commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> -- >>commissioner ortiz-cartagena: this is it. this is it. i think we're doing a little bit better than other counties, and i think supervisor cohen was the only one that kind of got it, you know, so it carries a lot of weight, you know? i was a victim of the war on drug. a lot of people i was growing up with of the war on drugs. gentrification was an aspect of the war on drugs. the area that they proposed on zip codes and the arrest records, it's math. you know, like black and brown, we were disproportionately arrested, so i get it. and then, also, i want to give a shout out to mina parks, because she's been campaigning for small businesses, and she's taken a lot of her time campaigning for small business in this particular industry where it's predominantly white male, she's a latina female, and i just commend her for all her efforts and all her time, and just campaigning for all the true small businesses in the industry. and last and not least, hopefully, we can do something about consumption, because to me, that feels silly. we're going to

>>commissioner ortiz-cartagena: i second the motion. >>president dwight: do we have any mobile home berz of the public that would like to comment on this outrageous proposal? seeing none, public comment is closed. . >> clerk: okay. roll call. [ roll call. ] motion passes, 5 to zero. >> clerk: item #, director's report, update on the small business and the small business business center, policies and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor and announcements regarding small business activities. discussion item. >> so commissioners, thank you. i will be very quick. just want our commission to -- our policy analysts has been very sick for a week, so just want to make sure wish her a speedy recovery. so last week, the small business round table had its regular meeting with the mayor, and items on the discussion were around housing for small business workforce, discussion around beat cops, and having a -- you know, continuing to sustain beat cops. there's -- the mayor and chief scott have made it -- and the board of supervisors made

. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >>commissioner ortiz-cartagena: i just want to actually just thank you, your office, you and supervisor cohen. i appreciate it. you really understood. you understand the constituency behind this, and me being formerly incarcerated, you guys truly understand what this is about, and this is pretty awesome. seriously, for what they've done. they've really listened to the constituency, so i just want to say thank you. >> thank you. >>commissioner ortiz-cartagena: thank you. >> thank you, and i will take that warm response back to the supervisor, but at the end of the day, we want to introduce something that all parties are aware of the changes, and what the goal is is to widen the workforce, give people an opportunity to have retirement benefits, health benefits, and access to the things that keep our streets safe, that keep our city's employment numbers up and that, you know, push back against recidivism, people folks from putting themselves in situations that might put them back in jail