Twice as many dispensaries, looser rules on locations: How San Diego plans to make the cannabis business fairer March 9, 2023 AggregatedNews California, Social Equity 0 Comments The goal is to provide opportunities in the industry for people adversely affected by the war on drugs. San Diego officials say they want to double the number of cannabis dispensaries allowed in the city and expand the kinds of… Read More→
As San Diego’s cannabis tax revenue plummets, officials blame illegal market, new competition February 14, 2023 AggregatedNews Black Market, California, Taxes 0 Comments Inflation may be driving customers to illegal delivery services, which can charge less because of lower overhead, fewer regulations. Revenue from San Diego’s cannabis tax has been dropping sharply in recent months as the city’s two dozen dispensaries face growing… Read More→
San Diego could get more cannabis dispensaries, as proposed rule changes get key OK September 22, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments A council committee voted to soften the district cap and close a loophole that shields dispensaries from scrutiny SAN DIEGO — San Diego officials are proposing new cannabis regulations that would allow more dispensaries to open and would close a loophole that… Read More→
Recreational marijuana sales are brisk, problems are few in San Diego 3 months into legalization April 2, 2018 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Three months after recreational marijuana went on sale in California, San Diego retailers say business has been brisk and the customer base diverse, including older people who use a private shuttle bus to reach one dispensary. "There's been a change… Read More→
San Diego Will Tax Recreational Marijuana Locally – If California Voters Legalize It in November June 21, 2016 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal 0 Comments San Diego officials endorsed on Monday a proposed local tax on recreational marijuana if Californians vote to legalize it in November. Supporters say the city tax is a proactive way to deal with an expected increase in local costs if… Read More→
San Diego May Ask Voters to Approve a City-Wide Marijuana Tax This November June 17, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments San Diego would join several other large California cities that impose local taxes on marijuana businesses if voters approve a proposed November ballot measure that Councilman Mark Kersey will unveil on Monday. Kersey said the tax, which would start at… Read More→
San Diego County Extends Moratorium on Medical Dispensaries Until March 2017 April 28, 2016 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments A moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of San Diego County was extended until March of next year by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday. The 5-0 vote gives the county more time… Read More→
San Diego County Cities (Except San Diego) Are Saying “No” to Marijuana January 7, 2016 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal 0 Comments As a March 1 deadline approaches for cities across the state to implement regulations on the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana, North County cities are just saying “no.” Three bills passed in the state Legislature in 2015 require businesses… Read More→
San Diego Rushing to Create Rules for Marijuana Cultivation January 6, 2016 AggregatedNews California, Cultivation 0 Comments A new state law may prompt San Diego to regulate and allow cultivation of medical marijuana within city limits for the first time. A memo issued last week by Deputy City Atty. Shannon Thomas describes ways the city could regulate… Read More→
San Diego Medical Dispensary Hit With Whopping $1.8 Million Penalty December 3, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Retail 0 Comments SAN DIEGO — A Pacific Beach medical marijuana dispensary has been hit with a $1.8 million penalty for operating outside of San Diego’s zoning regulations, incurring by far the largest fine against a dispensary in city history. That more than… Read More→
Tough Rules in San Diego Fuel Growth of Marijuana Delivery Services November 25, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments San Diego's first legal medical marijuana dispensary, A Green Alternative, opened its doors for business in Otay Mesa on March 20. Its application and approval process took 13 months. Since then, 11 other dispensaries have managed to get licenses from… Read More→
2nd Dispensary Opens in San Diego While City Shuts Down Illegal Pot Shops August 19, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments The city of San Diego’s first centrally located legal marijuana dispensary opened Saturday in the Midway District just east of Point Loma. It’s the second permitted dispensary for medical marijuana to open in the city. The first opened in March… Read More→