The Committee shall consist of nine voting members and seven non-voting members, as follows (seats 1 through 7 being non-voting members):
(a) Seat 1 shall be held by the Director of the Department of Public Health or the Director’s designee.
(b) Seat 2 shall be held by the Chief of the Police Department or the Chief’s designee.
(c) Seat 3 shall be held by the Director of the Department of Building Inspection or the Director’s designee.
(d) Seat 4 shall be held by the Director of the Planning Department or the Director’s designee.
(e) Seat 5 shall be held by the Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District or the Superintendent’s designee, which may include a Member of the Board of Education. The Superintendent is not required to hold this seat or appoint a designee, but shall be invited to do so.
(f) Seat 6 shall be held by the Executive Director of the Entertainment Commission or the Executive Director’s designee.
(g) Seat 7 shall be held by the Chief of the Fire Department or the Chief’s designee.
(h) Seat 8 shall be held by an Owner of a Cannabis Business permitted through the Equity Program, appointed by the Board. If there are no Equity Applicant permit-holders who apply for the seat, then the Board may appoint a person who, at the time of the appointment, is an Equity Applicant, as that term is defined in Police Code Subsection 1604(b).
(i) Seat 9 shall be held by the operator of a Cannabis Cultivation, Manufacturing, or distribution business with fewer than 20 employees at the time of appointment, appointed by the Board.
(j) Seat 10 shall be held by a representative of organized labor who works with the Cannabis business labor force, appointed by the Board.
(k) Seat 11 shall held1 by a representative of organized labor who works with the Cannabis delivery service labor force, appointed by the Board.
(l) Seat 12 shall be held by an Owner of a Storefront Cannabis Retailer, appointed by the Board.
(m) Seat 13 shall be held by a person who, at the time of the appointment, is an Equity Applicant, as that term is defined in Police Code Subsection 1604(b), appointed by the Board.
(n) Seat 14 shall be held by a person with demonstrated subject matter expertise on the State of California’s Cannabis laws and regulations, appointed by the Board.
(o) Seat 15 shall be held by a person with significant experience in workforce and economic development, appointed by the Board.
(p) Seat 16 shall be held by a person who has been a Medicinal Cannabis patient or Medicinal Cannabis consumer for at least five years, with an extensive history advocating for Medicinal Cannabis patients or involvement in implementing and running a Cannabis compassionate use program in compliance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, appointed by the Board.
(Added by Ord. , File No. 180800, App. 11/2/2018, Eff. 12/3/2018)
