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Board upholds DPH denial of Bloom Room consumption permit, cites prior land-use restriction
Summary
San Francisco Board of Appeals denied Bloom Room's appeal of a Department of Public Health refusal to issue an on-site cannabis consumption permit, finding the 2012 land-use authorization excluded on-site smoking/vaping and that DPH and Planning acted within code.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Oct. 23 denied an appeal by Jesse Street Collective (doing business as Bloom Room) seeking authorization for on-site cannabis consumption at 471 Jesse Street, voting 4–0 to uphold the Department of Public Health's denial.
Appellant counsel Daniel Borenstein told the board that Bloom Room had conducted limited vaporizing at a single table for years and repeatedly passed DPH inspections that noted "vaporizing" on inspection forms. "We have always been led to believe that our small local vaporizing table has been permitted and authorized," he said, and asked the board to allow the status quo to continue for patrons without safe private…
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