Merchants that rely on sale to support their family. I am happy that supervisor walton said well have a working group and i would love to be a part of that, because i think district 5 and i think district 3 has the most of those mom and pop stores that sell this and so, i want to be at the table. For every adult that uses ecigarettes to stop smoking or cut back on nicotine, dozens of children start and that stopped me cold because when i think that if we would have taken a stand, the city would have taken a stand, 50, 30, 20 years ago, we took a stand against big tobacco, we might not have had a lot of adults that are struggling now to try to stop smoking, to try to stop taking nicotine. And also their health issues. So im here with my colleagues to take a stand with big tobacco because we should not let them look for other, especially the union, be able to let them get them addicted and think of the health costs and what will happen to our youth. It is unacceptable. So thank you for bringing this forward. And definitely want to stand with all my colleagues on this. Supervisor mendelman. Like some of my colleagues, i had reservations about this measure, but at our hearing at Public Safety and neighborhood services, we heard very compelling testimony from folks in the american heart association, professors and many people coming forward to say that no, vaping is not harm reduction, that as supervisor brown said, that much of the progress made in reducing nicotine addiction and people using cigarettes is eroded toward people rushing towards ecigarettes. Im convinced over the shortterm, at least, until the fda evaluates this product, its a reasonable thing for San Francisco and totally consistent with our Public Health goals to move forward with this legislation. The lingering concern i did have at the end of that hearing was around potential impacts on Small Businesses and particularly on the grocers and i want to thank supervisor walltop and supervisor fuer for your work to reach out to those grocers and to do more than just off them hopes and prayers as we did in the past but to get this working Group Going Forward and to then come forward with an actual package that may help some of the businesses survive in a tough economic environment that, frankly, this legislation will make tougher. Supervisor haniny . Thank you, president. I will be supporting this legislation. Thank you supervisor walton and City Attorney hererra for your leadership on this. I do think that from a Public Health perspective, particularly when you have a product that does not have fda approval for marketing, that as supervisor mendleman said, this is an important regulation to protect our residents. We have seen an explosion of the use of ecigarettes by union and being able to put in regulations that prevent that and address that are critical for our city. I also represent a district that has many small grocers. I wasnt trying to compete there, but i live within a block of, i think, four or five, and theyve talked to me about this. Theyve come in and spoken to me about it and from their perspective, they need to be able to survive here in a very tough economic climate. And when we keep on changing the rules of the game, it makes it hard for them. So i hope that this working group is something that has concrete commitments and resources and i want to thank supervisor fuer for your leadership on this because i think they felt like weve given lip service to some of this over time as weve made change and not actually followed through. I think many of them would be fully willing to sell other things or take certain supports to have produce or all of the things they want to have a positive impact on the people they serve and on the community, theyre willing to do, but they need our help. But you have my commitment to work with you on this and thank you for your courage in taking this on. But it will take some additional followthrough to get this right and i think thats what weve heard from all of our colleagues here. So im happy to support it. I think that this makes sense when you have a product like this thats not fda approved but at the same time we have work to support everyone who will be impact. Ed. Supervisor safye. Thank you. I think when this came to my attention i was shocked that this company and others that do vaping had never gone through the fda approval process. I think a lot of the members of the public and those that are out there probably are still in disbelief. This company grew overnight and now valued almost at 20 billion. It shows you how profitable this is and lets call it what it is. Its a replacement for nicotine delivery. When i sat with representatives of the company, i asked simple questions. They were pitching the idea that this was an alternative to the patch, the gum and im not a smoker. I dont have any interaction in understanding of that, but i said, well, can you walk into a store and off the shelf grab the patch and the gum . And their answer was no. I said what do you need to do . They said its behind lock and key. I said, would you be interested in being behind lock and key and oh, absolutely not. That sums up what this is about. This is about accessibility and nick seen inicotine in the fast. Its about online sales and getting them into the hands of the next generation of addicted users. I have to sympathy for that. I want to echo the fact that we just got a report from the office of Small Business that talked about the loss of revenue sales that are projected and i understand the Small Business owners have invested money, time, effort and energy into the second round in terms of flavoured tobacco moving to vaping. Its all under the same theme and were trying to protect the Publics Health