Acknowledge the mould work that the developers and the community have done here. And i think it is a sign that neighbourhoods that some might think are resist tanlts to more housing and dense housing is untrue and i was pleased to hear her speak about her support for raising what would have been 100 Development Unit to [inaudible]. And i wanted full recommendation that i wanted to speak is because there is a bill thats been introduced in the state senate, senate bill 827, that would really take away some of the zoning powers that local municipalities like San Francisco have had now since the beginning of time and heres Proof Positive that we dont need an sb827, we know how to hand it locally and ill be introducing a measure at the board of supervisors tomorrow and hope to get the support of my colleagues in opposing sb827 as the league of cities has already done and as l. A. Is preparing to do. And with that, i would like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with recommendation. Thank you. And before we do that, supervisor safai . I was just going to make a motion to congratulate supervisor stefani on one of the first pieces of legislation that shes able to lead on and something she started on when she was an aide. Thats pretty great. And also to have neighbourhood support to take something that was diminuitive in the overall context of whats needed in San Francisco to make it an impactful project without having negative impacts on the neighbourhood is commendable. I commend the neighbourhood leaders and developer and our new supervisor on a wonderful project to begin her term on the board with. Thank you very much. Ill second that motion. Ok. And i mean, personally im a little bummed that it wasnted home s. F. That we were using. But this is a better project for the neighbourhood. There was a motion to send forth with positive recommendation to the full board. Well do that without objection. Before we move on to item two, i neglected to ask if we could have a motion to excuse supervisor kim or do we need to do that . Yes. Motion to excuse supervisor kim from committee and supervisor peskin is replacing her. Motion, someone. So moved. Well do that without objection. [laughter] all right. Item two, please. Ordinance amending the planning code to regulate restaurant and bar uses in the Jackson Square special use district, broadway neighbourhood commercial district, north beach neighbourhood commercial district and the north beach special use district aming the Jackson Square special use district to require a conditional use permit for office uses, Business Services and Institutional Uses fronting on pacific avenue. Thank you. Well turn it over to our sponsor, supervisor peskin. Thank you, madame chair. Supervisor safai. This is an ordinance that contains a number of nonsubstantial cleanup amendments to the broadway, north beach n. C. D. S and north beach s. U. D. Zoning tables. Principally the ordinance contains amendments to the Jackson Square special use district relative to a increasing number of rest rhawns, limited restaurants and bar uses in the area. This limited control on bars and restaurants already exists in other parts of the Northeast Corner of the city. Particularly in the north beach n. C. D. Which saw a huge number of additional restaurants and bar answer oversaturation within its bound ris and in north beach in particular, those controls have helped to minimize speculative commercial rent practices in the neighbourhood and cultivate and maintain a diverse array of retail and other community services. So the folks in Jackson Square wanted the same thing. Jackson square has the largest number of pre1870 commercial buildings in the city. Its a very small discrete geography that encompass about five blocks and has an increasing number of residential units within it. And in that small geography, currently there are 17 bars and restaurants sprinkled among an array of unique and thriving ground floor commercial uses. It includes architectural philip morrisser and antique stores and emerging community of tailors and retail clothing establishments. Im very happy to say around the conversation of the Amazon Effect and whats happening in retail in general, the vacancy rate in Jackson Square as well as north beach remained quite healthy as set forth in the planning departments staff report. So long story short, we dont have a we have a healthy vacancy rate and its the threat of restaurants and bars that can afford higher rents and are displacing the mix of art gallery and retail spaces that this legislation addresses also the legislative file for this matter didnt include several letters of support, most of which went to the Planning Commission when they heard and recommended this without modification on january 11. And ive included those colleagues in handouts ive given you and they are now part of the board packet. You will see letters there, including from the Small Business commission, that unanimously voighteded in favour of the legislation without modification as well as letters from the Jackson SquareHistoric District association, which is a combination of businesses and residential letters as well as from homeowners associations in the area asking for our support. And with, that colleague, i respectfully request your support for this item. Thank you. Supervisor safai. Just to clarify i know you said this pretty clearly but i want to understand this is to protect the area from additional restaurant and bars coming in and displacing existing restaurant bars and other uses or to ensure that existing retail that is nonrestaurant bars and uses are why dont we have Diego Sanchez come up and give the staff report. I just wanted to note, madame chair, that our former board member, bevan duffty is in the chambers. Welcome. Supervise so as mentioned, the Planning Commission heard this ordinance on january 11 of this year. They voted 61 in support of the ordinance without any modification so as proposed by supervisor peskin. The commission believes that the existing retail conditions in Jackson Square are working. It is an interesting and Historic Place with attractive retail and sufficient eating and drinking places as well as the voe vacancy rate. The ordinance will help keep whats working, working. And supervisor, if you could repeat did you have a question my question was, so i understand the use that you are trying to the existing uses do you want to jump in, aaron . Sure. If you look to page four, which is section 249. 