. >> i'm fernando alvarez i'm one of the licensed state organizers and i'm one of the five who has this license. though we could have done it at the county fair grounds i was interested in more boutique events, curated, 500 people and working with small business to get this done. i was closely watching a.b.2020 as it went through the legislation and became law january 1. i've been work the -- working with the office of cannabis and putting this in place and to your point around the odor management. one of the things i suggest for events within the city is it is vaporizer only. it doesn't get entire smell but reduces that. as an event organizer in the state working with the city i wanted to come up and suggest i'm for this. i want to be able to work with the city as well as the commission to do what we can to make this responsible and do it respectfully and engage the small businesses to help them. again my name's fernando alvarez the ceo and founder of pretend logics. >> commissioner: any other members of the public, come on up. >> hello, everyone. i'm perry jones the founder and ceo of

again, my name is fernando alvarez, and i'm the director of vape lounges. >> we as an organization support this moving forward. supervisor mandelman, you made some outstanding points, but one thing that i want to add is so many of our outdoor events are perused by nonprofit -- produced by nonprofit organizations, and this will open up a stream of revenue that many of us need right now. we're seeing our city expenses going up and up with no end in sight, so we need this revenue source. additionally, we as an organization have been actively working on these scenarios, how we're going to make these work at folsom street fair and up your alley as soon as possible. so thank you very much. full c folsom street events supports this very much. >> we are speaking in support of the legislation introduced by supervisor mandelman. our members feel this is a step in the right direction regarding consumption practices in san francisco and that tourism is going to ab strong and profitable element of the larger san francisco cannabis landscape. echoing supervisor fewer's comments earlier, we feel that equ

. >> i'm fernando alvarez, and a state licensed cannabis event organizer. i want to just show my support for this measure. when you look at the state guidelines from an events standpoint, to a consumption standpoint, there are rules and regulations that help build the model that we can have these creernts events a safe, and responsible way. i'm speaking here in favor. we're a state licensed cannabis event organizer. >> chairwoman: thank you very much. public comment is now closed. supervisor stefani. >> thank you, chair fewer. through the chair, may i ask supervisor manhandleman and question? >> chairwoman: yes. >> i would like to know if you can explain the public safety reasons behind this legislation? >> yeah. and maybe -- with all due respect to some of the public comment, i think it is important to recognize what this legislation is not allowing is the widespread public consumption, by any means, smoking or otherwise, of cannabis. what this is particularly allowing is events where cannabis can be consumed and smoked in the discretion of the city, if it