and doing it in such a way we think its helpful. This is not an outright ban but an opportunity for this company and others to go and seek fda approval and then maybe have a conversation with the city about the true process by which people can buy that, which is maybe behind lock and key. Maybe some other way in the future, but right now, it is as easy as clicking purchase online. There is no verification, there is no interest in determining how old the purchaser is. Even if there were, its easy to work with someone to purchase and get it delivered to your house. This is about thinking about the next generation of users and thinking about protecting the Overall Health and sending a message to the rest of the state and the country to follow our lead. This is an important step in the conversation of protecting Public Health. And similar to what we did recently in this chamber when it came to mitigating effects of construction from the sfmta on Small Business, we can do the exact same thing. We can have a conversation about creating the fund and helping the Small Business owners and grocers. Theyre an important part of the fabric in San Francisco. I know all of those that have cornerstone grocers that to that hard work, we want to help them survive. So thank you for bringing this forward and thank you for all of the thoughtful comments. I think the debate is operate straightforward and clear. This is about Public Health. Before i ask supervisor walton to speak again, i want to say thank you supervisor walton, for introducing these items. Colleagues, it is a to brainer we should support the tobacco on city property. The legislation, however, to restrict a sale, manufacturer and distribution of ecigarettes lead to some robust policy and discussions. Like many of us, my colleagues, i met with the Small Business community, namely the grossers, the owners of grocerrers and i want to recognise their plight. I know families put everything into their businesses but times have greatly changed. Our Corner Stores used to be a onestop shop for everything, milk, egg and other products. Over time, there has become more reliance on unhealthy and dangerous products making these stores vile. Viable and this isa good option but that is the reality. As i think more about how retail has changed and the challenges these predominantly immigrant businesses face, i come back to this moral dilemma how would i feel if a retailer came to me to ask me my opposition to ban assault rifles knowing how dangerous assault rifles are to make a profit. I know that for some, this is a stretch, but we truly do not know the full consequences of the products that are marketed as safer alternatives to traditional cigarettes. We have to recognise this is a greater Public Health issue. This legislation alone will not prevent, entirely prevent union vaping, but we hope it is a start and, perhaps, the fact that we have created Public Discourse about the potential dangers of this product is moving us in the better direction. Young people growing addicted to nicotine, we need to reverse this trend of new products. Im in full support to to protect the brick and mortar stands to find other ways of making a living. So i want to thank supervisor fuer, in pushing this issue and with supervisor walton joining and im glad youre taking this step because i was really in many ways concerned. Having grown up, having a small grocer in my family, so to the Business Community, i want you to know that as a city, we must do more for you. But we also immediat need to dee the safety of the products we allow in our marketplace. So i would love, if you dont mind, supervisor walltop waltonn you as a cosponsor. Thank you so much, president yi and i wanted to thank the City Attorney for his cosponsorship and for his hard fight to protect our young people, as well. And also, natalie g and my whole staff for working closely with the supervisors and other aids on this legislation. Of course, my colleagues, sponsor and everyone who really did have conversations with the Business Community and really come up with thoughtful ideas in ways that we can help to support them and well continue to do that. Well formalize the conversation and its not going to be empty or broken promise, well do some things that will be beneficial to Small Business and as i was talking about earlier, the support of Small Business community is not just about ecigarettes and the ban on ecigarettes but time for us to step up and do things differently so that Small Businesses can thrive in San Francisco. So i want the Small Business community to know that you have my commitment for us to do that. Thank you so much. Colleagues, im just going to look at you when i say that, can we take these items, same look, same call . Without objection, the ordinance on First Reading unanimously. We are passed our 2 30 accommodation and so madam clerk, can you please call our special order of 2 30. Its now time to celebrate pride and meet the boards 2019 lgbtq honourees. Were honouring pride month. Welcome, everybody, to the Board Chamber to celebrate the diverse activitdiversity of our beautifl community. Before i turn it over, i know there might be people waiting outside that is waiting for this item. And somehow, if youre not involved with this particular item, which will take about 45 minutes, i think we would appreciate it if you could just leave the chamber for that moment so that we could i should bring in the honourees. That would be well appreciated. So i think we have a bunch of people outside. Thank you, president yi and thank you to everywhere who has come out for todays celebration of the pride month. Happy pride, everyone as the gay honour board of supervisors, it has been my honour to invite my