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Board approves 45‑day interim moratorium on new medical cannabis dispensary approvals
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted 9‑2 to adopt an interim zoning moratorium on new medical cannabis dispensaries while the city updates rules to reconcile medical and adult‑use regulations after Prop 64.
San Francisco — The Board of Supervisors voted 9‑2 on Tuesday to place a 45‑day interim zoning moratorium on the approval of new medical cannabis dispensaries (MCDs), a pause supervisors said is designed to give the city time to update local rules to reflect last year’s passage of Proposition 64 and the creation of a new Office of Cannabis.
The vote: The roll call recorded nine ayes and two no votes; Supervisors Jeff Sheehy and Norman Yee voted no. Supervisor Mark Farrell was excused from the meeting.
Why the moratorium: Supervisor Jeff Cohen, author of the ordinance, said the city’s decade‑old MCD rules…
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