Thank you for being here this afternoon. Last night was the 52nd consecutive night of violent activity in Downtown Portland, targeting federal facilities and federal properties. Mainly the federal courthouse. The departments mission is very clear. We are charged with protecting federal facilities across the country. We have been protecting the courthouse in Downtown Portland since 1997 when it first opened. We began to see a rise in violent activity targeting federal facilities in late may in portland, coinciding with the death of george floyd. Let me reiterate that the department fully supports those who wish to peacefully protest. Let me say this again. We support and we will protect those who want to peacefully protest. Unfortunately what we are seeing in portland every night, roughly from midnight to 4 30 or 5 00 a. M. , is a complete opposite. Again, what is occurring in portland in the early hours of every morning is not peaceful protesting. These individuals are organized and th
Against protesters in portland, oregon. He was joined by the acting customs and Border Protection commissioner mark morgan. Thank you for being here this afternoon. Last night was the 52nd consecutive night of violent activity in Downtown Portland, targeting federal facilities and federal properties. Mainly the federal courthouse. The departments mission is very clear. We are charged with protecting federal facilities across the country. We have been protecting the courthouse in Downtown Portland since 1997 when it first opened. We began to see a rise in violent activity targeting federal facilities in late may in portland, coinciding with the death of george floyd. Let me reiterate that the department fully supports those who wish to peacefully protest. Let me say this again. We support and we will protect those who want to peacefully protest. Unfortunately what we are seeing in portland every night, roughly from midnight to 4 30 or 5 00 a. M. , is a complete opposite. Again, what is
Here. A commissioner falzon. Here. We have a quorum and before we do the first order of business, i want to acknowledge that today or this week is Deputy Director acevedos oneyear anniversary with the Entertainment Commission. Already . First of all, i cant believe its been one year. I would have said its been like five months because it is so quickly. And i cant remember what we did without you. So thank you for the work this year. And i cant even remember. I think that director wyland did an incredible job and you have brought a lot of things into order that is very much appreciated. So thank you. So the first order of business is for Public Comment for any item not on the regular agenda. Seeing none, my cell phone says that Public Comment is closed. Next, agenda item is number 2 which is approval of the minutes from november 5, 2019. Do we have a motion to i a prove the minutes . An ill raise the motion. Second. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes from november 5, 2019 . We c
Quickly. And i cant remember what we did without you. So thank you for the work this year. And i cant even remember. I think that director wyland did an incredible job and you have brought a lot of things into order that is very much appreciated. So thank you. So the first order of business is for Public Comment for any item not on the regular agenda. Seeing none, my cell phone says that Public Comment is closed. Next, agenda item is number 2 which is approval of the minutes from november 5, 2019. Do we have a motion to i a prove the minutes . An ill raise the motion. Second. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes from november 5, 2019 . We can vote. A commissioner perez. Aye. President bleiman. Aye. Commissioner lee lee. Aye. Commissioner falzon. Aye. The next item is the executive director report. Normally i say thank you, president bleiman, but i am not sure after that intro. Just kidding. Good evening, commissioners. I wanted to provide a brief update about the Holiday Party th
Be thinking they can drive around smoking weed. I dont need to be a dispenser, but i do need to benefit from the aftermath of the war on drugs. Thank you. [applause] good morning, my name is rami. I am an equity applicant. The citys concern for this piece of clean up legislation is in vain until funds are dispersed from the Community Investment fund through the office of cannabis for the purposes of workforce development, commercial real estate, and investment funding. Thank you. Thank you. If there are any other members of the public that would like to speak, please line up so we can go one right after the other. Thank you. Next speaker. Good morning supervisorser terrance allen, served as your three year chair of the Cannabis Legalization Task force. Ive been taking time to build my own equity business in the castro. I come before you because there are three legs that youre hearing the Community Speak of. One is the need to release and invest in the equity programs that you all estab