think this density accommodation is reasonable because the building would conform with the applicable height limb and this would strike a reasonable balance. and the 95 housing units would be better than commercial use in the majority of the building that was the first it ration proposed. although we sorted that out, too. long time residents there were

commission ago shadow study before the project was revised. and we worked with them and we appreciate that the developers worked with the neighbours on the issues of the project design in the height and the nature of the roof screenings and this is not talls case. but we had a free flow of information with these developers because they were willing to work with the neighbourhood so we thanked them for that. we support the building, it's within the height limit and the affordable housing increase because it will provide 5% more for the middle income group, which is so needed because we're losing the middle class in san francisco. the developers responded to our information in a timely fashion and agreed to our request for a condition of approval that, to the extent allowed by [inaudible], that any roof screen be transparent in order to minimize impacts on the neighbourhood so we had a

collaborative process and we thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisor and staff. i'm richard frisbee, laurel heights improvement association. i would just like to thank the four parties involved in this planning department. christopher may, the developers, supervisors past and present now supervisor stefani. and also the neighbourhoods of people who got involved in that. i think that the open, transparent process worked well. we didn't always agree but we always agreed to discuss and have an open dialogue and from that came what we believe is a productive, useful development in our neighbourhood. so thank you very much. >> thank you. any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment on this item is closed. supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madame chair. first of all, i just want to

acknowledge the mould work that the developers and the community have done here. and i think it is a sign that neighbourhoods that some might think are resist tanlts to more housing and dense housing is untrue and i was pleased to hear her speak about her support for raising what would have been 100 development unit to [inaudible]. and i wanted full recommendation that i wanted to speak is because there is a bill that's been introduced in the state senate, senate bill 827, that would really take away some of the zoning powers that local municipalities like san francisco have had now since the beginning of time and

here's proof positive that we don't need an sb-827, we know how to hand it locally and i'll be introducing a measure at the board of supervisors tomorrow and hope to get the support of my colleagues in opposing sb-827 as the league of cities has already done and as l.a. is preparing to do. and with that, i would like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with recommendation. >> thank you. and before we do that, supervisor safai? >> i was just going to make a motion to congratulate supervisor stefani on one of the first pieces of legislation that she's able to lead on and something she started on when she was an aide. that's pretty great. and also to have neighbourhood support to take something that was diminuitive in the overall context of what's needed in san francisco to make it an impactful project without having negative impacts on the neighbourhood is commendable. i commend the neighbourhood leaders and developer and our

new supervisor on a wonderful project to begin her term on the board with. >> thank you very much. >> i'll second that motion. >> ok. and i mean, personally i'm a little bummed that it wasn'ted home s.f. that we were using. but this is a better project for the neighbourhood. there was a motion to send forth with positive recommendation to the full board. we'll do that without objection. before we move on to item two, i neglected to ask if we could have a motion to excuse supervisor kim or do we need to do that? >> yes. >> motion to excuse supervisor kim from committee and supervisor peskin is replacing her. motion, someone. >> so moved. >> we'll do that without objection. [laughter] all right. item two, please. >> ordinance amending the planning code to regulate restaurant and bar uses in the jackson square special use district, broadway neighbourhood commercial district, north beach neighbourhood commercial district and the north beach special use district aming the jackson square special use district to require a

conditional use permit for office uses, business services and institutional uses fronting on pacific avenue. >> thank you. we'll turn it over to our sponsor, supervisor peskin. >> thank you, madame chair. supervisor safai. this is an ordinance that contains a number of nonsubstantial clean-up amendments to the broadway, north beach n.c.d.s and north beach s.u.d. zoning tables. principally the ordinance contains amendments to the jackson square special use district relative to a increasing number of rest rhawns, limited restaurants and bar uses in the area. this limited control on bars and restaurants already exists in other parts of the northeast corner of the city. particularly in the north beach n.c.d. which saw a huge number of additional restaurants and bar answer oversaturation within its bound ris and in north beach in particular, those controls have helped to minimize speculative commercial

