SF News City Hall Hits the Brakes On New Pot Dispensary In What Used to Be a Lutheran Church A cannabis dispensary chain wants to start selling weed in what used to be Saint Paulus Lutheran Church at Polk and Sacramento Streets. But the SF Planning Commission refused to grant them a permit Thursday, over concerns they are “Big Canna” formula retail.
SF News Thieves Use a Forklift to Break Into and Rob Oakland Cannabis Business There were three attempted robberies of cannabis dispensaries and businesses in West Oakland early Tuesday morning, and in one particularly brazen pot burglary, the thieves rammed their way into the storefront with a forklift.
SF News SF Supervisors Declare Moratorium On New Pot Dispensaries In Town The Board of Supervisors put the kibosh on accepting any more new cannabis dispensary applications Tuesday, though existing retail applications will still be processed. The moratorium expires in 2028.
SF News Matt Haney’s ‘Cannabis Cafe’ Bill Has Passed the State Assembly With a Landslide Majority Assemblymember Matt Haney’s bill to allow Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California was approved by the state Assembly with high numbers, though we may not see many of them in SF because of a possibly impending dispensary moratorium.
SF News SF Cannabis Dispensaries Can Now Have Non-Transparent Roll-Up Security Gates, Which They Couldn’t Before Today I learned that marijuana dispensaries are not allowed to have roll-up security gates that are not transparent. But also today, the SF Planning Commission removed that restriction for pot shops.
SF News Convicted Real Estate Investor Victor Makras’s Son Trying to Open Pot Shop In Ingleside Just after SF real estate magnate Victor Makras was found guilty of bank fraud, we learn his son is trying to turn over a new leaf with a proposed Ingleside-Mission Terrace cannabis dispensary.
Business & Tech High Times on the Hook For $5 Million In Unpaid Rent at Failed Union Square Dispensary Space High Times magazine’s foray into cannabis dispensaries has been fraught with troubles, and a judge just ruled they have to pay up the $5 million in back rent they’ve racked up on the former John Varvatos space in Union Square.
Business & Tech Oakland's Cannabis Delivery & Dispensary Industry Plagued By Crime; Leaders Fear Loss Of Minority Business Owners Some local leaders say that crime plaguing Oakland's cannabis delivery and dispensary industry over the past few years puts minority business owners at greater risk of closure.
SF News The Biggest Cannabis Dispensary Chain Yet to Arrive in SF, MedMen, Opens Store in Cow Hollow The largest, nationwide legal marijuana retailer San Francisco has seen yet, MedMen, just opened a Cow Hollow outpost. But the former high-flying Green Rush “unicorn” arrives in SF awash in red ink and restructuring after a high-profile flame-out.
SF News SF Cannabis Dispensary Smoking Lounges Get the Green Light to Start Blazing Up Again The SF Department of Public Health gave pot dispensary lounges the “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em” signal on Tuesday, and you’d better believe that some of those lounges were firing up come Wednesday morning.
SF News City Investigating SFPD for Lax Response to Dispensary Robberies, Pot Shop Owners Unsatisfied Tensions are high between cannabis dispensaries and the SF police department, after cops seemingly watched a dispensary get robbed without taking action, but the Department of Police Accountability says it's launching a probe.
