Stores and strengthening partnerships and healthier communities and i wanted to thank my cosponsors again supervisor kim ween weiner and chiu and cohen and lastly nurturing the Young Leaders and also the youth leaders from the tobacco use reduction force all 3 generations of the youth leaders i wanted to thank from arab american grocers i wanted to also thank from the department of Public Health Derrick Smith for his insights and help in drafting this for amazing work in this legislation and lastly i want to give tremendous respect to the young people and read off the names of the tobacco use reduction force leaders. Reading names. Lr i really really believe that were going to be building a safer and stronger neighborhood and so thank you supervisor mar for your leadership in moving this forward. Thank you supervisor mar. Yeah i just wanted to give another thank you to nick pagalatos from my staff working so hard with the young people and im really working respectfully with the arab am
Supervisor kim ween weiner and chiu and cohen and lastly nurturing the Young Leaders and also the youth leaders from the tobacco use reduction force all 3 generations of the youth leaders i wanted to thank from arab american grocers i wanted to also thank from the department of Public Health Derrick Smith for his insights and help in drafting this for amazing work in this legislation and lastly i want to give tremendous respect to the young people and read off the names of the tobacco use reduction force leaders. Reading names. Lr i really really believe that were going to be building a safer and stronger neighborhood and so thank you supervisor mar for your leadership in moving this forward. Thank you supervisor mar. Yeah i just wanted to give another thank you to nick pagalatos from my staff working so hard with the young people and im really working respectfully with the arab american grocers rs to be supportive of them as well and their input was really a key driving part of this b
Regulations. In response im going to be incorporating these minor amendments today the first allowing applications for new permits submitted for approval by the director by todays date so if somebody is submitting a permit by todays date, they are not subject to any of the requirements also cigar bars the owner came and testified that they were subject to the exemption in the Health Code Section 1009. 23 e and that their cigar bar for for five consecutive years can and both can obtain new permits on a one time basis its only a couple of cigar bars bars that are being included in this amendment. So this Tobacco Sales reduction act was crafted, again, in coordination with a number of stakeholders groups and i thank again the Arab American Grocers Association and others from the department of Public Health and especially the Community Advocates and the youth leaders the Tobacco Sales reduction act also is part of a coordinated approach that includes Healthy Retail sf that allows us to tra
Commissioner president chow commissioner fung sxhushg and the second is the prowl approval of the manipulates the minutes a motion is no order. Any Public Comment. Ive received no one my only comment on page 7 mr. Under the closed session i believe that you meant to write under the first c is that we approved the settlements below but the vote as you correctly listed under d; right . The City Attorney is working out how were doing this ive been advised is its okay in both cases. Would you a ska ask the City Attorney which one its unusual we do it twice. I will do that and i will leave that there as her recommendation any other comments all in favor, say i. Opposed . The minutes have been adapted next item and item 3 directors report. Happy new year commissioners several items Michael Brown a longstanding employee with us the Civil Service commission hes the chief executive officer for the city and county of San Francisco heeler in month the Civil Service oversees the merit system manag
Being successful and being integrated and being a worldclass city. So, when i say that were not sitting on our success, i also saved we are building upon our success. You know, we raised the minimum wage. Thats a excitingly good thing for people really feel that they cant afford to be here. We are investing in transportation. We are implementing a very serious tax reform. How could you have a tax system that was literally taxing jobs when youre saying i want those jobs in our city for everybody . We are investing in our citys youth and families and education system. In unprecedented level. I was with the School District the other night as they swore in the School Board Members that were just elected and i spent the entire evening with the School District. I wanted to demonstrate how important education is to the entire city. We are building housing. You are going to hear me, this year and any other year, whether im elected or not, its going to be Housing Housing housing for middle inco