spaces. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the monday may 23 meeting of rules of san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor matt dorsey chair. i'm joined by my colleagues vice chair walon and safai. i want to express gratitude to our clerk victor young. thank you to the team at sfgovtv for broadcasting today's meeting

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victor. young sfgov.org. and you misend written comments u.s. mail to city hall. 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244. san francisco, california. 94102. items acted on upon today are expected to appear at the board of supervisor's agenda on june 6, 2023 unless otherwise stated. of >> thank you. would you call items 1, 2 and 3 together. >> a motion approving rejecting the nomination for reappointment of el11 schumer on the preservation hall advisory commission. item 2, a motion approving rejekeling the mayor's nommation of mae woo term ending january 13 of 2026. item 3. approving the mayor's nomination for clarence blanchard to the commission term ending january

of 2024. there are 3 candidates before us, 2 hear reappointment and one nominated for a first term as stated in the code this body is responsible ensure the historical character and beauty preserved in the facilities are maintained cording to the highest standard not allow to fall in disrepair well is pride san franciscans have and as a member of board of supervisors we sit in this beautiful chamber this reminds how special this build and our city are. i want to thank all nominee for willingness to serve. this is something we seat work that the body does. i want to first invite ellen schumer. i will say my understanding that she has a tour after this we will probably see if there are

questions for you but ms. schumer. woman to rules. floor is yours >> good morning and thank you. the building really is beautiful. there is nothing else like it in the world. and everyone this come throughout doors whether on goodlet or van ness should appreciate this structure. it is the finest example of municipal art built at the time. and it is now 107 years of age. thank you supervisor safai. >> i wanted say a few words. thank you, chair and ms. schumer

we have a bit of quite a bit of history in this building not a little bit quite a bill san francisco city hall is a story of resilience and a city coming back after the 1906 quake and fire ournd mayor roth city hall reopenod april 5 of 1915 what can be done when the city pulls together and everyone works toward a common goal n. 1989 it was damaged again and leaders same together to renovate it through the 95 bond measure. on january 5 of 99 mayor brown reopen today in the preservation of maintenance remain a top priority for our city we enjoy every day. and even coming in this chamber gives me i don't know chills but it makes me happy ever time i step in this chamber. i'm pleased that mayor breed

reappointed 2 outstanding commissioners here with mrs. shum and mae woo and clarence blanchard. i support all of these appointments and thank the commissioners for wellingness to serve am our amazing city and for ms. schumer we see her almost every day walking, guiding people. bringing in students and bring nothing people from out of city. and out of the city hall and making the experience a wonderful experience. really appreciate your service, ms. shum and all of the appointise. they have my full spchlt thank you. >> thank you supervisor safai. seeing no one else. mechanic ms. schumer. >> and next up we havey mae woo. i don't know if show is visible

online. i did contact ms. woo. she is aware of the meeting but we were poseed provide instructionos how to connect but unable to get her on the phone. >> okay. >> then, let's hear from clarence blanchard. >> mr. blanchard? floor is yours. welcome to rules committee. >> thank you. appreciate the opportunity to speak. one thing i did not mention another thing we got a lot of always give guidance of may be a couple minutes if you have a presentation there is one thing we'll hear from a lot of people i want to observe in fairness the time limit. thank you. i started my career in this industry in 1962. with the navy, construction

battalions. we built and protected things we built. and that was a good experience and i graduated from school. i was stationed the defense laboratory 7 story build nothing d10. i'm sure supervisor walton is aware of it. we learned analyze and monitor nuclear radiation. deployed to the test site where we had test this is was a good experience. from that 40 years later i was affected with radiation poisoning. city hired me in 1970 as an electrician that allows mow it do maintenance and repair on various buildings. fire house. laguna honda, police stations and this building. this building was unique every

part that we found that failed we could not get on line. we could not go to lows i enjoyed pin taining this building there was a strike in 76 and went in private practice i'm involved in the courtroom remodel at the supreme court building across the street where we are doing the same thing with the av system i appreciate this opportunity and hope you consider me. thank you, much. thank you very much. for your service. seeing no comments can you sit down. >> thank you. >> why don't we open this up to public comment. yes.

