nicole elliott has the city's newly minted operation of cannabis. >> they gave the state a year of time to come up with what they wanted to do. it was not until the summer that we knew what the state wanted to do.>> reporter: even that list of regulations was a bit hazy, not finalized until mid-november. it meant san francisco's supervisors had to act quickly with its own set of laws. would there be a green lush -- rush, with san francisco's roles be more lax than the state, would dispensaries start popping up everywhere?>> there is not a free-for-all. basically, the law -- way that the law works, is they are 600 feet from school and 600 feet from one another.>> reporter: state laws put in the 600 feet parameter not only for school, but daycare centers. after supervisors tested out, they admitted that part because they felt it was too restrictive.>> there are so many ways to skin this. what you need is a map of san francisco, and say okay, what does 600 feet look like. that translated to two city blocks, discussions over setting the boundary at 1000 feet were squashed, because the board

. >> supervisors, nicole elliott, office of cannabis. these -- all of these amendments are for item 8. the first amendment is to section 16.02, definitions, which you can find on page 12, line 1, and it adds, relating to medal cannabis to the definition of preexisting nonkboermino conforming operator. section 16.5, transition provision -- i'm sorry. section 16.05, transition provisions, you can find this on page 20, line 10, a cleanup amendment to strike medicinal, which was the intent originally, and it did not get struck, and for clarification supervisors, this is actually for item 9. the third amendment -- bred breed wait, i'm sorry. so 16.02 is the definition, is for item number 8 >> they're all for item 9, president. >>president breed: breed all of them? thank you. >> yeah, all of them are for item #. so the third amendment applicable to 16.18, we are removing suggesti removing -- suggesting that the board require that a business have a safe in which they store their things, and then, this is a cleanup amendment which you can find o

nicole elliott has the cities office of cannabis. >> it took them time to come up with what they wantedo do and it wasn't until the summer that we figured out what they want to do. >> reporter: that list of regulations was hazy and it wasn't finalized until november. it meant that the board of supervisors had to act quickly. with the rules be more relaxed than the state would dispensaries start cropping up there were questions. >> it is not a free-for-all, so basically, the way that the law works, there are rules that they have to be 600 feet away from schools among other laws. >> reporter: this was not only for schools but they cares and youth centers. after the supervisors hashed it out they omitted that part because they felt it was too restrictive. >> there are so many ways to skin this cat, you need a map of san francisco, and you say, what does 600 feet look like? our that translated to two city blocks. discussions with setting the boundary at a different footage would cause problems. this idea was introduced about equity program it was quickly approved but the details needed to b

i want to thank the director of the office tof cannabis, nicol elliott, and israel nieves from the department of public health to answer some of the questions, so again, just as a reminder, our application fees, our fees have to be cost recovery, and since we are establishing a new office of cannabis not really knowing exactly what's absolutely going to be involved, the best estimate -- guesstimate or estimate of what these application fees and annual fees will be, but it is noted in the legislation that after the first year, the director can adjust those fees, so if again -- they're over -- the fees are too high, they'll be adjusted down. if it's determined that the fees need to be adjusted up, then, the fees can be adjusted up. so on page 3 of the legislative review, just a quick review, so interests there's a one-time nonrefundable application fee for $2,000 with the office of cannabis. the office of cannabis is going to be -- again, a refresher -- going to be the department that issues the license to operate for this industry, so the -- so it has the -- it does the application fees. it is

we were delighted to work with nicole elliott and the department of public health and hope that really laid out a sense of equity and it's crucial and needs to happen as as soon as as the program is laid out. i also just want to talk about thinking about the report and intersecti intersectionality, we were thinking that people's identities and multiple intersection of identities, so we're taurki we're talking about incarcerated people, for example, which includes veterans who were particularly after the vietnam war experienced high rates of mental disorders, ptsd. it's also in the lgbt community, people are more likely to experience discrimination and harassment, and that is the reason that 16% of transgender identified difficulties are more like adults are more likely to be incarcerat incarcerated. we know that women are often leveraged to get the male kind of king pin in the drug industry, and they are facing harsh sentences in order to maybe rat out their partners, and they are disproportionately affected by the war on drugs, as well, and i just want you to think about people's iden

will be reinstated after the first year of operation, and with that, i'd like to turn to miss nicole elliott for the second portion of the presentation on item 9. >> chair cohen, supervisors, nicole el jot, director of the office of cannabis. thank you for having me here today. as you remember, in september, when you created this office, you directed us to deliver to you three things. the first, the fee schedule is what you have before you today. what it includes is a couple of things. it sets a one-time nonrefundable application fee in year one of $2,000 with a $3,000 permit fee. it sets a cannabis business license fee at $5,000 every year therefore, it sets a legal fee of $115 perhour with a minimum of two hours, and it sets a new fee schedule for the department of public health, their costs of initial and ongoing inspections, which the department is here to speak to today. all other departments will assess their fees separately, depending on the inspections and