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City of San José, California
Community & Economic Development Committee of April 26, 2021
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
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G
Hi
hello,
happy
new
week,
end
of
april
happy
end
of
april
blair
beekman.
Here
I
wanted
to
speak
on
the
soft
story.
Retrofit
work
plan.
I
boy,
I'm
learning
really
hard
a
lot
to
try
to
speak
in
very
formal
terms
that
you
know
what,
as
as
yourselves
as
city
government
and
many
governments
on
the
bay
area
have
been
doing,
you
know
how
are
we
preparing?
How
are
we
preparing
for
the
next?
You
know
few
years
and
next
five
to
ten
years
for
a
possible
earthquake
in
the
bay
area.
G
I
think
this
this
retrofitting
idea.
Work
is
really
important
and
it's
things
that
jackie
morales
five
six
years
ago
was
talking
about
as
ways
to
develop
a
real
community
harmony
and
ways
that
can
actually
give
a
lot
of
breaks
to
tenants
of
apartment
buildings
at
the
same
time,
give
breaks
to
the
apartment
owners
and
create
a
really
interesting
system
and
way
of
working.
That
can
really
help
all
sides
of
apartment
issues
and
attendance
issues,
and
you
know
we're
dealing
with
these
issues.
G
C
B
A
H
C
A
C
I
Well,
council
member,
thank
you
for
the
invitation,
elizabeth
handler
public
information
manager,
office
of
economic
development
and
I
have
a
rich,
full
menu
of
news
for
you
today.
The
the
may
issue
of
the
the
sj
economy.
News
leads
off
with
the
announcement
of
the
development
agreement
on
downtown
west,
and
it
was
probably
one
of
the
challenges
of
my
career
to
create
a
you
know.
I
I
So
that's
that's
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
as
well
as
helping
to
accelerate
some
of
the
manufacture,
san
jose's
manufacturer
and
workforce
development
programs
and
working
with
the
downtown
association
as
kind
of
a
mentor
to
other,
smaller
and
other
business
associations
that
are
kind
of
on
on
the
on
the
grow.
So
that's
a
very
exciting
project.
I
That's
going
to
be
going
on
for
a
couple
of
years
now,
we've
also
been
visibly
doing
our
webinars
and
we're
excited
to
be
able
to
say
that
more
than
two
thousand
people
attended
since
just
since
january,
one
the
webinars
that
we've
been
holding
on
a
weekly
basis
and
what
we
found
is
that
there's
a
very
there's,
a
lot
of
hunger
for
more
discussion.
You
know
the
presentations
are
getting
shorter
and
the
q,
a
periods
are
getting
longer.
I
So
we're
going
to
alternate
our
subject
matter:
presentations
webinars
with
every
other
week,
with
what
we're
calling
is
chat,
which
is
open
forum
discussion.
Also,
as
an
online
meeting,
we
held
our
first
one
last
week
and
even
though
it
was
only
20
people,
it
was
really
representative
of
the
kinds
of
businesses
that
we
want
to
be
working
with,
and
we're
excited
about
that
now
we're
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
do
them
in
spanish
and
vietnamese
as
well.
So
the
the
trek
continues
we're
we're
turning
into
quite
the
webinar
production
company.
I
I
skipped
one
here.
Sorry,
no!
I
didn't
this.
The
the
various
subjects
that
we've
been
doing
our
webinars
on
include
the
american
rescue
plan.
What's
the
biden
plan
going
to
mean
for
small
businesses
rebuilding
business,
how
to
make
customers
and
employees
feel
comfortable?
Coming
into
your
business
sba
grants
for
performance
venues,
the
shuttered
venues
operators
grants
an
update
on
the
on
the
american
rescue
plan.
California
relief
fund
opening
its
fifth
round
of
applications.
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C
G
Hi,
thank
you.
I
guess
you
know
we're
trying
to
enter
a
new
stage
of
how
to
address
covet
issues.
You
know
in
southeast
asia.
The
kovid
numbers
are
really
rising
right
now,
so
I
don't
think
we're
fully
out
of
the
woods
yet
and
we
have
to
really
be
mindful
still,
I'm
I,
I
think,
our
next
stages
of
cobid.
G
We
have
to
re,
really
reconsider
the
ideas
of
of
openness
with
each
other
and
communication
and
education,
and
really
consider
those
kind
of
ideas
and
principles
and
really
reflect
on
how
fearful
this
whole
covered
thing
was
at
first,
and
you
know
our
initial
lessons.
We
learned
from
that
time.
It's
now
time
to
like
kind
of
maybe
start
to
reapply
them
into
the
beginning,
next
stages
of
of
covid
and
yeah
education
and
communication.
G
G
G
C
C
If
not,
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions,
and
that
is
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
report
and
the
report
about
how
many
people
have
attended
your
webinars.
That's
really
actually
incredible.
2000
in
the
first
quarter,
that's
great!
So
what
and
thank
you
for
sharing
the
topics,
but
what
was
their
number
one
issue
that
ran
came
to
the
top
in
their
questions
and
and
concerns
aside
from
that
surpri,
let
me
put
it
this
way
that
surprised
you.
I
They
are
very,
very
concerned
about
getting
financial
help,
financial
support,
hard
cash
money
in
hand
to
meet
their
bills
and
to
be
able
to
even
just
keep
their
businesses
alive,
let
alone
thriving.
That
really
is
the
most
important
issue
I
would
say
the
next
one
is
probably
help
with
addiction
issues.
It's
a
big
deal
for
the
commercial
desk
sector,
as
well
as
for
the
residential
sector,
and
the
advice
that
we
have
found
is
the
most
effective
right
now
is
get
get
in
touch
with
your
landlord
early.
I
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C
A
J
Great
thank
you
rosalind
and
thank
you,
chair
and
council
members
jared
hart
division
manager
with
planning
building
and
code
enforcement
to
provide
you
an
update
today
on
citywide
planning,
section
activities.
I'm
also
joined
today
by
michael
brio,
deputy
director
for
city-wide
planning
and
supervising
planners
martina
davis,
jennifer
piosay,
ruth
cueto
and
jessica
setiawan.
J
The
city-wide
planning
section
focuses
on
long-range
planning
and
land-use
policy
and
ordinance
work,
so
diving
right
in
so
one
significant
effort
underway,
is
aligning
the
city's
zoning
ordinance
with
the
general
plan.
A
staff
provided
an
update
on
this
item
back
in
september
of
last
year,
and
work
has
continued
to
progress
on
this.
I
want
to
provide
just
a
little
bit
of
background
since
the
city's
first
modern
general
plan
was
adopted
back
in
1976.
J
The
city
has
really
never
undertaken
the
work
to
fully
align
the
zoning
ordinance
with
the
general
plan,
whether
it
be
the
text
of
the
zoning
ordinance
itself
or
making
sure
property.
Zoning
is
consistent
with
its
general
plan.
Designation,
san
jose
has
really
taken
a
general
plan,
first
approach
and
relied
on
applicants
to
apply
to
bring
property
zoning
into
alignment
with
the
general
plan.
J
J
Phase
one
involves
updating
the
text
of
the
zoning
ordinance
and
creation
of
new
zoning
districts
to
align
with
the
general
plan
council
approved
the
first
part
of
phase
one
and
june
2019,
which
included
a
comprehensive
review
and
update
of
existing
zoning
districts
to
conform
with
the
general
plan.
The
second
half
of
phase
one.
J
Steph
is
also
concurrently.
Working
on
phase
two,
which
is
of
this
work,
is,
you
might
call
kind
of
like
a
match,
the
colors
on
the
map
project
and
that's
to
actively
rezone
properties.
So
the
zoning
and
general
plan
match
so
the
goal
here
is
that
we'll
no
longer
have
just
to
give.
You
know
one
example
like
a
property
with
a
residential
general
plan,
land
use
designation,
but
then
an
industrial
zoning
that
that
it's
had.
You
know,
since
the
first
zoning
ordinance
back
in
1929.
J
Overall,
the
outcome
of
this
work.
Among
you
know,
some
other
benefits
is
that
it
will
it's
going
to
bring
the
city
into
compliance
with
state
law.
It'll
help
streamline
the
development
review
process
and
facilitate
high
density,
commercial,
residential
and
mix
use
development,
so
the
city's
currently
undergoing
the
second
four-year
review
of
the
general
plan.
J
The
task
force
process
concluded
in
november
of
2020,
with
a
total
of
10
task
force
meetings
being
held.
A
handful
of
follow-up
actions
are
being
undertaken
prior
to
bringing
the
policy
work
to
council,
some
of
which
were
requested
of
staffed
by
the
task
force.
So
this
includes
a
community
outreach
to
inform
policy
recommendations
for
density
and
building
height
limits
to
facilitate
mixed-use
residential
projects
in
some
neighborhood
business
districts
through
policy
updates
associated
with
the
general
plan
for
your
review.
J
Also
community
outreach
to
the
coyote
valley,
property
owners
and
tenants
on
the
proposed
policy
changes
related
to
coyote
valley,
staff's,
also
undertaking
the
required
sql
analysis
and
an
opportunity.
Housing,
cost
effectiveness
study
and,
although
not
an
action
item
requested
by
the
task
force,
staff
has
participated
in
numerous
community
engagement
events
around
opportunity,
housing
since
conclusion
of
the
task
force
process.
J
In
order
to
present
information
on
this
policy
concept,
staff
anticipates
completing
these
items
and
bringing
the
package
of
policy
recommendations
to
planning,
commission
and
city
council
for
consideration
in
late
summer,
early
fall
and
staff
also
plans
on
bringing
forward
opportunity
housing
to
a
separate
hearing
from
the
rest
of
the
policy
items.
Just
due
to
the
significant
interest
in
this
particular
topic.
J
To
date,
the
city
has
adopted
12
urban
village
plans
and
two
are
under
development,
that
being
various
abarth
and
the
north
first
street
urban
village
plans.
So
the
berries
of
bart
urban
village
friend
is
scheduled
to
be
considered
by
council
in
june,
and
then
the
north
first
street
plan
will
be
brought
to
city
council
in
fall
this
year
for
their
consideration.
J
J
J
The
abag
executive
board
approved
the
methodology
and
draft
arena
allocations
back
in
january
of
this
year,
and
the
the
state,
housing
and
community
development
department
approved
the
methodology
submitted
by
a
bag.
This
month,
san
jose
has
been
allocated
62
202
units
for
the
sixth
arena
cycle,
which
is
a
90
increase
from
the
fifth
cycle,
but
less
of
a
proportional
increase
than
the
allocations
of
our
neighboring
cities
in
santa
clara
county.
