my name is brandon brown. i'm here with -- as a citizen for five years and working with the equity working group. really appreciate you guys hearing us today. i just want to say that the 1,000-foot rule, is not only unreasonable but unequitable. in saying that, i guess it doesn't matter if there is no equity program. so i would also say that in san francisco, i think a lot of people consider san francisco one of the most, you know, accepting and liberal cities probably in the nation/world. and so when you look at oakland, you look at maryland, you look at even pennsylvania working on equity programs, you can see there's a large importance there. and here in san francisco, i think there's eyes on us right now as what i said earlier with that reputation to make sure that the equity program holds true and, as jesse said earlier, that you keep your promise. that equity applicants will get a fair chance and no licenses will be handed out if there is no equity program in play. and thank you for your time. >> thank y

we have doug block, kina middleton, david goldman, aaron ashe, michael cohen, jesse stout, brandon brown, david hooper, harold smith, jen garcia. >> thank you. doug block teamsters joint council 7. i'm going to echo the comments that i made in the rules committee earlier this morning, first by starting to thank you all for going above and beyond the state standards on the employee threshhold for the labor piece agreement and to reiterate that our goal as a union has been that as this industry comes out of shadows that workers have the right to freely choose union representation. to that end, we've worked very hard to shape the delivery model for this industry. including an independent distributor between wholesale and retail. and also the requirements that deliveries be done by employees, not independent contractors, of a dispensary with a manifest for delivery. i'm encouraged to hear that there may be a solution in the works so that we will have recreational cannabis on january 1 in the city and county of san francisco. i want to thank you for your hard work in pushing for that. and i w

my name is brandon brown. i'm with the equity working group. i'm a retailer, as well. i'll be real quick. appreciate you guys on these long -- these long hauls for public comment. i just want to touch on the consumption lounges as forcing the elderly, as well as lower income housing to break the law, like a man said earlier, is a fine outside. if you don't have lounges, you're forcing our elderly -- so basically, you have to own your own home in this current circumstance. it's an issue that's been going on for years with existing patients that i have over the years, and so i'd just like to put that talking point in your mind that without consumption lounges, you're forcing people to break the law, either smoking inside, inside their home, where they might lose their home, or outside, where they might get a fine. obviously, you're heard the thousand feet in front of a daycare is inequitiable. i believe 500 away is enough away from a school, and the 300 feet radius. thank you very much. >> any other members of the public wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public

brown, cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >> gloucester county authorities have a suspect in a murder of a house sitter. investigators say, physical evidence has linked 19 year old brandon wilson to the killing of shawnee carter. officers found the young mother's body in a house on hopkins street in woodbury back in september. wilson is in the cape may county jail on an unrelated case. >>> a series of random attacks near the temple university campus is now under investigation. the most recent was thursday night, at 16th and oxford. a group of teens attacked a student there and according to police, he's still in the hospital, the other two attacked also on oxford street , happened on november 7th, and the 14th. police think the very same teens are all responsible for these three attacks, in each case, the teens didn't feel a thing. >>> to washington now, the white house is weighing in on the sexual assault allegations against minnesota senator al franken. president trump went on twitter, and went on attack, against franken, but that action has turned the mirror on the president's own past ment weijia jiang reports on washington. >> how is this different? >> report he is