and i believe that this and the 1,000-foot limit should be retained. thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. [clearing throat] good afternoon, supervisors. my name is michael cohen and i'm one of the officers in the democratic club. i would that you not increase the footage from 600 feet to 1,000 feet. for -- for dispensaries from schools and daycare centers. this is -- this is really going to basically, in a city our size, and in a place and city where many areas of the city are just not allowing cannabis to be had, it is going to increase clustering. in the areas, in the neighborhoods where we already have dispensaries. so i plead with you. please do not increase the limit. also if you increase the limit from 600 feet to 1,000 feet, what's to prevent somebody who doesn't want a cannabis dispensary in their neighborhood from saying i'm going to start a daycare center in my neighborhood. i think [inaudible] and get preliminary approval and that would be it for the neighborhood. i think that would be a very dishonest way that people would be able to keep cannabis from their neighborhood. my other point is concerning consumption areas. presently we have eight consumption locations in san francisco. for a population of over 800,000 people. i ask that you allow more consumption areas badly because we are going to need it, especially after january 1 of 2018. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, and thank you. my name is harold smith and i am a long-term patient. i want to speak about safe -- the need for safe consumption linked to compassion and compassion memorialized in regulation. in 1996, i was too underweight and sick to be able to tolerate the first effective h.i.v. drug cocktail. with the help of caring professionals at underground cannabis clubs, i was given cannabis edibles for free and made sure that i had a full supply of smokable flour at no cost. these professionals monitored by smoking effectiveness and appetite generation until i regained 17 pounds in approximately three weeks. this demonstration of compassion allowed me to begin h.i.v. drug therapy and recover from my life-threatening bout with aids wasting. 21 years later, the practice of san francisco compassion has become an integral part of longer life and greater survival rates for people with aids and other life-threatening illnesses. without the finance, subsidy that compassion represents, many of us -- myself included -- would be unable to afford enough retail cannabis to maintain our regiment of h.i.v. and health in a secure fashion. with medication, i can maintain compassion security while living on a fixed income. without it, our industry will become mercenary lacking vision, foundation and strength of purpose that has been our practice for many years. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is aaron ashe, i'm a law student here in san francisco. i'd like to voice my support for the 600-foot buffer zone. the 600-foot buffer zone as opposed to 1,000 feet, not only increases access, but reduces clustering but ensures opportunity for the equity applicants. if the 1,000-foot buffer zone is passed, that will really reduce the amount of properties available and will cause the prices for those propertis to skyrocket and equity applicants will not be able to get properties. so, equity will end up as a broken promise. next is consumption. i believe there should be consumption lounges. there should be stand-alone consumption permits. without places to consume, you are recriminalizing cannabis users who overwhelmingly voted in support of legalization. and they have become systematically thatsingered by police in the city. and then finally transition to adult use. i appreciate that the supervisors are making it a point to allow transition to adult use for retailers but i also think on the equity front the equity applicants and other nonretail applicants should be able to transition to adult use by january 1 in order to ensure the supply chain and ensure the success of those equity applicants. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you so much for taking so much time. really appreciate the comments, especially this morning, spending all these special committee hearings of riles and land use to get into the granular details of how to regulate cannabis in san francisco. such an important issue, as you can see for so many people here today. we understand that the equity permit program would help repair some of the damages, the harms, the war on drugs of people of color and people in san francisco by giving the opportunity to start and own a cannabis business. the point of the equity permit program will be to help people to be able to get some of that first mover market advantage, to be able to start a business in 2018 when adult use cannabis business permits are available to only some of the businesses trying to open in san francisco. so we would ask you here today to make sure to keep the promise from the september hearing when the equity report was requested from the office of cannabis, that equity businesses be able to open in 2018. we would ask you today to please ensure that when the other business permits are granted so that our existing m.c.d.s can convert to adult use, that equity permit holders be issued the same permits to begin operations at the same time or sooner so that people have a fair playing field to be able to begin our new adventure in cannabis regulation san francisco. please make sure that the equity program is not delayed until after january 2018 when other businesses, including the existing m.c.d.s will already have started selling adult-use cannabis. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is brandon brown. i'm here with -- as a citizen for five years and working with the equity working group. really appreciate you guys hearing us today. i just want to say that the 1,000-foot rule, is not only unreasonable but unequitable. in saying that, i guess it doesn't matter if there is no equity program. so i would also say that in san francisco, i think a lot of people consider san francisco one of the most, you know, accepting and liberal cities probably in the nation/world. and so when you look at oakland, you look at maryland, you look at even pennsylvania working on equity programs, you can see there's a large importance there. and here in san francisco, i think there's eyes on us right now as what i said earlier with that reputation to make sure that the equity program holds true and, as jesse said earlier, that you keep your promise. that equity applicants will get a fair chance and no licenses will be handed out if there is no equity program in play. and thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is quinton plat. i'll keep this short in the interest of everyone's time. i want to say thank you for being so diligent and working with the community come to resolutions that should be fair and equitable for everyone. mostly i'm here to stand up in defense as an advocate for the pipeline applicants. they entered into a system with outlining how they could have a road map to obtaining a medical cannabis dispensary permit. we all know how long that takes. so i believe if you are able to get your business open and approved and done with construction in 2018 and you meet the eligibility requirements that you should be able to apply for adult use along with the other existing adult retailers. so, please allow pipeline and equity applicants to proceed through the per pit approval process, but not be barred from applying to have a adult use license in 2018. thank you very much. >> thank you. next eke spaoer, please. >> hi. i'm james and i'm here to support basically the equity ---hang on. the equity act. actually the people that are the most affected in my community are out of the western edition and i think holding up on the equity act -- holding up on the equity advocates definitely does state into the community and doesn't open the doors for the opportunity for the most young men impacted in our communitis that finally have been in the business all their life and know the business well so i think that actually holding the equity, not focusing on the community and just letting the equity actually go by. so, pretty much mine. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. good afternoon. i'm deanthony joan and i'm speaking here as a citizen, not just to echo the support of the equity applicants, but also just to talk about some of the logic of some of the opposition. now i do understand that we don't want our kids to get access to drugs, but the other issue is the underground marijuana economy that, by increasing the level 400 feet, that gives them 400 more feet to sell marijuana that isn't regulated, that can get into our hands, the hands of our community youth and that shouldn't be the case. so, by adding legalized marijuana and adding regulations to it, you actually create more safer communities and you keep those underground economis from affecting our communities. plus, it will give them an opportunity to give back to the community as well, providing much-needed tax funding to our schools that can lead to education on the effects of drugs. and as an aside, too, i know we get into this discussion around marijuana. but the most cycle use drug in the world is caffeine. and there is two starbucks down the block. and i think it's important to realize that there is logic around education and the only way we do that is if we not only allow for the underground market to be eliminated but also allow for these dispensaries to enter into community benefits agreements, to promote the education on the safe usage of marijuana and its effects on the community. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. as the next person comes up, let me read the other speaker cards. kenny crawford, gilbert canado, shona, denise dorie, oscar islas, john martinelli, doug block again, weilen yi, beyun wang, tony ma, goya wei, sonia trausz, deanthony james, travis kelly. thank you for being here. >> hello, supervisors. chairman. my name is luke bruiner. i come here today to speak to your better natures. you clearly have heard from many constituents and it's easy after you've heard so much from so many to ignore common sense and to ignore the will of the people. and i ask myself how can i reach these supervisors today? with all their distractions. with the desire to cut a deal. and i think there's two things that may be of interest to you. perhaps you have not paid attention to the media, oh, supervisors. san francisco board had a chronicle editorial. every television station. multiple newspapers. social media flooded in favor of your board immediately implementing rational provisions for prop 64. not a hand-out to a group of preexisting dispensary owners while you kick the can. supervisors, that is bad public policy. especially