J
J
C
K
K
What
do
you
think
all
these
people,
they're
gonna,
they're
gonna,
all
take
mass
transit,
you're
gonna
limit
the
parking
any
kind
of
new
urban
village
has
everyone's
talking
about
this.
How
every
time
there's
something
new,
there's
no
parking
or,
like
you,
have
these
cramped
parking
spaces
that
can
barely
fit
a
a
compact
car.
K
But
once
again
you
don't
have
the
utilities,
you
don't
have
the
police
force
or
fire.
I
mean
they
can't
solve
crimes
or
even
come
out
to
a
fire
or
or
police
call.
It
takes
them
an
hour
if
they
show
up
at
all-
and
I
want
to
know
with
all
this
construction,
what
kind
of
silica
is
going
to
be
in
the
air?
What
kind
of
pollution
are
you
going
to
have
when
you're
doing
all
these
construction
projects
at
one
time
it's
going
to
be
very,
very
bad.
I
used
to
live
overseas.
K
There's
construction
projects
all
the
time,
and
I
mean
the
the
air
quality
was
terrible
and
you
really
think
that
people
are
going
to
use
county
transit.
They
don't
use
it
now.
The
light
rail,
it's
a
disaster.
It's
a
disaster
in
basel
switzerland,
where
it's
originally
from
the
whole
system
and
the
the
cars
that
they
use
or
the
light
rail
they
use
it's
terrible
and
you
really
think
that
limiting
parking
is
going
to
solve
all
these
problems
and
cram
everybody
into
these
buildings
and
these
stupid
villages.
You
guys
are
crazy.
K
Look
at
what's
happening
with
kobe
we're
supposed
to
be
like
social
distancing
and
everything
pandemic
starts
when
people
all
live
together.
That's
why
they're
having
so
much
problems
in
india
and
europe
where
people
live
close
together,
and
you
want
to
recreate
that
it's
not
going
to
work
and
once
caltrain
comes
into
capital.
What's
it
going
to
cost
to
go
to
san
francisco
50
round
trip
or
more
it's
not
going
to
be
economically
sustainable.
K
G
Beekman
hi
boy
beekman
here
I
know
our
modern
thinking
towards
urban
villages.
You
know
it's
been
a
bit
protected.
I
guess
I
I
hope
I
hope,
as
as
you,
you
know,
worked
hard
to
build
the
urban
village
ideas
that
you
are
considering
the
new
ideas
of
eli
and
vli
and
mixed
income.
That
can
be
a
part
of
the
urban
village
experience
and
I
hope
I'm
not
sure
where
you're
at
with
that.
But
I
I
don't
think
it's
too
looked
on
too
favorably
at
this
time,
but
I
I
hope
it
is.
G
I
mean
there
is
an
incredible
amount
of
arrests
that
go
on
and
and
and
policing,
and
it's
it's
not
a
very
accessible
system
for
low-income
people.
I
feel
it's
really.
It's
kind
of
terrorizes
people,
I
feel
I
think
we
really
have
to
reassess
how
we
feel
about
light
rail
and,
if
you,
how
you're
going
to
be
building
around
in
the
future
and
what
that
whole
situation
and
paradigm
will
be
about
again,
just
my
my
love
for
mixed
income
ideas
like
in
the
google
village
area
and
throughout
the
city.
G
I
I
think
it's
just
amazing
what
mixed
income
can
do
for
our
future.
I
think
it's
choices
that
it
can
offer
can
be
incredible.
I
hope
you
can
think
about
it
and
and
work
on
it
with
the
mtc
at
this
time
and
the
state
of
california
and
really
come
up
with
creative,
imaging
ideas
towards
the
ideas
of
reimagine.
G
C
J
That's
correct
yeah,
given
that
just
the
you
know
the
media
policy
items
we
have
with
the
the
four-year
review
and
the
amount
of
interest
there's
been
an
opportunity
housing.
We
felt
it
was
best
to
separate
them.
You
know:
they'll
come
under
the
same
general
plan
hearing
cycle,
but
come
to
two
different
meetings.
C
I
I
think,
that's
really
critical,
because
the
all
of
the
items
that
the
general
plan
task
force
moved
forward
to
the
council
are
very
complicated
and
lengthy.
In
discussions
as
having
served
on
that
task
force,
we
spent
several
hours
on
each
issue
and
sometimes
two
or
three
days
on
each
issue.
So
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
we're
separating
them,
because
coyote
valley
alone
could
take
a
a
lot
of
public
engagement
based
on
what
the
recommendation
is.
So
I
I'm
really
glad
to
hear
that
that
was
actually
all
that
I
had
to
to
offer
does.
C
H
C
Okay,
moving
to
the
next
item,
which
will
I
I
expect
we'll
have
some
just
more
discussion
than
we've
had
on
the
other
two
items
and
that
is
council
priority
policy,
priority
number:
seven
review
of
cannabis,
land
use
and
regulatory
provisions.
We
have
a
status
report
update
which
I'm
so
glad
to
see.
L
Good
afternoon
I'm
wendy
salazi
division
manager
from
the
police
department's
division
of
cannabis
regulation
with
me
today
is
deputy
chief
dave,
tyndall
and
sergeant
dave
woolsey
from
the
police
department
and
from
the
planning
division
of
the
planning
building
code
enforcement
department
are
martina,
davis
and
alexander
hughes
and
from
the
city
manager's
office
is
peter
hamilton.
So
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
each
of
them
for
their
assistance
with
this
policy
work.
L
So
today
we
have
16
registered
dispensaries
that
are
allowed
to
sell
both
medical
and
non-medical
cannabis.
They're
allowed
to
have
one
retail
location,
that's
open
to
the
public,
they
may
also
deliver
to
customers
and
they
can
have
two
sites
for
cultivation
and
or
manufacturing
that
are
not
open
to
the
public.
However,
I
will
note
that
only
two
have
opened
a
separate
cultivation
site.
L
Next,
we'll
see
just
as
a
reminder
in
2010
san
jose
voters
approved
a
measure
which
allowed
the
city
to
tax
all
cannabis
activities
at
a
rate
of
up
to
10
percent
of
gross
receipts.
The
current
retail
tax
rate
is
10
percent,
and,
in
june
of
2019
city
council
adopted
an
ordinance
to
update
the
tax
rates
for
cultivation
to
four
percent
manufacturing
to
three
percent
testing
to
zero
percent
and
distribution
to
two
percent.
L
So
our
recommendation
to
allow
sorry
alex
next
slide,
please
our
recommendation
would
be
to
allow
new
retail
storefront
registrations
and
relocations
in
retail
zoning
districts
instead
of
industrial
zoning
districts,
where
they're
required
to
be
located
now
we
recommend
maintaining
a
thousand
feet
from
libraries
parks,
schools
and
increasing
the
distance
distances
between
retail
storefront
dispensaries
from
the
current
50
feet
to
a
thousand
feet.
We're
also
proposing
to
prohibit
new
cannabis.
Retail
storefronts
from
opening
in
police
beats
with
crime
reports.
20
percent.
L
Above
the
average
number
of
reported
clients,
retail
non-storefront,
more
commonly
referred
to
as
delivery-only
businesses
would
be
allowed
in
industrial
areas
similar
to
cannabis,
distribution,
businesses
with
600
feet
from
schools,
child
daycare,
community
recreational
facilities,
parks,
libraries
and
150
feet
from
residential
on
the
next.
I
will
show
you
that
we
are
recommending
to
allow
the
existing
16
businesses
to
register
for
our
second
retail
locations
and
then
allow
five
new
equity
businesses
to
open
in
san
jose.
M
All
right
I'll
take
over
from
here,
so
just
one
other
criteria,
I
think
wendy
you
didn't
mention
was
we
are
proposing
150
feet
from
residential
to
the
retail
store
fronts
as
well,
which
is
the
current
distance
requirement
in
our
code.
So
we're
proposing
to
maintain
that
so
we've
been
spending
a
lot
of
time
doing
some
mapping
to
kind
of
figure
out
where
using
these
draft
criteria,
we
would
have
eligible
locations,
and
so
you'll
see
this
map.
M
Obviously,
at
this
level,
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
really
see
much,
it
is
on
our
website.
We
have
an
interactive
map.
So
if
you
go
to
the
city's
website
and
search
cannabis
business
ordinance,
you
can
also
get
to
it
on
planning's
website
on
the
left
nav,
you
would
click
on
ordinances
and
then
proposed
ordinance
updates.
We
have
a
page
on
the
cannabis
ordinance
that
has
this.
M
M
I
you
see
on
there
60
additional
sites,
if
re-zoned
what
that
means
and
actually
based
on
some
analysis
we
were
just
doing.
It
looks
like
it's
a
little
bit
more.
As
jared
mentioned,
we
are
undergoing
a
process
to
align
the
zoning
and
the
general
plan,
and
so
assuming
once
that's
complete
and
the
properties
are
rezoned
to
become
consistent
with
the
general
plan
designations,
it
would
be
additional
sites.
M
We
found
that,
generally
speaking,
the
sites
are
dispersed
throughout
the
city,
we're
not
seeing
huge
concentrations
in
any
one
area
like
we
were
with
our
previous
criteria,
that
kind
of
kept
them
in
industrial
zones,
and
then
you
know
the
biggest
limiting
factor
that
takes
it
down
from
thousands
and
thousands
of
potential
sites
really
to
to
just
that.
120
we're
seeing
is
is
predominantly
the
distance
to
residential,
so
we're
proposing
150
feet
property
line
to
property
line
at
this
time
which
knocks
out
honestly
most
of
the
city.
M
So
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
that
and
seeing,
if
that,
maybe
there's
a
different
way
to
parse
that
out
or
maybe
a
different
way
to
measure
it.
Maybe
it
would
be
building
an
envelope
to
the
residential
property
line
or
something
like
that.
So
that's
something
we're
still
looking
at
I'm
going
to
go.
The
next
slide
alex
please.
M
So
we
ran
an
online
survey.
It
was
from
april
3rd
to
excuse
me
march
3rd
to
april
9th,
and
we
got
approximately
100
and
excuse
me
950
responses.
We
offer
the
survey
in
english,
spanish,
vietnamese
and
simplified
chinese.
I
will
mention
that
the
survey
was
not
a
true
scientific
survey.
It
it.
So
we
can't
extrapolate
this
data
out
to
say
this
is
how
the
citizens
of
san
jose
feel
more
generally.
M
M
Developments
with
residential
above
and
then,
interestingly
enough,
probably
where
we
see
the
the
highest
positive
responses,
sticking
out
would
be
near
another
dispensary,
which
we
we're
checking
to
see
if
people
had
concerns
about
them
near
being
near
each
other
and-
and
that
seems
to
be
generally
speaking,
either
neutral
or
in
favor
of
that
and
then
strip
malls,
which
was
very
interesting
to
us,
because
strip
malls
tend
to
be
smaller
and
tend
to
be
very
close
to
residential
properties.
