February 27, 2012

NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA
Monday, February 27, 2012, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, California

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

2. Approval of Minutes of February 06, 2012 Meeting [Action Item]
a) Public Comment

3. Approval of Agenda for February 27, 2012 Meeting [Action Item]
a) Public comment

4. General Public Comments (10 minutes)

5. Update on DOJ information requests and DPH / City Attorney meeting. (20 minutes) [Discussion & Action Item, submitted by S. Tucker]
a) Public comment (10 minutes)
6. MCTF in partnership with the SF Community United against Federal intervention with State and local laws - Review list of requests to the Mayor and Board of Supervisors. (20 minutes) [Action Item, submitted by S. Tucker]
a) Public comment (10 minutes)
7. Outreach: Request for educational presentation on Cannabis and Cannabinoids as Medicine to Mayor, Board of Supervisors and DPH (10 minutes) [Action Item, submitted by J. Talleyrand]

8. Patient Access – Patient access options if San Francisco MCDs close. (15 minutes) [Discussion Item, submitted by Brent Saupe]
a) Public Comment (10 minutes)

9. Committees (15 minutes) [Discussion and possible Action Item]
a) Review and approve committee applicants (if any)
b) Veterans Committee Report
c) Legal Committee Report
d) Patient Advocacy Committee Report
e) Cultivation Committee Report

10. Request on joining ASA in 10th amendment lawsuit recommendation to SF Board of Supervisors. (15 minutes) [Action Item, submitted by S. Shrader, S. Tucker]
a) Public comment
11. New Business [Discussion Item]

12. Wrap-up Public Comments (5 minutes)

13. New Agenda Items and Speaker Invitations [Discussion Item]

14. Adjournment

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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.


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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