in the era of donald trump, the nation and the state of california is looking for you to lead. they are looking for your leadership and your guidance. now is not the hour for you to abdicate that leadership and guidance. if san francisco can't take on the black market, who can? if san francisco abandons equity at the finish line why would others ever look at equity and diversity? what hope is there for los angeles and orange county and other jurisdictions? without your leadership? supervisors, i put forward to you that justice is delayed is justice denied and that your unwillingness to do the will of the voters bad public policy. thank you for your time. should not be ignored. second, i appreciate the supporf amendments offer today by superr sheehey, in particular, and i'me barometric pressure barometric e it was clear between supervisorl and the city attorney that thisd provide a clear pathway forwardr operators registered with the o. -- ooc to have temporary permits and co adult use by january 1. this is important to ensure thal operators have continued accessa continued supply chain. authorizing a non-retail chaineo permitted could provide a leg-ur those harmed by the war on drug. i echo once again, the task fore recommendations and jesse stout. i want to offer my sincere thane board for the hours and hours tt you've engaged and for nicole te the city for implementation. thanks, and i look forward to yr deliberations today and tomorro. >> supervisor farrell: next spe, please. >> hello i'm joseph frees, i wao thanks for your hard work and tn this issue. i'm a pipeline am want. i agree with the 600-foot buffe. i think it's important to have y small business development in sn francisco and i support the idef having on site consumption loun. it important to have, if we do t people to create public safety n the streets and in local parks. i want to advocate on behalf ofe m.c.d.s to apply for adult use cannabis permits in 2018. i think a lot of the pipeline applicants, these people have bn putting everything they have ino getting a dispensary license foo two years in some cases, puttinr entire life savings, putting evg they have at risk took create al business for themselves and ther families. i think it's important that we w these people to have their chano be a part of this industry. i also want to make one more con having less dispensaries in san francisco. i think it would support the blk moorkt. the black market cannabis sold t 85% contaminated with pesticided with armful chemicals. unless people are getting theirs safely from dispensaries, they'e exposed to harmful pesticides ag sides that will create a seriou- fungicides, they'll create a das issue. >> good afternoon,ç i'm the coe director of access of well sf kd proponent of the state ballot initiative. we banned defacto bans on zonin. it would be a sad day if equityp just being something on paper ad progressive window dressing. i myself was the first a applict requested a fee waiver for 1260. it's incredibly important for le and equity applicants and disabd and equity applicants and disabd even playing field in the induse helped create. i think the definitely in the ds a day care issue. i want to speak to them on disps and it's nowhere on the list ofs we'd like to see to protect kidy care and preschoolers. it would stop the equity progra. this is the aspect of refer man. >> hello, supervisors, i'm cynt. i'm a small business owner in sn francisco providing education as regarding cannabis use. i am also a homeowner in distrid i wanted to advocate for the 60t buffer for cannabis businesses. in 2016 there were 25.1 millions come into california which mean9 billion is inject into the statf california. if we were only to bring in 1% t people to state of california, e consumption lounges that are cuy available, there are eight in sn francisco that only fit 175 peod not even be able to allow 1% ofe tourists coming in. i highlily encourage for the stp allowances or one-day permits. thank you. >> good afternoon, super supervs jennifer garcia local 648 and cr on the legalization task force. the task force worked forç twos drafting amendments.de i'm speaking to you as an advocr all workers in san francisco. as you know, local 648 has a lod proud history for workers and fs and communities. 648 firmly supports the rights f workers having access to a unioy choose. when workers have protection, is ts standards for all workers iny industry. local hire helps ensure that wos spending dollars are likely to o other city businesses. there should be employment oppos for communities which have beend by the war on drugs. the city should target communitf color for equity permits, divery belongs in ownership as well ase workforce.xd having a diverse ownership thats the communities inok which the s are is the best way to ensure de workforce. please don't stop the equity pr. we often forget that an abundanf living wage and wealth-creatings exists in low income communitie. we should be careful not to kile businessebusinesses with over-r. small businesses are an importat of our community in san francis. they provide jobs that can't be outsourced. the business owners usually livr near the communities in which -e their business is. they have multiple interests inr local success. our local small businesses havee quiet job creators forç decade. 