rent practices in the neighbourhood and cultivate and maintain a diverse array of retail and other community services. so the folks in jackson square wanted the same thing. jackson square has the largest number of pre-1870 commercial buildings in the city. it's a very small discrete geography that encompass about five blocks and has an increasing number of residential units within it. and in that small geography, currently there are 17 bars and restaurants sprinkled among an array of unique and thriving ground floor commercial uses. it includes architectural philip morrisser and antique stores and emerging community of tailors and retail clothing establishments. i'm very happy to say around

the conversation of the amazon effect and what's happening in retail in general, the vacancy rate in jackson square as well as north beach remained quite healthy as set forth in the planning department's staff report. so long story short, we don't have a -- we have a healthy vacancy rate and it's the threat of restaurants and bars that can afford higher rents and are displacing the mix of art gallery and retail spaces that this legislation addresses also the legislative file for this matter didn't include several letters of support, most of which went to the planning commission when they heard and recommended this without modification on january 11. and i've included those colleagues in hand-outs i've given you and they are now part of the board packet. you will see letters there,

including from the small business commission, that unanimously voighteded in favour of the legislation without modification as well as letters from the jackson square historic district association, which is a combination of businesses and residential letters as well as from homeowners associations in the area asking for our support. and with, that colleague, i respectfully request your support for this item. >> thank you. supervisor safai. >> just to clarify -- i know you said this pretty clearly but i want to understand -- this is to protect the area from additional restaurant and bars coming in and displacing existing restaurant bars and other uses or to ensure that existing retail that is nonrestaurant bars and uses are -- >> why don't we have diego sanchez come up and give the staff report. i just wanted to note, madame chair, that our former board member, bevan duffty is in the chambers. >> welcome.

>> supervise so as mentioned, the planning commission heard this ordinance on january 11 of this year. they voted 6-1 in support of the ordinance without any modification so as proposed by supervisor peskin. the commission believes that the existing retail conditions in jackson square are working. it is an interesting and historic place with attractive retail and sufficient eating and drinking places as well as the voe vacancy rate. the ordinance will help keep what's working, working. and supervisor, if you could repeat -- did you have a question -- >> my question was, so i understand the use that you are trying to -- the existing uses -- do you want to jump in, aaron? >> sure. >> if you look to page four, which is section 249.25, this is one about intensification and increase in square footage

and, two, you'll see that section two subb, which is conditional uses says restaurant, limited restaurants and bars uses may be permitted as a conditional use on the first story through the procedures set forth in section 303, which is the conditional use section of the code. only if the zoning administrator first determines that the proposed new restaurant, limited restaurant or bar would occupy a space as currently or last legally occupied by one of the uses described below and those uses are a bar, a restaurant, a limited restaurant. so, bottom line, the answer to your question is that bars and restaurants may replace bars and restaurants but may not displace retail uses. >> got it. ok. so i can i make something for -- any of the rest raufnls, bars or other use similar to that, that can't locate here, they're welcomed to come to my district.

because we're encouraging those. [laughter] >> and the sunset. outter sunset. >> because we have a higher vacancy rate ands are a little bit more in demand, i made this joke during cannabis and i think it is a nice lead-in because we talked about it limiting the uses and the amount of licenses around the city. but type 47 licenses, i think we have five in our district and maybe one of those is really being used in the appropriate manner. so, anyone just for the record that wants to use their type 47 license, come to the excelsior district 11 and i fully support this piece of legislation. >> and supervisor safai will offer a finder's fee. >> and by the way, i wish we had these problems in district 11. [laughter] did toe. all right. any members of the public who wish to speak on item number two, please come up. ok. seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor p/esskin? >> i'd like to make a motion to

send this item to the full board with recommendation. >> all right. we'll do that without objection. thank you. item three, please. >> ordinance amending the planning code by revising zoning map sheet zn06 to rezone assessor's parcel block number ab-2719c lot number 23 located at burnette avenue and burnette avenue north from public to residential mixed district, low dense tiff rm-1, rezoning a portion of burnette avenue north, generally bounded by ab-2745 lot number 36 and ab-2719c, lot number 023 to rm-1. >> thank you very much. supervisor peskin? >> i see supervisor sheehy's staff. i spoke to him earlier and understand that they would like this item continued. >> we'll let holden couple and speak to that.