A
lot
of
times
strip
malls
have
a
residential
behind
it
directly
behind
it.
M
So
that
was
kind
of
interesting
to
look
at
that
and
think
about
our
residential
interface.
What
we're
proposing
next
slide,
please
alex,
and
so
the
other
thing.
We
asked,
of
course,
we're
looking
at
delivery.
Only
business
is
introducing
that
into
the
code,
so
we
asked
folks
you
know
if
they
had
any
thoughts
on
that
one.
Similarly,
we
found
that
near
other
delivery.
Only
businesses
or
near
other
actual
retail
dispensaries
would
be
appropriate
and
then
again
kind
of
strip
malls
came
out.
M
So,
despite
kind
of
saying
I
like
strip
malls,
which
tend
to
be
right
next
to
residential,
we
also
got
a
result
of
more
than
300
feet
away.
It
was
the
definitely
preferred
response
on
that
question.
So
again
it's
making
us
look
at
you
know.
Maybe
it's
a
path
of
travel,
maybe
it's
a
sight
distance.
We
may
be
looking
at
other
stuff
there
just
trying
to
think
through
and
digest
these
results
next
slide
and
then.
M
Finally,
the
big
question
is:
should
san
jose
increase
the
number
of
dispensaries,
while
people
who
filled
out
the
survey
are
fairly
split,
it
came
out
to
52
percent
no,
and
then
it
was
about
46
percent
said
yes,
sir.
They
should
increase
the
number
of
retail
storefronts,
so
definitely
not
as
strong,
yes
or
no
either
way.
And
then
a
handful
of
people
did
skip
that
question
and
that's
it
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
wendy.
L
They
support.
Retail
zoning
is
an
option
going
forward
and
some
even
mention
the
desire
to
see
urban
villages.
Village
zones
added.
They
mentioned
wanting
san
jose
to
modify
its
buffers
to
mirror
those
of
the
state.
Specifically,
they
wanted
us
to
reduce
our
thousand
foot
buffer
to
600
feet
from
libraries,
parks,
communities
and
community
centers
and
schools.
Again.
L
They
also
supported
allowing
new
equity
business
businesses.
However,
they
raised
a
concern
that
san
jose
may
experience
what
they
said.
Other
california
equity
programs
have
may
have
seen.
The
concern
is
that
big
business
non-equity
owners
are
financially
backing
and
using
equity
applicants
to
get
retail
locations
opened
in
cannabis,
business
friendly
cities.
L
Then
those
non-equity
business
owners
buy
out
the
equity
applicants
once
the
approval
process
has
been
completed,
thus
negating
the
goal
to
see
equity
business
owners
thriving
in
san
jose
and
then
also
according
to
industry
feedback.
This
buyout
issue
has
been
experienced
less
in
delivery,
only
businesses,
so
therefore
they
requested
the
city
only
allow
equity
businesses
to
open
retail,
non-storefront
or
delivery
only
locations.
L
A
concern
was
brought
up
about
how
the
city
calculates
its
annual
operating
fee
and
to
reevaluate
and
calculate
based
on
other
methods
such
as
retail
versus
non-retail
businesses
or
based
on
business
activity
level.
So
staff
will
look
at
evaluating
the
fee
calculation
method
in
coordination
with
the
city
manager's
budget
office
through
that
typical
that
annual
process
and
then
many
businesses
stated
their
desire
for
san
jose
to
lower
its
cannabis
retail
tax.
L
L
L
M
Me
just
jump
in
really
quickly.
One
other
thing
that
I
think
was
very
very
telling
about
our
community
meeting.
Is
that
almost
no
one
came.
We
only
had
12
attendees
at
the
community
meeting
and
I
will
just
share
for
context.
You
know
my
team
does.
This
is
not
the
only
zoning
ordinance
update
community
meeting
we've
held
since
covert
times
and
we've
actually
been
seen
generally
speaking,
higher
attendance
at
our
other
meetings
for
topics
that
may
seem
even
drier
than
this.
So
you
know
to
to
us
in
planning.
M
I
think
that
said
a
lot
that
this
doesn't
appear
to
be
a
hugely
controversial
issue,
because
you
know
people
have
had
no
issues
attending
our
meetings.
We
advertised
this
very
heavily
and
just
we
felt
that
the
lack
of
attendance
was
kind
of
telling
us
in
itself
that
maybe
people
aren't
feeling
tremendously
passionately
at
least
not
passionately
enough
to
log
into
easy
meeting
to
talk
to
us
in
person
about
it.
So
I
just
want
to
share
that.
C
K
Sjpd,
what
does
that
stand
for
san
jose
pot
dealers?
You
guys
are
pot
dealers.
Now,
man
years
ago
you
were
busting
people
with
a
little
joint
stitching
them
up
for
who
knows
how
much
time
in
jail
and
fines,
and
now
you
guys
are
selling
it
should
be
ashamed
of
yourself
who's
down
there.
Today,
nick
tindall
and
mick
randall
who's
down
there.
One
of
you
guys
makes
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year.
K
We're
you
know
you
guys
are
gonna,
need
this
tax
to
be
able
to
support
your
high
salaries
to
do
all
these
things,
and
a
lot
of
these
permits
were
taken
away
from
people
after
they
paid
form,
then
all
of
a
sudden
out
of
the
blue,
the
city
council,
votes
to
limit
it
down.
So
you
know
the
city
and
the
police
department
or
the
the
pot
dealers,
not
the
food
he's
a
pot
dealer,
not
a
not
a
police
department
anymore,
was
able
to
take
all
that
money
for
permits
and
then
close
everybody
down
real
easy.
K
K
You
know
it's
going
to
be
too
expensive,
which
is
going
to
be
funny.
You
won't
be
getting
the
revenues
that
you
think
I
know
perales
thinks
that
they
should
be
getting
more.
The
the
teacher
and
the
policeman
who
wants
legalized
marijuana
this.
This
is
great
what
what
a
classy
city
council
we
have,
but,
yes,
sj
pot
dealers,
you
guys
are
you
guys,
are
real
clown.
K
You
guys
are
keeping
it
real
classy
wanting
to
have
more
retail
operations
and
everything
what
you
need
to
do
is
have
all
the
pot
shops
and
the
pool
halls
and
tattoo
parlors
and
the
massage
parlors
keep
them
all.
In
one
area
we
can
like
have
a
red
light
district
like
amsterdam,
maybe
legalize
prostitution
too.
I
mean
while
you're
at
it.
Why
not?
I
mean,
because
anything
goes
right
as
long
as
people
pay
the
money
for
taxes
and
and
fees
and
permits,
and
all
these
things
you
guys
are
you
guys
are
turning
into
an
amsterdam.
N
Hey
council
members,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
hirsch,
jane
and
I'm
here
representing
kaliva
one
of
the
existing
16
retailers
in
the
city
and
just
wanted
to
share
a
few
thoughts.
The
first
is,
you
know
we're
really
encouraged
that
the
city
is
considering
allowing
the
16
retailers
to
relocate.
N
I
know
that
union
city,
for
example,
is
allowing
cannabis
retail
now
in
its
union
landing
shopping
center.
So
we
think
this
will
help
san
jose
remain
a
leader
in
in
california's
cannabis
economy,
and
you
know
also
the
foot
traffic
that
you
know
these
cannabis
retailers
would
draw
to
neighboring.
Businesses
would
also
be
beneficial
to
those
businesses.
N
I
did
want
to
say,
though,
that
if
you
know
the
expanded
zoning
is
to
be
impactful,
the
city
really
ought
to
take
a
look
at
revising
its
sensitive
use,
restrictions
to
align
with
the
state.
You
know
we
were
looking
earlier
at
the
number
of
properties
that
would
be
eligible
under
a
rezoning,
but
obviously
many
of
those
properties
won't
be
available,
so
I
would
hope
that
the
city
takes
a
look
in
and
can
determine
that
the
state's
sensitive
use
restrictions
are
sufficient.
N
The
the
final
thing,
I'll
note
is
that
I
know
the
city
is
considering
issuing
second
licenses.
That's
something
that
that
we
would
support
again.
You
know
if
you
take
long
beach,
for
example,
which
has
half
san
jose's
population.
It
has
32
retailers
san
francisco,
which
has
less
than
san
jose's
population,
has
about
40.,
so
we
think
the
city
can
support
second
licenses
and
that
the
best
folks
to
hold
those
licenses
are
the
operators
that
are
already
known
to
the
city.
Thank
you.
So
much.
F
F
F
F
K
F
F
Upgrading
the
building,
we
also
support
open
zoning
for
cannabis.
Finally,
we
request
the
ability
for
type
7
manufacturer's
license
now
on
to
the
most
important
legal
and
policy
issue
that
confronts
the
city's
cannabis
program,
mandatory
site-specific
secret
clearance
for
its
current
operators
in
order
to
obtain
a
state
annual
license.
F
Will
have
to
cease
their
at
least
their
cannabis
cultivation
operations
by
the
end
of
this
year.
In
my
opinion,
this
can
be
fixed
by
city
manager,
regulation
that
authorizes
or
mandates
the
planning
division
to
conduct
a
discretionary
site,
specific
review
through
appendix
g
or
other
sql
exemption
materials
and
planning's
the
best
lead
agency
here.
Thank
you.
O
Yes,
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
michael
and
I
own
and
operate
white
fire
dispensary
in
san
jose,
we're
very
privileged
here
in
san
jose,
because
really
we
set
the
foundation
for
the
rest
of
the
state
and
had
a
program
in
place
before
the
rest
of
the
state
did
several
years
ago.
So
it
was
with
the
leadership
of
the
planning
department
and
the
city
council
that
really
led
and
had
the
vision
to
be
where
we
are
today.
O
I
do
encourage,
though,
that
over
the
last
five
years,
we've
seen
sales
actually
almost
double
in
in
within
the
city,
and
I
really
feel
that
adding
a
second
location
to
the
existing
16
operators
makes
business
sense.
Also
in
regards
to
the
setbacks,
you
said
it
yourself
with
the
review.
110
properties
are
actually
qualified
for
zoning,
and
we
know
the
vacancy
rate
right
now
is
in
the
single
digits,
so
how
much
properties
are
really
available?
O
I
believe
on
expanding
that
notion
and
expanding
the
the
footprint
would
allow
us
to
have
more
properties
available
and
the
way
of
doing
that
is
just
really
copy.
The
state
regulation
and
their
setbacks
with
the
residences
and
the
schools.
There'll
be
more
opportunities
in
regards
to
the
equity
portion
of
it.
I
believe,
and
I
do
encourage
the
social
equity
aspect
for
the
deliveries.