648 supports thoughtful legislar a pathway for existing businesso continue to provide jobs for san francisco workses in this reguld market. the city should encourage and pa good neighbor culture as it cono grow. good jobs and businesses are a d start for supporting workers ins industry. thank you for your time. >> next speaker, please.ok >> hello i'm denise disory an d. i'm a long time cannabis patien. refer madness prop 64 has refers elements to it. it allows jim crow laws. we hope that you can see what tm crow laws for what they are. i think you can. and i want to thank you for youd work on the issues because it'sy to navigate the issues with so y strong opinions. the herb -- cannabis herb improy life. i have a tick bite so it's harde with the medications they give . i've taken enough -- there are medications they give people fo. rosy -- leprosy. i would have gotten over leprose times easier. i couldn't get a single doctor n francisco to test me except one. there are no labs for it. i finally tested positive. we need local access. as it is now, i walk about a mit my medicine. that's not too bad. but i would like to walk less de in a smile. back 10 years ago i used to onla block to get it and they shut in because of jim crow-type laws. i don't want to have day care ?s rule. prop 215 and sb-420 were a huges and cannabis users proved we cae trusted. don't let hate groups define san francisco. cannabis is a good study aid to. >> supervisor farrell: next spe. >> i'm gilbert, i'm a disabled . i'm in favor of maintaining thee value of 600 feet. all the scare tactics about thed cannabis can be traced back to r madness where washington -- thed that cannabis causes murder, pry and other social illnesses. cannabis has been around since t times. they used if in ancient china, e americans and jewish people use. it's been all over the world for thousands of years until aislinr decided he wanted to be an over-achieving bureaucrat and ma let's go back to the 1600s, thef reason and use logic, okay? lit's forget everything else. it's all man made garbage. let as go back to the aifnlg red 1600s and use our brains and loo pass legislation. thank you. -- age of reason and 1600s to ur brains and logic to pass legisl. thank you. >> hi supervisors. i'm john martinelli. i'm a veteran activist for membs of love and operation evac whica veteran's group. i'm here to support the 600-fooe for being a hav away from schoot include the small day cares thae city everywhere. some of the people say not in or neighborhood. but except for the financial di, way downtown, it doesn't mattere you live in the city. it's all neighborhoods. it doesn't matter what storefroa person driving by sees. people live upstair noticed bui- upstairs in the buildings and s. and a lot of them are disabled d elderly and underprivileged andt are cannabis users. we need access to compassion ane dispensaries, though they shoule required to have a compassion p, they shouldn't be penalized wits and taxes on the medicine that e away to patients. and -- that's about it. just vote with your heart on thw at hand and things should be al. >> supervisor farrell: thank yo. next speaker. >> i'm oscar, oom a supporter os of love -- i'm a supporter of af love. i was born in san francisco, dit 11. i now live in district 9. i'm also for the 600 feet. one thing through my experienceg disabled in a wheelchair, it's t that patients have somewhere to. if we're going to have a wreck e thing. that could be like a 20 minute . but for patients, it needs to br and a place where they can at lñ besides in the streets, especiaf you're in a wheelchair. i'm sure you don't want them smg neither elevators and so on or n parks. or near children. so it's important that you at le somewhere for them as well as fc which will bring in a lot of mor those that collect taxes. but let's not forget us patient. i would appreciate it, thank yo. >> supervisor farrell: next spe. >> good afternoon, i'm arlene ta retired public school teacher. in addition to the national affs article that i put out here by n p. hawkins, the dangers of mari, i'm referring to the just-relead report cannabis legalization inn francisco, a health assessment. we seer--please consider the lat research. while there are valid reasons fr medical use, there are medical s on our young population. i show here a graphic chart on . the secondary effects in the ous such as possible lower birth raf offsprings, cognitive impairmend traffic problems and so on. please consider -- let me quotet supervisor jane kim said on octr third. i'm surprised that preschools at included. san francisco should consider eg those regulations to include chn under preschool age when it craw rules for recreational use. it seems there was an oversight. it certainly makes sense if we'e talking about impacts to childrr 18. then the way we write the ordine include all facilities zero to . please keep the buffer zone of a thousand feet. we ask you to fight for the chi. thank you. p. >> supervisor farrell: thank yot speaker, please.