The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, October 31 (scary!), 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here.
The Recreation and Parks Department still does not seem to be able to get agendas online until well after the fact. I have written to their info email address, so let’s see how that goes. Meanwhile, the Capital Committee meets November 1, and the Operations Committee meets November 2, both meetings from 2 to 4 p.m., in City Hall, room 416.
- RecPark Project Manager Brett Desmarais told us at Wednesday’s GPA quarterly meeting that he will be appearing before the Capital Committee to get money to re-do the Sussex Street stairs.
SHEEHY LEGISLATION
The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, October 31 (scary!), 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here.
- 13. 170095 [Urging the Chief of Police to Create a Comprehensive Plan and to Implement a Citywide Strategy on Neighborhood Automobile Break-Ins, Bicycle Theft, and Property Crime with Focused Staffing at District Stations]
Sponsors: Yee; Ronen, Fewer and Sheehy
Resolution urging the Chief of Police to create a Comprehensive Plan and to Implement a Citywide Strategy on Neighborhood Automobile Break-Ins, Bicycle Theft, and Property Crime with Focused Staffing at District Stations; and urging the Chief of Police to report on the execution of the plan.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
- 30. 171143 [Urging the United States Congress to Initiate Impeachment Proceedings for President Donald J. Trump]
Sponsors: Fewer; Ronen, Tang, Safai, Sheehy, Breed and Farrell
Resolution urging the United States Congress to initiate impeachment proceedings for President Donald J. Trump for obstruction of justice, collusion, violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause, and other high crimes and misdemeanors, as defined herein.
10/24/2017; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
171151 [Petitions and Communications] Petitions and Communications received from October 16, 2017 to October 23, 2017 through for reference by the President to Committee considering related matters, or to be ordered filed by the Clerk on October 31, 2017. Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information will not be redacted.
- From the Office of the Mayor, pursuant to Charter, Section 3.100, designating Supervisor Sheehy as Acting-Mayor from Sunday, October 22, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. until October 22, 2017, at 9:35 p.m.
Copy: Each Supervisor. (1) - From Supervisor Sheehy, submitting a letter regarding cannabis regulations. File No. 171041. Copy: Each Supervisor.
The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee meets Wednesday, November 1, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 263. See full agenda here.
- 4. 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 establish an Equity Program to promote equitable ownership and employment opportunities in the cannabis industry; 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) incorporating state law governing commercial cannabis activities into local law for enforcement purposes; 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) prohibiting the smoking and vaping of cannabis on the premises of all cannabis businesses, except select Medicinal Cannabis Retailers, as authorized by the Department of Public Health; 10) prohibiting the consumption of cannabis and cannabis products, other than by smoking or vaping, 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) 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) 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. 9/26/17; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Rules Committee.
10/4/17; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT.
10/24/17; SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Rules Committee.
- 171140 [Administrative Code – Process for Establishment of Cultural Districts] Sponsors: Ronen; Cohen, Kim, Fewer, Sheehy, Yee and Farrell
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to create a process for the establishment of cultural districts in the City to acknowledge and preserve neighborhoods with unique cultural heritage, and to require City departments to report to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor regarding existing cultural districts previously established by resolution; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. 10/24/17; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Rules Committee.
The Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Thursday, November 2, at noon in City Hall, room 263. See full agenda here.
- 1. 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; and 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.
9/26/17; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Land Use and Transportation Committee.
10/2/17; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT.
10/3/17; SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Land Use and Transportation Committee.
10/4/17; RESPONSE RECEIVED.
10/4/17; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT.