Compassion towards our youths here in San Francisco, especially from authorities. That definitely rooted down my approach to cannabis. In 2014, my brother was arrested for cannabis in new york city and sent to a year at wreckers island, and during that time period, we were looking at 3 to 7 years for him. He asked me to take over, potentially launch his business and i did. I took it over and i launched his cannabis business as a delivery service. I attended every meeting in oakland because what would the rollout look like . I asked the question every single time. How do people like my brother come back and how about those incarcerated not get shutout. If you had a conviction, you were not allowed to own a business. I started to realize that my testimonial of being in San Francisco started to harm those in oakland because they were also fighting this whole mass exodus, and feeling like their narratives are getting pushed out. So knowing that my business was in San Francisco and i mostly
Devices of meeting. Be advised that pagers and similar soundproducing devices are prohibited and please be advised the chair may order the removal of any person responsible for the use of a cell phone, pager or soundproducing device. Announcement of time allotment. Any member of the public has up to three minutes to make Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Commission Adopts a shorter period on any item. It is strongly recommended members ha wis who wish to addre commission, fill out a speaker card. Report on actions at a previously close session and there are to reportable actions. The next order of business is item 4, matters of Unfinished Business and no matters of Unfinished Business. The next order of business is item 4, matters of unfinished excuse me, the next order of business is item 5, matters of new business consistenting of consent and regular agenda. First a consent agenda, 5a, approval of minutes from september 17th, 2019. Mr. Chair . Madam secretary, any speake
Afternoon. Welcome to the october 1, 2019, regular meet ongoing meeting of the board of supervisors. Madame clerk, please call the roll . Brown present. Fewer present. Haney not present. Mandelman not present. Mar present. Peskin present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. Yee present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. 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. President yee on behas of of the board behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcript available to the public online. Madame clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. President yee please call the Consent Agenda. Clerk items 1 through 21 are on consent. Considered to be routine
Food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Violent Police and the december Desperate Community demanding justice. Im here to leverage those privileges to elevate the communities affected by these terrible policies. Thank you. Next speaker. Chair ronen, supervisors walton, mar, fewer, hello. Im a fifth generation San Francisco native. Im an alum of usf where i received my mba. I want to be on the Cannabis Oversight Committee because i want to be an access asset to the city of San Francisco and all of you, through collaboration, using my experience, and through my deep commitment to the community here in the city i love. I
Interject halfway through, a little more than halfway through and just really thank everyone for their incredible commitment and willingness to serve in this capacity. Well, thank you. Any other questions . Supervisor fewer thank you. Thanks again. Supervisor ronen hello. My name is ryan miller. I also want to acknowledge the excellent candidacy from this crowd. I also want to mention that theres some powerhouses on deck here. So standby. [ please stand by ] our veterans of color, low income, disabled, food insecure, many with Substance Abuse, with former incarceration and were experiencing transformative results. Were shifting bitter crow money johns to warm members of our community and these are the most vulnerable citizens we have here in San Francisco. Ive been working with the senator for the past two years to get this bill passed at the state level. Its currently on the governors desk and its received unanimous approval from the legislature. I also advocated for multiple cities a