# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 5, 2017 - Meeting date: 2017-12-05 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 29 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/478/2017-12-05-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=578667&GUID=7C609E75-286F-46F2-B8E9-D1166111C60B) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 170882: Resolution of Intention to Issue Bonds Related to Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District No. 2 (Hoedown Yard, Pier 70) - Pages: 6-7 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 170882 [Resolution of Intention to Issue Bonds Related to Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District No. 2 (Hoedown Yard, Pier 70)] Sponsors: Mayor; Cohen Resolution of Intention to issue bonds for City and County of San Francisco Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District No. 2 (Hoedown Yard); and determining other matters in connection therewith. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Cohen, seconded by Supervisor Farrell, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, by noting that IRFD Law provides that the legislative body may add territory to a district or amend the infrastructure financing plan, adding language clarifying how future annexations of property shall occur, and fixing the date of the special election and public hearing to April 17, 2018. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee - Vote 2: amendment - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 899 Printed at 1:26 pm on 1/17/18 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/5/2017 Resolution of intention to issue bonds for City and County of San Francisco Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District No. 2 (Hoedown Yard, Pier 70); determining other matters in connection therewith; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination, and making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Cohen, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Resolution be RE-REFERRED AS AMENDED to the Budget and Finance Committee. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee ### File 171041: Planning Code - Cannabis Regulation - Pages: 7-8 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 171041 [Planning Code - Cannabis Regulation] Sponsors: Mayor; Sheehy Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) regulate cannabis land uses, including, among other things, adult use cannabis retail, Medical Cannabis Dispensaries, delivery-only services, manufacture of cannabis products, cannabis cultivation, and cannabis testing; 2) allow Medical Cannabis Dispensaries in additional zoning districts; 3) establish a land use process for the conversion of existing Medical Cannabis Dispensaries to Cannabis Retail establishments; 4) establish location and operating conditions for cannabis uses; 5) repeal Ordinance No. 186-17, which limited the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in Supervisorial District 11; 6) delete superseded Planning Code provisions; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and public necessity, convenience and welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. Ordinance No. 229-17 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, Tang, Yee - Noes: Safai ### File 171042: Various Codes - Regulation of Cannabis Businesses - Pages: 8-9 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: pensaries to sell adult use cannabis for a period of 120 days, starting January 1, 2018, and prohibiting medical cannabis dispensaries from cultivating 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. Ordinance No. 230-17 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, Tang, Yee - Noes: Safai ## Extracted text ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/478/2017-12-05-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/5/2017 Resolution of intention to issue bonds for City and County of San Francisco Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District No. 2 (Hoedown Yard, Pier 70); determining other matters in connection therewith; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination, and making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Cohen, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Resolution be RE-REFERRED AS AMENDED to the Budget and Finance Committee. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee Referred Without Recommendation from the Land Use and Transportation Committee President Breed requested File Nos. 171041 and 171042 be called together. 171041 [Planning Code - Cannabis Regulation] Sponsors: Mayor; Sheehy Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) regulate cannabis land uses, including, among other things, adult use cannabis retail, Medical Cannabis Dispensaries, delivery-only services, manufacture of cannabis products, cannabis cultivation, and cannabis testing; 2) allow Medical Cannabis Dispensaries in additional zoning districts; 3) establish a land use process for the conversion of existing Medical Cannabis Dispensaries to Cannabis Retail establishments; 4) establish location and operating conditions for cannabis uses; 5) repeal Ordinance No. 186-17, which limited the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in Supervisorial District 11; 6) delete superseded Planning Code provisions; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and public necessity, convenience and welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. Ordinance No. 229-17 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, Tang, Yee Noes: 1 - Safai City and County of San Francisco Page 900 Printed at 1:26 pm on 1/17/18 ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/478/2017-12-05-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/5/2017 Recommendation of the Rules Committee 171042 [Various Codes - Regulation of Cannabis Businesses] Sponsors: Mayor; Sheehy Ordinance amending the Administrative, Business and Tax Regulations, Health, and Police Codes to comprehensively regulate commercial activities relating to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, sale, and delivery of medicinal and adult use cannabis by, among other things: 1) requiring businesses that engage in commercial cannabis activities to obtain a permit from the Office of Cannabis; 2) requiring the Director of the Office of Cannabis to implement an Equity Program to promote equitable ownership and employment opportunities in the cannabis industry by providing priority permitting for Equity Applicants and Equity Incubators, as defined; 3) defining eligibility for temporary and permanent cannabis business permits; 4) establishing priorities for the review of cannabis business permit applications; 5) establishing operating standards for cannabis businesses; 6) establishing criteria for granting, denying, suspending, and revoking cannabis business permits; 7) requiring all cannabis businesses to ensure that 50% of work hours are performed by San Francisco residents, and cannabis businesses with ten or more employees to adopt labor peace agreements; 8) authorizing the imposition of fines and penalties for violation of local and state laws governing cannabis businesses, and establishing procedures by which cannabis businesses may appeal a fine or permit penalty; 9) allowing pre-existing non-conforming cannabis operators to register with the Office of Cannabis and apply for cannabis business permits in 2018; 10) prohibiting the consumption of cannabis and cannabis products on the premises of all cannabis businesses, except Storefront Cannabis Retailers and Cannabis Microbusinesses that obtain consumption permits from the Department of Public Health; 11) prohibiting until January 1, 2019, tours of cannabis cultivators, manufacturers, and cannabis microbusinesses, and authorizing the Director of Cannabis to extend the prohibition on tours, or establish guidelines for the operation of tours; 12) prohibiting the acceptance of new applications for medical cannabis dispensary permits, starting January 1, 2018; 13) allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to sell adult use cannabis for a period of 120 days, starting January 1, 2018, and prohibiting medical cannabis dispensaries from cultivating 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. Ordinance No. 230-17 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Sheehy, Tang, Yee Noes: 1 - Safai City and County of San Francisco Page 901 Printed at 1:26 pm on 1/17/18