member hos wish to speak in person lineup for those remote on the line press star 3 to enter the speaker line. i want to express my support for clarence blanchard we have a shared love of the park. i wanted let everyone about he is an amazing community member

and willing to serve. can we have our next caller, please yoochlt david pilpel. want to speak briefly in support ellen schumer's reappointment. el7 a fantastic historian. y support her reappointment to this body. >> thank you that completesure call in speakers. >> thank you. public comment is now closed. >> and i would tloik make a motion it strike reyekt where it appear in all 3 motions and send the items for approval. >> mr. clerk. >> yes, on the motion to delete reject and all 3 motion and to recommend as amended, vice chair

walton. >> aye. >> supervisor sa fei. >> aye jovment chair dorsey. >> aye >> the motion passes. >> thank you on a unanimous vote the mayoral reappointments and appointments to the city hall preservation commission elenshumary item 21. woo, 2 and blanchard 3 move to the full board for approval. >> >> item 4a pointing 9 member ending december 23 of 24 to the cannabis oversight committee. we have sorry. 9 seats and 18 applicants. i want to thank whoefrn applied the cannabis oversight commission had is a relatively new commission this is the second set of members ash

pointed. commission coupled with drastic changes to the industry in the past 7 years makes serving on this a task i appreciate everyone who apply exclude encourage whoefrn is not selected stay in touch and apply for other vacancies where there may be eljiblth for and skefsh on other bodies before hearing everybody i want to read off the requirements for the seats. and seats that have in the received applicants. seat 8 is equity program. 9 cultivationor distributor with less than 20 employees. seat 10 we don't have any eligible applicants is for organizationed labor. seat 11 organized labor with works with delivery.

seat 12. store front retailer. seat 13 equity. 14, state regulations. [inaudible]. seat 16 patient or consumerer for the last 5 years. >> i continuing is a trade off when we have prescriptive it for applicants a situation we say, no to good people because you don't fit neatly in something that was prescribed years ago. that is something i want to hear from the cannabis community is this is what we mode to look at to be participation and always being we are always mindful of

diversity there is only one female this . is sometimes when you balance a prescriptive seat requirement there are trade off in that. usually our committee will wait until after applications are received before a hearing this body has not met for months. there are discussed in the industry. we have received applications, thank you for joining remotely. we have so many folk who is applied. thank you for your comments. and and interrupt thank you is not something tindz to be rude i want to get everyone time and do it fair low that said, i want to start the hearing with the one person who is reapplied after

serving one term and after i will call people up in order listed on the agendaful mr. ja malian. >> thank you for holds thanksgiving meeting this is i third iteration of the cannabis oversight mittee i served on 2 of them. and chaired the last session. i'm honored to run again i would like to get appointed i now chair the state mittee allows me to bridge the gap with local and state laws which [inaudible] i agree with everything you said. would be great to have more female voices but there is important work to be done exit look forward to working on it if i get reappointed thank you for your time. >> thank you mr. ja malian.

seeing no questions let's ask okay. i think supervisor safai will save comment and questions for the end. can we invite alexander. >> [inaudible]. good morning supervisors and rules committee. i'm alexander, i am going for seat 8. equity seat. so -- i have been i will try to keep comments brief i'm a local business owner born and raised in san francisco. gradual up in the fillmore and represent the demographics that mission initiative created to impact the i embody all of those descriptions. i want to ensurety decisions made in the space affect my community. which is impacted by the war on

drug and the stigma of the medicine we know as cannabis. i want to be an example to those in my community and it is possible to make it in this place. as far as my experience i have i back grundz in entrepreneurship on all 41s worked in sales and finance for years. i have a cannabis courteous in 2019 and attended sf success equity since 2019, completed my business training with the dream keeper initiate itch. i specialize business experience to working in the local industry. and i volunteer with the sf communities center. sorry if i'm talking fast. i would like to emphasize i'm the only equity applying that have business 100%.

i navigated every support whether planning department and all of the hearings and everything this come with this. i think that the best place to have this seat based on that and i wanted to positively impact my community and show them is possible. and -- that does it i will keep my comments short there is more that guess into it i have support from our community here in san francisco. i don't have corporate interests it just me temperature is important for machine with my experience and to sit on this board and thank you. bye. >> thank you, alexander next is deshawn davis for seat 8, 12 and 13. hey everybody. how you doing?

2 minutes here. >> so everybody i'm deshawn daves i'm a san francisco native i was born here. i guess going to who i am, i have opened several businesses in san francisco. i have been a business owner here since 2002. i have volunteered at boys and girls club and also a part of the warrior's transition coming to san francisco. i'm not only equity advocate a business owner and retail shop owner. the reason why i'm signing up i wanted leave the program better than what it is. i wanted to the next people coming in the next generation.

