Heard there yet. Chair fewer okay. So are there plans to bring it to further Oversight Committee . I think wed be happy to. It has not been requested of this legislation yet. Chair fewer okay. So mr. Law is on the line, is that correct . Good morning, chair fewer. Thank you. Chair fewer hi. When is the next cannabis Oversight Committee meeting . It will be in the next two weeks. Chair fewer okay. Yeah. And on this piece of legislation, theyve been made aware of the committee member. However, it has not been formally discussed during the meeting. During our meeting for the last 12 months, we do plot out time to bring up all pending legislation to the committee members. As i mentioned, this item has not been formally discussed and recommendations from the Oversight Committee. Chair fewer okay. And then [indiscernible] on behalf of the office of cannabis, i can imagine that you are in agreement with this proposed ordinance, is that correct . Yes. And this is correct. Were continuing a Racial Equity meeting now. She apologized she cannot make it to this meeting. But she especially wants me to thank chair fewer for your support to the cannabis oversee the committee, Oversight Committee and theyre contributors to this new industry. And to provide a status update on public process, under the leadership of director regans office. Theyre pleased to report that we have the approximately 160 equity applications submitted since may of 2018. That processes our backlog and equity applications are currently being processed, which means all equity applicants actively engaging with the permitting process. As of today, we have permitted 11 businesses, with the 12th coming the end of this week. And a come more next week. We are looking forward to reaching a parity and this has been incredible to see true intention with equity coming to fruition. And we all know that opening any business can be a challenge, especially during a during these challenging times. Therefore, this piece of legislation would greatly be appreciated by these equity operators, as they are navigating uncertainties during the current pandemic situation. Chair fewer thank you very much. Mr. Soprano, im wondering if i can request and, supervisor mandelman, that this item i am happy to pass this on to committee. But then i would really appreciate the that you would bring this before our cannabis Oversight Committee, just because i also think this is something, not only that we should that they should be made fully aware and have discussion about, but also that the breadth of sort of jurisdiction around cannabis, that i want them to also be aware that they would have a voice in this part, its not just about the everyday logistics, you know, opening up and, blah, blah. Its really about this piece of it also that they can have a voice in. And so if you wouldnt mind, thats the one request that i would have going before this body, just so that they can have discussion. And i cant imagine not approving it. But just to get their approval. That would be great. Supervisor mandelman, yes. Supervisor mandelman we are happy to do that. Because we delayed in bringing this to this committee, because of, you know, trying to figure out wanted to see what happened yesterday. I think we are a little bit under the gun to get it to the full board. Because i think we do need to have two readings of the full board this month, in order for it to take effect before januar. Chair fewer sure. Supervisor mandelman so were happy to go to the commission with it and discussion it with them. And im grateful for your willingness to move this to the full board as well. Chair fewer i think then we would have sort of the answer before the second meeting, second final meeting of the board. I think it would fit in the timeline okay. I dont want to state that we made a discussion without consulting them first. I feel like our final decision also can also include their opinion, too. Supervisor mandelman great. Chair fewer thank you for that. And with that, madam clerk, could you please open this up for Public Comment. Clerk yes, madam chair. Operations, please let us know if callers are ready. For those already on hold, please continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. Please let us know if callers wish to comment on item number 2. I currently have five callers in the queue. Chair fewer okay. Lets start Public Comment, please. Caller good afternoon, supervisors. Can you hear me . Chair fewer yes, we can. Caller goo good morning, supervisors. Can you hear me . Chair fewer yes. Caller thank you. My name is david goalman. Im also on the board of california normal, statewide medical cannabis advocacy organization. Ims on the board of directors of the green cross, a medical cannabis dispensariary, cannabis dispensary at 4218 mission near silver, in the excelsior district. Im here in support of this legislation. We feel that, according to the accountants of the green cross, there would be a 7 to 11 increase for medical cannabis patients, because prop d not only taxes retail adultuse cannabis sales, but also taxes rental cannabis, cultivation, manufacturing and distribution. Right now medical cannabis patients pay combined taxes of around 59 , including state sales tax, excise tax, cultivation fee of about 10 and about a 25 testing fee. Thats passed down to medical cannabis patients. Delaying the tax increase on medical cannabis, cultivation, manufacturing and distribution, as well as retail sales, many medical cannabis patients never renewed now under the adultuse prop 64. It would help tremendously for them. Im a senior on fixed income. I understand what it means to not have much money for cannabis. And right now the illicit market is thriving. And the way that this legislation the increase will do a great deal to help the further increase in the illicit market. I urge you to support this legislation. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning. Caitlin oneill, director of government affairs. Here to support this legislation. We appreciate supervisor mandelman bringing it forward today. Thank you. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi. Can you hear me . Chair fewer yes. Caller okay. This is nina park calling and representing the equity trade certification, as well as im the chair of the Oversight Committee. So supervisor fewer, thank you for suggesting that we hear this at the oversight meeting. I know that theres an update about this. It seems like something that was moving along. So we didnt take it on as a conversation, because we had to get the take grants out first. We took that as priority. But we know this is important as equity operators. We definitely would benefit from seeing this tax suspended until 2022. However, there are some things that we would like to discuss further about cannabis tax with our cannabis equity businesses. Moving forward we are in support of pushing it to the full board. And then being able to talk about it at the cannabis Oversight Committee for further discussion. Thank you guys for taking the time to talk about it. Clerk thank you for your comment. Next speaker, please. Caller hello. Can you hear me . Clerk yes, we can hear you. You can hear me. Yes. Good morning. Good morning, supervisors. My name is michael cohen. And im a 50year resident of San Francisco. Im a senior in my 70s. And i strongly support this legislation, with the high taxes, extremely high taxes on cannabis in San Francisco, and my being on a limited income, it would significantly impact me. So i ask you to please i support this legislation by supervisor mandelman. And i really want to continue to buy and use cannabis legally, with the system that has been set up and not purchase any cannabis on the illicit market. Thank you so much for your support. Byebye. Clerk thank you for your comment. Next speaker, please. Caller good morning, commissioners. Supervisor walton, fewer, mandelman, thank you for this item. Happy wednesday, everybody. My name is rudy corpius. Im a native of San Francisco. Im also the executive director of the united players, an organization thats been pushing to save lives and stop the violence for 26 years. Im an Equity Partner also. Ive been waiting to open my store for over a year now. The cannabis tax will take half of my projected profits before i even open my store. This tax hurts the equity program. And it needs to be delayed. It needs to be put on pause, or even eliminated. Real equity is not possible without the chance to start strong without a head start. And so we need equity benefits to open before we get taxed. So please delay or eliminate, you know, us so we can thrive wet better in the future. I support this legislation that you guys put up. And one more thing. Congratulations to tom soprano. Thanks. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Superviso madam chair, that s the queue. Chair fewer thank you very much. Public comment is now closed. Yes. So lets take a recommendation, supervisor mandelman, would you like to make a motion. Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair fewer. Id like to move that we move this to the full board with poison recommendation. Chair fewer okay. Roll call vote, please. Clerk on the motion, supervisor walton. Supervisor walton aye. Clerk supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mandelman aye. Clerk chair fewer. Chair fewer aye. Clerk there are three ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. This is for the Small Business relief legislation, supervisor mandelman. Madam clerk, can you please call item number 3. Clerk yes, item number 3. Ordinance appropriating 126 million of series 2020 D Public Health and safety general obligation. In fiscals 20222019 for facility upgrades in Zuckerberg San Francisco general hospital, southeast and other Community Health centers and neighborhoods fire stations. 260 million of series 2020c Affordable Housing general Obligation Bond proceeds to the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development for public, lowincome, preservation and middleincome and Senior Housing projects. 102. 5 million of series 2020f Affordable Housing, preservation and seismic safety, general Obligation Bond to mohcd for preservation and seismic safety projects and making these funds on controllers reserve pending sale of the bonds. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item, should call 415 6550001. Meeting i. D. 146 291 7707. Then press pound twice. If you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to indicate you want to speak. Chair fewer thank you very much, madam clerk. I think we continued this item from the last meeting, right . Madam clerk, can you remind me. Did we have a b. L. A. Report already . Did we hear that already . Clerk yes. I believe you did. Chair fewer thank you very much. Today we have lydia eli from mohcd to answer some questions. Also whole slew of people to answer some questions. Ms. Eli, do you have a powerpoint . Yes, there we go. Yes. Very brief today. Since you all have seen this item indepth, at the last meeting, we just wanted to take this opportunity to clarify some questions that came up from the committee around the geographic equity initiative. And the distribution of the project that is proposed for funding, with the bonds across the city. So youll remember that this item is requests appropriation of funds. The first traunch of the 2019g. O. Bonds for Affordable Housing. We wanted to show you a distribution map of the project, just to start. And well give you a little bit more information about the actual list of projects