officers. the machine continued to hold the broken bottle to his neck and continued to be aggressive. the officers demonstrated personal courage and resolve to help the man even as he advanced on officers. he got as close as 8 feet while holding the jagged bottle out as a weapon. as one officer stated we maintained our distance in order to maintain the area but not as far as we would have liked. the officers continue to engage the man in a dialogue but they were unable to gain miss attention for more than a few seconds at a time. it was when the man sliced his own neck that officers felt they had to use a different strategy to save the man's life. officer oropeza gave him commands to put the bottle down. he then notified the officers on scene that he was going to use a less lethal shotgun in order to prevent the subject

from lethally injuring himself. officer oropeza delivered the los lethal round and the man dropped the bottle. the officer ordered him to get on the ground, and the man turned towards the staircase. officer oropeza delivered another less lethal round. officers placed the subject in handcuffs. officer ordered an ambulance to transport the subject for psychiatric treatment. this incident is an excellent example of the efforts that san francisco police officers make every day to preserve human life. the officer the utilized their c.i.t. training and a team concept. they demonstrated a dedication to preservation of human life and showed personal courage combined with tactical patience in the face of danger. their actions were in line with the finest traditions of the san francisco police department and reflect great credit upon

themselves, their stations, and the crisis intervention team. thank you so much.

[applause] [applause] >> the next award will be presented by captain darryl fong of the southern station. [applause] >> thank you. i'd first like to extend my congratulations to all the award recipients tonight or this afternoon on such an incredible and distinguished honor. good afternoon, chief scott, command staff, distinguished guests, members of the community. it is my distinction honor to share the actions of these

three fine officers which merited the receipt of the department's crisis intervention training award. on april 30, 2017, at a little after midnight, southern station officers omar abarenga and brian smith were dispatched to a report of a mentally disturbed person on the roof of yerba buena ice skating rink at 750 folsom street. on rifle, officer josh espinoza, and john ching had arrived on scene had made contact with a subject in a state of crisis, later identified as mr. david. sergeant espinoza immediately took command of the incident and quickly coordinated a perimeter with responding officers allowing contact officers to utilize crisis intervention training techniques, creating time and dance in an attempt to deescalate the situation. officer galande, a c.i.t.

trained officer initially stood on the ground level attempting to communicate with the subject who was standing on the ledge of the roof approximately 40 feet above him. while attempting to coax the subject down from the roof, officers galande and alvarange repositioned themselves on a roof access lad are on the southeast side of the building to allow for better communication with the subject. however due to the dangerous flat edge roof terrain where the subject was strange and his proximity to the ladder, the officers did not attempt to access the roof due to concern over being grabbed and dragged off the roof by the subject. officer galande served as the lead negotiator and switched off with the other officer in communicating with the subject with standing on the roof access ladder during extremely

misty conditions. a hostage negotiator was summoned and dispatched to the scene but was not utilized because of the established rapport with officer galande and the subject. the subject went onto report that he had lost $8,000 in gambling, that his wife had moved to texas with his kids, and he had no way to get them. the subject told officers he was depressed and may have taken medication along with a molly cocktail at this time. subject repeatedly stated he was an idiot, he missed his family and wanted to end his life. after negotiating well over an hour, officer galande was successful in coaxing the subject to come down off the ledge via the roof access ladder. the subject was placed into custody by a team of officers

and transported the subject to san francisco general psychiatric emergency services where he was placed on a 5150 detention for evaluation and treatment. sergeant espinoza's leadership demonstrated during this incident, along with officer galande and alvarange's crisis utilization techniques directly resulted in the prevention of a loss of life bringing this incident to a successful out come. i ask you to join me in congratulating these officers for their actions of excellence in their receipt of the department's c.i.t. award.

[applause] >> all right. next up will be lieutenant eric washington and can i have to the stage sergeant tracey mcray, officer richard andriotti, and officer ediberto martinez.