O
P
Hello-
and
thank
you
for
your
time-
my
name
is
fernando
alvarez
and
I'm
the
founder
of
vapor
tent
lounges.
We
are
licensed
by
the
bcc
for
cannabis
events
and
we
were
actually
the
first
business
licensed
in
california,
and
I
want
to
continue
to
advocate
for
the
social
consumption
policy.
Although
I
do
understand
and
realize
that
it's
not
a
part
of
this
discussion,
I
do
believe
it
is
a
land
use
discussion
and
it
is
also
a
community
and
economic
development
issue.
P
Since
2018,
multiple
cities
have
passed
social
consumption
policy.
I
know
this
because
I'm
the
one
that
helped
develop
and
pass
those
policies,
and
it
is
a
land
use
discussion
here
in
california,
even
california,
travel
association
created
a
cannabis
tourism
division
because
they
understand
that
there's
a
hospitality
and
tourism
piece
to
this
industry
and
when
you
look
at
multiple
states
now,
like
new
york,
nevada,
which
are
heavy
on
tourism,
they're,
also
creating
social
consumption
policies
here
and
so
as
a
resident
of
san
jose
as
the
first
business
license
in
california.
P
E
E
I
was
probably
calling
wendy
as
often
as
I
possibly
could
to
get
some
daylight
on
what
was
happening
with
essential
and
not
essential,
and
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
them
and
make
you
aware
of
of
how
hard
they
work
and
that
san
jose
success
is
not
just
because
we're
lucky,
because
people
are
working
hard
behind
the
scenes.
But
then,
second,
if
you
have
any
questions
regarding
any
of
these
items,
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
if
you
have
them.
So.
E
C
Q
You
so
first
thank
you.
I
know
that
this
is
a
lot
of
work.
It's
been
going
on
for
a
long
time.
I
think
my
first
council
memo
or
my
first
memo
as
a
new
councilmember
was
back
in
2019
and
it
was
the
cap
on
cannabis.
So
so
I'm
aware
of
how
much
work
has
gone
on
since
then,
and
obviously
before
then,
and
so
I
wanted
to
just
give
some
feedback
on
a
few
items
and
then
ask
some
questions
so
that
I
could
better
understand
how
we
got
here.
Q
So
first
off
district
seven
has
by
far
the
the
majority
of
of
cannabis
operations
in
the
city.
The
rules
were
written.
That
way,
I
have
already
stated
many
times
that
I
don't
feel
that
this
is
equitable,
to
have
this
concentrated
in
a
part
of
the
city
that
yes,
we're
industrial.
We're
also
already
dealing
with
a
lot
of
other
issues,
and
my
residents
would
prefer
not
to
have
any
more
in
district
seven,
and
so
that's
an
issue.
Q
I
and
one
of
the
items
that
has
come
up,
is
the
sensitive
uses,
and
so
I
wanted
to
also
thank
you
for
that.
I
have
some
schools
kind
of
nearby
and
when
it
was
still
the
wild
west
as
a
school
board
member,
when
it
was
the
wild
west,
we
saw
a
lot
of
issues,
and
so
san
jose's
approach
has
largely
helped
that
out
in
the
community,
but
having
youth
involved
or
youth
tempted
is
a
concern,
and
the
families
in
my
just
district
would
prefer
not
to
do
that.
Q
So
I
very
much
support
the
sensitive
setbacks
and-
and
what
I
wanted
to
understand
was-
and
I
also
wanted
to
support
downtown
being
studied
to
both
we'll
hear
from
the
downtown
council
member.
But
I
know
that
that's
a
more
complex
issue
and
I
realize
that
that's
being
studied
separately
and
that
seems
appropriate
to
me.
Q
So
I
have
some
questions
about
the
the
20
above
average
in
the
police
beat,
which
is
basically
my
district
right,
my
council
district,
and
so
that
20
above
average
crime
in
the
police
speed.
And
yet,
when
I
pulled
some
the
parcels,
there
are
some
parcels,
for
example,
a
market
on
monterey
and
center
right.
How
did
we
get
to
that?
How
did
how
does
that
parcel
that
moderate
center?
How?
How
does
that
not
meet
the
20
increase
in
or
above
average
crime
and
within
a
police
fee?.
E
So
thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
I'll
take
a
stab
at
answering
that
portion
of
it.
So
in
regards
to
the
20
portion
of
it.
When
we
looked
at
these
specific
sites
or
when
we
pulled
the
numbers,
it
was
by
police
beat.
So,
as
you
are
well
aware,
there's
obviously
your
council
district,
but
also
from
the
policing
standpoint.
We
have
police
districts
and
then
those
are
broken
down
into
police
beats,
which,
in
your
district
as
you're
well
aware,
district
lincoln
is
broken
down
into
that
specific
area
into
six
different
beats.
E
But
that
looks
at
the
geographic
area
when
it
looks
at
when
when
we
look
at
essentially
pulling
those
numbers.
Now,
what
I
would
say
and
certainly
pd
would
commit
to
it
is,
if
there's
a
specific
parcel
on
a
specific
site
around
a
proposed
location.
Then
we
could
certainly
take
a
deeper
dive
into
that
specific
location
and
really
get
down
into
some
micro
numbers
around
that
area
to
see
whether
or
not
it
would
be
number
one
from
the
zoning
purposes,
but
also
from
the
pd
public
safety
standpoint.
Q
M
Q
A
Q
M
Q
That
is,
as
we
just
heard
in
the
update
that
will
actually
ultimately
be
the
capital,
cal
trans
station
area
plan,
which
is
set
to
add
700
new
housing
units,
and
so
but
it's
not
that
yet.
So
it's
a
strange
parcel
to
me
and
then
at
30
60,
monterey
road,
that's
about
1100
feet
from
urban
leaf
as
well,
and
also
about
1100
feet
from
dahl
elementary
and
approximately
160
feet
from
residential.
Q
Q
K
Q
M
So
so
the
I'll
just
start
with
the
parking
right,
so
we
didn't
actually
look
at
what
the
site
is
being
used
at
now
or
whether
it
would
be
appropriate.
This
was
just
an
analysis.
Looking
purely
at
zoning
distances
right
so
you're,
absolutely
right.
I
mean
the
vta
parking
lot
unless
bta
wants
to
allow
someone
to
build
a
cannabis.
Business
is
extremely
unlikely
to
ever.
Have
that
happen,
but
just
from
a
purely
does
it
meet
those
distance
criteria.
Standpoint
then!
Yes,
so
that's!
That
is
why
it's
shown
on
the
map.
M
M
The
other
one,
as
you
said
yeah
I
mean
a
thousand
and
one
feet
away-
is
more
than
a
thousand
feet
away.
One
other
thing:
you
know:
we
didn't
actually
exclude
the
distance
from
the
existing
retail
cannabis
businesses,
because
we
were
our
proposals
that
they
would
move,
and
so
assuming
one
move
that
that
is
a
very
good
point
on
a
land
use
designate.
If,
if
they
came
in
for
a
zoning
verification
and
that
that
business,
that's
not
a
thousand
feet
away,
hasn't
it
moved
it
wouldn't
qualify.
M
So
that
is
something
that
actually
we
probably
should.
We
can
update
the
map
to
show
the
existing
locations
and
show,
if
those
weren't
to
move,
then
it
may
disqualify
some
new
locations
in
your
district.
The
other
thing
I'll
note
is
the
it's
those
handful
on
monterey
road
they're.
Actually,
a
lot
of
them
are
within
a
thousand
feet
of
each
other.
So
when
you
do
that,
it
really
actually
brings
it
down
to
if
they
were
all
eligible
sites,
even
based
on
this
map
taken
they
would
some
of
them
would
exclude
each
other
as
well.
Q
Q
M
I
mean
we
can
definitely
take
a
look,
but
just
this
was
based
purely
on
the
distances
and
the
zoning
based
purely
on
those.
Our
analysis
showed
it
worked
and
as
I
didn't
mention,
but
this
is
a
snapshot
in
time
and
it's
not
the
end-all
be-all
right,
so
any
business
if
they
were
to
come
in,
would
need
to
submit
a
zoning
verification,
and
we
would,
you
know,
do
a
much
much
much
more
careful
review
on
the
distances
at
that
time.
Q
B
But
I
think
even
more
so-
and
this
is
something
I've
been
hearing
from
my
community
members
for
quite
some
time.
It's
quite
simply
just
the
the
access
to
cannabis
that
our
community
members
are
desiring.
This
is
something
that
has
passed
at
the
state.
It
is.
It
is
not
10
20
30
years
ago,
when
cannabis
was
something
that
was
being
cracked
down
upon
by
the
from
the
from
the
federal
government
through
all
the
way
down
to
the
state
and
local
municipalities.
B
I
think
that
was
the
most
authentic
response
of
what
a
survey
results
could
mean
that
it's
simply
just
the
responses
of
those
who
responded.
It
wasn't
necessarily
scientific
in
any
indication.
You
know
beyond
that,
I
would
say
even
the
best
pollsters
out
there
that
do
scientific
polls
at
the
end
of
the
day.
B
Always
you
know
provide
disclaimers
that
say
you
know
I
mean
they
may
give
you
the
best
data
possible,
but
it
still
doesn't
give
you
a
true
indication
of
what
the
overall
community
opinions
are,
and
that's
just
the
case
anytime,
that
you're
you're
getting
some
some
polling
results
like
that,
but
I
I
appreciated
seeing
them
even
still
because
in
the
presentation,
as
was
pointed
out,
there's
really,
you
know
still
some
split
interpretation
on
it
and
I
think
we
saw
that
in
the
vote.
I
think
it
was
pretty
overwhelming.
B
B
I
will
say
specifically
as
a
council
member
for
the
downtown
community
that
I've
been
hearing
from
my
community
members
for
some
time
that
they
would
love
to
see
a
a
retail
storefront,
not
just
a
but
but
maybe
a
couple
throughout
the
downtown
core,
and
there
are
many
individuals
that
choose
to
live
in
our
downtown
core,
as
they
do
other
downtown
urban
environments
that
don't
drive
vehicles.
They
specifically
don't
want
to
right.
They
want
to
get
around
by
walking
or
biking
or
taking
public
transportation
and
councilmember
sparza
will
attest
to
this.
B
B
I
think,
a
distance
right
for
for
where
we're
looking
at,
maybe
locating
these
additional
retail
locations,
and
so,
in
my
understanding,
the
states
looked
at
a
fairly
simple
restriction
of
600
feet
from
a
school
and
the
specifics
are
providing
instruction
in
kindergarten
or
any
grades,
one
through
twelve,
a
day
care
center
or
a
youth
center.
That
is
in
existence
at
the
time
the
license
is
issued,
and
I
know
that
was
that's
pretty
minimal
what
they
were
looking
at.
