Score: -4
(6/10/10)
San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury
• 2011-2012
Out of Sight, Out of Mind:
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Findings and Recommendations 10 findings
F1
San Luis Obispo County has an ordinance allowing brick and mortar medical marijuana collectives, but the Board of Supervisors has rejected all applications to date.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The County Board of Supervisors should convene a committee comprised of the County Sheriff, County Building and Planning staff, local public health officials, the County Tax Collector, the County Planning Commission, brick and mortar medical marijuana collective and mobile collective delivery service managers, medical marijuana physician providers, and community representatives. The purpose of the committee should be to develop a fair and viable local ordinance for brick and mortar medical marijuana collectives that provide authorized patients with safe access to contaminant-free medical marijuana in accordance with California law.
F2
Each incorporated city in the county has an ordinance prohibiting brick and mortar medical marijuana collectives within its city limits.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The County Board of Supervisors should convene a committee comprised of the County Sheriff, County Building and Planning staff, local public health officials, the County Tax Collector, the County Planning Commission, brick and mortar medical marijuana collective and mobile collective delivery service managers, medical marijuana physician providers, and community representatives. The purpose of the committee should be to develop a fair and viable local ordinance for brick and mortar medical marijuana collectives that provide authorized patients with safe access to contaminant-free medical marijuana in accordance with California law.
F3
The county and incorporated cities in the county have not adopted an ordinance regarding medical marijuana mobile collective delivery services operating within their jurisdictions, with the exception of Atascadero.
Related Recommendations (2)
R1
The County Board of Supervisors should convene a committee comprised of the County Sheriff, County Building and Planning staff, local public health officials, the County Tax Collector, the County Planning Commission, brick and mortar medical marijuana collective and mobile collective delivery service managers, medical marijuana physician providers, and community representatives. The purpose of the committee should be to develop a fair and viable local ordinance for brick and mortar medical marijuana collectives that provide authorized patients with safe access to contaminant-free medical marijuana in accordance with California law.
R2
The county and incorporated cities in the county should develop an ordinance regarding medical marijuana mobile collective delivery services within their respective jurisdictions.
F4
Business licenses are required for all businesses operating in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
Many medical marijuana mobile collective delivery services operate in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county without a business license.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
By code or ordinance, the county and each incorporated city in the county should require medical marijuana mobile collective delivery services operating within their jurisdiction to possess a business license and seller’s permit.
F6
There is currently no way to determine the exact number of medical marijuana mobile collective delivery services operating in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county or on the Cal Poly campus.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
Using business license records, seller’s permits and sales taxes, the county and each incorporated city in the county should compile a list of medical marijuana mobile collective delivery services operating within their jurisdictions.
F7
There is no protocol for medical marijuana mobile collective delivery service recordkeeping.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
By code or ordinance, the county and each incorporated city in the county should require medical marijuana collectives and mobile collective delivery services to keep current records.
F8
Medical marijuana, including edibles, is not regulated by the County Health Department.
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
The County Health Department should consider establishing standards for edible medical marijuana sold in the county.
F9
Home invasions and homicides have resulted from medical marijuana being present or grown in homes.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The County Board of Supervisors should convene a committee comprised of the County Sheriff, County Building and Planning staff, local public health officials, the County Tax Collector, the County Planning Commission, brick and mortar medical marijuana collective and mobile collective delivery service managers, medical marijuana physician providers, and community representatives. The purpose of the committee should be to develop a fair and viable local ordinance for brick and mortar medical marijuana collectives that provide authorized patients with safe access to contaminant-free medical marijuana in accordance with California law.
F10
The County Health Department is designated to administer the medical marijuana ID program and it satisfies the requirements set forth in Proposition 215 and SB 420.
No recommendations for this finding
Conclusions 2
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CL1San Luis Obispo County has an ordinance allowing brick and mortar medical marijuana collectives, but the Board of Supervisors has rejected all applications to date.
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CL2Accurate medical marijuana usage estimates cannot be made due to the lack of regulatory reporting. County and most municipal officials are either uninformed or they ignore the mobile collective delivery services. San Luis Obispo County has an ordinance allowing brick and mortar medical marijuana dispensaries, but the Board of Supervisors has denied all applications to date. Incorporated cities have ordinances that ban brick and mortar collectives, but most have no ordinance governing mobile delivery services in their communities, similar to the county. Unregulated mobile collective delivery services driving through our county and its communities with unknown sums of money and large quantities of medical marijuana invite potentially tragic consequences. Safe access for authorized medical marijuana patients is the issue, and regulation is the key. Codes and ordinances could place specific, reviewable, measurable, and enforceable conditions on dispensaries, as well as delivery services. If governing bodies in the county would acknowledge these issues and act to mitigate them, authorized patients might then have safe access to medical marijuana and local governments could receive business license revenue. Also, law enforcement would have the means to distinguish between legitimate, state-authorized operations and those that are illegitimate, in other words, distinguish between “the good guys” and “the bad guys.” Page 12
Agency Responses 13
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