Manhattan Beach Bans Medical Marijuana
The Manhattan Beach City Council passed a ban on all but the private storage and use of medical marijuana at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night.
The temporary ordinances were introduced as “interim” and “urgency” legislation that prohibits cultivating, selling and delivering medical marijuana in the city.
The city banned medical marijuana dispensaries in 2008, however, under the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Ac, which takes effect March 1, 2016, cities must take action if they want to ban or regulate medical marijuana cultivation. Otherwise, the California Department of Food and Agriculture will become the sole licensing authority for medical marijuana cultivation applications, said City Attorney Quinn Barrow.
Council members voted unanimously for all of the ordinances, and no member of the public spoke on the matter, according to the Daily Breeze.
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