[420 Girl]

West Hollywood, California (November 9, 2009) - Against a storm of controversy over proliferation of pot clubs in the LA region and municipalities’ inability to come to grips with the phenomenon, West Hollywood stayed ahead of the curve by re-regulating its medical marijuana dispensary law to provide added security and peace of mind in its last council meeting.

The formative Medical Marijuana ordinance designed during a proliferation of dispensaries in 2004-05 comes up against an expiration at year’s end, so the city moved to license them, giving them broader oversight.

The new law, passed November 2, changes the nomenclature from medical marijuana "dispensary" to "collective," caps the number at four in the city and makes them an automatically permitted use while creating a licensing process for medical marijuana dispensaries.

The licensing process adds requirements such as criminal background checks and compliance with State Attorney General Guidelines.

Other measures included in the law establish a limit on the total square footage of a collective (not to exceed 4,500 square feet); allows the on-site cultivation of marijuana, but establishes a cap on the square footage allowed for it (no more than 25 percent but in no case more than 1,500 square feet nor greater than ten feet in height) and establishes a uniform compassion program for West Hollywood residents.


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