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California State Sen. Scott Weiner Wants San Francisco to Hold Off on Cannabis Dispensary Moratorium

Wiener acknowledged that there are problems with San Francisco’s current regulations, but called the moratorium “an overreaction.”


State Sen. Scott Wiener criticized a San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposal to temporarily halt permits of new cannabis dispensaries, saying it would “send a terrible message statewide.”

Wiener, a former supervisor who is among the city’s most prominent moderate politicians, generally avoids taking stances on city issues. But this one is particularly pressing, he said.

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On Tuesday, he sent a letter to the board with sharp criticism of the idea that Supervisor Malia Cohen presented right before summer recess: to impose a 45-day cannabis dispensary moratorium in the fall.

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“San Francisco has long been a leader on medical cannabis, and enactment of a San Francisco moratorium on cannabis dispensaries would be an abdication of this leadership,” Wiener wrote in the letter. He said the proposed shutdown would undermine a state effort to legalize and regulate the industry and that it seemed out of character for a city that had led the movement to protect medical cannabis patients — including those with HIV.

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