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City council committee may no longer bogart the loophole

By Richard Binder

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Two years ago, the Los Angeles City Council approved a temporary moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries. The purpose of the interim ordinance, which will expire on Sept. 14, was to give city leaders time to draft regulations that limit where and how dispensaries can operate in Los Angeles. Today a committee will consider eliminating a loophole that would allow nearly 500 medical marijuana dispensaries to operate despite the temporary ban.

The loophole allowed clinics to file "hardship exemptions," which provide dispensary owners with the opportunity to defend why they should continue to do business without fulfilling those requirements. Hardship exemptions are considered to be a routine part of city ordinances.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).

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