ç >> supervisors, i'm sonia ng. san francisco has a social probt mow. the picture, those people befory use marijuana, we don't know, be problems make san francisco ress lots of concern and feel safe a. according to the police recordst [inaudible] license access of lt wednesday. two young men, they took marijur they [inaudible] one house. this is why today we have lots l residents from everywhere in san francisco. we are concerned with our safetd quality of life been taken away. 64 [inaudible] take all the caln here quality of life away. especially marijuana is illegal. so please help us to keep the qf life and keep our 1,000 feet for kids under 18. >> supervisor farrell: next spe, please. >> hi supervisors. i'm tony. i'm not talking about 1,000 fee0 feet. what happens [inaudible] free. the city of san francisco openee door and let the poison drug alr san francisco. they are [inaudible] to all peod you guys promote this poison dre youth and youn youngsters and pn drugs on [inaudible] you know, the poison like -- bi, smiling table. it's around san francisco. school children pay [inaudible] they say come to take it. we have candy and yummy cookie . the poison industry care about e next generation.fké they just want more people addio this poison drug. and the city willç get more dey money. not only that, the market sellsg dealers. children on the street, friendse advertising. san francisco is not beauty any. not safe any more. then just [inaudible] because tg addicted criminals want to get e money for robbing people. they will attack -- ra tract moe homeless to the city to get -- t more homeless to the sho poison. san francisco health departmente marijuana is a3me poison drug. in california. it's more dangerous to drive thn alcohol. >> supervisor farrell: thank yo, next speaker. , please. >> hi, i'm an sf who has been as activist for a long time. in fact, i circumstanc circulate proposition in the 199 0s. i used cannabis to get off four pharmaceuticals that were havind side effects like gaining 50 po, taking away my sex drive and beg prediabetic. with that being said, i'm in suf the 600-foot buffer and on site consumption lounges. i support compassion programs fw income patients. i do not support neighborhood bh as the one proposed in chinatow. patients shouldn't have to get s and go across town to get medic. that is the thing that enables o get out of bed. the thing with the edibles, whee kids corner the market on sweet? i don't understand it. with the opioid addiction, peope using cannabis to get off the ae pain killers and, you know, youe worried about cannabis and there people like right across the stn that park shooting up with needn front of everybody. and i don't understand. they're talking about ni their neighborhoods. there are several collectives te neighborhood clean-up programs. that's positive to the communit. i support the s.r.o. sprinklersk you. >> supervisor farrell: next spe, please. >> good afternoon. supervisors, i'm trevor martin. san francisco for democracy. i'm here to advocate for the 60ç buffer on site consumption. and equity a applicants. i'd like to address the misinfon in the campaign of fear that hat up entire communities of our ci. people fear that legalizing cans will lead to more teenage use, e traffic fatalities, lower propey values and become a gateway dru. however, that is not the realit. in states and cities that legalz cannabis, in fact -- legalized , simple education and facts can l the myths. teenage use is at a 20ç year l. property values have gone up ane is a spotlight shown on opiatesd by big pharma which could be a y marijuana use. additionally, contrary to some , the traffic fatalities in statet legalized cannabis have gone dor remain unchanged. finally, states with robust cans industry have seen record i live in district 6 which has,, the most or second most dispenss currently. it is also a district of neighbs and east residential. i want to echo earlier commentse idea that we could keep the diss out of neighborhoods is silly. you want your customers near yoo they should live near dispensar. i'm glad the existing dispensart have to close and i want to aske equity am wants open in 2018. i'm disappointed that the boardt put together the rest of the prn time -- in time for january fir. the board had a year. but now, by pushing it out anotr we're making it a election year. half of the city is going to beg for a supervisor this coming yee the board discussing how to rege opening dependence israel. so for advocates, we're going to make sure that candidates know r position is and demand they make commitments to open dispense isn an equitable way across san fra. >> supervisor farrell: thank yot speaker please. >> goomp, i'm travis kelly, cans industry attorney. i'd like to make a quick comment any proposed amendment which mat 2018 adult use activity solely e now-existing m.c.d.s would riskg a give away to existing operato. >> supervisor farrell: thank yot speaker, please. let me call up the last speaker. i have martin, david, mrs. wongy lean, a big group of speaking -u need interpretation? wilson chu, susan king and anit. >> i'm johnny, i represent the s retailers alliance. we're the unified voice of canns retailers. we support the rights of m.c.d.d new equity applicants to be grad access to cannabis retail permin 2018. in the chronicle this morning, d that permission may only be exto existing n.c.d.s. i hope that is not the intent os committee to limit it only to et being m.c.d.s? let's honor the s.f. values of y and inclusive net and not creatt just for existing operators. both versions of the land use bl currently favor the grandfather. let's honor both bills that wasd by chair farrell. i support the 600-foot buffer wo childhood care. we support consumption. think about the folks in publicg and folks in nursing homes. they need a convenient place to. we don't want to criminalize pe. we inclusion, diversity, not fre love -- are strike that, inclusd diversity and let's have made i. and sold in s.f. and consumed i. >> thank you, next speaker plea. >> i'm sherrie lau. medical cannabis is already thod feet. regulated drug. we are talking about national c. should be more distance, 12 tho0 feet away -- 1200 to 1500 feet . not to 600. staying away from cannabis is ty away fromç any minor zero to 1. local laws should include zero 5 years old. a thousand feet. please consider our childrens a. >> thank you. next speaker, please.