like alex. holding a position in the community. it is hard to explain how important it is for everyone to see it grow and see us win. the conversations i had around cannabis and equity in the city its not just about the cannabis per se but all of us together winning as a community. inclusion. i knowledge that's t. that's it. >> great. thank you, much mr. daves. and next up is donaldson for

seats 8, 12 and 14. >> thank you. and just for everyone's information there is i am rung the time are for 2 minutes when you have 30 seconds left you will hear a soft chime had 2 minutes is up a louder chime. >> thank you for allowing me. it is on. pull it closer. i have a microphone it gets higher. >> use the other microphone it reaches higher. wroo you know thanks for allowing me the time to present here and speak on my behalf for the cannabis oversight committee. i'm a native. grew up in potrero hill and

north beach neighborhoods. i attended marshall high school graduate exclude went to uc merced degree in business management before i moved back here to pursue my career in mall business. today i am applying for seats 8, 12 and 13 on the san francisco cannabis oversight committee to go to my experience. over the last 5 years i gained an amount of knowledge and experience to understand what it is like to prit i cannabis retail company in san francisco. since january 2020, i have been the ceo and equity applicant for the california street cannabis company now has 2 businesses will. i had dealt with nuances of permitting process. i dealt with the difficulties of

growing, of growing a highly taxed and overly regulated business in san francisco. i dealt with security and safety, in cannabis business and limited access and resources for us. and with this experience i believe i have an ideal perspective that can help inform city leaders about realities of the industry. and come up with solutions that encourage growth and sustainability in the san francisco cannabis market. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you, mr. dondzsonful next is joshua weitz. an applicant for seats 8, 12 or 13. >>, steamed members of rowels

i'm joshua weitz. i serve as ceo a cannabis retail balance and a pioneer of the sf social equity program since inception i'm pursuing 2 retail permits. i'm asking for your consideration to fill the seats 8, 12 and then on the committee i think my time will be best to serve the community. i contributed to the an fran human right's commission on discussions on effective program in 2017. at that time transitioning out of rooiker's island >> in from behind bars we reflected on the criminal justice system and hopelessness that ensnares those.

after his release my father died and as i raised my son over here with my sister i'm committed to embodying that same sacrifice and dedication he showed me. and setting a service or yentsed example for my son to emulate. the market is in crisis. more resort to the under ground economy and applicants are diselusioned questioning if legalization is worth the struggle. i can walk in one path. [reading fast]. in maen manufacturing i recognize our city interconnectedness. retailers outlets for our products. we need more opportunity for inspect brandses to be created in the city and more less restricted events to sell to the public. we must address the threat of over saturation and robbery and violence to prevent retail

failure. we require on going opportunity in a continuing shifting economic landscape, grant support, technical and training path ways to employment in cannabis. i request your consideration of my voice i aim to use my experience to bring the changes we need as a cannabis community, thank you for your time and wish you an amazing day. >> thank you. mr. weitz. next up is roomwad connolly for seats 8 or 12. is he online? i believe he is logged in.

you can speak at this time. he is not commenting. may be we can come back >> okay. he is online now. >> okay. we'll come back. next up is adam haze. mr. haze is for seat 9. >> good morning. supervisors and rules committee i'm adam haze i'm a co-owner of cents which is a cannabis brand and company in san francisco. this has been an operator here in san francisco since 2016. pre-existing legacy operator and

through the law changes with the stele in 2018. it is important to serve on a board like this. there are not many operators left. under the previous laws if the rec market i have experience running my mall company. we have a mall team of sick employees. and navigating the community and market for many years and have still surverified. have a wealth of knowledge when it miss to what it is like to operate a business such as ours in the city of san francisco, which is not very easy. o i think i can bring a lot to the table by sharing my experience and have a voice for companies like ours.

thank you. thank you. mr. haze. >> we have mr. connolly back with us. >> great. >> he is in queue. can you hear us? mr. connolly can you hear us. you having technical issues? keep cannot hear you. we will take your comment later in the meeting. okay. >> so then next up is apolo wallace. an applicant for seat 11. >> good morning. welcome. >> good morning to the committee thank you for your

time i'm apolo wallace from 2785 born and raised in san francisco in the lower haight. 25 year teamster the last year and a half i have been organizing cannabis deliver competence warehousers. i did a start to finish campaign with grass door, 100 person unit. we won that campaign exterior currently negotiating their contract. and i'm in the middle of another with another delivery company and have another lined up. i deal with the workers are aspect and their point of view the entire time. i deal with them constant 3 and have been put as their business agent. i deal with the work and you think i have a good points of view.

