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LA Council takes up marijuana again

By Richard Binder

The Los Angeles City Council meets again today after a month's hiatus to consider the regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries.  Last month the council stalled on the subject, postponing debate until city planners completed a detailed analysis of several proposals of where pot stores could be located.

Today's debate is likely to focus on whether the council should require dispensaries to be 500 feet or 1,000 feet from one another and so-called sensitive uses, including schools, parks, libraries, religious institutions, childcare facilities and youth centers.

Los Angeles adopted a moratorium on new dispensaries in 2007 while the council drafted a permanent ordinance. But the city failed to enforce the ban and hundreds of dispensaries have opened -- and are still opening -- in the city, creating concerns in many neighborhoods.

It's unclear if the council will take a vote today.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).