colleagues to select a queer person or organization to honour today and earlier, we had a reception for the amazing fabulous honouree and what a fantastic group it is. This june marks the 49t 49th anniversary of the first pride parade in sanfrancisco and 50th anniversary of the stone rightride riots. Although the stonewall riots are credited with igniting the Lgbtq Movement in San Francisco and supervisor hainey will back me up, we know the Queer Movement started a few blocks from this building, when it was a ride if the tenderloin. This has chosen as a theme generations of resistance which i love. The theme is an important remindedder that the legal and cultural progress has been hard fought generations in the making and still far from finished. The historic investment in housing for transpeople in this years budget is happening because generations of trans women like miss major and Jenetta Johnson would not back down, not at the cafetaria, not at the stonewall in and not know. The progress they have made to new hiv infections is the legacy of generations. Longterm survivors like cleve jones and harry bro who i honoured two weeks ago here and so many activists who didnt make it. They and their caregivers demanded that the politicians acknowledge and respond to the plague that the pharmaceutical Companies Make their livesaving medications broadly available and that governments across the land and across the world respond to the epidemic with science and love rather than fear and hate. Growing up, i could not have imagined the incredible strides that the Queer Community would make in the past several decades. I was especially struck by this last night as i attended identity and pride, youth exploration of self, which is an Art Exhibition of the interfor artcentre forthe arts done in s. These young artists, some as youngs as six created themes of identities and expression using pride flags that once had flown on Market Street as part of our annual celebrations. Most of the kids are not queer but in some way that makes the exhibition more powerful. In San Francisco, in 2019, straight and queer kids and boys and Girls Club Art classes used rainbow flags to tell stories of all different identities. How cool is that . You know what else is cool . Our amazing honourees who will you will learn more about. I want to thank each of the honourees who my colleagues have selected for service to our city and our community and i want to thank the hardworking folks in my office, tom temprano, kyle smeeley and ethan for all of their work on todays events. I also want to acknowledge biright and sam moganham forked food and coborae for a shot in the city photography who took what im sure will be an amazing photo making us look good. So with that, i will do the first commen com men co commende sisters. [cheers and applause] they are 40 years young. It is their 40th anniversary. [cheers and applause] a sharp sense of humour a a commitment to celebrating the Queer Community can make a tremendous impact. The sisters of per pettual indulgence a Nonprofit Organization using drag to call attention to important queer issues and causes. It was in response to the mastro clone culture and they got a large response as they went. They produced a safer sex pamphlet and leading the first candlelit vigil. They spear headed the light campaign. Window signs marking safe homes to run to in the instance of an attack were distributed throughout San Francisco. The sisters continue to contribute safety whistles today. Sister boomboom raised a number of issues in her campaign and finishing ninth among 24 candidates. Boomboom then set her sights on mayor diane fin dianne feinsteit and passed the o ordinance for running under an assumed name. Oh, board of supervisors [ laughter ] the sisters who called out homophobic positions taken by the church found themselves on the other side of protests and editorials decrying use of imagery. The groups to protest the handgun hunky jesus contest, they called it. The mother house and dozens have sprung up from alabama to australia. From their first walk to the castro in 1979 to the currentday headquarters on castro street, district eight has proudly been the sisters home base for the last 40 years and many of their signature events including the contest in dedeloris park. Advocacy fundraising and Community Advertising may not be the glamorous work but the nones of the indulgence showed it can be done with whit, style and glamour. Its an honour to have them with us. On behalf of the board of supervisors, i would like to thank the sisters for our 40 years of service and invite sister until the next time to say a few word on behalf of the group. Theyr[cheers and applause] a very famous politician, she said something that completely marked our history forever. She said that every time i look at the sisters, i see red. I see danger. And now we are here four years later and Everybody Loves the sisters. [ laughter ] so i think we did well. I think weve come a long way and i hope with this, we can serve our community for another four years and do our service to the community the best way we can. Thank you. [cheers and applause] please stand by. Jason and i bonded on a recent trip to israel in march. Both of us, italianamericans, and raised catholic, we had much in common and found ourselves glued at the hip, sitting by each other on the bus, eating pizza at a mall in jerusalem, sharing the best falafel ever in tel aviv, which actually was the best falafel ever, but most importantly, sharing our struggles with the crap Catholic Church what it meant for him to come out and what it meant for my sister to come out in our catholic families. Being in the holy land together his part conversations, of course, being in