ç -- please consider our childrena health. s >> i'm the deputy director of tn rights condition. the h l r. -- the r.r.c. makes s embedded to provide services for constituents. we want all this to be data-dri. whether that's employment or crl justice or housing, the burdense inequitable decisions are ignory communities of color. we within the people to look ata and say how do we make our cityr for all people and not just som. we're proud to work closely wite office of cannabis in the repor. we hope to infuse equity in thed level of the cannabis industry. we can't have an industry before legalization of prop 64 that wae on the -- burden was borne on te shoulders of brown and black pet precome dant any white in san francisco -- p predominantly wh. the war on drugs in san francisd disastrous impacts for people o. they've borne the bad public de. in order for san francisco to re that burden, we need to be intel about how we're going to relieve burden and make sure equity is e ground floor. if san francisco is undoing the, equity be cannot be an aftertho. at thait has to start on januard make equity a priority. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, ple. >> hello, supervisors. thank you for your attention toe important issues. i'm martin olive, the third perd m.c.d. in friks under article 3. we operated -- san francisco unr article 33. we were forced to shutdown in te federal crackdown. we have approval in the d.p.h. provisional permit. we're about to submit our buildg permit for renovations. i'm requesting clarity in regars two adult use permits in januar. i'm advocating for equitable dispensaries. we have a -- the city's attentis been to allow those approved the planning to proceed vd d.p.h. wa victim of federal crackdown. we should be grandfathered in ae applicants should be a fair oppy to prove they're good neighborse up coming market. i can tell you that the limitatr the green zone in past years ley of the issues you had to deal w. a quarter of city is federal pr. half of the city is commercial. landlords want to rent to respoe businesses. neighboring businesses want good business operators near them. the process for dispensaries des community input. let the communities decide whetn m.c.d. is an appropriate use. further restriction of the greee will only cause more headaches. i understand there is multiple s of citizens in san francisco tht consume cannabis. they may not all be here today,t their votes counted on electiond they support access to cannabis throughout the city. >> supervisor farrell: next spe, please.ç >> hello, i'm anna and i'm a 15r resident of san francisco and io support the equity program heren francisco. i think san francisco is a leade nation on equity and diversity u could really stop a lot of instl racism here. i'm in favorç of that. i'm in favor of the 600-foot bu. people need access. this is medicine. people with disabilities are tro access the medicine. it should be as closes possible. i am against prohibition of cans dispensaries in specific neighbs such as chinatown. i think that this could set a pt that could get messy in the fut. i think that there -- i don't ho remind you there is an opiate ec right now. we don't see people protesting walgreens. there is a lot of misinformatiog on. -- there is misinformation on te neighborhoods that want this. there needs to be focus on educg neighborhoods properly. i'm in favor of more dispensaris throughout san francisco.ç more on-site consumption areas r ways for people to access the m. >> supervisor farrell: thank yot speaker, please. >> good afternoon. supervisors. i'm nina pashes. i'm a cofounder of super nova wd hope to become a dispensary in r future. i'd like to eco-ofer th eco-thes brandon brown and jesse stoute e work together on the equity worg group.ç we're asking for equity first ay now. not later. in 1981, nixon's adviser statesn interview, we knew we couldn't t legal to be against the war or , but by getting the public to ase the hippies with marijuana and k with heroin and criminalize it,d disrupt the communities. we could raid their homes and bp their meetings and vilify them t after night on the news. did we know weñr were lying aboe drugs? of course we did. this is the thoughtñr process ad politicians in creating drug po. we ask you guys, our lawmakers o restore justice and think with i different mind set we need for y applicants to roll out at the se as adult use. we want to create a culture that condition bus was hoping to cre. something based on compassion ad equity. so thank you guys for your timel for diligent work on this even h it's a short timeframe that we . thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. thanks for hearing us yet again. i started off wanting to talk ao many different things. at this point, i'm hearing and o address what i'm hearing is a "t "we" approach which is so diffen what i grew up with in san fran. san francisco has always foughtr everyone. and now all of a sudden, i hearo many different levels fighting t what