that are proposed to be funded from this first tranche. But did i want to call to your attention the blue circles, which is a project proposed for funding in this bond, compared to the distribution of purple circles, which is our first 2015g. O. Bond. And youll see that there is quite a difference in terms of the concentration of projects in 2015, primarily in the central city, as compared to the 2019 project that youll see distributed across a wider geography of the city, specifically the western neighborhoods. Next slide, please. So the definition of geographical diversity, this is a new concept for the bond, really identifies those neighborhoods that have historically had limited Affordable Housing production or and or those neighborhoods that are facing a loss of affordable units. So thats really the framework that were working in when we talk about geographical diversity. So for this first tranche, for the first batch of projects in the 2019 bond, youll see were proposing to Fund Projects in eight of the 11 districts. This is a much wider distribution of projects than i believe we ever funded before. So youll see we have projects in every district except 2, 3, and 9. We have youll at the bottom. Of the list, a project for which were requesting Million Dollars in funds, we have not yet identified what that project is. Otherwise we have addressed that we have districts for all of the projects that are proposed to come out of this first traunch. Next slide, please, thank you. Its a little early to say what the future traunchs will be asking. This is the list as we know it today. Were adding projects in district 3 and district 9. That leaves only district 2 as the only district that were not going to be putting a project in. Things are changing a lot. If we go to the next slide, i can tell you some strategies that were continually using to pursue greater geographical diversity in our projects, like many city departments, were undertaking a Racial Equity initiative, through which well be looking at how we procure developers, how we identify sites, with the goal of having of targeting underserved communities and also bringing a larger group of developers to the table to participate in this work. And we reckon that doing so will result in greater geographical diversity. And, secondly, as i mentioned with all of the unknowns in the community, additional opportunities may arise that were not aware of now or adapt and reuse of other buildings. Were keeping a close eye out for the opportunities now. That is my presentation on this particular topic. Im happy to take any questions. Chair fewer thank you very much. Supervisor mandelman, i see you in the queue. Supervisor mandelman not so much for a question. Just a quick statement. I mean, i do want to thank the staff of the Mayors Office and the Community Development for their meeting with us over the last week. And frankly over the last couple of years. I know, supervisor. Supervisor fewer , you have engaged in similar conversations with them. You know, im prepared to vote for this item today. And i appreciate that mohcd understands that it is not good for San Francisco to be concentrating all of our Affordable Housing in a few neighborhoods. And, of course, my particular concern is with the district that i represent, which has had among the highest levels of eviction and displacement and yet has not seen, you know, commensurate production of new Affordable Housing. We do have some, you know, former Public Housing and some Affordable Housing from past efforts, but certainly not keeping pace with the evictions that weve seen over the last 20 years. And so i am you know, im willing im comfortable, though, voting for this. I dont know comfortable might be overstating this. I will be voting for this. But i do expect that in the future that we will do better in figuring out ways to create a more affordable Affordable Housing in other districts that have experienced or are experiencing displacement and eviction. And have not historically seen significant preservation or production. Chair fewer yeah. Thank you very much, supervisor. Thank you for your presentation, ms. Eli. What i intended to see in this presentation was not just about the sites, but really about how many units each is going to produce. And what is the allocation of the funds to each of the projects. And i think that also we get that type of information, this is this is drilling down i think also about an equity issue. I also want to say that i dont think that were looking at geography equity. I think what were looking at is geography balance. Because there are neighborhoods that have been harder hit than others. And they were hit actually much earlier than some other districts. And so, of course, i advocate for my own district, which is getting hit now. And were just maybe a little later in the game to experience this exstream gentrification and displacing many of my lowincome tenants. But i will say that unless we have an accounting, and i think this is what would be requested at the last budget meeting, was sites, but also an accounting of the funds. And so how much is being allocated to each of these projects and are we seeing some balance in the allocation of the funds. And so where a project might be giving us 50 units of Affordable Housing and another district could be giving us 250 units of Affordable Housing. That in itself is actually an imbalance. So i think for us to actually see and drill down, is to see really those numbers and quite frankly thats a little bit of what i expected to see today. I see that we have a whole bunch of people that are available for questions. Is there anyone in this lineup, joanne, benjamin, valerie, marissa, or any of these other folks that are able to answer those questions . Well, super