Ron Strider
Well-Known Member
People eager to start buying recreational marijuana from shops in San Francisco when sales become legal throughout the state in January are going to have to wait a little longer.
The city won't issue permits to sell recreational marijuana until it passes new laws to regulate the industry and creates an equity program to help low-income entrepreneurs, people of color, and former drug offenders break into the market.
According to Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, who introduced an ordinance with proposed regulations at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, city officials still have no idea what that program will look like or how it will work.
"Out of a 70-page ordinance, less than a page talks about how to make (the industry) equitable," said Sheehy, who co-sponsored the cannabis ordinance with Mayor Ed Lee. Sheehy said the laws are "far from perfect, and further from final," and will require a lot more work.
In addition to contemplating social equity issues, the city will have to devise a new licensing system for its medical cannabis dispensaries to bring them in line with current state laws that require all parts of the supply chain to be regulated. Under the new system, nurseries and manufacturers that previously operated underground will have to be licensed by the city.
The city will allow its existing medical cannabis dispensaries to apply for temporary 120-day permits on Jan. 1 so that they can stay open while officials design the new structure.
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The city won't issue permits to sell recreational marijuana until it passes new laws to regulate the industry and creates an equity program to help low-income entrepreneurs, people of color, and former drug offenders break into the market.
According to Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, who introduced an ordinance with proposed regulations at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, city officials still have no idea what that program will look like or how it will work.
"Out of a 70-page ordinance, less than a page talks about how to make (the industry) equitable," said Sheehy, who co-sponsored the cannabis ordinance with Mayor Ed Lee. Sheehy said the laws are "far from perfect, and further from final," and will require a lot more work.
In addition to contemplating social equity issues, the city will have to devise a new licensing system for its medical cannabis dispensaries to bring them in line with current state laws that require all parts of the supply chain to be regulated. Under the new system, nurseries and manufacturers that previously operated underground will have to be licensed by the city.
The city will allow its existing medical cannabis dispensaries to apply for temporary 120-day permits on Jan. 1 so that they can stay open while officials design the new structure.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Channel - SFGate
Author: Rachel Swan
Contact: Feedback technical support customer service subscriber subscription help contact us written content - SFGate
Photo Credit: Gabrielle Lurie
Website: SFGATE: San Francisco Bay Area - News, Bay Area news, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds - SFGate
