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Committee advances cannabis portability ordinance amid equity and eviction concerns
Summary
An ordinance to let verified equity medical cannabis dispensary permittees relocate to a new site was advanced to the full Board after public testimony from equity applicants and counsel raising concerns about landlord abuse and possible interference with pending applications; the sponsor’s office and staff will meet stakeholders about potential amendments.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee advanced an ordinance Jan. 27 that would amend the health code to allow the Director of Public Health to permit an existing verified equity medical cannabis dispensary (MCD) permittee to operate under its permit at a new location.
Clerk Erica Major read the ordinance’s scope. Attorney Terry Finch, representing 1944 Ocean Cooperative, urged an amendment to prevent portability where the proposed new site is the subject of a wrongful eviction or forcible…
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