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Supervisors accept amendments to cannabis commission charter amendment, continue item after public debate
Summary
The Rules Committee accepted amendments to a proposed San Francisco charter amendment to create a Cannabis Commission, including labor representation and workforce language, heard extensive public comment from industry, labor and equity applicants, and continued the item for further processing due to substantive changes.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on June 20 accepted substantive amendments to a charter amendment that would create a Cannabis Commission and a Department of Cannabis, then continued the item for further procedural review.
Sponsor Supervisor Sandy Feuer said legalization offered the city an opportunity to build a new cannabis industry with an equity and social-justice lens, and presented two substantive changes: replacing a low-income-designated seat with a labor representative for delivery-service workers and clarifying that one seat requires experience in workforce and…
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