we then need to go into meet and confer with the d.p.a. because this directly affects terms of employment. [please stand by]

>> i understand you have a one floating commissioner. i only count six. the way i'm reading it is you have one commissioner who can conduct settlements and conduct the hearing -- they may roll provided the taking of evidence, the commission that has presided over the evidence that two other commissioners shall conduct a hearing and go forward, and then you have three that they can appeal to. that is six. where is the seventh? >> the seventh is not participating unless we need the

seventh to step into fill a gap because some to has to be recused or is unavailable. in each case, only six of us participate and one sits out and that will be rotating around. here is one of my concerns, three of us are doing the hearing, and i don't know where we are. that is a lot of hearings for three commissioners to do, so i guess, i mean, will these three commissioners do all the hearings, or will we rotate six months, three will have a hearing, and the next six months it will be the appellant process otherwise, i don't know if people know this, but sometimes these go for full-day days, and sometimes they go full days a week. i'm just wondering if it is a big burden. >> it is not something i have decided, one possibility will be

every case, there is an alphabetical listing. he rotate for each case, three people who are picked as hearing officers for case a, no three different people are picked for case be. a different group for case see. you constantly are rotating through so that nobody is overwhelmed with hearings or appeals. >> and we did take statistics. i asked the sergeant when we were drafting this what the numbers where it with respect to how many discipline cases we received and there has been a substantial decline over the past several years in the number of discipline cases that we received. some of us have two, some of us have five, but there is no one here who has double digit discipline cases. so the trend has been a declining trend. >> i have been here a long time. [laughter]. >> we are doing hearings and hearings and there's no way to catch up. i know we are not there right now those are a lot of hearings

to put on. >> i have the idea of how it will work, because -- >> this is a process that we can build going forward to. this will take a year to implement even if we implement -- even if we pass it now. so that is for something for the commission. and the commission may not even be staffed the way it is now by the time this is implemented. we may have slightly different commissioners in place. >> i understand that, but wouldn't you want to know how it works? >> yes, but i thank you can be part of building that process. we haven't decided that. it is simply getting the structure in place because we did not feel there was a better way to do this. >> so if you have three and three, and one person is it necessary, you will have three panels, and the panels

continually change. >> yes, they will continually change. one person will set out for a year and then they will get the next case. >> 331 rotates with each case. >> let's say we get three discipline cases, on case one, it will be 33 and then once it's out, and then case to, the one that sets out subset in, and then another subs out, and then on case three, the same thing, it goes down the list. >> it took us a long time. we put a lot of thought and effort and we were guided with the city attorney with respect to this process. it is not easy. we were given a situation where we had to change our current structure because of the more -- to work out a decision. >> let me clarify, the single commissioner is still for the taking of the evidence, right? >> the single commissioner, as we do it now, would join to other commissioners to become part of the hearing group that

does the initial taking. >> icy. >> also, a lot of these cases settle, too. many of them do not go to hearings, so my experience is, more than half of my cases have been settling, which is a positive, and i think that maybe true for all of us. director henderson? >> i was going to say, this is a lot of work that went into drafting and getting us to this place. we went through a lot of different ideas in terms of what we -- what was going to work, what the parameters where, and i just wanted to thank everybody for their time, support, and encouragement forgetting to this resolution including the city attorney's office, because we spent a lot of time and work in drafting this. we are very supportive of this resolution, which is the resolution that we have been suggesting, something similar like this throughout the process

i just wanted to acknowledge that and to move forward on the resolution. >> thank you. >> just briefly, thank you. i think i appreciate the hard work. back around when i started on the commission that i met with d.p.a., i know this is -- this has been a big concern of theirs , and i think for the commission, for them to keep the discipline within the commission or some outside body, is really important to me. that's how we should maintain it i think everybody has done some great work here, and so even though i wasn't part of this, i think the final outcome is something that i support. >> thank you.

vice president taylor? >> just to hopefully respond to the commissioner's comments, the way i understand, these things generally work is that the labor -- determining the rotation of the order will be on commission staff for better or worse while it is confusing, that is part of what makes the commission his staff so wonderful it will be one where thing for them to worry about. >> and when you read this, it doesn't say how it will be determined, so that is why i'm asking the questions. i have another question if i can ask, so you have three commissioners doing the hearing, and then two out of the three appellant commissioners, two of those commissioners can reverse the three commissioners who did the hearing. >> that is true. that would be right. >> there's not a higher threshold? [laughter]

[laughter] >> this is real serious. it is real serious. >> you are right. >> those combos, i just think about the common -- -- the combos. >> that is why the rotation of who goes in what order will be determined first so it is a fair process so there is no monkeying around. >> exactly. >> it is very clear, transparent , and very fair. >> is randomized in a way. >> the fact of the matter is, there's not not a lot of -- for all the argument that happened in the public, we generally align on disciplinary decisions, we don't have a lot of -- the concept might be -- but, you know, we are generally in line on those.