B
Why
is
it
that
we
we
have
added
in
so
many
more
well,
maybe
kept
in
right,
because
we've
had
a
number
of
these
already,
but
why
is
it
that
we've
kept
in
a
number
of
these
restrictions
and
specifically,
as
staff
points
out
the
150
feet
from
any
residential
use
that
really
minim?
You
know
minimizes
us
from
potentially
maybe
a
thousand
or
so
new
sites
down
to
just
a
handful
with
what's
available.
I
know
it
was
around
100
and
some,
but
really
with
with
the
vacancy
availabilities
we're
talking
about
just
a
handful.
L
Well,
I
think
we
from
the
police
department's
perspective,
we're
always
you
know
interested
in
public
safety,
and
so
I
I
mean
I
quite
honestly,
I
think
the
thousand
feet
from
libraries
park.
Libraries
parks,
communities
out,
you
know,
and
schools
and
things
are
working
and
we've
seen
a
lot
of
negative
feedback
when
other
cities,
when
we've
watched
what
they've
been
proposing
to
go
600
feet
and
then,
when
you
look
at
it
on
a
map
and
you
look
600
feet
to
the
parking
lot
of
the
school,
a
lot
of
the
community
then
does
take
issue.
L
When
you
see
how
close
that
really
is
so
we
believe
there
are.
There
are
options
available
with
a
thousand
feet
from
from
those
sensitive
uses
and
again
we
don't
want
to
desensitize
really
kids
to
cannabis.
So
much
you
know
our
concern
is
to
keep
it
out
of
the
hand
of
youth
right
and
and
to
limit
driving
under
the
influence.
So
again
we
want
to
keep
it
away
from
from
some
of
those
areas.
You
know
as
best
as
we
can
again
martinez
said
that
we
can
look
at
the
150
feet
from
residential
again
with
that.
L
If,
if
we
remove
that
one
or
if
we,
you
know
evaluated
that
a
little
bit
differently,
you
know
again
and
we-
the
police
department,
supports
the
thousand
feet
from
the
schools
and
libraries
and
libraries
and
parks.
But
again
its
council
policy
can
direct
something
different.
You
can
direct
us
to
match
the
state.
This
is
that
that
tends
to
be
where
the
feedback
comes
in
once
you
finally
get
there,
then
the
community
does
have
an
opinion
on
that.
M
Yeah
and
I'll
just
add,
we
we
already
were-
and
I
shared
this
at
the
community
meeting-
we
definitely
do
now.
We've
done
this
first
round
of
you
know,
analysis
mapping
we're
doing
outreach.
We,
we
kind
of,
were
planning
on
taking
another
look
at
downtown
the
downtown
core,
as
we
know
for
many
of
different
planning
reasons.
Given
the
relative
density,
the
proximity
of
residential.
M
You
know
we
want
people
living
downtown
above
the
commercial,
so
a
lot
of
those
distance
requirements
that
imply
that
they're
going
to
be
separated,
don't
work
for
downtown,
so
so,
certainly
in
particular,
as
I
said
that
residential
distance
for
downtown
it
becomes
almost
a
deal
killer.
So
we'll
be
looking
at
that
we
we
just
wanted
to
get
a
sense
of
what
the
the
community
you
know.
K
M
B
For
me,
it
would
be,
let's
not
do
so,
and
only
have
a
small
handful
of
opportunities
to
really
grow
into
or
for
these
sites
to
move
into
right.
Let's
do
so
and
let's
make
it
meaningful
for
for
this,
this
effort
we're
going
through
now.
At
the
same
time,
I
would
agree
with
what
wendy
was
saying,
and
I
actually
don't
really
have
too
much
of
an
issue
with
the
thousand
feet
from
like
the
the
schools
and
the
daycare
centers
rec
centers
parks,
libraries.
B
I
would
agree
with
that,
and
it
sounds
like
that's,
not
necessarily
the
you
know
the
one
policy
or
the
one,
the
one
parameter,
that's
holding
back
a
lot
of
sites.
It
really
does
sound
like
it
is
this
this
150
feet
from
from
residential
and-
and
I
think
at
the
same
time
right
that
none
of
us
would
be
expecting
that
that
you
know
that
a
dispensary
or
retail
dispensary
should
should
be
located
in
just
about
any
neighborhood.
B
But
at
the
same
time,
I
think
when
you
make
this
restriction
and
you
limit
it
so
so
much
then
it
really
takes
away
other
opportunities
and
I
would
say
as
much
as
I'm
supportive
and
you've
heard
here
today
on
the
downtown
core,
maybe
having
a
different
set
of
parameters,
and
I
think
you're
you're
receptive
to
that
as
well.
I
also
don't
want
to
see
just
a
major
shift
from
what
we've
you
know
where
councilmember.
As
far
as
saying,
hey,
look,
there's
a
much
too
much
of
an
overconcentration
in
d7.
B
B
The
city
of
san
jose
is
a
a
very
broad
and
diverse
city
and
and
and
and
you
know,
I
think
it's
it's
equitable-
to
be
looking
at
the
opportunity
in
retail
locations
throughout
the
city
and
and
that's
really
where
I'm
hoping,
and
I
think-
and
you
know
when,
when
you
presented
this
when
I
looked
into
it.
Obviously,
as
we've
heard
back
from
a
lot
of
the
dispensaries
that
currently
as
it
stands,
especially
with
this
150
feet
from
any
residential
use,
really
limits
the
opportunity
and.
N
B
I
you
know
think
that's
where
I
would
focus
my
comments
and
interest
on
where
we
may
want
to
make
some
tweaks
and
changes,
be
it
a
separate,
look
at
downtown
and
then
specifically
looking
at
maybe
eliminating
this
residential
use
and
and
or
the
150
feet
from
residential
use
and
and
then
seeing
what
what
opportunities
that
presents
and
and
what
challenges
as
well.
Let
me
look
back
and
just
see
if
I
have
any
other
questions
or
concerns,
and
I
don't
at
the
moment,
that's
it.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
well,
first
of
all,
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that's
being
done.
This
is
a
this
is
a
policy
that
we've
been
working
on
for
for
quite
some
time
and,
of
course
it
started
way
before
I
even
got
to
council
is
just
that.
It's
it's
continuously
evolving
and
and-
and
I
I
want
to
be
upfront-
I
I
mentioned
this
quite
often
every
time
that
this
policy
comes
up.
D
D
L
A
L
Yeah,
sorry,
I
I
was
thinking.
I
think
what
we
want
is
to
kind
of
get
your
opinion
on
where
we're
what
we're
recommending,
because
we
aren't
recommending
second
retail
locations,
we
are
recommending
that
they
move
their
existing
retail
locations
to
the
expanded
zones
so
that
their
current
retail
locations
would
would
close
and
they
would
open
retail
in
a
different
area.
So
we're
that
that's
what
our
what
our
recommendation
is
as
of
today.
So
if
the
committee
members
are
thinking
something
differently,
then
that's
what
we
were.
L
We'll
kind
of
we'll
look
at
the
thought,
we'll
look
at
the
thousand
feet
we'll
definitely
be
looking
at
the
150
feet
and
we'll
see
if
we'll
change
our
recommendation
again,
we
have
the
sequa
study,
that's
that's
going
to
be
underway
and
then
we'll
go
to
the
planning
commission,
hopefully
in
july,
and
then
full
council
in
august.
So
we'll
we'll
look
we'll
evaluate
what
other
cities
are
currently
doing.
M
Ju,
I
will
share
that
so
for
purposes
of
our
sql
clearance.
We
are
actually
just
going
to
go
ahead
and
analyze
the
potential
environmental
impacts
of
being
in
alignment
with
state
law
when
it
comes
to
the
the
distances,
so
we're
kind
of
giving
ourselves
some
wiggle
room
that
we're
not
locking
ourselves
in
stone
with
the
secret
project
description,
the
secret
clearance.
We're
planning
is
an
initial
study,
so
we'll
be
circulating
it
and
then
likely
a
negative
or
a
mitigated
negative
declaration.
L
Yes,
council
member,
we,
I
don't
believe
that
we
need
to
come
back
to
this
committee
again.
I
think
that
we
can
move
forward
with
the
sequa
study
and
then
again
if
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
looking
at
are
matching
the
state.
Our
recommendations
still
very
well
may
be
to
have
more
restrictive
setbacks
than
the
state,
but
then,
but
then
full
council
can
can
you
know,
make
a
different
recommendation,
but
again
we
want
to.
We
want
to
look
at
that.
L
First,
we
want
to
look
at
what
that
might
mean
in
different
communities
if
we
change
it
from
a
thousand
feet
to
600
feet
from
schools
and
libraries
and
parks
and
community
centers.
So
we'd
want
to
look
at
the
look
at
the
map
and
evaluate
a
little
bit
closer
on
that
and
then
we're
going
to
evaluate
again
150
feet
in
different
methods,
path
of
travel,
maybe
eliminating
it
all
together,
and
then
we
can.
L
We
can
show
those
recommendations
and
then
obviously
in
council
members,
you
write
pros
and
cons
kind
of
with
some
of
your
recommendations
or
alternatives.
So
we
can.
We
can
have
those
included
in
some
of
the
alternatives
in
the
in
the
council
memo
again,
I
I
don't
think
we
need
to
come
back
to
the
committee,
but
maybe.
D
D
D
What
was
probably
the
best
argument
for
me
at
the
end
of
the
day
was
whom
I
saw
filling
our
jail
cells
and
why
they
were
there
and
having
a
thorough
understanding
of
our
history
when
I
finally
understood
the
drug
on
the
war
on
on
drugs
and
and
and
seeing
the
injustice
of
it
all,
and
so
there's
there's
there's
some
of
that.
But
anyway,
beyond
that,
when
I
look
at
at
the
I
hate
to
be
so
crass.
D
L
C
C
If
we
want
to
see
our
current
retailers
be
able
to
expand
to
a
different
location
than-
and
I
would
be
supportive
of
that,
then
your
motion
should,
if
you're
getting
ready
to
make
a
motion,
then
your
motion
should
include
that
and
the
reason
I
say
that
is
one.
It's
a
I'm
looking
at
this
from
an
expansion
of
business
and
a
business
opportunity
and
a
way
that
we
can
increase
city
council
revenue-
and
I
know
you-
you
didn't
you
don't
like
to
talk
about
that,
but
that
bottom
line
is.
C
C
It
is
not
as
easy
at
to
for
them
to
close
up
where
they
currently
are
and
relocate.
They
may
have
leases
where
they
are.
They
may
not
be
able
to
it'll,
it
still
doesn't
impact
the
ability
or
where
they
are
now
to
be
overly
concentrated
in
district
seven,
which
is
really
what
we
need
to
move
move
away
from.