>> good afternoon. the award that i'm here to present this sovereign was in regards to an armed suicidal subject who was on a balcony. a frightened mother of four called dispatch and reported that her boyfriend and the father of her children had two knives and was threatening to kill himself. she further reported that the children were in the house with the man. officers were told that the man had advised dispatch several times that he was -- he hoped that the cops were shoot him, which we know as suicide by cop. knowing that the mother and her children were in dangerous, numerous san francisco police officers, including sergeant mcray, officer martinez, and andriotti raced to the scene. on arrival, the officers evaluated and evacuated the residence, the mother and the children from the house and secured the perimeter. sergeant mcray, a c.i.t. trained officer, officer

martinez and andriotti raced into action. other officers as back up, sergeant mcray and martinez made contact with the man. the man -- sergeant martinez and officer mcray confronted was large, powerful, on the apartment balcony, holding two knives, one in each hand. one of the officers later described him as a volcano that was ready to erupt. the man was originally shouting, hostile and confrontational. he begged the officers for them to shoot him. the officer thing separating sergeant mcray and officer martinez from the hostile man was the sliding glass balcony door. sergeant mcray saw there was no good tactical options and the best option was to talk. they began to engage the man through the sliding glass door.

meanwhile, officer andriotti passed along information that he had gathered from the family that was crucial to sergeant mcray and officer martinez' decision making and communication making strategy, such as mental health diagnosis and relationship information. on using the information and active listening skills, sergeant mcray and martinez were able to establish a rapport with the man. after martinez and mcray switched off talking as officer andriotto passed on the information. officer martinez was particularly successful in breaking down the distrust that the man had about the police. at first the man was asking the police to shoot him, but officer martinez was able to get him into a calmer frame of mind by talking about his children. sergeant mcray kept the man focused and realistic by talking about other options. finally, officer martinez and

sergeant mcray were able to convince the man to throw the knives off the balcony, and a short time later he was detained and taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. this incident was a team effort by sfpd, all the officers who responded, contributed to the successful resolution of this incident. with their support, sergeant mcray, officer martinez, and andriotti were able to use c.i.t. methods initiatives and tenacity to peacefully resolve the situation. the actions of these officers are in the finest tradition of the san francisco police department and bring honor to themselves and the c.i.t.

program. [applause] >> the next award will be presented by cap killtrioni from the mission station. he'll be presenting an award to

james frisk. >> good afternoon, everyone and congratulations to all the recipients of today's award. fantastic job from all. i'm here to give a little synopsis of what officer james frisk did to earn this fine award. in the early hours of a sunday morning last year, dispatch received a call from a distraught mother in los angeles who reported her son had called her and told her he was going to kill himself in a hotel room in san francisco. numerous san francisco police officers responded, including officer frisk who was still in the field training program, learning the job, and to this day, all of us still learn this job every day we're out here, no matter how many years we have in the business. when the officers went to the man's room, they attempted to get him to come out, but he

refused. officers were able to get the door partially opened. the man inside told them, stop. he screamed he had a knife, that he would kill himself, and there would be blood everywhere. because he would cut his own throat, he said, if the officers entered the room. the officers recognized that this was an extremely dangerous situation and instead of using force, they decided to slow down the scene and use other options. officer frisk engaged in the man's conversation from behind the door. officer frisk was able to establish a rapport with the man. the man told them that he loved this woman, but the woman had rejected him, and he wanted to take a pill to sleep forever. officer frisk was able to get the man to agree to communicate

via facetime, and for those of you that don't know that -- it's new to me, too, but a lot of us have that phones that you can speak facetime. it's helpful when you're trying to teach your kids how to use jumper cables. he continued to talk to the individual, and during this time, officer frisk could see that the man continued to hold the knife to his throat and occasionally pressing so hard that he would break the skin. officer frisk could see this from the facetime phone. officer frisk established such a great rapport that when the hostage negotiator arrived on scene, he allowed officer fritz to continue to talk to the man while the hostage negotiate or provided direction. eventually the man agreed to open the door, but only if he could directly talk with officer frisk. recognizing the danger of a face-to-face negotiation with an armed subject, officer frisk

decided to take that chance. the rewards ultimately persuaded him out, so he put himself in danger. he conducted a face-to-face talk this time with the man, and the man finally threw the knife down. instead of rushing in immediately, officer frisk continued to talk, and eventually, the man was detained without incident and taken to the hospital for mental health assessment. as a result, officer frisk and the fellow officers' actions, a mother did not lose her son that morning. officer frisk and the fellow officers followed c.i. tichlt principles to peacefully resolve a potentially deadly situation. officer frisk demonstrated tactical patience and used time and distance to engage in a meaningful dialogue, displayed

ingenuint and communication during a personal confrontation, the face-to-face conversation and a peaceful resolve to this situation. officer frisk's action right side in the finest tradition of the san francisco police department, bringing great credit upon himself, mission station, and the c.i.t. program. congratulations, officer.