25, this is one about intensification and increase in Square Footage and, two, youll see that section two subb, which is conditional uses says restaurant, limited restaurants and bars uses may be permitted as a conditional use on the first story through the procedures set forth in section 303, which is the conditional use section of the code. Only if the Zoning Administrator first determines that the proposed new restaurant, limited restaurant or bar would occupy a space as currently or last legally occupied by one of the uses described below and those uses are a bar, a restaurant, a limited restaurant. So, bottom line, the answer to your question is that bars and restaurants may replace bars and restaurants but may not displace retail uses. Got it. Ok. So i can i make something for any of the rest raufnls, bars or other use similar to that, that cant locate here, theyre welcomed to come to my district. Because were encouraging those. [laughter] and the sunset. Outter sunset. Because we have a higher vacancy rate ands are a little bit more in demand, i made this joke during cannabis and i think it is a nice leadin because we talked about it limiting the uses and the amount of licenses around the city. But type 47 licenses, i think we have five in our district and maybe one of those is really being used in the appropriate manner. So, anyone just for the record that wants to use their type 47 license, come to the excelsior district 11 and i fully support this piece of legislation. And supervisor safai will offer a finders fee. And by the way, i wish we had these problems in district 11. [laughter] did toe. All right. Any members of the public who wish to speak on item number two, please come up. Ok. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Supervisor p esskin . Id like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with recommendation. All right. Well do that without objection. Thank you. Item three, please. Ordinance amending the planning code by revising zoning map sheet zn06 to rezone assessors parcel block number ab2719c lot number 23 located at burnette avenue and burnette avenue north from public to residential mixed district, low dense tiff rm1, rezoning a portion of burnette avenue north, generally bounded by ab2745 lot number 36 and ab2719c, lot number 023 to rm1. Thank you very much. Supervisor peskin . I see supervisor sheehys staff. I spoke to him earlier and understand that they would like this item continued. Well let holden couple and speak to that. Hi, good afternoon, chair tang and members of the confirm im here on behalf of supervisor sheehys office and we would like to continue this item at the call of the chair. And john gibner, the city Deputy Attorney is here to answer any questions that you might have. How about explain why we have to continue this item. Sure. Deputy City Attorney john gibner. This item is part of a package of legislation thats connected to a litigation thats pending in the oversight committee. The plan is to have that settlement ordinance move forward along with this ordinance and additional piece of legislation thats not yet been introduced to vacate the street. So, once that piece of shesing introduced, well work with the Clerks Office and supervisor sheehys office and your office to get everything schedule sod they move together. Great. Thank you for that. Lets open up item number three to Public Comments, then. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. A motion to continue to call the chair for item three. Ok. Thank you. Well do that without objection. Item four, please. Hearing on the year two report of the Cannabis State Legalization Task force to report. Thank you very much. This item was sponsored by or is sponsored by supervisor cohen. I dont know if someone was going to come and make opening remarks or just call on mr. Allen here. Ok. Mr. Terrence allen. Thank you, madame chair. I have copies at the request of the clerk ofpt presentation that i would like to make available to the committee members. If we could have the slide, please. Thank you. I would like the begin with some introduction, if i may. My name is Terrence Allen. Im pleased to be the chair of the committee, but im actually one of three cochairs and i would like to introduce now my two cochairs who sit behind me. Sarah payen, who sits at the seat for two years of cannabis legislative advocacy and jen garcia, our labour advocate. Were also joined by Nicole Elliott in the box as im inclined to call it. [laughter] nicole is now the director of the office of cannabis and, as the task force will be moving from its facilitation role with the department of Public Health to the office of cannabis, this is the perfect time for this marriage to be introduced to you, the board as it was your idea to come up with this task force. In doing this, the department of Public Health and their role shifts. They are now deeply involved in all the Regulatory Framework, but it