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Board revokes Haight Street medical cannabis permit after neighbors, police say problems persist
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals voted 4'to— to revoke the Planning Commission permit for Alternative Herbal Health Services at 442 Haight Street after neighbors and Northern Station officers testified the club failed to follow agreed security measures and was linked to street'level drug activity. The owner and counsel denied the allegations and said the club has security cameras, off'duty officers and a compassion program.
San Francisco ' The Board of Appeals voted 4'to— to revoke the Planning Commission'issued permit for Alternative Herbal Health Services (AHHS), the medical cannabis dispensary at 442 Haight Street, after a lengthy, contested hearing on Oct. 1, 2008.
Neighbors and a Northern Station officer told the board AHHS repeatedly failed to follow conditions and neighborhood requests, allowing double parking, loitering and, they said, street'level resale of cannabis. "They have not worked with the police," activist Thea Selby told commissioners, adding that merchants and residents reported intimidation and threats tied to the club.…
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