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Rules Committee advances major cannabis code changes and CityGrow apprenticeship framework; items continued for further drafting
Summary
The committee considered sweeping amendments to the city's cannabis regulations: 'dynamic delivery' changes to allow in‑route manifests, multiple social‑equity eligibility and ownership amendments, and a CityGrow apprenticeship/pre‑apprenticeship hiring proposal that would require 35% of new hires to be apprenticeship graduates once state programs are approved. The committee accepted several amendments and continued the items to December 3 for final drafting.
The Rules Committee heard two linked and substantive items amending San Francisco’s cannabis regulations: (1) changes to Article 16 and related police code provisions governing commercial cannabis activity, including delivery rules and social equity eligibility; and (2) an apprenticeship and workforce proposal, branded 'CityGrow,' that ties local hiring priorities to state‑approved cannabis apprenticeships and city‑certified pre‑apprenticeship programs.
Supervisor Malia Cohen introduced an amendment to allow 'dynamic delivery,' permitting delivery employees to accept new orders while already on the road provided a manifest is created for each delivery or series of deliveries; she said the change is…
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