The proposed ordinance must be approved by the city planning commission and then by the city council, most likely in September.Īlso last Thursday, a state appeals court rejected a lawsuit over the seizure of a medical marijuana crop.
The city already bans them, but the new ordinance would specifically ban them in all zoning districts of the city. Last Thursday, the Santa Maria city attorney’s office presented a dispensary ban ordinance to the city council. Meanwhile, the council also passed a zoning ordinance that would allow fortune tellers to operate in residential and general commercial zones The city has had a moratorium on dispensaries since 2011, but that is set to expire this fall. Mayor Tony Beall said most medical marijuana patients appeared to be young men and that the herb “is routinely abused and not appropriate for this community.” The ordinance will become law if it passes a second reading. Last Wednesday, the Rancho Santa Margarita city council passed a first reading of a dispensary ban. The city’s 11 dispensaries all closed, but at least 30 delivery services have popped up. The city had banned dispensaries in 2007, but didn’t enforce the ban until the state Supreme Court ruled in May that such bans are legal. The ban was passed as an urgency ordinance and goes into effect immediately. Last Tuesday, the Anaheim city council banned medical marijuana delivery services. Agents hit La Habra Cares weeks after it closed its doors last month after the La Habra city council voted to ban dispensaries, but still maintained a marijuana garden there. Last Monday, the DEA announced it had raided a defunct Orange County dispensary. Another 21 would-be dispensaries are scheduled for inspection in the next week. On Tuesday, state officials announced they had issued 61 dispensary licenses with two weeks left to go in the year-long licensing period. A dispensary is now open for business in the nation’s capital several dozen are coming to Arizona dispensary and cultivation battles continue in California Massachusetts advocates prepare to protest restrictive regulations and the DEA hits a Michigan dispensary.
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