i want. as you guys know, because i've e and told you, i pam the owner/or of a nonconforming cultivation e in san francisco but i'm not goo talk about at all. i'm going to talk about access,, access. you ask us o to be good neighbot then tell us we can't be a neig. how does that work? you give us the opportunity to , but then you tell us we can't ct home. how is that? how is that access? how is that fair? instead of giving you the long,g speech. i ask that we look at thisç ate "we" approach instead of a "me"h and figure out how to get everyy access and as much access as thn and as soon as possible. i support zero feet from a schot would love 600 feet. i support a diswens ri on everyk but support a common sense appry this amount in this enabled buts neighborhood gets more. thank you very much for listenid thank you for tackling this and- i look forward to a more commone approach. we, not me. >> supervisor farrell: next spe, please. >> i'm susan king. i'm a san francisco resident and activist. first off, i wanted to, again, u and your colleagues on the boare department heads, particularly e office of cannabis for really pa lot of thought into creating a comprehensive and rational poliy framework to help manage and sut this thriving industry which ise financial opportunity for all oç i'm particularly interested in e equity program because i think s nothing that has a made in s.f.n it more than something like thiy program which is being developeu know, in realtime. i think thatç these models areo be represen replicated toç othk to san francisco. the equity program. in order for it to work, you cae policy that contradicts that ou. and 600 feet is adequate. it's what has been put forward p 64. it should include schools only. otherwise you're pea creating ae scarcity of something that othee belong to. when you make something scarce,e people with the most resources e people that get it first. we don't want san francisco's ey program here to become nothing n empty promise. a couple of other things really. pipeline applicants need to be grandfathered in if they had thr applications in on time. and we need to really move faste sure that their temporary access so we can start at the startinge with other cities on january fid be up and running. finally, compassion is importans well. thank you so much dpen for yourd hard work. -- thank you so much again for your time and hard work. >> supervisor farrell: thank yo. next speaker, please.ç >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm audrey lan. i'm a volunteer in sfcc. i'm here to ask you to listen tr community's voice. keep our community safe and hea. give our children a healthy env. the cannabis rules should be 1,t away from all schools. including day care centers, prel and private school and public sl from age wroa to 18. -- zero to 18. i remember last night when super kim mentioned about the zero tos all human beings. it's including in the 1,000 fee. but on the last monday, you have amendment to amend that to 600 . a school is zero to 5. this is very wrong. our children is our future, ours leader. our children need the healthy environment place to grow and t. please, listen to our community. keep away the marijuana, a thou0 feet from -- 1,500 feet from the schools. marijuana -- the med insin maris already a thousand feet from sc. why the regulation marijuana ca? not a thousand feet? please think about that. think about our children's futu. our future's leaders. please listen to the community'. thank you. >> supervisor farrell: thank yoy much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors ak you for your time and consideras on -- these regulations. i know this is quite the beast o tackle. and i appreciate you tackling i. i'm speaking today in support ot adding any more sensitive uses r regulations. i think doing that would prettyh eliminate any possibility of any being able to open up. it will shrink the capability. i also have some concerns and we some clarity around the amendmet were introduced today. regarding converting to adult u. i am with the vapor room team. we were federally interfered wi. we were permitted in 2005. we shut down and now we're reado reopen. we've been issued provisional b. where do we stand with these am? are we considered pipeline? are we considered equity? are we considered existing? i'm unclear. i'd also like it express my supr the equity -- or applicants to e allowed to convert to adult usee same time as everybody else. it's important that we create al playing field. so those are my thoughts. i'm available if anybody has any questions. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is wilson chu with te chinese american democratic clu. i'd like to thank the land use e as well as the board of supervir taking the time to deliberate os issue. it's not an easy issue as said y other speakers but i'm here to e for the thousand feet buffer agt schools to include child care c. i think we should take a measurd approach in the event that -- no collect the data to understand d of -- in order to collect the do understand what kind of issues d arise into the transition to recreational use. i think that would allow us to n integral process and allow the n of the parole si to make amendmd been -- policy to make amendmenr the neighborhoods and industry e that recreational cannabis becoe acceptable. with that, i hope that we woulde to keep the thousand fe b

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