[420 Girl]

LONG BEACH, CA - After months of meetings, the Long Beach City Council is finally expected to vote Tuesday on a new ordinance to regulate its medical marijuana collectives.

Long Beach City Attorney Bob Shannon will present to the council his latest draft of a law to regulate medical marijuana collectives in the city.

"I think we're just about there now, but that's for them to decide," Shannon told the Press-Telegram in an article published over the weekend.

Council members and some members of the public have become increasingly concerned over the growing number of collectives in Long Beach, now estimated to be 50 to 60.

Although Shannon contended his proposed ordinance was less restrictive than initially discussed by the council, medical marijuana advocates told the Press-Telegram it amounted to a "de facto ban" on collectives because of the prohibitions on where they can locate.

"There's been a significant accommodation to the needs of the medical marijuana patient, while at the same time establishing the fundamental legal principle that you can't legally sell marijuana for profit," Shannon told the newspaper.

William Britt, a medical marijuana patient and executive director of the Association of Patient Advocates, told the Press-Telegram that the new ordinance would force most collectives to close.

Under the proposed rules, Long Beach collectives would be prohibited from locating within a residential zone, 1,500 feet from a school, and 1,000 feet from a state licensed child-care facility, playground, youth center or another medical marijuana collective. Collectives also wouldn't be allowed to operate before 10 a.m. or after 8 p.m.


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