the teamsters urge you to approve this amendment to create a cannabis commission. thank you. >> my name ise today marcus andm a cannabis user living in fran. i would like to rewind a bit and bring to your attention that the public showed it's support of cannabis as a fantastic medicine with minimal use for harm. let's stop creating impediments to research and urgently needed medical research with cannabis. [reading] as supervisors of the city you carry great responsibility, please show some compassion. i ask you to consider the question in a basic matter, why are there such excessive regulations on cannabis. there seems to be some confusion about the lower than expected state revenue and i would like to bring to your attention that i'm not sure why there is confusion. tried and truer economics deter people for various reasons and many people do go to the black market. please don't forgets a you consider changing the hurdles that must be overcome that we are fortunate to have many pioneers of cannabis that work not to fill their pockets but to take care of those in n

the business itemed that have come up at the commission, but i haven't had a chance to really work on them. so an update on the equity program for cannabis businesses, where are we on that and the permitting process? we've already talked about the construction mitigation, so i'm working with jorge rivas to prepare a presentation for the commission. commercial ownership for o.s.b. to develop a program informing businesses of commercial ownership and emphasis on storefronts. this is actually on our to-do, for the legacy business for this calendar year, and there's active interest for a couple of the supervisors to really have the department develop a program and a set of recommendations. so -- and then, the planning -- public works, the d.p.w. fee, soft stories on the tier four properties, and then, tobacco, the implementation of the ban on flavored tobacco, and then, a review of all regulations regarding tobacco. so that's what i have on the new business list for the department to do. i'll discuss it in more detail with the president and the vice president sort of in terms of prioritizing -- prioritizing this with the fact that there's ju

i believe that the commission should be asking the office of cannabis to be forwarding all of the accepted applications that have been qualified with equity applicants. the planning commission could be deciding what is appropriate for each neighborhood commercial district in a comparative form and to do it in a judicious manner rather than having a cluster with the -- trying to knock down the applicant that was selected by the officer of cannabis. there's my two cents. i hope you consider this before the onslaught begins sometime this fall. >> president hillis: thank you. any additional general public comment? all right. seeing none, we can move to the regular -- sorry, commissioner richards. >> commissioner richards: he has a point. we should have the office of cannabis come and let us know the process. >> president hillis: that is on the advanced calendar. >> commissioner richards: great. and, two, to clarify on the water, if we use 40 gallons a day per person and they cut us to 30 with population increase down to 20, we need to increase the water supply or have conservati conservation.

it's 4:24 and a big decision will be made today concerning a medical cannabis dispensary in martinez. the commissionis set to decide recommending a permit for the fire fly me medicinal dispensary. it will be in the sn amathletic facility that en. state law requires the dispensaries be no closer than 600 feet to a youth center but it has not yet been determined if the athletic training facility qualifies. >>> over the weekend a classic car show held in vallejo to benefit a nonprofit. the car show was on saturday at gentlemen jim's and it benefits the mittsi sanchez foundation who was kidnapped while walking home from elementary school. after being held cap tiff for two days she escaped and her kidnapper curtis dean anderson was arrested, convicted and later died from kidney failure in prison. she's made child safety, abduction and abuse prevention the mission of her life. >> it's been 18 years and i've been advocating the last nine years. i have been working with families of missing children and holding safety events and finally we're a legit 501-c three nonprofit organization. >> she knew if she wou

this would prohibit retail and medical cannabis from chinatown. planning commission heard the item and voted to not approve. >> supervisor peskin: i extol it when it's a recommendation for approval. this is tolling for disapproval. if passed, the mayor has indicated that she will sign it with zeal and it will become law with all the respect to the planning members that didn't approve it. >> supervisor tang: okay. any members of the public that wish to speak on item 6? okay. wow. no one. seeing none, public comment is closed. all right. can we get a motion? >> supervisor kim: motion to move forward with recommendation to the full board. >> supervisor tang: we're in the middle of the vote. >> do we have to amend the planning commission? >> planning commission held a hearing. that blank is fine. the board must, however, make its own finding of consistency with the general plan. and we can work with the supervisors' office on that piece. board and planning made a number of findings with the original cannabis ordinance and i think it's largely going to be a matter of work

