Dear SF Planning Commissioners, Office of Cannabis, and Supervisors,

I SUPPORT Matthew Henri, Marti Brass, and Damien Posey’s proposal for a social equity cannabis dispensary and consumption lounge at 764-766 Stanyan St.  All three owners are strongly connected to our community, and Matthew and Marti have been running a popular small business in the neighborhood for years.  Their dispensary and consumption lounge will:

·      Provide medicine and adult use cannabis for neighbors and tourists;

·      Strengthen the Stanyan small business corridor;

·      Reduce illegal drug dealing in the area, particularly around Alvord Lake;

·      Provide a safe, regulated place for people to consume cannabis so they don’t do it in the Park;

·      Advance San Francisco’s social equity policies;

·      Improve public safety; and

·      Create quality local jobs in the wake of Covid 19.

I fully SUPPORT Matthew, Marti, and Damien’s application and ask you to support it as well.