Cannabis oversight committee. Thank you, president yee. I create the the legislation of a Cannabis Oversight Committee to advise the board on regulations, growth of the industry and to help the board meet its goals of equity within the industry. I believe the creation of a public advisory body made up with these Key Stakeholders to oversee the office of cannabis and the implementation of laws governing commercial cannabis activities is the best way to provide transparency and accountability for this brand new growing industries. This Advisory Board will provide valuable in sight and recommendations to the board of supervisors as we implement the voter mandate the recreational cannabis. I want to thank all of the applicants who applied for their interest in serving on this committee as it is an allvolunteer committee. I was excited about how impressive the applicants were and i want to thank supervisors, ronen, walton for weighing the applications and prioritizing diversity and represen
Supervisor yee good afternoon. Welcome to the october 8th, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you mr. President. [ roll call ] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. Ladies and gentlemen, will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Supervisor yee so, on behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, tom and madias who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, were in receipt of two communication the dade the october 27th, 2019 from supervisors haney and walton stating they will be absent today in request to be excused from the meeting. Supervisor yee can i have a motion to excuse haney and walton from at
Also my boss litellally. I had the opportunity to work with poly at goldfarb and litman. Shes an excellent lawyer with far more tolerance for reviewing loan documents than i ever had. She was an extraordinary mentor for younger lawyers at the firm. I know there are past and present lawyers, especially women lawyers who persisted as practitioners and made their on contributions and public law because they have the great good luck to work with and for polly. She worked there for 30 years serving as council to non profits and public agencies helping build thousands of units Affordable Housing across the bay area and beyond. Along the way, she wrote or co wrote a number of publications including several additions of a legal guide to california redevelopment, a real page turner and a guide of housing which came out in 2003 and i think i worked on that with you and then in 2010 after i left. Excellent a lawyer as she is, even when i was, it was clear her true passion was her service on the S
Departed senator Diane Feinstein so important in the chambers and to our history. With that, mr. Clerk, you have announcements . The board and committees are convening hybrid meetings. The board recognizes that equitable ablg ses is essential and will take Public Comment as follows, hear Public Comment first from those attending the meeting in person. If you have comments on any items you can line up along the right hand side of the room and well hear remote comment from folks. Dial 4156550001. Enter meeting id. Press pound symbol twice and you will hear the meeting discussions but your line will be in listening mode only. When your item comes up and Public Comment is called dial star 3 to add to the speaker line. You may submit Public Comment in writing in either of infollowing ways, email comments to myself, the Land Use Transportation Committee clerk and email address is john. Carroll sfgov. Org. Your send to our office in city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, room 244, San Fra
Devices you have brought with you into the chamber today. If you have any documents to include as part of any of todays files, you should submit them to me. You can do so by bringing them forward to the rail. Public comment will be taken on each of the two items on todays agenda. When your item of interest comes up in Public Comment is called, please line up to speak along your right hand side of the room. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment and writing in either of the following ways. You may email them to me. My email address is j o n period cac c a r r o l l at sfgovtv. Or you may send your written comments via Us Postal Service to our office in city hall. The address is one. Doctor Carlton B Goodlett place, room 242 44 San Francisco, california 94102. If you submit Public Comment in writing, i will forward it to the members of this panel and also include your comments as part of the official file upon which you are commenting. And finally, madam chair, items acted upon tod