update on the cannabis equity program and possible recommendations to the planning commission to include the cannabis equity program in the community, business priority processing program. discussion and action item. the presenter is nicole elliott director opposite cannabis. >> one moment. commissioner dooley. >> i'm going to need to recuse myself from this item. i am involved with the cannabis industry. >> do we have a motion to recuse commissioner dooley. >> >> second. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> you are recused. >> motion passes 5-0. >> ok. so it was 5-0. >> 5-0. ok. >> and we're including commissioner dooley. >> she can vote in that? >> ok. >> 5-0. >> welcome. >> thank you, commissioners. nicole elliott director of the office of cannabis. thank you for having us here today and for agreeing to hear and weigh in on this item. i am joined by my deputy director eugene hillsman, he is right behind me. he will also be presenting on components of the equity program as well. last time i was here was before we had, in place, a final regulatory structure. it was less than a year ago. since th

it's not as expansive as the discussion that the commission had during cannabis, not that it would be specific for cannabis, but the need for figuring out how to open up the restaurant environment and the kitchens for needed commercial space. so this is one step being taken in that direction. so i'm happy to take any questions. >> vice-president dwight: educate me here. this is a distinction between limited restaurant and full restaurant? >> limited restaurant, and i have the definition right after your tab, so limited restaurant, i mean, it offers -- the distinction between a limited restaurant is that it either does not have beer and wine or it has as type 20 license. a restaurant that has any other type of alcohol is considered a restaurant under the planning. so we no longer usefu full serve restaurant. most of the definition is around liquor license. >> vice-president dwight: so limited restaurants are open fewer hours than those with full liquor license? >> typically and typically more daytime hours. >> vice-president dwight: and so the idea is to use the expensive asset, buildi

the martinez planning commission expected to decide today whether to recommend approve a conditional use permit. the cannabisispensary would share a building with an athletic training facility. whatever they decide the city council can appeal. the commission meets at 7:00 tonight. >>> vermont senator bernie sanders made medicare for all a cornerstone of his presidential campaign and a study shows how much that would cost. >> government health care spending would increase by more than $32.5 trillion over ten years to provide medicare for everyone. that's from a study by libertarian policy institute at george mason university. the study found the proposal would deliver savings on drug costs and administration but increase demand would drive up spending. sanders calls the study misleading. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast faergts. here's a look at what's going on as far as live doppler 7. we have clouds and a little bit of mist, but i'm going to show you some of the current conditions up around some of our fires and they're very good this morning with temperatures in t

cannabis outlets. and in many cases, it's going to fall upon this commission to determine what is the best location and what is the best operator for a particular neighborhood. none of those considerations have been made. about a month ago, there was a horserace where the equity applicants filed their applications with the highest tech electronic speed racers to be first in line. and that's the way the applicants were selected for each community. as restrictions state, not more than one retail cannabis vendor can be within a 600-foot radius. most of those are going to be coming before you as conditional use, but they're coming one at a time. you will not see the alternate applications waiting in the background to see if they can get approved if the first application is not. these have only been vetted by the office of cannabis for the qualifications are the equity partner, not for the appropriateness of the management team or of the location. i would suggest that you will see a lot of this and see a lot of confusion about what the planning commission role is in selecting the eventual retailers. and it

