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Committee backs recommending exemption for long‑standing medical cannabis dispensaries transitioning to City permits
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted to recommend to the full Board an ordinance to exempt grandfathered medical cannabis dispensaries transitioning from Public Health Code Article 33 to Article 16 police‑code permits from a separate Planning Department public hearing, citing mandatory neighbor outreach under the Article 16 process.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted Nov. 15 to forward to the full Board a mayor‑sponsored ordinance that would exempt long‑standing medical cannabis dispensaries from a Planning Department public hearing when they transition from a Public Health Code Article 33 medical permit to an Article 16 police‑code cannabis retail permit.
Acting Director John Pierce of the Office of Cannabis told the committee the change is largely administrative: many of the businesses at issue predate Proposition 64 (2016) and have operated under temporary adult‑use licenses issued by the Office of…
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