francisco travel. as you may know, good will does not a cheese school make. our business runs on razor thin margins and depend on locals to support us and folks who come to happy hour and come to have lunch on tuesday and leave tips for our awesome team that recommend us to their friends and neighbors. we depend on the neighborhood to support us so we can in turn run a business that thrives that's healthy and profitable and pays our team's health care and offers a 40 1k and advancement in educational opportunities. having 100 new residents across the street from the business would be a meaningful boost to our assist -- success.

for these reasons we support the building. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm william fong the general manager of fairmont gir ar -- ghirardelli square and i would like to share with you i support this project wholeheartedly. jamestown l.p. have been great partner and have the community's interest first of mind and i'd like to encourage your support of the project. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please.

>> i'm here representing peter and monica lee who live at 2927 larkin the highlighted property immediately adjacent to this site. and with the original proposal for the site by jamestown we were very concerned about the impacts on their privacy, light and air and we've met with planning and with jamestown multiple times and they -- i'm happy to say have been responsive to our concerns and we appreciate they listened to us and made meaningful modifications. and as mr. perry pointed out, there were modifications to the

west elevation to protect their privacy and light and air. so if you decide to approve this project we hope that you will adopt the plan in front of you because it's something my clients can live with and the changes are really appreciated. thank you. >> thank you. is there anyone else from the public who wishes to comment on the item? seeing none, public comment's closed. commissioner hillis. >> commissioner: so it's a great project. i love cheese but i also love well designed housing projects even better. it's a difficult site because of the l shape and i appreciate the changes you made and hopefully you'll continue discussions. this is not the end of the

process. you have to get permits through d.b.i. and elsewhere. you'll have to stay engaged on this. i think this is an appropriate site. it's appropriate use and well designed and i like it and am very supportive. >> commissioner moore. >> commissioner: i'm in support. it's a lovely infill project and sense difficult designed. i want to call out the presentation of the thought process which went into this and was well documented. i wish we had more of that. i hope everybody hears me. it's the ability to look at a project and how it's being crafted and sculpted and it's contextual in terms of the moves are well perceived. i like the sensitivity towards the stoops on the larkin street side. something i talk a lot about.

everything we wanted is done. could you explain to us the idea about marking with 37 units and 26 spaces. are we picking up people from the neighborhood to be able to park or does this location require 7.5? >> the parking will be unbundled and not tied to a particular unit. we made a commitment because there's parking at ghirardelli square proper any neighbor displaced will be offered a spot at the same monthly rate they have currently. the garage currently could hold maybe 100 cars. there were 48 and it's been under utilized in its currents

position. >> commissioner: i'm glad to hear the integritied -- integrated idea and in support. >> clerk: commissioner richards. >> commissioner: to the neighbor with the issue with the dust and noise, on the environmental ceqa impact report the project is conforming to the air pollution and dust ordinance for the city as well as the noise ordinance. as to the foundation issue you may have, you may want to work with the project sponsor and their structural engineer once the building comes down to determine what extent the buildings are joined and what the impact may be to your home. i move to approve. >> >> one more comment before we vote. thank you for the 3-d models. as much as information we can

have is better and it's easy to hand around and you got the point across. >> clerk: there's been a motion to approve with conditions. [roll call] so moved it passes unanimously 6-0. >> i'll close public comment and intend the grant with standard conditions. >> clerk: very good. commissioners item 16 was withdrawn. item 17 was continued as was 18 leaving us on item 19 at 4526 third street conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, michael christensen department staff.

the request is for conditional use authorization to establish a 1,116 square feet cannabis retailer at the ground floor of a two-story mixed use building with two dwelling units on the upper floor. the applicant is defined by the office of cannabis. it's been proposed in review for at least three years initially as a medical cannabis dispensary and the project proposes an onsite consumption lounge to be reviewed for the department of public health prior to for ventilation. and onsite consumption is f

generally allowed unless state the planning commission have noted there are facilities serving youth within 600 feet of site as expected in a dense city such as san francisco. a list of such site and distances was provided in the executive summary for the hearing. the facility's designed to have a check-in and waiting area at the front facade and the consumption lounge at the year to reduce the visibility of products on the sidewalk. in terms of public outreach the public sponsor met received a formal endorsement at the february 7 meeting. additionally the department has received 111 form letters in support and 39 petition signatures in support of the application. the department is not aware of any opposition to the project. in addition to the normal section 303 findings for approval, there is a specific finding for cannabis retail