the planning commission is expected to decide tomorrow whether to recommend approving the permit. if approved, the cannabis dispensary would share a building with an athletic training facility. whatever the decision, the city council can appeal. the commission meets at 7:00 tomorrow night. >>> after michael cohen's claim that president trump knew about the 2016 trump tower meeting with russian contacts, intelligence committee member senator james langford will appear on "this week." you can watch the interview on "this week" at 8:00 this morning, here on abc 7. >>> in sports, both a's and the giants will try to avoid weekend sweeps. oakland takes on the rockies at coors field. the giants face the brewers at at&t park. first pitch is at 1:05. >> last night, the a's lost back-to-back games for the first time since june 15th. here is anthony flor sports. bob melvin meeting john before the game. chris davis with a fly ball to the right. gonzalez easy grab. nick martini, tag, you are it. out at the plate. take another look. he's actually safe. they overturned the call. he agrees, 1-0, a's. the lead did not last

it's 7:46 a big decision will be made tomorrow over a medical cannabis dispensary in the city of martinez. the planning commission is deciding whether to recommend a use permit for the firefly medicinal cannabis industry. it will be located on the 4800-block of sunrise drive in the same building as power endurance. because of the proximity to the training facility some of the residents there were concerned the dispensary would be too close to a youth center. a medical cannabis dispensary be no closer than 600' to a youth center. it has not been settled. the athletic training facility qualifies as one. >>> the event was a celebration of all things bike related. there was pedal powered live music and food. bike radio and daredevil sun show. >> and we've got something for everybody. electric bike test track if you're interested in riding electric bikes you can test out all kinds. we've got unicycles. >> all the money raised helps fund the bike east bay foundation. >>> let's get your forecast on a cool start and probably another hot finish. >> yes, that summertime we have been stomach in for weeks now. >> stuck in a

commissions. that means a lot. supervisor cohen has also been a leader on ensuring equity goals are met in the emerging cannabis industry, and that is something i know means a lot to many of us on this board of supervisors. i believe that in this time of great change in our city, not just great change in the mayor's office, but also on the board of supervisors, where we will have at least five new colleagues in a very short period of time, that as we are transitioning after a tough election season, and another tough one, in just a few months, that supervisor cohen will provide the ability that this body needs after quite a tumultuous time in the city. so it would be my great pleasure today to be supporting the nomination of supervisor cohen for the next board president s see. >> thank you. >> thank you. it is an honor to support a friend of mine that i have known for almost 15 years. someone that we started our political journey together on a campaign for mayor and here we are. congratulating our new mayor elect. i think that this transition is appropriate. it is timely. we have an opportunity to bring this board togeth

commission hearing date in 90 days. just to reiterate the point, uses that currently require condition use in district 4 are not changing under this legislation. formula retail, anything related to cannabis, other uses such as bars continue to have a condition use under this. >> this is just basically general retail to general retail or general retail to restaurants? >> to restaurants, right, some jurisdictions just have category general retail. the san francisco planning code has many, many categories for general retail. this is really about saying in our district particularly district 4 we want restaurants to come. we have gone through when small businesses call we help through permitting process and they pay rent on "the space" because they think the space is permitted they don't know they have to go through this process. they pay rent for even nine months before that process is completed. again, this is like removing the change of use process, trying to make it faster. >> also we are doing other changes to the nc districts in district 4. we will allow arts activities on the ground four. they are primarily used in the pdr districts. we would like to see it in our neighborhood commerci

. >>> a commission is due to decide whether to recommend approving a conditional use permit for the firefly medicinal cannabis district if approved, it will be on sunrise drive near pacheco boulevard. it would be near training facility that serves both adults and children. the table requires medical cannabis dispensaries the -- state law requires that medical cannabis be no closer than 600 feet from a youth center. >>> antioch is proving more popular than expected. the extension from -- has more riders than the 2800 riders they had anticipated. there will be more riders if there are more parking spaces available. it is usually filled up by 6 am. >>> artful add 700 more parking -- bart will add more than 700 parking spaces. >>> we are trying to. i do see we are getting more crowded but it is manageable. as i look at this commute, you can see traffic is moving along relatively well. in fact, i can go back and take a look at the e shore. it is only 32 minutes to get back to the toll plaza, which is not bad. we will see if we can fly under the radar, so to speak, a nice regular monday commute. it will be slow but