MURRIETA, CA – Murrieta has been reluctant to welcome hashish operations of any sort to the town, however the state has pressured its hand.
On Tuesday, the Murrieta Metropolis Council permitted amending its metropolis code to pave the way in which for the supply of medical marijuana to sufferers and caregivers. Beneath the amendments, the town would additionally permit non-storefront medical hashish supply companies to open in sure zoning areas.
Hashish supply and brick-and-mortar operations — even medical companies — have been banned within the metropolis. That should change.
In 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed it into legislation Senate Invoice 1186. The laws enacted the “Medical Hashish Affected person Entry Act” in California, which went into impact on January 1, 2024. The act prohibits native jurisdictions from adopting or implement any regulation that prohibits entry to medicinal hashish for sufferers and/or major caregivers. Moreover, the act prohibits cities and counties from limiting the variety of medical hashish supply operations they will open.
Beneath SB 1186, jurisdictions can implement requirements to handle allowing, security, and public well being and issues of safety of medical hashish supply operations. Murrieta wrote these requirements as a part of the updates of his modifications. For instance, the town has decided that medical hashish supply firms can’t be situated close to residential areas, colleges, care facilities, church buildings, public parks or youth exercise facilities. As an alternative, operations shall be restricted to areas within the metropolis's Enterprise Park. Intensive safety programs are additionally required for any hashish companies which will open within the metropolis.
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https://patch.com/california/murrieta/murrieta-lifts-ban-medicinal-cannabis-delivery-businesses