thank you. thank you. next up perry jones. perry jones an applicant for seat 12. perry jones online? hello, everyone. i like to thank the board of supervisors and anyone who showed up to support the agenda. i'm perry jones a lifetime native of san francisco. i started this journey unfortunately on the [inaudible] by being targeted by the war on drugs. i was impacted and incarcerated on a school campus having marijuana. that is something that drove me want to to have justice got me involved in the cannabis industry i am a teamster myself. but and besides my skill in the trades i'm focused on the cannabis. went to a university i mirj in the cannabis civics and engaged

with the cannabis community educating and public engagementment i have been able to start my own 100% own company. upon company by myself [inaudible] and have been able to incorporate that and partnerships where i was able to get my permit. the [inaudible]. was passd and need to move forward with a perimism purchased a building in the mission district. as far as retail i appreciate the opportunity to educate the community more around legal can combis provide safe access. i believe i was a great candidate and verse when it come to the law and the policies and also changing the narrative being an african-american male it the industry which is new. tell be a great to have a face and expertise such as mine and

great partnership with chop it is to have the expertise in retail. i like to share that experience in addition to my personal experience to further the agenda of the cannabis industry and where we are. and sdparz the over site committee a great idea but i like to see room for improvement and i will want to come in to be able to have that narrative my perspective and those who are under represented incarcerated or don't have the opportunitiful i appreciate you being able to make that and learn and share my life experience. why great. thank you, mr. jones. next is wayiat lynn. for seat 12. >> good morning. supervisors i'm we at lynn in the medical cannabis space since

2013. my experience has been operator since 2013 and currently i run another legacy cannabis retail store in union scare. founder of 710sf a supporter of establish and want growth of cannabis operators and the equity program. the designed access to the industry promote ownership and employment opportunity for the social equity applicants invest in infrastructure for historically disinfranchised communities and the impact of the drug enforce am policy. my firm is providing technical assistance to 3 applicants who are applying for cannabis business permits in san francisco. we prioritize hiring of equity and individual his meet the

criteria in our residents. i have been in the space for awhilism understand the taxes and safety issues and as an asian-american i would like to put my hat for this position. thank you very much. great. thank you mr. lynn. next is david tally. an applicant for seat 13. good morning. thank you for the time to listen you to. thank you for you being here as limp i'm david tally, i have been in the bay for 15 years before that i had the operation done in southern california cultivation, deliver and he dispensary as limp since moving here i have been specific low focussed on the cannabis industry. working at urbeena, harvest.

managing. i pent time getting batch complors masters in hope so of using that information and my toejz have myself my own operation in the city. with the regulations and costs of that, it was not feasible at the moment a lot of you understand. i have been in the sales space the last 6 years. i'm a cond wit between brand and dispense iaries i listen to occurrence of dispensaries equity operations or store front and they have a lot of worries as well. you know with my experience i hope i can bring perspectiveef the equity applicants. somebody who has sdratsdz everstraddled both sides and just hope to inform. i was overwhelmed by the support from reaching out to people.

recommendations. appreciate your time upon and thank you, thank you. >> great. >> thank you mr. tally. next is walter redding junior. mr. redding an applicant for seat 13. >> how y'all doing? my journey start i'm a native here. went to middle school, element and high school here. i started off with out reach. teamed up with london breed when there was the african-american culture center. i deal with high risk youth. i like to stop the violence and making sure you know everybody is safe and going on. in gavin newsom used to walk to work i accompanied him on the walk all the time. a couple years ago i just started my own cannabis journey. my own deliver competence manufacture, gummy yum waiting

for permits now. yea, and when i first got in, i experienced fraudulent immediately. somebody new like me and black like me i experience fraud. i started a new organization equity defense firm. and i want to help the people like me little fishes that don't know much about the business. and you know other people come and they pray on your licenses and stuff and pray on your permits. so i would love to be a part of seat 13 with the committee. because i have been through a lot. got a lot of background in san francisco, period. and you know,ip want to make sure everything is okay and help others and that's what i'm here for seat 13, i would love it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate it.

>> and next up is wilial doll an. an applicant for 8, 12, then or 14. >> good morning i'm william dolan. i wanted start by saying thank you for having us this morning i appreciate your time of although i applied for multiple seats i am look to contribute and add value whatever seat i sit in i would be happy to take that role. my primary goal as a member would be continuing to develop an equal and sustainable cannabis industry and by preserving equity ownership. the local cannabis. a couple reasons why san francisco i have been in san

francisco for 18 years. and adversity in my lifetime i'm a cannabis business owner i have 2 in cannabis under construction onopen nothing june and another in 2024. the first business is 4033 jouda in the outer sunset and 560 valencia with a full service consumption lounge i'm a licensed attorney and real estate broker. licensed to practice law in california. just left week admitted to practice at the supreme court of the united states and take my oath in front of the 9 justice in washington, d.c. with an incredible and memorable experience. i had deal subject matter in california laws related california regulation and compliance and our local laws lands use, zoning and cannabis

