Blocks away and in the tender loin there is a lot, and it is such a small distance that a young different in lack of density and some neighbors, like the tender loin it is normal to see a lot of the tobacco outlets and smokers but in neighborhoods like the heights it is not that normal. And i think that is because of the lack of density and also they target the low income communities and the people of color and youth and lgbtq communities and i am at least in two of those, i am a person of color and so i am a youth and i am being targeted by this and i know that we can and it is not fair that i am being targeted for being who i am and how many of you or the people that you care about are targets. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, for also supporting empowerment of young people. Thank you. Good afternoon. I am a proud resident of the wonderful district eight, and work ends up as district nine, there are 2900 families looking to do what my parents did provide a better
Nicotine addiction among young people. These products have not been tested for safety or efficacy in helping people quit smoking. American Cancer Society Heart Association and American Lung association have their statements expressing the increase of ink e cigarette marketing and use. Those 23rd. 2014 from the department of Public Office and type of thing. Electronic cigarettes are still awaiting regulation from the food and drug administration. There are no set standards for production or content. Nicotine is a highly addictive since substance. And products you cigarettes have been tested positive for known tobaccorelated carcinogens, toxic chemicals and heavy metals. The second hand there are so expand expose poses bystanders or hazardous chemicals are not the Planning Commissions final motion did not take into account these dr. Mark judgment effects of the product [inaudible]. Which granted the new tobacco permits. We trust the water supervisors the board of supervisors will continu
People know where were coming from i want to talk about how this fits into the Population Initiative and goals particularly save and Healthy Living environment that is part of the population Strategic Plan as well as the chip generally, were looking at the percentage of adults that smoke and the youth is currently related to the smoking and well mentioned this about africanAmerican Health the part of health plan 24 campaign is citywide it touches foblgd on the lowest Income Community that is our population that has activities including the programs specific working for the Africanamerican Community so the commission is aware of those so very briefly id like to talk about the timeline on the e cigarette matters congratulations to this commission youve kind of taken the first step all the way back to 2011 when the Health Commission was approached with that and passes as a resolution to look at the future regulations of the products and now several years later the city has glutton steps w
Good afternoon and welcome to a special meeting of thursday, december 4th, of the board of supervisors. Neighborhood services and safety committee, my name is david campos and i am the chair and we are joined by Committee Vice chair, supervisor eric mar and we want to thank the clerk of the committee, derek evans as well as the following members of sfgtv staff, who are covering this meeting, jennifer low and jessy larson, with that, mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Thank you, mr. Chair, make sure to silence all cell phones and Electronic Device and completed speaker cards to be included in the file should be submitted by the clerk, items acted upon today will be on the december 14th, board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Before we move on to the one item, i know that norman yee is excused from this meeting, could we have a motion to excuse him . So we have a motion without objection. Mr. Clerk, if you could call our one item . Item isordinance amending the healt
Mentioned there is a building two stores down with 3 stories with no front setback and the building has not set a precedent in the immediate vicinity. As ugg see that building, 3 stories, no setback, here is 22, 24 ord court, very similar situation with 3 stories. Take a look at the rendering on state street. Consistent with the immediate vicinity. And the 3 stories are less impactful when considering the buildings across the street are uphill from the curb. These are the shot across the street so you can see most of the buildings are significantly set up the hill. So moving to site design and open anticipate which has been brought up as well, the project does propose a site design and open space consistent with other projects on the block. What you see here is a zoom in on the subject lot here are the two new homes proposed. 22 ord court, 24 ord court. We have another situation here. Two homes, either street, block open space. We have the building that weve been talking about. Two hom