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San Francisco Office of Cannabis is an agency of the City and County of San Francisco responsible for creating cannabis policy and carrying out its enforcement under California Proposition 64, starting January 1, 2018. It was approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 25, 2017. [1]
Possession under HS 11350 can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor or felony with up to 3 years in prison. Possession for sale is illegal under Health and Safety Code 11351. Penalties for possession for sale is 2, 3, or 4 years in the state prison. Health and Safety Code 11352 pertains to sale/trafficking with increased penalties. Those convicted of ...
On January 31, 2018, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced his department would begin to retroactively apply Proposition 64 to misdemeanor and felony marijuana convictions dating back to 1975, recalling and re-sentencing up to 4,940 felony marijuana convictions and dismissing and sealing 3,038 misdemeanors. [54]
The movement to legalize medical cannabis in the U.S. sprang out of San Francisco in the early 1990s, with efforts soon spreading statewide and eventually across the nation. Proposition P was approved by 79% of San Francisco voters in November 1991, calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation allowing the medical use of cannabis. [76]
The Department of Cannabis Control (formerly the Bureau of Cannabis Control, originally established as Bureau of Marijuana Control under Proposition 64, [1] [2] formerly the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation [3] [4]) is an agency of the State of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs, charged with regulating medical cannabis (MMJ) in accordance with state law pursuant to the ...
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Medical Marijuana ID offices, San Francisco Mary Jane Rathbun (December 22, 1922 – April 10, 1999), popularly known as Brownie Mary , was an American medical cannabis activist. As a hospital volunteer at San Francisco General Hospital , she became known for illegally baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDS patients.
Quincy Zoning Board of Appeals Chair Martin Aikens in a 2009 file photo. In response, lawyer Erin Riley said Wildflower was the first to bring forward plans to open a cannabis store in the area.