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Board approves ordinance to waive certain DBI investigation fees for legacy cannabis supply businesses
Summary
The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance on first reading waiving building-inspection investigation fees for cannabis supply-chain businesses that operated without a legal pathway before the city established licensing; vote was 10–1 with Supervisor Tang dissenting.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to pass on first reading an ordinance waiving and refunding investigation fees assessed under building code section 10.78.5 for businesses in the cannabis supply chain that had been operating before the city established regulatory pathways.
Supervisor Sheehy, who introduced the ordinance during the board's March 6 meeting, framed the measure as relief for businesses that provided cannabis products to patients with HIV and other serious illnesses but previously had no legal way to be licensed. "These fines...are frankly unfair," Supervisor Sheehy…
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