December 16, 2011

NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA

Friday, December 16, 2011, 9:00 a.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400
San Francisco, California

1. Call to order and roll call
Erich Pearson - Chair
Sarah Shrader - Vice Chair
Maureen Burns
Stewart Rhoads
Jean Talleyrand
Stephanie Tucker
Hunter Holliman
Shona Gochenaur
Leonard Watkins
Raymond Gamley
Martin Olive
Brent Saupe

2. Approval of Minutes of October 21, 2011 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public Comment

3. Approval of Agenda for December 16, 2011 meeting [Action Item]
a) Public comment

4. General Public Comments

5. Pack Decision - Submitted by Sarah Shrader & Stephanie Tucker [Presentation, Discussion, & Possible Action Item]
a) Larry Kessler, SFDPH update on current DPH permitting policy -9:30 a.m.

6. Federal Interference Update [10:30am, Presentation, Discussion, & Possible Action Item]
a) Quintin Mecke (Asst. to Assemblyman Tom Ammiano), Update on recent meeting with U.S. attorney Melinda Haag

7. Review bylaws [Discussion & Action Item]
a) Public comment

8. Medical Cannabis Task Force Committee reports: [Report & possible Discussion & Action Items]
a) Legal/Legislative
b) Patient Advocacy
c) Cultivation
d) Outreach
e) Veterans

9. Review committee memberships and any new applications for committees [Action Item]
a) Public Comment

10. Definition and clarity of compassionate care, discount programs [Discussion Item]

11. Topics for consideration at future task force meetings [Discussion Item]

12. Adjournment

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.
For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:

Frank Darby, Administrator
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
(415) 554-7724

Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library and on the City’s website at.


DISABILITY ACCESS

City Hall is between Grove and McAllister Streets and is wheelchair accessible. The closest BART and MUNI Metro Station is Civic Center, about three blocks away. Accessible MUNI lines nearest City Hall are: 42 Downtown Loop, 49 Van Ness-Mission and F-Market & MUNI Metro (Civic Center Station).

For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142. There is accessible parking available in the vicinity of City Hall.

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For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 554-9510,
FAX (415) 703-1021, or visit its website at http://www.sfgov.org/ethics