>> hi, good afternoon, chair tang and members of the confirm i'm here on behalf of supervisor sheehy's office and we would like to continue this item at the call of the chair. and john gibner, the city deputy attorney is here to answer any questions that you might have. >> how about explain why we have to continue this item. >> sure. deputy city attorney john gibner. this item is part of a package of legislation that's connected to a litigation that's pending in the oversight committee. the plan is to have that settlement ordinance move forward along with this ordinance and additional piece of legislation that's not yet been introduced to vacate the street. so, once that piece of shesing introduced, we'll work with the clerk's office and supervisor sheehy's office and your office to get everything schedule sod they move together. >> great. thank you for that.

let's open up item number three to public comments, then. seeing none, public comment is closed. a motion to continue to call the chair for item three. ok. thank you. we'll do that without objection. item four, please. >> hearing on the year two report of the cannabis state legalization task force to report. >> thank you very much. this item was sponsored by -- or is sponsored by supervisor cohen. i don't know if someone was going to come and make opening remarks or just call on mr. allen here. ok. mr. terrence allen. >> thank you, madame chair. i have copies at the request of the clerk ofpt presentation that i would like to make available to the committee members.

if we could have the slide, please. thank you. i would like the begin with some introduction, if i may. my name is terrence allen. i'm pleased to be the chair of the committee, but i'm actually one of three co-chairs and i would like to introduce now my two co-chairs who sit behind me. sarah payen, who sits at the seat for two years of cannabis legislative advocacy and jen garcia, our labour advocate. we're also joined by nicole elliott in the box as i'm inclined to call it. [laughter] nicole is now the director of the office of cannabis and, as the task force will be moving from its facilitation role with the department of public health

to the office of cannabis, this is the perfect time for this marriage to be introduced to you, the board as it was your idea to come up with this task force. in doing this, the department of public health and their role shifts. they are now deeply involved in all the regulatory framework, but it would be a mistake not to recognize israel rivera and gretchen poly who worked within the department for over two-years to bring these issues forward in a comprehensive way. and in concluding my introductions, michelle and janine from harter company have been instrumenttal in bring us forward in a legal fashion so the continuety of each topic item can be brought forward to its conclusion and they're joined by tim morrison who will be part of the team for this year.

with, that those are my thank yous. and if i get the right buttton. ok. i had one too many buttness to pushed. we have to begin by taking a look at what is the task force, what did it do in year two and what is its vision in year three. so, the task force had in its purpose the early job of facile tating a conversation between the community, the department heads and the city. this was prior to understanding that we were going to have any

legislation, let alone a valid proposal passed. this was to set up the mayor and supervise source and city departments. as we refined this over time, we're now proposing that the year three goal be that the task force recommend and review policy in three main topic areas, regulatory, land use and social justice inequity and we'll get to that. we friended on year one. you are now being presented on year two. and let's look at year two in review. so year two in review builds on year one. year one we had no legal framework in which to work. we decided as a task force that public safety and social environment were key as well as land use and social justice and regulation and city agency framework. as this process evolved, they became more formalized and

you'll note they followed the legislation that you ultimately passed this past year. retail, licensing, actually here in the city we're calling it permiting. so retail permiting. nonretail permiting. what impact it has on land use, what changes you need to make and of course the all-important equity and social justice component. that was our year one and year two framework. out of those framework documents came 98 recommendations and about two thirds of those recommendations made it into your legislative and law making process. we thank you for those tours and thank you for participating in all thes work that was required to be able to get months and months of input from the task force and combine it down into a few sentences that you could use in your process. we're proud to have been part of that and the success has shown in that slide. now we go into the meat and potatoes of what we're doing.

we start with nonretail licensing and i'm going to introduce sarah, my co-chair, and will talk about nonretail licensing and what that permiting system looks like here in the city. >> thank you, terrence. in year two, the task force discussed nonretail licensing and made 29 recommendations. number five, priority licensing. we recommend that existing permit holders in good staj or have been displaced as a result of federal intervention to receive priority processing and licensing status in the city and county of san francisco. mm-hmm. this recommendation should not conflict with social justice prioritized permiting processing recommendations. number two, new local licensing. we agreed that in addition to state defined license types, the following local license type should be created. a virtually dispensary which would be a physical location use for delivery with no walk-in retail, fa