[applause] >> all righty. next up, we'll have captain jack hart of the ingleside station, and captain kenneth anderson. captain jack. >> just jack. welcome, everybody, and congratulations to all the recipients. fantastic work. san francisco police officers responded to an address in the ingleside police district looking for a suspect who had just stabbed and murdered a family member in an adjoining police district. numerous officers raced to the

scene including c.i.t. trained officer anderson. officers conferred with the family members at the scene who confirmed that the suspect was still at the scene. officer anderson found out that the hostage negotiation team was 30 minutes away, he stepped up, and he volunteered to start talking to the suspect. now despite the fact that the suspect was not contained, might still be armed and was in a dominant upstairs position, the officer realized that in order to save the father, other family members and other members of the public, someone would have to take the position and skbrujump in from this dans position at the bottom of the stairs and talk. he began talking to the man as other officers provided cover,

including members of ingleside station who were here to support officer anderson, including officer johnny hong who was also on scene and a member of the c.i.t. team, released officer anderson had such rapport, all he had to do was stand back and allow the situation to develop. officer anderson was able to establish rapport with the suspect by utilizing communication skills and engaging the suspect. soon after, officer anderson was able to reason with the suspect that the father had nothing to do with the situation and the suspect let him go. instead of trying to rush up the stairs, they decided to wait and allow the discussions to continue. officer anderson demonstrated empathy for the suspect's condition rather than looking down on him and judging him and the actions that he had taken,

officer anderson convinced him that peacefully resolving the situation was the best option and he could get the mental health situation that he needed. suspect surrendered and was taken into custody without incident. officer anderson used his c.i.t. training to build rapport that led to the suspect's release of the hostage and eventual surrender. it was walter payton who said if you're good at something, you'll tell the world about it. if you're great at something, the world will tell you. officer anderson, we're here to tell you your actions were great. you bring great credit upon yourself and your family, ingleside station and the c.i.t. program. congratulations, officer

anderson. [applause] >> the next award

fitzgerald. f >> okay. commissioners, we're back in open session right now. item line 9, vote to whether to disclose any or all discussions held in closed session, san francisco administrative code section 67.12 a, action, and i'll make a motion not to disclose. >> second. >> all those in favor? [voting] >> the motion passes unanimously. >> can you call the next item? >> yes. line 10, adjourn, action.

>> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> all in favor to adjourn? -

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>> in november of 2016, california voters passed proposition 64. the adult use of marijuana act. san franciscans overwhelmingly approved it by nearly 75%. and the law went into effect in january of 2018. [♪] >> under california's new law, adults age 21 and over can legally possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis and grow up to six plants at home. adults in california can legally give up to 1 ounce to other adults. >> in the state of california, we passed a law that said adult consumption is legal. if you are an adult and in possession of certain amounts, you will no longer be tried. you will not be arrested or

prosecuted for that. that is changing the landscape dramatically. [♪] >> to legalization of cannabis could bring tremendous economic and social benefits to cities like san francisco. >> this industry is projected to reach $22 billion by the year 2020. and that is just a few years away. >> it can be a huge legal industry in california. i think very shortly, the actual growing of marijuana may become the biggest cash crop in the state and so you want that to be a legal tax paying cash crop, all the way down the line to a sales tax on the retail level. >> the california medical industry is a 3 billion-dollar industry last year. anticipating that multiplier as 20, 30, 50 times in the consumer marketplace once adult use is