detailed in the motion. a key consideration in such finding is the geographic distribution of cannabis retail uses throughout the city and concentration of cannabis retail and medical cannabis uses within the general approximate -- proximity of the use. while cannabis storefront already concentrated in the eastern versus western neighborhoods there's no existi existing storefronts in the b bayview. as the project complies with the planning code and general plan, integrates elements to reduce exposure product to minors the department recommends approval of the project. this concludes my presentation and i'm available for any questions. >> clerk: thank you. project sponsor?

>> i want to say thank you it's been a long three year through this process and it's been ben firm. hello, commissioners, i'm rodney hampton jr. here born and raised in san francisco and raised in bayview hunter's point and here with my partners and my mother, gail hampton and my architect as well. they're standing in the back and more importantly with the community and cdx supporters. please stand. thank you. i'm one of many residents of the bay view hunter's point community whose life was directly impacted on the war on drugs. i'd like to go back 27 years from now. 18th birthday, a day before my 19th i was arrested for possession of sales of marijuana on bayview hunter's point.

good and bad. the good thing was i wasn't shot. i remember police officers calling down and running down the block from up the street and doing a massive raid. immediately me being scared i stuck my hands in my hands to remove the other marijuana sacks i had at the time to throw away. all i'm hearing at the time is his hands are going in his pocket, don't shoot. the weed is under the car. i was squared. driven squared. forward 27 years today, i'm 46 years of age, a sponsor, an owner, ceo of cdxx a cannabis and consumption lounge in the center of bayview hunters point and this is the beginning of equity and healing.

i'd like to thank folks who brought this together and thanks the h.r.c. commissioner and people like cheryl davis and past supervisor malia cohen for pushing equity and supervisor warren to making sure equity is working in district 10 and thank the bayview community for embracing me and the equitable healing power of cannabis. with that said, i would like to let you know that we believe cdxx and request first and community and compassion and caring for our customers and bayview residents. we home to rehumanize those disenfranchised by the war on drugs and be mindful how our

business impacts the community around us and give back to create opportunities and business development. our objective is to ensure the equity program flies in san francisco by providing the foundation and framework needed for success. our goal is not just to spread money around but rather give those affect ed by the war on drugs an equity piece of the american pie and here with my supporters to ask you to support the project and will yield the time if you have questions for my architect to give you a presentation on the layout and the plans or i would love for my community to stand up and speak and give their testimony. thank you for having us today. >> commissioner: it's your choice, really. have you a 1:17 left your team can make their presentation but members of the public will have their own time to speak. >> thank you, sir. i conclude.

>> clerk: we'll open it up for public comment. i'll call some names. if i don't call your name you're still allowed to speak so line up on the screen side of the room. we can start them off wi. [calling names [ >> thank you. i'm sesly johnson. i'm here to support him and see this going forward.

>> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is john butler. i had not been aware of the cannabis industry in bayview until cdxx came to the community. as usual the black community has been kept in the dark about all the cannabis operations quietly making money in our neighborhood. when cdxx came, i learned about the existence of cannabis in my community and the equity program and have been trustworthy and support and hope you do too and allow cdxx to operate in bayview. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm keshawn harris and support cdxx. they care for the neighborhood

and organize cleanups and i believe cannabis should be available to all responsible adults. please approve the project to hold cannabis to higher standards. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm a supporter of cdxx for the benefits of healing such as we have a lot of people that benefit instead of taking prescription drugs they're able to take something that is natural i'm a strong support of it and approve cdxx because i'm a neighbor in the build. i've been reassured and have been shown how the operation

will run and will be affective for all including myself and my children and i've noticed with him doing the building now and getting things prepared there is less traffic it's safer and hopefully you'll allow the project to go forward. we'll see you there. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm donald whiteside. i've known rodney 15, 20 years. he's been an entrepreneur. he's always trying to do something to help. he's tried to show people a better way than doing nothing? i encourage you to approve the project because it shows the younger people they can make a