So
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
as
you're
going
through
this.
D
Go
ahead,
I
I
wanted
to
give
a
staff
an
opportunity,
but
I
I
I
I
agree
with
you,
so
I
I
will
make
a
motion.
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion,
I'm
actually
going
to
make
a
motion
to
come
back
to
committee
with
some
opportunity
to
do
further
analysis
of
of
allowing
that
second
retail
license
also
to
align
the
setbacks
with
those
of
the
state
of
california
and
I'm
still
I'm
still,
okay
with
the
sensitive
areas
which
include
schools
and
child
care.
D
D
I
think
that
it's
imperative
that
this
comes
back
to
committee
versus
the
full
council,
so
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
really
weigh
in
on
it
and
be
able
to
look
at
it
after
you're
able
to
have
a
clear
picture
on
that,
and
that's
really
what
did
it
for
me
is
when
you
said
you
know
this,
this
could
be
a
deal
breaker
or
a
deal
killer.
I
think
you
said,
and-
and
that
was
an
alarming-
an
alarming
point,
so
anyways
that
that's
my
motion
and
I
hope
that.
D
Q
C
C
Q
C
D
Yeah
well
and
then
the
second
retail
license
allowing
our
businesses
to
open
up
the
second
retail
and
then
the
150
feet
from
residential
I'd.
Like
further
analysis
on
that,
and
then
I
know
that
council
member
esparza,
the
concern
is:
how
do
we
get
these
businesses
out
of
district
seven?
So
if
you
could
help
me
address
that
within
this
motion,
I'd
appreciate
that,
because
that
is
the
the
concern
that
she
has,
and
so
I
want
to.
C
Well,
so
so,
if
we,
the
whole
zoning
change,
allows
these
dispensaries
to
move
out
of
their
current
locations,
but
to,
and
if
you
give
them
to
licenses,
they
can
do
that
over
time
they
can
start,
they
can
expand
their
business
to
another
location
and
consider
reevaluating
whether
they're.
Currently
there
is
still
a
good
business,
a
good
place
for
them
to
be
but
they've
got.
Many
of
I
don't
know
what
their
least
consideration
is,
but
I
imagine
they
have
all
signed
leases
and
they
can't
get
out
of
their
leases
very
quickly.
Q
Q
B
And
now
I'm
willing
to
second
it,
but
quite
honestly,
I'm
a
little
confused,
and
so
so
so
I
wanted
to
just
see
if
I
could.
I
I'm
willing
to
second
it,
but
I
wanted
to
try
to
clarify
what
I'm
seconding.
If
that
was
all
right,
because
I
know
there
is,
there
is
a
bit
going
on
here,
obviously
within
the
recommendation,
so.
C
A
Chair,
I
can
take
a
stab
at
it
if
you
like.
Okay,
please,
as
I've
been
listening
to
the
discussion.
As
I
understand,
councilmember
carrasco
motion
is
that
staff
would
return
to
the
committee
with
an
analysis
on
allowing
a
second
retail
license
for
the
existing
16
and
further
analysis
on
the
setback
requirement.
Q
So
councilmember,
that's
why
I
had
clarified
the
motion
was
to
keep
so
the
state
is
600
feet.
What's
mentioned
in
this
memo
is
a
thousand
foot
setback?
If
it's
not
a
thousand
feet,
I
can't
support
the
motion.
So
that's
why
I'm
I'm
clarifying
so
would
we
keep
the
thousand
foot
or
not
on
the
sensitive
uses
to
public
or
private
preschools
elementary
schools,
child
care.
D
Q
D
C
C
G
H
Seems
odd
to
me
well,
chair
who's
who's
up,
go
ahead,
you're
up,
okay,
that
takes
for
the
report,
and
you
know
generally
generally
feeling
like
we're
heading
in
the
right
direction,
though.
Obviously
you
know
I
had
raised
my
hand
to
make
the
same
recommendation
that
we
come
back
to
this
committee
before
going
to
planning.
So
I'm
glad
to
hear
that's
what
we're
that's
the
motion
on
the
table.
H
It
does
seem
a
little
odd
to
me
to
to
I
mean
we
can
look
at
the
analysis,
obviously,
but
to
have
different
setbacks
for
retail
location.
One
and
two
does
seem
a
little
arbitrary
and
I'm
a
little
confused
by
that
notion
to
say
for
retail
location
one.
It
should
be
a
thousand
feet
from
schools,
but
relo,
but
if
you
have
a
second
location,
we'll
let
it
be
600
feet
from
the
school
just
seems.
I
feel
like
that's
going
to
run
into
some
problems,
so
maybe
there's
a
different
way.
We
can
formulate
that
understood.
H
The
point
about
residential
sounds
like
that's
something
worth
studying.
I
think
I
agree
with
my
colleagues
I
I
could
imagine
you
know
residents
across
the
city
having
concerns
with
it
being
too
close,
but
I
think
it's
worth
the
analysis.
I
think
it's
worth
the
conversation
so
on
on
board
with
that.
Certainly
I
guess
the
question
would
be.
H
You
know,
council
member
perales
mentioned
thinking
about
downtown
differently,
and
maybe
we
should
think
about
urban
villages
differently
and,
as
we
all
know,
we
have
potential
urban
village
sites
in
every
single
district
in
the
city,
and
so
I
wonder
if
something
we're
thinking
about
is
actually
and
I'm
not
quite
sure
how
you
would
write
this
ordinance,
but
it's
more
about
the
sort
of
density
and
land
use.
You
know
the
zoning
there
you
know.
H
Do
we
want
to
think
about
denser
parts
of
the
city
like
downtown
having
more
relaxed
setbacks,
I
mean
it
sounded
to
me
like
that's
what
councilmember
peralos
was
pointing
to,
and
so
rather
than
the
distinction
being
between
retail
location,
one
and
retail
location.
Two.
If
we
go
that
route,
maybe
it
has
more
to
do
with
the
underlying
zoning
or
land
use
in
the
city.
So
I'm
just
throwing
out
ideas,
I'm
sure
staff's
going
to
come
back
to
us.
H
I
mean
my
main
point
was
that
I
really
felt
like
we
were
going
to
need
to
come
back
and
have
a
second
conversation.
So
I'm
glad
it
seems
like
we
got
there
and
I
think
most
of
my
other
questions
were
actually
answered.
I
did
want
to
ask
you
know
there
was
this
point
in
the
memo
about
the
sequa
concern
that
retailers
had
raised
and
and
the
line
in
there
about
work
being
underway
at
the
state
to
extend
that
deadline
beyond
2021
seemed
a
little
vague
to
me.
M
Yeah
so
sure,
there's
there
is
a
state
bill.
That's
proposed
that
it
appears
it
would
extend
the
retail
licenses
so
we're
watching
that
bill
and
will
likely
actually
send
a
letter
of
support
for
it
as
it
moves
forward.
So
that
was
primarily
what
we're
talking
about
and
yeah
I
mean
the
sequin.
If
anyone
in
the
industry-
I
might
my
you
know,
offer
stands
please
please
email
me.
So
we
can
talk
about
this
separately
and
try
to
come
up
with
a
solution.
M
It's
a
it's
a
complicated
issue
because
it
has
to
do
with
the
existing
businesses
that
are
fully
permitted
from
the
city
and
what
the
state
wants
is
essentially
us
to
undo
our
permitting
and
redo
it
again,
so
that
we
can
do
sequa
ourselves
that
they
can
then
reuse
for
their
licensing,
because
it's
actually
their
license
that
triggers
the
sequa
and
under
the
law.
They
are
the
responsible
agency
for
completing
the
sql
clearance
for
their
own
license,
but
they
would
prefer
if
cities
do
it
for
them
and
they
can
just
reuse
it.
M
So
that's
kind
of
been
their
position
and
our
position
has
been.
Our
businesses
are
fully
permitted
through
a
process.
That's
legal
and
worked,
and
what
you're
asking
us
to
do
is
kind
of
open
up
that
box
again
that
we
we're
not
sure
we
want
to
open
so
so
it's
I
can
go
on
forever.
It's
a
pretty
complicated
one,
but
hopefully
we're.
We
are
carefully
watching
that
bill
on
extending
the
provisional
licenses
so
that
there's
more
time
to
resolve
this
issue.
H
L
I
we
we
would
be
working
with
the
businesses
to
find
out,
because
I
mean
like
we're
saying
that
we
understand
that
they
might
have
existing
lease
agreements.
So
we
would
be
looking
at
that
evaluating
that,
but
we
would
definitely
clearly
put
out
there
what
our
registration
or
application
process
is
for
that
through
our
city
manager
rights.
We
have
that
ability
for
the
registration
process
there,
so
we
would
clearly
outline
that
so,
but
it
would
allow
you
I
mean
we
have
to
kind
of.
L
You
know,
stop
it
at
some
point
right,
so
we
would
open
it
up
and
then
stop
it
at
some
point
and
then
whoever
wants
to
move
can
move
or
or
if
council
again
votes
to,
allow
them
to
retail
locations.
Then
then
that
would
be
considered
right
now,
part
of
our
I
mean
right
now
they
can
have
multiple
locations
for
manufacturing
and
distribution,
and
so
they
can
either
choose
to
do
an
application
kind
of
amendment
at
any
point
during
the
year
currently
or
they
can
do
it
as
part
of
their
annual
renewal
process.
L
H
B
B
Available
for
public
and
private
preschools
elementary
schools
secondary
schools,
day
care,
centers,
community,
rec,
centers
parks
or
libraries.
I
do
think
that
is,
you
know
it's
worth
sort
of
taking
a
look
at.
Would
we
want
to?
You
know,
change
anything
there,
but
I
I'm
not
necessarily
advocating
for
that.
B
For
me,
it
was
really
advocating
a
change
in
regards
to
the
the
150-foot
setback
from
residential
use,
and
I
know
that
councilmember
esparza,
I
think,
sounded
like
she
was
concerned
about
if
we
were
to
eliminate
the
setback
suggestion
for
being
from
another
storefront
dispensary
the
1000
feet,
and
just
to
confirm
that
is
that
correct,
councilman
esparza,
that
was,
that
was
a
that
thousand
feet.
Setback
is
something
you
were
interested
in,
keeping
in
correct.
Q
B
Yeah
so-
and
I
look,
I
think,
I'm
comfortable
with
that
as
well.
Again,
that's
an
added
restriction
that
the
state
doesn't
have,
but
I
would
agree
with
you
in
regards
to
you
know-
is
that
going
to
help
us
get
to
where
the
goal
that
we
want
to
get,
which
is
actually
dispersing
these
these
dispensaries?
You
know
a
little
bit
more
equitably
throughout
the
city
and
I
know
we're
throwing
out
the
numbers
of
of
a
thousand
feet.