compliance a medical cannabis patient and abused for 22 years to treat medical conscience including my hearing disability. thank you and i'm honored apply for a seat in this committee. i have been san francisco cannabis retailer alliance and browning democratic club and look forward to working with you in the future. >> thank you. i like to interrupt i believe we have resolved mr. connolly's technical issues are you with us now? >> good morning, i am. >> good morning. >> mr. conlow is an applicant for seat 8 or 12. >> the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. i apologize for my technical problems. good morning i'm conlow i go by ray and ray-ray my husband and i

live nothing san francisco for 30 years prior to joining the cannabis industry in 2014, i spent 23 years in the software industry i specialized in bringing technologies up to either be acquired or go public. i went through 2 acquisitions [inaudible] and in 2014, i yoined the cannabis strep and working must have awarded the first permit from the office of can bills with thes equity program. and it was it is eureka sky in the castro and have a second retail space located in the wharf seaweed. and most low have been the co chair of raising 23 million dollars for the friends of

harvey milk an anticipate in the wharf merchant's association long with the casted row merchantses i sat as secretary of the merchant's board. my history and my [inaudible] i [inaudible] understanding of the condition bills industry of being successful but also the challenges that we face. we are faith challenges with tax, black market and competition. and i'm looking at the industry with a bounce not from success but failure. and i see a lot of really great people in the industry. that are struggling now. i see people being successful and i feel as though my back fwrunldz and the balance i bring of being level headed.

i can add e normous value to the committee and i hope i'm considered for a seat. thank you. >> thank you. next rubin sortet for seat 13. >> hello, thank you for the opportunity. and i want to say it is right here is truly the democratic process being real that i can be considered to be a part of this committee. now, i'm a fourth generation resident of district 10 bayview. community this has been historically pummelled and taken advantage of with the war on

drugs. me, by trade i'm a licensed [inaudible] in the state of california now i'm serving our population working at the [inaudible] build being. i think a deeper point of view being that my brother was incarcerated. the person i live instead same room with and had every opportunity to go to college however he remained incarcerated. and i'm looking at it is from the point of the consumer and the doctor. i have a specialized knowledge of what happen when is you have dry mouth. when you add heat to our athlete. and what happens when you have bad breath and build up. and also what it is to be actual

consumer not trying to be involved with the black market. and i feel that i have an interesting point of vow not necessary low being twhoon has sold cannabis or been a seller or anywhere inspect that time industry. however, i'm honored have the position now to be considered and i hope that i am going to be picked for seat 13. thank you. thank you. >> next up can lewis rodriguez. mr. rodriguez seat is applicant for seat 14. i come to you as the coprofessor and founder the cannabis social

equity and he entrepreneurship at golden gate school of law on mission street. i held my law degree from the school of law proudly and i am here also requesting a residency waiver. i am a proud transplant. i do live in oak land. but i'm here because i think that it is important to be present in knowing that a residency waiver would not hinder me because i could be here anyway. i'm here because i'm root in the san fran i believe in the work of social equity competence the work i have done to achieve that is to pro bono service social equity of community in san francisco but all across california and new york. and since inception of the clinic we have given 2600 hours of pro bono services to verified

equity applicant it is. across california but in the state of new york now. as well when i came out to the bay area in 2017, ggu was the only school of law that accepted meeen though an applied to various schools i had a nissan ultma no friends or family in the area and 3 years i went on to serve the community and create a clinic one of one in the country. and the last 6 years experience in this industry and i believe i can serve on this community because of 3 things culture being equity and he youth. culture we teach our kids the foundations from rudy corp us view it takeses the hood to hood to the views of regulation. equity we understand it is the cornerstone of inclusive society and youth i understand that they other architects of tomorrow. i understand i must plant trees

and in shade or experience harvest. thank you. >> thank you. >> and next up is shale gilmore. also an applicant for seat 14. good morning i'm shale gilmore applying for seat 14. i have been a lawyer in california for over 20 years the last 5 years had my own law practice serving cannabis investors and operators including equity applicant in corporate, commercial and regular matters. in 2018 cofounded the bar cannabis law section for extension networking opportunity to lawyers in san francisco serving the cannabis industry that year i upon cofounded the first group of volunteer

warriors pro bono services to equity applicants that group evolved to the current were partnership the bar association enjoys with office cannabis today. since 20 ton i developd and taught legal and finance 101 through the city college of san francisco program and i authored legal articles addressing law including one last month look at california cannabis provision and it is commerce clause. fiwere to be appointed my goal would to be daily and with integrity serveace a resource on california laws related cannabis i want to be appointed i care about legal, revving litted and tested and environmental associately equal cannabis in san francisco i lived for 19 years. as a gill man who knows about the role that stigma play in our law and institutions i see value