>> okay. any other comment? if not, i would ask for a motion to approve this as our draft charter amendment. >> we'll take public comment in a second. >> before the vote. >> is there a second? >> second. >> we need public comment on this proposed charter amendment and the motion on the floor. >> good evening, commissioners, i am also here as a union member myself, and i want to say that i like the language, and i like this process, and i will be supporting it. if it is something on the ballot , i will have to campaign for it. thank you. >> any other comment? public comment -- i'm sorry.

>> good evening, again. i would like to support this motion. thanks. >> thank you. >> any other comment? okay, hearing none, public comment is closed. can we have a vote, please? there was a motion and second. all in favor signified by saying aye. >> aye. >> opposed? >> that passes unanimously. i think we thank you as do director henderson and the chief not cite them, please. >> general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on the agenda tonight but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners for department or d.p.a. personnel. under police commission rules of order during public comment, neither police or d.p.a. personnel or commissioners can

be written can respond to -- but may provide a brief response. individual commissioners and police and d.p.a. personnel should refrain however from entering into any debates or discussion with speakers during public comment. >> general public comment. >> good evening, again. >> good evening. brett edwards from excelsior. in the wake of the sheriff's department asking for some oversight from d.p.a. and interest and regulations from this body, i have some concerns about that. i see that this body is strained and perhaps doesn't have enough resources currently. i wonder if commissioners have -- >> second. [laughter].

>> any availability of saying staffing from week to week, it seems like you do a lot of your own back office work. i don't know, i think it would serve all the citizens that are -- with some ability to have some staffing. >> thank you. >> if i could give a standing ovation right now. [laughter]. >> are you volunteering to work with us? >> any other public comment? >> good evening, again. i would like to use the overhead i'm sorry i always come and i talk about my son, but i haven't shown the other unsolved homicides that have been happening in the city of san francisco, and the majority,

maybe a couple of these homicides on this poster are only -- only two of them have been solved, but the rest of them are still unsolved, and i come here and i talk about unsolved homicides all the time and half of these people on here are members of the healing circle, and the mothers and fathers are still suffering. i bring this here, this is the healing circle that we have every second and fourth thursday of the month to talk about -- talk with parents and mothers and fathers who have lost their children to homicide. incarceration, domestic violence , child abuse, hate crimes, foster care, robbery, we talk about all of that because trauma is trauma. again, my son who was murdered

august 14th, 20 -- 2006. again, 30 rounds of bullets left that gun into my son, my 16 -year-old boy. it will be 13 years, if it is not 13 years already. you know as time passes, you forget. somebody was talking to the other day and telling me about my son and i've been so busy fighting for justice for him that i forgot how he used to act , and how he used to smile, and who he used to go to school with, and people will come up to me and say things and i say who are you? as time passes you forget and i don't want to forget, you guys. it still hurts. i am tired of crying, but i can't help it.

this was my boy and i still cry but i am a strong woman, though, but the tears still fall i bring my pictures all the time. he had a father. he had a mother and a father who raised him well. we have no qualms with being the parents that we were, we were good parents to our children this is what we are left with standing over our children's casket, i want people to remember and understand what i go through. i know you don't like looking at it, but this is what i have left i want justice for my son. >> again, the tip line is

(415)575-4444. i just feel like a broken record sailings -- saying that every week. i hope someone will come forward one day. next item. >> line item four, adjournment, action item. >> okay, we are going to adjourn tonight and the memory of jeff adachi. i have been asked by commissioners, and we want to recognize jeff adachi as one of the most fearless and admired public officials that this city has ever had. so we are going to adjourn in his name, and i asked commissioners, if you have anything that you want to say? >> i have worked with jeff since 1986. i have known him ever since. he was a dear friend. he was a great warrior, he took that office and transforms that office. he gave them tools to do their job. he increased the personnel that

was there. you provided services, social services for people. you just put programs in that really helped people, and i know -- he just put programs and that -- in that really helped people. he did what he thought was right , and he didn't back down, and he was just incredibly courageous. we will miss him, and he really brought that office into the 21 st century of what a defender's office should be. he attacked the bail system, there's so many other programs that he worked on. he was always thinking and always doing good, rest in peace >> thank you. >> a huge, huge loss. having been at the public defender's office for more then a decade, he trained trial worriers and the success right reflects that, and i am glad to see that somebody has been selected that will carry on his memory.

>> thank you. can i have a motion to adjourn. >> motion. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you, all. >> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic

development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share

one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. >> the binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. but here, we put a twist on it. why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. we're not just limiting it to

just the classic with salted egg and cheese. >> we try to cook food that you don't normally find from filipino food vendors, like the lichon, for example. it's something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and it's one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. this, it's kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. when i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. i think it's a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. everybody keeps saying filipino food is the next big thing. i think it's already big, and

to have all of us here together, it's just -- it just blows my mind sometimes that there's so many of us bringing -- bringing filipino food to the city finally. >> i'm alex, the owner of the lumpia company. the food that i create is basically the filipino-american experience. i wasn't a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my favorite foods i like to eat, put into my favorite filipino foods, put together. it's not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the different things that i put in are just the different things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. well, the very first lumpia

that i came out with that really build the lumpia -- it wasn't the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia. there was a time in our generation where we didn't have our own place, our own feed to eat. before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. now, i'm taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. >> it can happen in the san

francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. it's basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. >> so right now, i'm eating something that brings me back to every filipino party from my childhood. it's really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. >> one of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where

are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event.

undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique.

when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. when you're positive and committed to using that energy, >> 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. [♪]

my name is doctor ellen moffett, i am an assistant medical examiner for the city and county of san francisco. i perform autopsy, review medical records and write reports. also integrate other sorts of testing data to determine cause and manner of death. i have been here at this facility since i moved here in november, and previous to that at the old facility.

i was worried when we moved here that because this building is so much larger that i wouldn't see people every day. i would miss my personal interactions with the other employees, but that hasn't been the case. this building is very nice. we have lovely autopsy tables and i do get to go upstairs and down stairs several times a day to see everyone else i work with. we have a bond like any other group of employees that work for a specific agency in san francisco. we work closely on each case to determine the best cause of death, and we also interact with family members of the diseased. that brings us closer together also. >> i am an investigator two at the office of the chief until examiner in san francisco. as an investigator here i investigate all manners of death that come through our jurisdiction.

i go to the field interview police officers, detectives, family members, physicians, anyone who might be involved with the death. additionally i take any property with the deceased individual and take care and custody of that. i maintain the chain and custody for court purposes if that becomes an issue later and notify next of kin and make any additional follow up phone callsness with that particular death. i am dealing with people at the worst possible time in their lives delivering the worst news they could get. i work with the family to help them through the grieving process. >> i am ricky moore, a clerk at the san francisco medical examiner's office. i assist the pathology and toxicology and investigative team around work close with the families, loved ones and funeral

establishment. >> i started at the old facility. the building was old, vintage. we had issues with plumbing and things like that. i had a tiny desk. i feet very happy to be here in the new digs where i actually have room to do my work. >> i am sue pairing, the toxicologist supervisor. we test for alcohol, drugs and poisons and biological substances. i oversee all of the lab operations. the forensic operation here we perform the toxicology testing for the human performance and the case in the city of san francisco. we collect evidence at the scene. a woman was killed after a robbery homicide, and the dna collected from the zip ties she was bound with ended up being a cold hit to the suspect.

that was the only investigative link collecting the scene to the suspect. it is nice to get the feedback. we do a lot of work and you don't hear the result. once in a while you heard it had an impact on somebody. you can bring justice to what happened. we are able to take what we due to the next level. many of our counterparts in other states, cities or countries don't have the resources and don't have the beautiful building and the equipmentness to really advance what we are doing. >> sometimes we go to court. whoever is on call may be called out of the office to go to various portions of the city to investigate suspicious deaths. we do whatever we can to get our job done. >> when we think that a case has a natural cause of death and it

turns out to be another natural cause of death. unexpected findings are fun. >> i have a prior background in law enforcement. i was a police officer for 8 years. i handled homicides and suicides. i had been around death investigation type scenes. as a police officer we only handled minimal components then it was turned over to the coroner or the detective division. i am intrigued with those types of calls. i wondered why someone died. i have an extremely supportive family. older children say, mom, how was your day. i can give minor details and i have an amazing spouse always willing to listen to any and all details of my day. without that it would be really hard to deal with the negative

components of this job. >> being i am a native of san francisco and grew up in the community. i come across that a lot where i may know a loved one coming from the back way or a loved one seeking answers for their deceased. there are a lot of cases where i may feel affected by it. if from is a child involved or things like that. i try to not bring it home and not let it affect me. when i tell people i work at the medical examiners office. whawhat do you do? the autopsy? i deal with the a with the enou- with the administrative and the families. >> most of the time work here is very enjoyable. >> after i started working with dead people, i had just gotten

married and one night i woke up in a cold sweat. i thought there was somebody dead? my bed. i rolled over and poked the body. sure enough, it was my husband who grumbled and went back to sleep. this job does have lingering effects. in terms of why did you want to go into this? i loved science growing up but i didn't want to be a doctor and didn't want to be a pharmacist. the more i learned about forensics how interested i was of the perfect combination between applied science and criminal justice. if you are interested in finding out the facts and truth seeking to find out what happened, anybody interested in that has a place in this field. >> being a woman we just need to go for it and don't let anyone fail you, you can't be.

>> with regard to this position in comparison to crime dramas out there, i would say there might be some minor correlations. let's face it, we aren't hollywood, we are real world. yes we collect evidence. we want to preserve that. we are not scanning fingerprints in the field like a hollywood television show. >> families say thank you for what you do, for me that is extremely fulfilling. somebody has to do my job. if i can make a situation that is really negative for someone more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of san francisco.

>> good morning.rancisco. oh, my gosh. this is not only an auspicious occasion, it is truly joyful. it is my tremendous pleasure and honor to ask you to give a warm welcome to our mayor, london breed. you've got it. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: all righty, huh? we're getting started, but today is really a very happy occasion. i am so really honored to be here to celebrate the opening of 83 new