difference in the neighborhood and they don't have to be on the corner slinging and can be productive and be part of the solution to our problem. if they see young men who actually have a business it encourages other to say i can do that. i can get that. that could be me one day. that's what rodney's showing we can all as a city come back together. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i've known rodney a long time. i'm here to support him. i believe that it needs to be legalized in the supportive way and off the corners and it just needs to be -- you don't know what you're buying on the corner. it needs to be done properly and

right. rodney, i am so proud of you. i support him like the other residents in bay view. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm george brown. how's everyone up there doing? hopefully fine. i support cdxx because the way he handles the community. he handles it towards all colors and creed, etcetera. go down the line and talk to rodney. he also opened a voluntary for people who want to bring their kids to study for after school. people who want to come practice and dancing. whatever. as long as it's positive. he's with it. no complaints, no anything. that's what i appreciate it about it. the other part how he opens up to all people no matter. >> thank you.

>> clerk: thank you. any more speakers? come on up? >> good afternoon. my name is ruth morales. i just moved into the neighborhood so i just met rodney. i jog in the morning and at first i didn't notice it because it's like a really small place from the outside and then i started looking in the window and i saw the art and i was fascinated just with that in itself. it's like a gem. the art he displays is cultural art and african and with all the gentrification the african population is down to less than 3%. i feel it's my duty to support him. i call it the art gallery.

it's a place of healing and positive. i popped in one day because the door was open and he introduced himself to me and he was really friendly and now i make it a thing every mourning when i i jog i pop in and i see people coming and going and he's very welcoming. i've seen him correct people with their language. i look at him and i think he's a very positive person. i think the youth need to see someone like that. i feel like it's a gem and feel like we need to be supportive especially where we're at now like where people small businesses are being driven out and corporations are moving in. i'm totally supportive.

i like medicine for the people, by the people. i think he's doing a lot of good for the people for the community and the artwork you have to go in and see it. it's amazing. the youth needs something to look up to and say hey, yeah, like i have this rich history. let me look into who i am and where i come from and let them feel proud of themselves and look at rodney and say, wow, i want to be like him. i can become successful and can do things the right way. there is hope. there's a lot that can emerge from this. there's so much more. for youth, it's a positive

thing. it's like a seed. i'm done. [please stand by] .

but you can also get a chance to see the people. so to the whole commission. this book was more expensive than the other one, so i was unable to get copies in time. i've ordered more. but i'm here to support a community face. i'm grateful for it. i have a 35-year history of work within communities, within the western addition. done work with wonderful people and now we're working collaboratively in the arts space. so this cdxx as a dispensary has

already reached out to the community and i was almost thinking, well, once it gets this permit, it will be over, but not so. once it gets its permits, we'll just change and as we improve the space, we'll have a refined art gallery. i want to support it. say thank you to all the people backing him with the equity program as an equity applicant. i put all my work in the community behind this effort. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good evening. how you doing? my name is mark jones. i support rodney hamilton because he started youth program at his shop that got my son out of the streets. he started a program to keep him after school, it was a nice project. i would like to thank him.

and that's it. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> how you doing? my name is raymond. i'm a bayview resident. and i feel that i'm here to support rodney. and the bayview community needs -- needs one -- at least one -- we don't have one. we need one. it's going to make us look good. and it's going to make you guys look good. so, thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm out of breath. i was watching on the cameras, i got here late. i just got to echo. i'm jim free burn, also a cannabis micro operator.

rodney is the man. everybody knows rodney in the neighborhood. he gives people who don't have food walking down the street. politicians know who he is, rich, poor. he has birthday parties. it's like his art gallery is such a hub of good social connectedness in the neighborhood. and add cannabis in that place, with all the art is going to be great. and brandon, the other partner, very smart man, a lot of experience in the business. these two are a perfect pair. please approve these people. >> thank you. next speaker, please. good evening. my name is vernon and i've known rodney since the first grade. he's a great guy. we graduated together. for him to run for mayor and do all the things for the

community -- supervisor, sorry, he does great things in the neighborhood and i'm here to support him. and would like if he got the approval for him. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. my name is abdallah. i own a market right next door. i think it would be -- there is no other person i think that would do a better job than him. and he does put the community before himself. has barbecues often to feed the homeless and all that. i support it. i don't think there is any better person for this cannabis club than rodney. thank you. >> thank you. any more people want to chime in for public comment? if not, public comment is