in the mittied of water works removing stigma from cannabis in society. i want to play a troll help the communities garth and evaluate data and hope to pleasure objectives with iny teg rit and he emphasis on equity. i thank you for your time and i'm available for questions. thank you. >> next issan 21et for seat 16. >> good morning. can you see mow? >> yes. >> yea, hi. good morning. yea. set to go. >> your 2 minutes begins now. >> okay. so good morning i'man 21et a native of oakland, california i

have resided in san francisco, bayview neighborhood since 2011. i am applying for seat on this committee for a couple of reasons. one i am a current user of medicine cannabis believe in affects are efficacy on patients living with chronic pain. parents with cancer. and actually began my advocacy back in 1966. prop 215 our s b 420 that passed the laws of creating america a medical marijuana identification card. because at that time our numbers for people living with hiv and aids and those attracting hiv

was tremendous. numbers were tremendous at this time i worked for the haight ashbury clinic where we saw a multitude of folks that were using drugs. american to me has been criminalized long enough. helps with mental health and people to gain appetites so they eat and sur5 when their cancer patient its is incredible. for me my goal to join this committee i do have an extensive knowledge of sxrouls regulations and laws using can bills i would like to see safer access to the cannabis for the newt those hoping criminalized.

almost support system and thank you very much for their time and consideration. >> next is brand goodwin an applicant for seat 16. thank you i like to say that hearing cannabis talked about in the chambers a great day for us. we appreciate that. i have been a residents since 1977. i loved san francisco and i love cannabis. i'm media director of the brownie democratic club. we protect the rights of medical patients. and consumers. i think someone should be on the committee. who is not tied to the industry. which i'm not. who advocates for consumers.

i think the basis of this business is consumers. and i would i like to see changes in the regulations to help medical patients to help consumers. and to lower the price by cutting the red tape. and making it visible to people much higher prices because people go to the unlicensed market because it is a third of the price of our legal operation. so -- you know i work with brownie mayor and run a compassion program we give out free cannabis to low income and medical patients we want to expand that and make it easier we want to create education so we talk to our fellow citizens

not about the stigma about the benefit. i appreciate you ash pointing me because i come from the accomplice of the consumer of the medical patient. thank you. we have heard from all applicants now public comment. members joining person line up to speak. for those listening remote low on the call in line press star 3. for those in the queue continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted that is your queue to comment. can we have our first in person speaker. >> good morning i'm excited see all of the new applicants. we need as much new blood and energy to evolve this industry

and committee i'm nita parks i serve first 2 years of the verified equity seat on this committee and the very first year the chair. and i hope to be remembered for my pz process and auditing of the department and how their framework moving permits through. there are 3 things i have to recommend about this committee. swon there needs to be a great path way of communication with the committee and the supervisors. there is no like formal path way of getting all the recommendations to you at least as that when i sat on the chair hi to do it on my time and there was no formal time period. >> the other thing is that there needs to be 2 seats added for events its is missing off of the mittee and licensed type that is not represented there it is a

license that and a permit the city gives out. >> and that voice is not represented. we will have to go as members of the mounts to be heard example 2, and 3, the there be a seat for human right's commission. the economic equity folks because now as a woman who holds that seat, she penned the equity program we need to hold the framework of the. equity program so we can evolve what we are doing. we are currently looked at by the nation our failures and achievements and as many as we have there would be great. thank you for your time good morning by way of reference the city employee i'm here on my

personal time. grit to see you. >> i wanted give my support to donaldson. for this seat. i known him since he was 15. i wanted give a shout out to his dedication to the local city and mall business communities. to give him kudos for not only graduating high school, going to uc and helping start businesses in the city coming from potrero and north beach public housing. no easy feet a lot have done a lot in that sense as limp i want to say besides dedication here in the city he brings connectivity to the small business commission through partnerships and friendships with mentors and does a bunch of great work. 3 different business and personal time. yea.

hungry entrepreneur brings a youthful perspective and the other things i mentioned. thank you. good morning. i'm joyce hicks i'm here to give walter redding support. for the opportunity to be on the board. upon i think that he has been working very hard in san francisco. trying to help youth. and help through the cannabis industry. he will be a good person for the seat. whatever seat he is going for. i just wish you guys to give him that opportunity. thank you. >> good morning.

ben here. in my capacity as a civilian today to speak on behalf of donaldson for the seats he applied for. i met drai 17 years ago in the big brother big sister program when he was 16 worked as a dish wash in my bar. at 18 he was by far our best bar back in all of our embarrass we had 150. and he was had managers at different embarrass fighting over having hem work. he is deeply uncomfortable speaking about himself. i will do it for him here. by the time he was 21gm of 2 embarrass. when he was 24 he was an owner in a bar with us and now he is a ceo and manages all the prescriptions for our dispense easier open. reason i think he would be grit for this role he is the time person who can take in incredible amounts of

information, filter them and come up with practicing mateck workable solutions to get them through. he does it every day. as an employee or the ceo and partner of ours t. is hard to think of that considering the journal we have been of he does at this time cannabis industry is facing extinction event. a lot is federal and state. but there are more the city can do. drape is deeply aware of where all of the things combine and he is the time person who can help to make things better. thank you for hearing me i appreciate it and have a good day. thank you. no further speakers in the chamber we will move to the remote callers. we have 6 with 3 in line to speak at this time. can we have our first caller. >> go ahead this . is dave

you'd goldman i want to thank the supervisors for considering these candidates. i'm from the brownie mary democratic club and endorse dondzson for seats 8 and 12. our democratic club has run a compassion program we give away free legal excess condition bills to low income medical patients with hiv and cancer and veterans throughout northern california. as one of the ordinance of the california street cannabis company he has been instrumental in helping us. make this program robust. i want to and that's for seat 8 and 12. i support wilyom dolan for 13 and 14. he, too, has been extremely helpful for us. in getting our democratic club

robust and strong as it is and finally that is seat 13 and 14 and graham goodwin for seat 16, he has been a member of our democratic club runs the social media program and has been essential for the functioning of our club. the committee will be served by donaldson. dolan and goodwin. >> thank you. >> thank you. can we have our next caller. >> [inaudible] i thank you for, show my support for alex. i have came not sure what [inaudible] i'm work nothing the capacity of the mentor with alex and able to see exactly where he makes an impact in the

communities. him being the fillmore district and give become to that community is important. especially from the standpoint he has prolific idea and a strong mission. to educate his communities about cannabis and one individual who has been able to navigate the search program and license. he visited in himself and created manage that will have a lasting impact in his communities came from a dream as a chieldz had he was a kid it is shocking next door to the barber shop had a vision as a child to give back to the communities and now he has the opportunity to from committee standpoint and business standpoint. >> the communities able to navigate the politics and able to give back in a way that an

individual. calling for support for toward seat 14 i believe mr. rodriguez is capable of a qualified and i have seen him create a clinic closing and with doing everything the right way and make sure they are in the position to exceed as applicants and the students themselves.

equity applicants especially as a person of color understands unique position that we are in in order to try to succeed in this space and i mentioned he is the per fect candidate. thank you. >> >> thank you. next caller, please. >> good afternoon this is lloyd smith i would like to give my support to mr. rodriguez. i known alex for a number of years we went to law school together and during that time he was the president of our chapter of the drug policy. i seen him take that work and when we graduated he began a clinic.

>> he was also on the board. he is best seated for the position he knows about the law and works in san francisco to help people get their licenses and stay in compliance. and that is the best person for the job. thank you. >> thank you. just double checking. yes. proceed. >> i'm marie and i'm an equity advisor and technical assistant. for about 5 years. i know a lot of the applicants on the list and i'm confident a lot of them will do a great job i'm calling specific low for alex, i have been working with alex since 2018 and i watched him create his dream into reality. alex is a successful

entrepreneur. instead of take upon hundreds of thousands outside and looking for other place. he invested in san francisco and investing in the fillmore and where he is from and does in the have per ins another one of those inspect license holders which literally are rare and i think if we do anything to support someone that it is putting the world on their shoulder and trying to see the shift in the storm through on their own and all the different aspects i seen him over come and the programs going on throughout the process and hopeful low get in a grand opening here soon. and i want to call in support for the people that are reinvesting in the community, from the community and a sole proprietor in the cannabis industry is a unicorn.

my voice heard for alec seat 8 and supporting david tally for seat braen. bran for seat 16 and all great people make sure we can support those. next caller. >> hi. this is angela white calling from successors. i am call nothing spchlt alex. perry jones and david tally. i think these 3 and i'm sorry and dra cary. i think all of them will be excellent candidates for the seats. they are all native san franciscans. manslaughter 3 of the 4. but we need folks with the voice

of the community. the voice of equity and i am so excited they come fourth. build themselves in the race. support all 3 of the candidates. thank you very much. thank you. next speaker, please. >> yes. good morning. i'm michael cohen. i'm a secretary of the san francisco democratic club and like to endorse 3 candidates. one is dracary for seats 8 and 12. and william dolan for seats 13, 14 and bran goodwin for seat 16. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> that was our last caller.

