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The hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries that cropped up all over town in the past few years are now facing uncertain futures, as City officials mull the next step in the process to close them down, reports the LA Times. They are working on a short list of pot shops "targeted for extinction by a City Council chagrined that it allowed hundreds to open in Los Angeles despite a 21-month-old moratorium."
The first step is an inspection, and "City officials plan to decide this week on the next enforcement step." But the first step leads the City Council and the legal teams of the dispensaries on a potentially sticky path that could take a long time to navigate:
The task is herculean, requiring hearings that could easily tie up the planning committee for hundreds of hours. The hearings have been rocky, as council members have struggled with complicated issues and dispensary operators have complained that they were being railroaded. And, if dispensaries refuse to buckle, the city could face costly court battles.Despite a 2007 moratorium on new dispensaries, many opened under a "hardship" clause--a loophole in essence--that was recently closed by the Council earlier this month and went into effect last week. Within that few week window, a few hundred more sent in applications.
Things get under way today as the City Council takes up consideration of 29 hardship applications.
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I don't see why the sudden crackdown - have there been any problems? Has anyone died? Are all the kids turning to potheads? It seems to have been working fine - leave it alone and spend those hundreds of committee hours on something worthwhile.
Yay, more unemployment. And as most of these are family/mom-and-pop operations, that bodes reeeallly well.
close the shops, put the lil homies on the street corners back to work. put the firearms they use to protect their stashes back to work as well.
Ok, let me get this right, 800 more shops opened AFTER the city rushed to make a decision?! Now their rushing again to close the ones that made it into the "loop hole" but now their rejecting 29 out of 29 this hearing, 14 of 14 last hearing. Is that called a hearing or a sham?
Lets see, 1000 shops in the city of LA (ok that is alot lol). But if they didn't have business, they wouldn't be open. 1) 1000 shops means 1000 less empty store fronts abandon/empty. Those owners are happy. $$ to them. And wait, $$ to the city water, power, phone company they employee. 1000 shops average 2 people at a time working minimum (that's a low number) that's 2000 people WORKING !! Being taxed, spending money and paying their bills and shopping. 1000 shops had to be remodeled, contractors had jobs! Best Buy sold at the least 1000 computers, phones, security cameras, copiers. Are you seeing the idea anyone in the City that is thinking this might Help just a tad with the budget?
I'm not that smart, I just am a person that sees how it can be run and done. These leaders must be seeing something I'm not?! (of course no shops 1000ft from a school, church, park, library. Duh to the ones that opened across the street or 100ft from one!)
I am a big support of Pro 215, but most or these so called Shops are bogus. The profits are huge. I know I have been a care giver for sometime. My profit is zero. These places are not following the rules folks. It is a non profit business. These guys are out there making large sums of cash. They have turned this whole thing into big business. And they will ruin it for those of us who follow the rules.
I have met so many people who look at these clubs as a way to make big bucks! These so called hardship cases need to be shut down.
I have my private patients, and stay very low key. How many pharmacies have neo lights to advertise their product. People handing out joints? How about a pharmacy who hands out valium? It is gross abuse of 215.
I have actually walked into some of these shady places with zero prescripton or a card and got what I needed.
Once a big supporter, now a club hater. This is the stuff that ruins ot for all of us.
OK clubs is is still not legal. But your acting that way