Good afternoon welcome to the San Francisco Planning Commission regular meeting for wednesday, august 12, 2015, id like to remind the members of the audience that the commission does not tolerate disruptions of any kind. Please silence any devices that may sound off during the proceedings. Speed up and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Id like to call roll at this time. Commissioner wu commissioner hillis commissioner moore commissioner richards percentage and commissioner president fong is expected to be absent. You can leave the door, sir. Just leave it it will close on its own. Commissioner antonini and commissioner johnson will be in attendance today commissioners, that places you under your is items proposed for continuance items 1 ab at order cord is proposed for continuance item 2 ab at 24 order court is for september 24th item 3 record at a hundred i didnt street it continuance for october 22, 2015, and commissioners further
About rewriting old outdated laws. There are a few laws and regulations and suggestions that were given to you guys made by the medical Cannabis Task force and i think that you guys would do good to revisit those and look at the recommendation that were done there. And also look at the Compassionate Care act that was constructed by actions of love and see if we cant come to some kind of agreement to help these patients. I also have a list of several hundred elder patients that are low and no income that are in need of help. And i myself as well as the community that i serve are not able to meet the needs. So, i do feel that the compassionate could come from [inaudible]. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is paul spicer and [speaker not understood]. Please remember the patients rights in San Francisco. Thank you very much. Thanks. Next speaker. My name is mike [speaker not understood], im also with 5 compassion coalition. I know San Francisco is always one to
Most acute connecting to services. The number of beds for ltf and coops is dropping and resulting in a similar dynamic. Funding for organizations providing Mental Health Services Small things like [speaker not understood] given to clients to connecting doctors points and meetings is causing clients to have to walk long distances to get to providers. [speaker not understood] and Substance Abuse issues is disappearing the citys housing boom, funding needs to be increased. [speaker not understood]. People with Mental Health and Substance Abuse issues. Thank you. And thank you, mr. [speaker not understood]. Thanks. Next speaker. [speaker not understood] political coordinator for San Francisco. I just want to thank the board and the cosponsors for the introduction of the resolution for supplemental by supervisor campos. And i thank all the cosponsors and look forward to working with you guys the next several weeks on this. And building a better San Francisco in many aspects. So, thank you a
My name is felicia jones. I am one of the new rising leaders in seiu 10 21 and we are here to address the wealth and disparities of blacks in the city and county of San Francisco ~. We stand in solidarity with brothers against guns, the black coalition on aids. Sojourner truth, [speaker not understood], ex offender program, healing for our land and nationses, policy link of oakland, california, the tungan community, the samoan communities, San Francisco police department, officers for justice and we are here to say enough is enough. Ive heard nice thing from the board of supervisors today in regards to the plight of black and brown people of San Francisco, but the fact is that San Francisco city and county government is participating in gentrification. Gentrification, which is the definition of a profitdriven racial and class reconfiguration of urban working class and communities of color that have suffered from a history of disinvestment and abandonment. Gentrification is a Public Hea
So, i just want you to please consider it and thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is greg ledbetter. I have known and worked with quite a few of you on the medical cannabis or as a medical cannabis advocate for several years. I have participated in the medical Cannabis Task force and served as cochair of the medical of the Cannabis Task force. Sponsored then by supervisor tom ammiano. Im talking to you today as the director of gross kenyan foundation, a group of persons im sorry. This is a long time, okay . And im going to ill deviate from my notes because its something im very passionate about. What i have in my hands, folks, represents the patients that i try to serve. It is 63. Now, thats a small amount of people, but these are low and no Income Patients that are in desperate need of some relief so far as their medical needs go. Ive heard a lot of talk today about rewriting old outdated laws. There are a few laws and regulations and sug