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Rules Committee advances Medical Cannabis Task Force slate, resolves contested cultivation seat
Summary
The committee advanced a 13-member Medical Cannabis Task Force slate to the full board and appointed Joseph Eric Pearson to the single contested seat after debate about ADA access and whether to add seats to accommodate both candidates.
The Rules Committee on May 6 forwarded the recommended Medical Cannabis Task Force slate to the full Board of Supervisors and resolved one contested seat after extended public testimony and debate.
Clerk Linda Wong told the committee there were 13 seats and 16 applicants for the advisory task force. Chair Supervisor David Campos described the task force as an advisory panel intended to guide the board through a ‘‘transitional period’’ for local, state and federal cannabis policy. The committee heard brief statements from many applicants and more than two dozen public endorsers representing dispensaries,…
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