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Board establishes Office of Cannabis, adds equity language and extends advisory task force
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on first reading to create an Office of Cannabis under the City Administrator, require a fee proposal by November, and add language directing the office to consider communities historically harmed by federal drug enforcement in its policy work.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on first reading on July 18 to create an Office of Cannabis under the City Administrator and to extend the city's cannabis legalization task force through Dec. 31, 2018.
The measure, sponsored by Supervisor Matt Haney (introduced in the transcript as Supervisor Sheehy) and co-sponsored by Supervisor Aaron Peskin (recorded as Supervisor Cohen and others), directs the new office to prepare a fee schedule by Nov. 1 and to coordinate implementation of state and local rules after the passage of Proposition 64. The board adopted an amendment — added during debate — that says the office “shall ensure that the perspectives of communities that historically have been disproportionately impacted by federal drug enforcement policies are included and considered in all policy decisions.”
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