next, we have leonard watkins who got a chance to speak. is he here today? he did speak at the last meeting so i let him know he did not have to come back. next we have martin all live and then sarah -- next we have martin olive and the sarah shrader. >> we have been established since 2004 and in the medical cannabis movement since 2002. i am a staunch advocate for medical cannabis. but i was involved in the 2005 medical care of this act and involved with the working group before we formed as a task force and we have served diligently. we attended all but one meeting and involved in three of the subcommittee's. i also asked the rotating chair at my last meeting and we received -- we submitted to the annual report. we look forward to any questions you may have. >> any questions? thank you for your time serving on the task force. >> thank you. >> hello, thank you for your consideration today for my reappointment to the medical cannabis task force. i am here representing americans for safe access which is the largest organization which is working towards advanc

i was impressed with leonard watkins, but i think it is a mistake to choose someone from sacramento. sacramento is a big commute in this is a very active task force. to ask someone -- not to ask him, but to reject a qualified sentences than for someone that far away and think is a bit of a mistake. as cq, i agree with you on diversity. it is diversity of opinion. what i see a lot, if you're not part of the click, you are not allowed. we have seen the click speak for one candidate and not for another candidate who, if you look at the rest of may, is a super qualified and has a great background and would probably agree with every position put forward. we don't know. having someone with a divergent point of view or coming from a different background than everybody else that is part of the process is probably a good thing. obviously i am speaking about mr. holliman. i will leave it to you to figure out where you want to go. supervisor wiener: i think there was a mistake here. supervisor kim: i think we can do this without opposition in terms of moving forward martin olive, sarah, brent,

. -- my name is leonard watkins. the two schools i went to do not exist anymore. my mom is a panamanian immigrant. she worked at laguna honda for a number of years. when i was younger, i would come in as a volunteer. i became ill a number of years ago and had to go on medical marijuana here at the time, it was for a knee operation. i found that it worked. i am here before you apply in to help other people. while i was ill, and that other people who were also cannabis patients, but they had no way of getting their medicine. i more or less became their advocate or caregiver to bring this medicine to them. since then, it has been 10 years, and i am still doing this. most of my kate -- patients are either in medical care facilities or in hospice or in a hospital. i get a lot of support from the cannabis community here in san francisco. the vapor room, hope net, the green door, just to name a few. a lot of people know what i do. i really feel i would bring a great amount to the task force. it is for this reason why i actually put in my application for this. this is how