B
I
think
I'm
I'm
comfortable
with
staff
coming
back
and
sort
of
taking
a
look
at
all
of
these
different
parameters,
maybe
loosening
up
whether
it
is
the
defeat
or
whether
it
is
eliminating
in
total,
for
instance,
the
150
feet
from
residential
use.
I
I
won't
say
that
we
should
go
again
to
where
the
state
is
which
is
600
feet
from
just
schools
and
day
care
centers.
B
Q
The
second
location
yeah
the
motion
added
and
I'd
like
to
second
it.
I
just
had
one
clarification
on
the
motion.
This
still
includes
the
the
exclusion
just
like
abc
alcohol.
It
includes
excluding
areas
with
20
average
higher
reported
crimes,
just
like
we
do
with
alcohol.
Is
that
correct?
That's
still
is
included.
B
I
would
I
would,
I
would
be
fine
with
including
it,
but
not
for
specific
areas,
for
instance
the
downtown
core,
also
sort
of
ranks
up
in
that
in
that
area
and
and
that
might
eliminate
all
of
the
downtown
core,
and
so
that's
where
I
think
we
can
marry
the
two
conversations
around
you
know.
Do
we
want
to
be
hard
fast
in
that
rule,
or
do
we
want
to
look
at
particular
areas
that
you
know.
Q
Q
B
C
That's
fine,
so
your
motion
is
basically
okay,
so
just
to
restate
retaining
the
thousand
feet.
Setback
for
for
the
sensitive
areas
staff
is
to
investigate
modifying
the
150-foot
setback
in
residential
setback,
expand
the
number
of
licenses,
including
additional
locations
plus
the
five
equity
pieces.
They
will
consider
the
20
20
percent.
C
H
Q
L
B
A
C
Now,
how
did
I
do
that?
You
think
I've
been
doing
this
for
100
years,
and
I
know
enough
not
to
do
that.
I
really
appreciate
the
discussion
we
had
around
that
issue
and
know
that
it
will
come
back
and
we'll
continue
to
have
this
discussion
until
we
go
to
council
and
I'm
I'm
really
glad
that
we
pulled
this
off
the
backlog
and
we're
able
to
move
it
forward
through
the
committee.
So
thank
you
for
that
really
good,
good
discussion
and
and
motion
crafting.
O
Yes,
we
do.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair
foley,
matt,
kano,
director
of
public
works
and
with
me
today
is
chris
hickey
division
manager
and
from
public
works
and
sebastian
green
stanford,
fellow
in
our
department.
That's
been
helping
us
with
this
issue.
I'll
turn
the
presentation
over
to
chris
in
a
second,
but
I
just
wanted
to
mention
as
a
as
stewards
of
a
multi-billion
dollar
capital
improvement
program
in
the
city.
O
This
item
is
currently
on
the
city's
roadmap
as
backlog
item
number
four.
However,
we
have
been
collecting
date
and
any
addition,
but
we
have
been
collecting
data
on
it,
and
so
we
feel
that
it
was
important
that,
even
though
it's
on
the
backlog,
it
was
important
for
us
to
come
and
present
the
data
that
we
have
to
keep
that
discussion
at
the
forefront
of
people's
minds.
O
R
R
As
matt
stated,
this
was
re-prioritized
from
the
2020
2021
council.
Priority
number
one
to
the
city's
roadmap
backlog
of
number
four.
So,
as
man
said,
we
just
want
to
kind
of
give
you
a
background
bring
this
up,
because
it
is
very,
very
important
to
public
works
in
the
city.
So
again
previously
it
was
council
priority
number
one.
It
included
local
hiring,
local
business
and
apprenticeship
utilization.
R
So
three
very
large
things
in
one
local
hiring
in
regards
to
our
construction
contracts
that
the
city
puts
out
for
our
public
works.
That
would
be
the
workers,
the
actual
employees,
local
businesses
would
be
the
employee
or
the
companies
that
would
be
building
our
projects
as
well
as
apprentice
utilization.
So
trying
to
get
you
know,
building
up
the
industry
as
we
go
forward
so
in
an
effort
to
make
any
type
of
gains
in
this.
R
The
city
executed
a
project
labor
agreement
with
the
santa
clara
county,
san
benito
counties,
building
trade
council.
That's
for
most
projects
over
three
million
dollars
are
subject
to
the
pla
requirements
which
have
local
unions
providing
the
workforce
so
that
had
a
rather
large
impact
to
our
local
workforces
as
well.
As
in
october,
8th
city
council
approved
the
public
works
contracting
program.
R
R
We
assembled
the
data
set
containing
zip
code.
Information
on
our
public
works
construction
projects.
We
took
that
information
and
made
a
geographic
distribution
of
all
the
project,
work
hours
based
off
of
zip
codes,
and
then
we
also
took
a
look
at
you
know
what
are
called
journeyman
or
you
know,
fully
educated
construction
workers
as
well
as
apprentice
utilization,
so
training
of
the
next
generation.
R
So
we
took
a
look
at
all
of
those,
so
what
we
found
was
that
our
local
ratio
of
workers
and
our
local
for
santa
clara
in
san
jose
is
actually
deemed
as
santa
clara
county,
so
our
ratio
of
local
workers
is
relatively
pretty
high.
You
know
we
had
a
peak
sometime
in
june.
Again,
our
construction
industry
is
seasonal.
R
When
it's
raining,
we're
not
really
constructing
a
lot
when
it's
warmer
outside
better
weather.
We
have
a
lot
of
our
pro
projects
going
on.
So
you
see
it.
You
know,
through
this
april
may
june,
even
in
july
we
have
very,
very
good
numbers
for
our
local
workers
as
we
start
to
go
through
the
seasons,
and
we
start
hitting
this.
You
know
winter
time
frame.
We
start
to
see
some
type
of
leveling
off.
Why
this
is
important.
Is
the
public
works?
R
We
actually
went
out
and
benchmarked
against
some
of
the
other
cities
in
the
state
of
california
to
see
where
other
cities
with
local
higher
policies
where
they
sit
on
their
ratios.
So
we
found
two
very,
very
close
partners
that
would
be
the
city
and
county
of
san
francisco,
as
well
as
the
city
and
county
of
los
angeles.
R
So
we
decided
what's
the
next
step,
if
it's
not
just
the
local
workers,
can
we
start
looking
at
additional
information
that
we're
collecting,
so
we
found
and
started
looking
at
apprenticeship
utilization,
so
apprentices
are
an
extremely
important
part
of
the
industry,
the
construction
industry.
It's
really
setting
up
that
next
generation
to
go
through
that
next
step
to
become
journeyman
to
be
working
on.
Our
public
works
construction
projects,
as
you
can
tell
you,
can
see
that
again
very
similar
to
the
rest
of
our.
R
You
know:
employees
on
our
projects,
local
employees.
We
saw
a
pretty
good
percentage
of
apprentices,
local
apprentices
on
our
construction
projects.
Again
it
was
pretty
high
numbers
during
the
great
seasons
that
we
see
through
april.
Through
august,
you
started
to
see
some
slight
declines,
and
then
you
saw
some
very
large
declines,
so
we're
starting
to
see
that
apprenticeship
utilization
is
actually
being
lowered
with
all
of
our
construction
projects.
There's
a
lot
of
different
things
that
could
be
happening
here.
We
have
not
been
able
to
identify
any
specific
reason
of
this.
R
Again,
we've
benchmarked
against
san
francisco
and
la,
but
it
would
be
nice
to
actually
take
a
look
at
the
city
itself,
potentially
there's
some
work
there.
Additionally,
apprenticeship
hours,
so
we'd
like
to
seek
opportunities
to
partner
with
our
pre-apprenticeship
programs,
to
increase
opportunities
for
local
workers
to
receive
apprenticeships
and
other
opportunities.
So
you
know
pre-pre-apprenticeship
programs.
You
know
the
city
has
some
experience
with
it.
R
Our
work
to
future
group
works
with
tops
trades
orientation
program
with
our
building
trades,
council
and
so
working
with
organizations
like
the
top
program,
as
well
as
some
of
the
other
pre-apprenticeship
programs
would
really
allow
us
to
understand.
You
know
if
the
city
can
you
know,
step
foot
into
that
realm
to
potentially
help
with
their
type
of
resources
or
even
providing
educational
support.
So
that's
an
additional
step
and
our
conclusion,
so
our
local
hours
ratios
closely
match
the
percentage
goals
for
san
francisco
and
los
angeles
counties.
R
Our
local
apprenticeship
ratios
could
be
improved.
We
believe,
based
off
of
the
numbers
that
we
can
improve.
Those
and
staff
will
continue
to
monitor
local
and
apprenticeship
ratios
and,
lastly,
the
city
will
continue
to
partner
with
our
local
apprenticeship
organizations
to
identify
those
opportunities
and
to
try
to
either
enhance
continue
or
just
support
the
relevant
programs.
That
really
you
know,
help
the
construction
industry
in
our
community.
So
with
that,
that
is
the
end
of
our
presentation.
Staff
is
here
for
any
questions
or
any
discussions
that
we
can
provide
to
you.
C
K
Do
we
really
need
another
program
in
this
city?
Really,
I
mean
budget
shortfalls
and
we
gotta
help
people
help
employers
to
help
people
find
jobs.
I
find
it
a
bit
odd,
there's
four
there's
there's
wanted
signs
everywhere
for
jobs
and
we
we
need
to
have
another
program
who's
going
to
pay
for
all
this.
There's
all
these
wonderful
things
going
on
here
in
this
city
that
are
being
paid
for
by
the
taxpayer.
All
these
committees,
all
these
new
pro
for
what?
K
K
Why
do
we
have
to
fund
every
little
thing
forever
for
people
who
should
be
able
to
find
themselves
a
job?
I
mean
right
now.
If
you
watch
the
news
or
looking
in
the
mercury
news,
they
have
a
shortage
of
restaurant
workers.
They
can't
find
people
the
staff
at
15
an
hour
with
no
experience
they
actually
had
to
raise.
Can
you
imagine
had
to
raise
the
pay
for
these
restaurant
restaurant
workers
because
they
can't
find
any?
K
But
but
this
city
has
to
develop
some
sort
of
plan,
something
the
communist
chinese
government,
my
god,
you
guys
are
going
down
the
way
of
socialism
and
it's
pretty
clear
with
all
the
legalization
of
marijuana
and
all
these
things.
This
is
all
going
down
the
road
of
socialism
and
you
guys
don't
see
you
keep
doubling
down
on
stupid
ideas,
mass
transit
coffin,
condos,
six,
six
hundred
square
feet,
condos
in
these
new
villages,.
