December 31, 2012 -- Cancelled

MEETING CANCELLED. NO QUORUM.

NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA
Monday, December 31, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 421
San Francisco, California


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

2. Approve gatherings minutes, and submission of all missing committee minutes [Action Item]
a. Public Comments

3. General Public Comment (10 minutes*)

4. Approve the Legal Committee Federal crackdown Impact Report [Action and Discuss]
a. Public Comments

5. Approve the Cultivation Committee Final Report and policy recommendation [Action & Discussion Item] (45 minutes*)
a. Public Comments

6. Approve Veteran Final Report and Survey of MCDs’ Veteran Services [Action & Discussion Item] (45 minutes*)
a. Public Comments

7. Approve the Patient Advocacy Committee Final Report and policy recommendation [Action & Discussion Item] (45 minutes*)
a. Public Comments

8. Implementation of prior Annual Report & current final reports with Outreach and educate of legislator and public Collaboration process to create a coalition to promote good policy in 2013 locally with balanced input [Discussion & Action]
a. Public Comments

9. National, state, and local updates and review of initiatives in process for ballot measures 2013 and 2014 statewide, [Discussion only]

10. Wrap up Public Comments

11. Adjournment

Times approximate and flexible


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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

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