really in place, you could go ahead and apply that multiplier to revenue. it will be huge. >> when that underground economy becomes part of the regular tax paying employment economy of the bay area, it not only has a direct impact, that money has a ripple impact through the economy as well. >> it is not just about retail. it is not just about the sensor. is about manufacturing pick a lot of innovative manufacturing is happening here in san francisco in addition to other parts of the state as well as the cultivation. we should be encouraging that. >> there is a vast array of jobs that are going to be available in the newly regulated cannabis industry. you can start at the top tier which a scientist working in testing labs. scientists working at extraction companies. and you work towards agricultural jobs. you have ones that will require less education and you look towards cannabis retail and see

traditional retail jobs and you see general management jobs. those things that are similar to working at a bar restaurant or working at a retail store. >> we are offering, essentially, high paid manufacturing jobs. typical starting wage of 18-$20 an hour, almost no barrier to entry, you do not need an education. >> that means that people who do not have college educations, working-class people, will have an opportunity to have a job at cultivating cannabis plants. there's a whole wide array of job opportunities from the seedling to the sale of the cannabis. [♪] >> last year, they said 26 million people came to san francisco. >> the tourism industry continues to be very robust here and the city and county of san francisco is about a billion-dollar industry. >> if we use a conservative cannabis user adoption rate to 15% that means 4 million

tourists want that means 4 million tourists want to purchase cannabis. and we need to be ready for th them. >> in 2015, as adult use legalization efforts gained momentum in california, the supervisors created the san francisco cannabis state legalization task force. this task force offered to research and advice to the supervisors, the mayor and other city departments. >> we knew that adult use legalization was coming to the ballot and stat that would bring with it a number of decisions that the city would have to make about zoning and regulation and so forth. and i decided at that time, at a know it was a great, that rather than have a fire drill after the ballot measure passes, as suspected it would, we should plan an event. so i authored a task force to spend a year studying it and we made it a broad-based task force. >> we prepared ourselves by

developing a health impact assessment and partnered that with key stakeholder discussions with washington, oregon, colorado, to really learn lessons from their experience rolling out both adult and medicinal cannabis. >> within days of the passing of the proposition, ed lee called on agencies to act decisively. >> he issued an executive order asking the department of public health, along with planning and other city departments to think through an internal working group around what we needed to do to consider writing this law. >> we collectively, i would say that was representatives from g.s.a., as well as the mayor's office, met with a lot of departments to talk through what prop 64 and the implementation of prop 64 it meant to them. >> the mayor proposed an office of cannabis, a one-stop shop for permits allowing operators to grow and sell cannabis.

>> he wanted a smart structure. he wanted a regulatory structure that ensured that kids didn't have access and community's were safe and that consumers were safe. and he wanted to ensure, more importantly, it was a regulatory structure that encouraged diversity and inclusivity. >> this is an office that will be solely charged with a duty of wanting not only the policies that we create, implementing and enforcing them, but also executing the licenses that are needed. we're talking about 20 different licenses that will put us into compliance with what is happening on the state level. >> this is a highly, highly regulated industry now, at this point. we have anywhere from 7-10 departments that will be working with these industry participants as they go through the permitting process. that is a lot of work at a loss of coordination. we are creating a permitting process that is smart and is

digital. it is much easier for the user and for community input, and is less mired in bureaucracy. >> for the first time ever in san francisco history, standalone licenses are available for all aspects of the nonretail side of the cannabis industry. now, a cultivator can go in to the department of building inspection and to the department of health and say, with this first registered and temporary license, and then what will eventually be a permanent license, this is the project, this is what i am going to do. >> very rarely in city government do we interact with industries that are asking to be regulated. these guys want to be regulated. they want to be compliant. they want to work with the city. that is rare. >> san francisco has created a temporary licensing process so that the pre-existing operators

here in san francisco can apply for a temporary state licensed. >> we have taken teams of up to 12 inspectors to inspect the facility twice a day. we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. and the fire department. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants

and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, being the state of california, people are looking to us. >> we hope that cannabis does become more of an accepted part of society in the same way that alcohol is, the same way coffee is. >> it is a very innovative fear, particularly around manufacturing. san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪]

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco

history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration.

>> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking.

after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to

today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want

it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application

process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started

a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a

woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see

a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