K
G
Hi
claire
beekman
here
the
one
two
in
abstractions
today
you
get
the
abstract
group
today
to
address.
You
know
these
important
issues
of
our
time
in
city,
government
and
community
hi.
You
know
I
I
do
feel
from
the
words
of
the
previous
speaker
that
you
know
there's
important
connections
in
in
this
work
and
this
effort
that's
going
on
right
now
and
how
it
connects
to
things
I
was
gonna
offer
for
this
item.
G
G
I
think
we
could
have
asked
these
same
sort
of
questions
without
having
to
perform
a
major
pandemic,
but
we
are
here
now
at
this
time
and
we're
here
to
ask
ourselves
important
questions
of
of
socialism
for
our
future
and
we
and
we
are
at
the
time
to
start
asking
ourselves
openly
as
a
community
process.
What
exactly
those
questions
are.
I
feel
this
particular
item
addresses
perfectly.
Q
Q
We
were
able
to
get
dozens
dozens
of
veterans
into
this
pipeline,
which
was
pretty
amazing,
and
I
know
that
their
efforts
to
recruit,
foster
youth
justice,
impacted
youth
and
there
are
other
efforts
out
there
with
apprentice
programs.
So
I
think
the
the
opportunities
that
are
posed
with
the
apprentice
programs
are
great,
really
great
opportunities
to
for
folks
to
be
able
to
change,
to
make
changes
and
to
realize
opportunities
for
better
paying
jobs.
Q
I
wanted
to
offer.
Also,
though
I
I
think
what
local
hire
was
trying
to
get
at.
I
know
this
predates
me
a
little
bit,
but
the
issue
has
also
been
around
a
really
long.
Time
is
how
basically
we
can
promote
equity
right.
We
have
projects
where,
where
local
dollars
are
being
spent
where
the
city
is
involved,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
live
in
our
city
are
able
to
to
live
in
our
county
are
able
to
stay
in
our
county.
Q
One
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
ask
was
how
we
could
how
we
could
create
a
type
of
equity
lens,
perhaps
instead
of
local
hire
to
really
get
at
that
equity
issue
in
terms
of
folks
who
are
being
priced
out
of
the
area
and
and
commuting
from
los
banos
and
tracy,
and
god
knows
where
else
to
come
and
do
jobs
here.
Is
there
another
way
that
we
can
apply
an
equity
lens
to
really
get
at
what
local
hire
is
trying
to
do.
R
R
Yes,
housing
is
a
rather
large
problem,
the
industry
itself.
You
know
you
have
to
go
through
these
pre-apprenticeships.
You
have
to
go
through
an
approved
apprenticeship
program
to
become
a
journeyman
and
a
journeyman
is
where
you
actually
make.
You
know
more
money.
Good
money,
especially
in
public
works
construction.
R
R
You
know.
Typically,
a
local
business
will
not
go
and
hire
from
sacramento
for
their
local
construction
business.
They
will
typically
utilize
the
region
around
them,
so
there's
that
we
also
have
you
know
we're
starting
the
process.
Public
works
on
best
value
contracting,
which
would
also
add
those
you
know
potentially
add
the
that
type
of
lens
into
that
conversation.
R
There's
again
lots
of
different
aspects
that
we
can
try
covet.
I
will
say,
though,
covid19
really
kind
of
threw
a
wrench
into
it.
Well,
when,
as
we're
looking
at
this
data,
you
know
it's
data
through
covet.
Is
there
you
know,
since
the
construction
industry
was
considered
an
essential
service
during
coven?
R
R
Those
things-
and
this
is
why
it's
this
coming
back
to
this
committee
now-
was
so
important.
Getting
the
direction
from
our
council
members
from
this
committee
on
where
we
should
be
going
where
we
should
be
looking
at
adding
an
equity
lens
is
definitely
something
we
can
try
to
identify
and
bring
forward
in
our
annual
reporting.
O
A
A
B
Q
Yeah
I'd
like
to
add
equity
lens.
I
wanted
to
hear
from
my
colleagues,
but
I
I
would
like
to
add
the
equity
lens
to
see
if
there
was
another
way
or
just
another
way,
to
get
at
sort
of
what
we
were
trying
to
do
or
way
back
or
what
former
council
member
cara
and
all
of
us
were
when
we
prioritized
this
couple
year,
you
know
kept
kept
this
on
the
priority
list,
and
so
yes,
I
would
like
to
include
that
as
well
as
hear
what
others
think
about
it.
B
You
know
the
the
worker
retention
in
the
area
here
through
maybe
another
means
outside
of
local
hire.
What
does
that
look
like?
I
know
you
just
answered
in
regards
to
you
know
the
ability
to
maybe
take
a
look
at
this,
but
could
you
give
me
a
an
answer
in
regards
to
what
that
looks
like
or
what
that
could
look
like
as
far
as
timing,
or
you
know,
shifting
the
complete
focus
here
or
do
you
think
it's
in
line
with
some
of
the
work
you've
already
been
doing
and.
O
I'll
give
it
a
shot,
and
chris,
please
feel
free
to
feel
free
to
disagree.
That's
the
problem
being
virtual.
You
can't
evolve
each
other
when
you
disagree,
but
I
I
feel
that
it's
in
line
with
what
we're
doing
any
anything
we
actually
do
moving
forward
will
require
us
to
get
funding
either
either
funding
to
provide
to
other
organizations
to
support
local
hire
or
funding
for
a
staff
member
on
our
team
to
focus
on
it.
O
So
right
now
we
are
really
in
that
kind
of
continuing
to
track
data
and
continuing
to
look
for
opportunities
that
maybe
we
can
do
with
our
existing
resources.
And
so
since
we
are
working
on
tracking
zip
code
information,
the
equity,
I
know,
equity
isn't
just
about
zip
codes,
but
it'll
be
very
helpful
in
any.
If
we
were
able
to
get
let's
say,
limited
funding
for
par
to
work
with
partners
in
the
in
the
future,
we
could
focus
it
on
those
zip
codes
where
the
data
is
showing
us.
O
R
It
would
actually
probably
help
the
situation
going
forward,
but
then
again
to
matt's
point.
The
funding
is
a
major
resource
that
we
would
need
to
be
able
to
to
handle
that,
for
example,
san
francisco's,
local
higher
policy.
They
gave
us
a
rough
estimate
of
one
fte
for
every
500
million
dollars
ongoing
and
they
have
approximately
four
to
five
staff.
Doing
this
work
just
on
local
hire,
that's
not
including
the
prevailing
wages,
or
any
of
that.
B
And
we
have
a
budget
discussion
coming
up
where
I
think
you
know,
we've
we've
had
this
discussion
before
right.
You
can
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is.
If
this
truly
is
still
the
number
one
priority
right,
that's
been
on
that
list,
even
though
it's
been
right
kind
of
backlogged,
at
least
for
this
coming
year,
I
would
agree
if
it
needs
some
funding.
A
A
C
G
G
I
wish
it
didn't,
but
it
was
interesting
item
and
I
I
just
wanted
to
thank
yourselves
that
you
at
least
or
it's
a
familiar
item,
maybe
that's
a
better
way
to
put
it,
and
I
wanted
to
thank
yourselves
that
you
at
least
you
put
it
in
the
open
forum
as
letters
from
the
public.
I
think
that's
an
interesting
way
to
work.
I
hope
you
can
continue
to
work
that
way
to
mention
a
few
items
from
my
first
public
comment
on
approval
of
the
work
agenda.
G
I
you
know
my
words
about
earthquake.
You
know,
there's
also
sea
level
rise
and
wildfire
issues.
Those
are
the
big
three
that
I
think
we
have
to
really
consider
in
san
jose
and,
if
not
just
for
san
jose,
you
know,
maybe
my
words
have
been
meant
for
southern
california
and
l.a.
Maybe
the
big
earthquake
is
in
l.a,
I'm
not
exactly
sure,
but
I
I
we
do
need
to
really
prepare.
G
I
feel,
and
I
hope
you
can
be
really
patient
with
my
words
and
and
speak
to
my
words
and
write
back
to
me.
You
know
exactly
what
I'm
saying
so
we
can
be
clear
and
I
don't
have
to
continue
to
rant
about
things
and
you
know
I
don't
want
to
be
responsible,
irresponsible
about
what
I'm
trying
to
pass
along
and
talk
about
and
to
conclude
yeah.
I
I
thank
you
for
your
last
item.
I
it's
a
real
hopeful
item.
G
C
K
K
Imagine
when
you
buy
it
from
these
dispensaries,
you're
feeding
them.
You
are
filling
the
trough
for
these
cops
and
these
politicians
you're
just
filling
it
up
for
them,
giving
them
so
every
time,
just
like
malcolm
x,
said
every
time
you
smoke
cigarettes
or
drink
alcohol,
you're
feeding
the
oppression,
and
that's
that's
what
you're
doing,
because
this
way
they
can
have
more
code
enforcement
people
out
looking
at
flagpoles
and
people's
sheds.
K
They
can
you
know,
help
these
kids
find
work,
hey.
Maybe
these
kids
that
need
to
find
work
when
they
turn
18.
You
guys
can
train
them
to
to
work
at
these
pot
shops
right.
You
can
train
them
to
do
that.
There's
a
career
selling
marijuana
legally,
you
know
in
in
some
pot
store
that
that
would
be
good
or
maybe
they
could
become
code
enforcement,
because
we
need
more
that
we
need
more
of
those
little
eichmann's
running
around
in
there
and
they're
little
priuses.
K
You
know
telling
everybody
that
it's
not
it's
the
neighbors
who
are
telling
on
each
other.
It's
not
that.
No,
it's
them
right.
That's
the
psych
right
there
right
that
the
code-
oh
hey!
It's
your
neighbor,
who
called
how
come
I
can't
find
out,
don't
have
a
right
to
my
accuser.
No,
not
with
code
enforcement,
hey
man,
it's
not
us!
It's
them
right!
So
that's
disgusting
that
you
guys
should
there
should
be
an
ordinance
against
that.
Whoever
complains
you
should
know
who
you're,
who
your
accuser
is.
These
city
ordinances
are
the
most
fascistic
things.
K
There
are
labeled
with
a
with
this
zen
right.
This
nicey
nice
talk.
You
guys
are
disgusting.
Everyone
at
that
city,
council,
member,
all
the
city,
council
members
and
you
pam
foley.
You
guys
need
to
find
other
jobs,
because
how
you
guys
are
doing
this
is
terrible
and
by
the
way
pam
the
burned
out
building
on
hillsdale.
Maybe
you
can.
Maybe
you
could
have
a
monster
pot
store
there
do
something
with
that
building.
For
god's
sake,
it
looks
like
detroit
in
this
neighborhood
pam
foley
represents
the
most
ghetto
district.