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
Demand the release of hostages being held in gaza. They joined being held in gaza. They joined jews around the world, blowing shofars traditional rams horns, which are normally used at the holiest moments of the jewish calendar. The last pause in fighting between israel and hamas was back in november, when hamas was back in november, when hamas released more than 100 hostages. Its believed that hamas still holds around 134 people kidnapped during the october 7th terror attacks. A october 7th terror attacks. A group of mothers are staging a Hunger Strike outside parliament. The five day protest aims to draw attention to parents who cant afford to eat and are skipping meals to feed their children, their list of demands include enforcing Free School Meals and universal credit to guarantee lifes essentials. Mps are due to essentials. Mps are due to address this issue on tuesday. Address this issue on tuesday. And finally, the princess of wales has thanked the public for their support as th
Ditch sunak in favour of bojo to rescue their chances at the next election . Ill be joined by arch bofis election . Ill be joined by arch boris , royalist tory mp michael boris, royalist tory mp michael fabncant boris, royalist tory mp Michael Fabricant and this is a bit special in my take at ten. Labours deputy leader Angela Rayneris labours deputy leader Angela Rayner is struggling to close the door on her growing Council House mystery. Ill be revealing some shocking details about a potential scandal for Keir Starmers number two that just wont go away. A very busy show. Two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Angela rayner at ten. You wont want to miss it. But first, the News Headlines and ray addison. Thanks, mark. Here are our top stories from the gb newsroom. Two people have been arrested on suspicion of preventing a lawful and decent burial in yorkshire. The burial in yorkshire. The branches of legacy independent Funeral Directors in hull and east riding rema