# 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 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Ordinance No. 186-17, which limited the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in Supervisorial District 11; 6) delete superseded Planning Code provisions; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency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 ### File 171134: General Plan Amendment - 1629 Market Street - Pages: 9 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 171134 [General Plan Amendment - 1629 Market Street] Ordinance amending the General Plan to revise Maps 1 and 3 and Policy 7.2.5 of the Market and Octavia Area Plan to reflect the 1629 Market Street Special Use District; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, and Planning Code, Section 340; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Planning Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee ### File 170938: Planning Code, Zoning Map - 1629 Market Street Special Use District - Pages: 9 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 170938 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - 1629 Market Street Special Use District] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim and Sheehy Ordinance amending the Planning Code and the Zoning Map to add the 1629 Market Street Special Use District; making findings 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 findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee ### File 170939: Development Agreement - Strada Brady, LLC - Market and Colton Streets - Pages: 9 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 170939 [Development Agreement - Strada Brady, LLC - Market and Colton Streets] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim Ordinance approving a Development Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Strada Brady, LLC, a California limited liability company, for the development project at the approximately 2.2-acre site located at Market, 12th, Stevenson, Chase Court, and Brady Streets, with various public benefits including improved open spaces and supportive affordable housing; making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, findings of conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b); setting the impact fees and exactions as set forth in the Development Agreement; and confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of Administrative Code, Chapters 14B, 41, and 56; and ratifying certain actions taken in connection therewith. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee ### File 170992: Bi-Annual Housing Balance Report - May 2017 - Pages: 9-10 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 170992 [Bi-Annual Housing Balance Report - May 2017] Sponsor: Kim Resolution receiving and approving the bi-annual Housing Balance Report dated May 12, 2017, submitted as required by Planning Code, Section 103. Resolution No. 434-17 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee ## Extracted text ### [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 ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/478/2017-12-05-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/5/2017 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Land Use and Transportation Committee President Breed requested File Nos. 171134, 170938, and 170939 be called together. 171134 [General Plan Amendment - 1629 Market Street] Ordinance amending the General Plan to revise Maps 1 and 3 and Policy 7.2.5 of the Market and Octavia Area Plan to reflect the 1629 Market Street Special Use District; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, and Planning Code, Section 340; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Planning Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee 170938 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - 1629 Market Street Special Use District] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim and Sheehy Ordinance amending the Planning Code and the Zoning Map to add the 1629 Market Street Special Use District; making findings 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 findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee 170939 [Development Agreement - Strada Brady, LLC - Market and Colton Streets] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim Ordinance approving a Development Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Strada Brady, LLC, a California limited liability company, for the development project at the approximately 2.2-acre site located at Market, 12th, Stevenson, Chase Court, and Brady Streets, with various public benefits including improved open spaces and supportive affordable housing; making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, findings of conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b); setting the impact fees and exactions as set forth in the Development Agreement; and confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of Administrative Code, Chapters 14B, 41, and 56; and ratifying certain actions taken in connection therewith. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee 170992 [Bi-Annual Housing Balance Report - May 2017] Sponsor: Kim Resolution receiving and approving the bi-annual Housing Balance Report dated May 12, 2017, submitted as required by Planning Code, Section 103. Resolution No. 434-17 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Breed, Cohen, Farrell, Fewer, Kim, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Tang, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 902 Printed at 1:26 pm on 1/17/18