would be a mistake not to recognize israel rivera and gretchen poly who worked within the department for over twoyears to bring these issues forward in a comprehensive way. And in concluding my introductions, michelle and janine from harter company have been instrumenttal in bring us forward in a legal fashion so the continuety of each topic item can be brought forward to its conclusion and theyre joined by tim morrison who will be part of the team for this year. With, that those are my thank yous. And if i get the right buttton. Ok. I had one too many buttness to pushed. We have to begin by taking a look at what is the task force, what did it do in year two and what is its vision in year three. So, the task force had in its purpose the early job of facile tating a conversation between the community, the Department Heads and the city. This was prior to understanding that we were going to have any legislation, let alone a valid proposal passed. This was to set up the mayor and supervise source and city departments. As we refined this over time, were now proposing that the year three goal be that the task force recommend and review policy in three main topic areas, regulatory, land use and social justice inequity and well get to that. We friended on year one. You are now being presented on year two. And lets look at year two in review. So year two in review builds on year one. Year one we had no Legal Framework in which to work. We decided as a task force that Public Safety and social environment were key as well as land use and social justice and regulation and city agency framework. As this process evolved, they became more formalized and youll note they followed the legislation that you ultimately passed this past year. Retail, licensing, actually here in the city were calling it permiting. So retail permiting. Nonretail permiting. What impact it has on land use, what changes you need to make and of course the allimportant equity and social justice component. That was our year one and year two framework. Out of those framework documents came 98 recommendations and about two thirds of those recommendations made it into your legislative and law making process. We thank you for those tours and thank you for participating in all thes work that was required to be able to get months and months of input from the task force and combine it down into a few sentences that you could use in your process. Were proud to have been part of that and the success has shown in that slide. Now we go into the meat and potatoes of what were doing. We start with nonretail licensing and im going to introduce sarah, my cochair, and will talk about nonretail licensing and what that permiting system looks like here in the city. Thank you, terrence. In year two, the task force discussed nonretail licensing and made 29 recommendations. Number five, priority licensing. We recommend that existing permit holders in good staj or have been displaced as a result of federal intervention to receive priority processing and licensing status in the city and county of San Francisco. Mmhmm. This recommendation should not conflict with social justice prioritized permiting processing recommendations. Number two, new local licensing. We agreed that in addition to state defined license types, the following local license type should be created. A virtually dispensary which would be a physical location use for delivery with no walkin retail, manufacturing 6b special cook license, consumption lounge where one can bring their own products, whether that be entertainment, restaurants, yoga studio or gym and temporary event that include cannabis cups, cultural venezuelas and Farmers Market examples. It should be noted the above licenses will not include retail activity except in the case of micro businesses. Consumption lounges and temporary event should be allowed in San Francisco. The city should look into whether a license is necessary in these cases. From an advocacy stand point and social justice stand point and also compassion, consumption lounges support safe access for patients using cannabis who might use their housing if they medicate on the premise. As weve seen on the dispensary side, safe access to cannabis lowers usage rates of opiats of which use is epidemic in our country. Whoops. Excuse me. For social equity, Workforce Development and Business Ownership, 26 states excuse me for one second. Im sorry. Excuse me. Are you moving the slides . Because the slides arent moving. Oh, my slides arent moving there. We go. Just so thank you so much. We can follow along, but the viewers will not be. Sorry about that. Social equity, Workforce Development and Business Ownership. So, for retail licensing im sorry. In our discussion on retail licensing, we made 44 recommendations. Im sorry. I think i really did no, im sorry. We are actually back in the old slide. We were talking about consumption under that as well. Because that is talk about temporary event and Farmers Markets, for example. They should be allowed. Im sorry about that. Here we go. So woe are talk about consumption lounges in both of these areas, the nonretailz and the retail because the nonretail would be a lounge where you are able to bring your own cannabis to consume. So, there wouldnt be any purchasing involved in that when we are looking at People Living in section eight housing, lowincome individual, they shouldnt have to be pressured to purchase merchandise in other words to have a safe consumption area. And then were going to 11. License portability. San francisco should issue local nonretail license toss the operate tors and take steps to ensure that the licenses are portable so that we may close a loophole allowing takovers of alreadyestablishe