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Committee forwards 45‑day interim moratorium on medical cannabis dispensaries, adds exemptions for scheduled hearings
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted to send an amended interim 45‑day moratorium on medical cannabis dispensary approvals to the full Board as a committee report; the ordinance was amended to exempt applications with scheduled Planning Commission hearings and certain conditional‑use processes.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on Sept. 11 forwarded an urgency ordinance proposing a 45‑day interim zoning moratorium on approval of medical cannabis dispensaries (MCDs), amended to exempt applicants that already have scheduled Planning Commission hearings and certain conditional‑use (CU) cases.
Sponsor Supervisor Jane Cohen (as identified in the transcript) said the pause is intended to give city departments time to craft regulations for how medical and adult‑use cannabis will be permitted and regulated after California’s Proposition 64. Cohen told the committee the existing MCD regulatory framework is over a decade old and that the city lacks…
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