closed. >> commissioner moore: thank you to everybody who came out. it adds a tremendous amount of perspective to hearing all of you talk. and basically painting a person who we definitely want to support. i also need to mention that supervisor cohen talked to me about the equity program already last year. i talked with supervisor walton's office and he strongly recommended that we closely look for that particular program to be in place for cannabis operations in bayview hunters point. and since everything is in place, i'm in full support of the project and move to approve. >> second. >> commissioner richards. >> commissioner richards: i met mr. hampton on the way up in the elevator, he says, hey, commissioner richards, how are you? i said do i know you? he said you don't know me, but i

know you. what is interesting is thank you to the public for coming out. you didn't use your full three minutes, but you said so much more than other people who use the full three minutes. up said a -- you said a lot to us about how good this project is. i'm a white guy. i'm entitled. the hear the word equity and i sometimes don't understand what it means, but to hear your story made it impactful. you're going from putting your hand in the pocket, to opening up a cannabis business in your neighborhood. that's a damn good first step for equity. you sound like a great role model, a positive part of the city. you're doing everything right. you love your neighbors. you want to help people. you have a good business plan. your security plan is good. i like your rover radius. what is cdxx mean? >> cdxx, roman nu newsmaker /*

numerals 4-20. got it. 5. we haven't taken the vote, but congratulations in advance. >> commissioner johnson: i want to echo my fellow commissioners and thanking so many of you coming out and sharing your stories and just thanking you for your leadership in the community and it's clearly represented by all the people who showed up today. i think one piece we talk about when which talk about equity is making sure that all communities have equal access. we talk about bayview having places where production happens, but not necessarily where retail spaces happen and where entertainment and lounge spaces

happen. the discrepancy actually in revenue in those types of uses. so it's important that communities are producing also get to reap the benefits and be in a community space where they can celebrate culture and industry. and so i -- yeah. absolutely approve. >> commissioner moore: i wanted to thank her for the booklet. this is not a conflict of interest. it did not influence our vote. [applause] [laughter] >> rodney, just let me take a second to say, thank you very much from all of us for what you've done for district 10, third street and all of your community members. [applause] >> there is nothing further, there is a motion that has been

seconded to approve this matter. [roll call taken] so moved, commissioners. unanimous. [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you! this meeting is now adjourned.

the cultural started at arts mission. this was the first set of grant money that the arts commission had to give away. by 1998, it was not only the cultural equity grant program

but the cul actual center that happened. it meant that communities of color went from zero to like four or five million a year. just over a very short period of time. >> instead, we focused on building the arts community. the queer arts community. and out of that came fresh meat and radar and queer women of color media arts project and the transgender film festival and those organizations, some of

those people are like part of the landscape now. whereas, in the year 2000, they didn't exist. it was artists who raised the questions about equality, about gender, sexuality being different than gender. we think about it in our own life what we've seen go on here in the last 30 years. to see why the arts are important. they're worth investing in. [♪]

>> i think it really is important to have government funding that is specifically targeted at people who live and work on the margins. it's so easy to overlook what those. before they can start the race, just getting to that starting block can be very, very difficult for cultural reasons, the queer cultural center asked me if i wanted to apply and they would help me apply. >> if you are white and you work in a black community and you are racist, you need to be -- >> i thought ok, well, i'm doing a writtenning. san francisco is so full of writers. what are the chances. i wasn't banking on it but when i found out, that i got the grant, it meant one, a group of

people who were experts in the field, believed in me. for an artist, that's the hardest thing. cities flourish when they have a creative class. when they have a layer of artists who are creating space and energy that supports other artists and attracts people who are fans of the arts. as long as there are young people in the city who are interested in our future, who are going to have strong and progressive and van guard arti artists. >> i cannot imagine my own work and organization's work can be possible without the support from san francisco arts commission. i feel like to share those voices and to be the voice for those and to be the neighbor of

those voices is something that we can be very proud of for the city. i'm very grateful and at the same time very proud that we are are among our peer organizations. i feel like if i imagine 25 years from now how this san francisco arts commission will be, the san francisco arts commission has become a people's commission. i think that would be a huge legacy to leave behind. [♪]

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>> good afternoon. the meeting will come to order. this is may first. good afternoon. at the meeting will come to order. this is may first, 2019 regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i'm sandra fewer, chair of the budget and finance