San Francisco’s decision whether to stunt the growth of the cannabis industry by enacting an interim moratorium comes to a head today.
The Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee is scheduled to vote this afternoon on Supervisor Malia Cohen’s legislation to enact a 45-day moratorium on the issuance of permits for medical cannabis dispensaries (MCDs). The length of the moratorium could be extended with subsequent board votes for up to two years.
UPDATE: San Francisco Passes Moratorium on Medical Cannabis Dispensary Permits
The proposed moratorium comes as voter-approved legalized recreational marijuana will go into effect Jan. 1 and as The City is crafting regulations for recreational use. Those regulations are expected to create a process for medical cannabis dispensaries to also sell recreational marijuana.
The committee is scheduled to vote to send it to the full board for a vote the next day, on Tuesday, where it would take at least nine votes of the 11-member board to approve.
