Folks that have helped to make this a reality. Id like to take a moment just to thank a few of the organizations that have helped us along the way. All of us or none, legal serve is he for prisoners with children, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights National power, coalition on homelessness, hospitality house, coleman advocates, chamber of commerce and Small Business commission, and also there are a litany of neighborhood folks that helped gather signatures for us to continue to move this forward. And i hope that you will join supervisor kim and i in voting favorably for this legislation. Mr. Chair, the rest i give back to supervisor kim. Supervisor kim. Thank you, supervisor cohen and president chiu. Its always important to put a face behind legislation. And todays legislation is for these very individuals. The fair chance act is for an individual named don he will who was fired from his janitorial job whos was fired for failing to tell about a 1974 arrest for transpesting. The fair ch
Face behind legislation. And todays legislation is for these very individuals. The fair chance act is for an individual named don he will who was fired from his janitorial job whos was fired for failing to tell about a 1974 arrest for transpesting. The fair chance act is for a woman named sandee who won the lottery at nema across the street, but was disqualified because she failed to pay Child Support in the late 1990s, even though she served time for that failure. The fair chance act is for denise who was told she shouldnt bother to apply for a job as a cook because she had a conviction for shop lifting when she was in high school. As supervisor cohen mentioned, for one in four adults in the united states, an arrest or conviction record is a stigma that means you need not apply. These examples are real life obstacles preventing individuals who are actively looking to change their life by getting a job or finding a roof over their head. Yet we know having a stable job and housing are t
So, im very excited, colleague, to work with you and others to move this proposal forward. I also my second introduction is not nearly as positive. And i am submitting an in memoriam which i hope we can do on behalf of the entire board for stu smith who passed away late last night. I think many people in this room knew stu and his partner and soul made dave earle and they had actually contacted our Office Yesterday because they were having trouble getting an appointment to get married. And, so, we helped get them access to the Clerks Office to get an appointment and unfortunately stu passed last night. Stu was a bay area native, born in palo alto in 1940. He opened a variety of Small Businesses and served as Senior Management high publishing, high tech and Media Companies ~ owned. He had been a lifelong volunteer for causes ranging from st. Anthonys to San Francisco firefighters toy program, the shanti project, positive research center, applied aquatics institute, San Francisco publici
Program, the shanti project, positive research center, applied aquatics institute, San Francisco publicity club, and we also appointed him as a board to the lgbt aging task force where he was a very productive member. Stu was extremely active in shanti and served four terms as board chair. He helped keep that organization strong. Shanti was a key, key part of his life. Recently he he chaired the executive council at the San Francisco para transit coordinating council. He was also serving as the executive director of tin pan alley productions and he wrote a column for the bay times. He hosted several shows including the drag show and the face to face on s. F. Common. He was also very active in the Recovery Community and served on the Advisory Board of the Castro Country Club ~ which was silver space in the castro. Stu had a lot of energy. I think probably more energy than a lot of us. It was just unbelievable how many Different Things he was involved with. I would never its just always
His volunteerism, has worked in the community, including the james [speaker not understood] spirit award, the [speaker not understood] award from sfmta and the kqed local hero award in 2013. Stu was unique in our community. Ive never met anyone quite like him and this is a huge loss for our community. And, so, i request that we as a board adjourn in his memory. The rest i submit. Thank you, supervisor wiener. Actually, if we could do that me fa in memoriam on behalf of the full board that should be the case. [gavel] thank you, mr. President. Supervisor yee. ~ thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, today im introducing an ordinance to address neighborhood concerns around the cluster of medical cannabis dispensaries in the ocean avenue corridor. Ocean avenue is included in the green zone and the current zoning allows medical cannabis dispensaries, but neighbors in the ocean Avenue Association have expressed concerns around the number of dispensaries both existing and proposed on the corrido