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Department of Public Health to implement an ongoing public health education campaign about the safe consumption and health benefits of cannabis; 16) requiring the Controller to submit a report to the Board of Supervisors within one year of the effective date of Article 16 recommending whether the issuance of cannabis business permits should be subject to any limits; 17) establishing an Equity Operator Fund to receive any monies appropriated for the purpose of assisting Equity Operators; 18) eliminating the duty of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to send letters annually to state and federal officials requesting that cannabis be regulated and taxed; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Supervisor Fewer, seconded by Supervisor Tang, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, in Section 1602 by amending the definitions; in Section 1605 by amending the transition provisions; in Section 1618 by removing the requirement for a fire proof safe; and Section 1624(b)(3) by changing ‘Health and Safety Code’ to ‘Business and Professions Code. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: None
amendment
ng cannabis under the authority of a medical cannabis dispensary permit, starting April 1, 2018; 14) establishing a sunset date of December 31, 2018, for Article 33 of the Health Code (“Medical Cannabis Act”); 15) requiring the Department of Public Health to implement an ongoing public health education campaign about the safe consumption and health benefits of cannabis; 16) requiring the Controller to submit a report to the Board of Supervisors within one year of the effective date of Article 16 recommending whether the issuance of cannabis business permits should be subject to any limits; 17) establishing an Equity Operator Fund to receive any monies appropriated for the purpose of assisting Equity Operators; 18) eliminating the duty of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to send letters annually to state and federal officials requesting that cannabis be regulated and taxed; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Fewer, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED in Article 16, Section 1606(a), by changing ‘January 1, 2019’ to ‘January 1, 2020.' The motion FAILED by the following vote:
Ayes: Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Yee
Noes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Safai, Sheehy, Tang
rescission
Supervisor Tang, seconded by Supervisor Cohen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: None
amendment
is Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, in Article 16, Section 1606(a), by striking ‘Prior to January 1, 2019’ and adding ‘Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section 1606, the’, Section 1606(2) by adding ‘prior to the effective date of the ordinance, in Board File Number 171042, establishing this Article 16’, and Section 1606(a)(5) by striking ‘prior to September 26, 2017’ and adding ‘and received approval from the Planning Commission prior to the effective date of the ordinance, in Board File No. 171042, establishing this Article 16’, and adding a new Section 1606 ‘(b) The Director may award a Cannabis Business Permit to an Applicant that does not meet the criteria set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 1606 if the total number of Cannabis Business Permits awarded to Equity Applicants in the permit category sought by the Applicant has reached 50% of the City and County of San Francisco Page 871 Printed at 1:11 pm on 1/3/18 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/28/2017 total number of Cannabis Business Permits awarded in that permit category.’; and Section 1610 by striking ‘(1), (2), and (3)’. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: None
amendment
Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Tang, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, in Article 33, Section 3322, by adding a new subsection ‘(4) Submits to the Director a “Good Neighbor Policy,” as described in subsection (b)(19) of Section 1609 of the Police Code, and a “Security Plan,” as defined in Section 1602 of the Police Code, along with written verification from the Office of Cannabis that the Director of the Office of Cannabis, or his or her designee, has determined that the policy and plan are adequate to enhance public safety and neighborhood needs.’ The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: Fewer
amendment
Supervisor Sheehy, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, in Article 16, Section 1618(aa), by adding ‘In addition, Cannabis Cultivation Facilities and Cannabis Manufacturing Facilities may provide Medicinal Cannabis and/or Medicinal Cannabis Products at no or nominal cost to Storefront Cannabis Retailers, for distribution through a Compassion Program.’ The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: None
amendment
Supervisor Cohen, seconded by Supervisor Sheehy, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. Before the vote was taken, Supervisor Cohen, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved to revise the motion to AMEND by adding additional requirements regarding age limits for employees, and striking 'exclusively' from Section 10.100. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: None
amendment
Drugs, by striking ‘exclusively’ in the ‘Use of Funds’; by amending Article 33, Section 3322, by changing the start date to the effective date of the Ordinance, requiring MCDs that convert to have 30% of workforce, requiring MCDs to complete an Equity Plan before conversion, and requiring a good faith effort to comply with the Equity Plan before authorization to sell adult use cannabis; by amending Section 1609(b)(25) by requiring a progress report for existing MCDs on compliance with the Equity Plan; amending Section 1615(e)(4) by allowing denial of an adult use permit if the MCD has not made a good faith effort to comply with the Equity Plan; and amending Section 1633(a)(9) by allowing suspension or revocation of a permit if Equity Incubators have failed to make a good faith effort to implement their Plan; and in Article 16, Section 1618(o), by striking ‘No Cannabis Business that is an M-licensee may employ an individual who is not at least 18 years of age. Where a Cannabis Business is both an A-licensee and an M-licensee, if may not employ an individual who is not at least 21 years of age.’ and adding ‘, unless authorized by state law.’ The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: None
amendment
City and County of San Francisco Page 872 Printed at 1:11 pm on 1/3/18 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/28/2017 Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Cohen, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, by further amending Section 1609(b)(21)(C) by striking reference to those applicants who have been awarded. The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: None
first-reading
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, Tang, Yee
Noes: Safai