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Supervisors continue measure to let legacy medical dispensaries relocate; advocates say it protects veterans and patients
Summary
The Land Use Committee continued an ordinance that would let legacy medical cannabis dispensary permit holders move locations under narrow conditions, after hours of public comment from veterans, patients and advocacy groups and requests for amendments to guard against landlord‑side abuse.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee continued, for one week, proposed amendments to the health code that would let grandfathered medical cannabis dispensary (MCD) permittees relocate and operate at a new address under narrowly defined conditions.
Honey Mahogany, staff to former Supervisor Matt Haney, described the ordinance as a limited portability fix aimed at protecting small and equity‑owned cannabis businesses that risk losing investments when permits are tied to a specific location. "This ordinance would authorize the director of the Department of Public Health to allow a grandfathered MCD permittee to change the location associated with the permit if the following criteria are met," Mahogany said, then listed…
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