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Committee backs measure extending MCD temporary authorizations and adding apprenticeship and labor requirements
Summary
The committee voted 3–0 to send an ordinance to the full Board that extends temporary medical cannabis dispensary authorizations while applications process and would require certified apprenticeship hiring targets and labor‑peace/collective bargaining thresholds for certain dispensaries.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted unanimously on Nov. 19 to send an ordinance to the full Board that would amend the police and health codes to tighten workforce and certification standards for medical cannabis dispensaries (MCDs) operating under temporary authorizations and extend the renewal timeline for those authorizations.
Supervisor Safaie, the ordinance sponsor, told the committee the proposal “strengthens our equity and apprenticeship programs” by requiring participating temporary MCDs to ensure that “35% of new hires are from certified…
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