thank you. public comment on this item is closed. >> there is a few things that i want to mention that one of the things my least favorite part of this job is when we near a position to say no to excellent applicant this is is something that we have to do today. in a couple of instances. the second is public comment recommending changes public low to the law and i said in my remarks sometime when is they are over low prittive that means we don't have the let tude we would like to have. and then the issue of residency requirements that came up. my view on this general low is when it it is something like this as so long as there is an investment and understanding in the businesses that go on in san

francisco. i don't feel that strong low about the need for someone to be a resident as long as they are involve instead communities. this is business sector we prefer everybody to immediately move to san francisco. if you are have a business here but as long as you are invested in communities i don't feel strongly about against having i residency waiver. i nan my colleagues want to speak. first is supervisor safai. >> thank you. i want to thank everyone this amriered today. we obviously from the responses we have a very diverse cannabis communities from individuals working on the issues for decades to those who are recent to the industry and building a sustainable 40 for the industry as limp i'm committed to a sustainable cannabis industry why each time i joined with

supervisor mandelman to put a pause on delaying the local cannabis tax i think the industry is under a lot of different economic precious. many of which deal with federal and state. tax. cannot bank or get significant lending and rely heavy low on carb. and saying things that everyone knows. we are working on public safety we got pd to assign a high level person on staff to be a point of contact for an industry under assault. to robberies. and kidnapping. this is something that is -- scary and dangerous and it is threatening on those in the industry. we have worked i lead the changes to the planning code to

allow for security gates metal gates to come down to protect people's investment. many of which they put their life savings and inferring themselves and families and to an industry. it it is under the threat of robbery and break in. this was afternoon important change. we are looshging for ways to explore reforms to protect cult virts and pdr zones and labor to ensure those in the industry are well represents and workers rights are a strong consideration. we care workers are not an after thought but conditions to work and respect in the city is of appearance to me. must be honest the impact of store front retail.

having more saturation does not protect those we invested to ensuring they will be successful that includes, let that are home grown. san francisco residents and the ones we want to ensure benefit the most first from the industry. those that put the time, effort and energy in this and those that have been unfortunately the victims of the war on drugs. we. to ensure that is manage that is highlight exclude that is part of the reason why i push for this pause. i and that will be heard manage up this thursday to talk about how we put a pause on the applications. allow those in the strep and those who applied catch up. i want to remind folks it was important me been here from the

beginning of the this legislative conversation that we highlight those that are equity applicants we made sure that meant you have 40% ownership. and before we opened more applications to nonequity applicant and met those that were equity would be able to thrive a lot of that ties become to the pause. and nothing it also allow you to coordinate public safety response for dispensary and to convert medical cannabis permits from article 16 and then working with those neighborhoods that have opposition allowing them to understand where we and are how the spreadingly out of the industry across the city makes sense. with that i think president new

oversight committee is essential. this they can ton give us input and give us insight and direction. i will following the lead of chair dorsey today in terms of comments he made earlier about the upon balance of the i want to say we have a couple seats hope we worked with labor and will work with them to fit seats i think highlighting having more female applicants from that industry is important. if you notoriety selected today apply where lawyer vaccances and participate in the process and work with us. having been former chair because you are not selected in this round does not mean you will not in the next round we hold your application. stay active in the industry and when opportunity arise we look to ensure have you that opportunity to rise. can tell you some of the people

here today were not chosen the first time thank you for the interest and support. there are good correspondidates for few positions we want to make sure you continue to want to serve here there are options that are available to get involved and serve and payment. and making the city better and so -- want to thank you and reminds you we have a difficult decision to make at time when is we have a number of good candidates. don't take anything personal if machine is not selected today this means keep try and working and hopeful low there will be a

way for you to participate and working with community in san francisco. thank you. thank you. and so seeing no further questions or comments i like to make the motion to recommend the following applicant and send them to the full board seat 8 ja malian. 9. adam haze. 11. wallace residency waiver approved. seat 12 donaldson. seat 13. dave you'd tality we residency waiver approved. seat 14 gilmore. 16 mologyly. i had trouble keeping up. seat 8ali ja malian. may i ask if seat 9 is adam haze. seat 11 apolo wallace.

request residency waiver. >> correct. seat 12 dracary donaldson. >> yes. i have that. seat 13 david tally. with residency waiver approved. >> seat 14 shane gilmore. and seat 16antonet mologyly. >> thank you. >> roll call. >> on the motion to recommend the members to the referenced seats with residency waiver if required vice chair walton. >> aye. >> supervisor safai. >> aye yovm chair dorsey. >> aye. >> motion passings without objection. >> thank you, mr. clerk.

on that item then 7 have theeds recommended to the cannabis oversight commission and upon appointments move to the full board with positive recommendation. >> mr. clerk do we have further business >> that completes the agenda for today. >> thank you, clothes and thank you, everybody. we are adjourned. (music).

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this meeting will come to order the may 2023 regular meeting of langd use and transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor dean preston. the vice chair of the committee but acting chair today in the absence of chair melgar. i'm joined by