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US: San Diego Gears Up For Permitting Cannabis Supply Chain Andrew Bowen KPBS Wednesday 15 Nov 2017 City Council members voted last month to permit up to 40 businesses to cultivate, process, distribute and test cannabis and cannabis products. Earlier this year, the council approved regulations for shops to sell recreational cannabis. Marijuana production facilities must be located in industrial zones and cannot be within 1,000 feet of schools, daycare centers, parks or other so-called "sensitive uses." In addition to the city's conditional use permits, the businesses will eventually also need a license from the newly formed state Bureau of Cannabis Control. San Diego began permitting medical marijuana dispensaries in April 2014. Days before the city began accepting applications for those permits, people began camping outside the city's Development Services Department in an effort to get their applications in first. Kimberly Simms, an attorney who represents several cannabis businesses, said the San Diego Police Department ordered the applicants in line to disperse — and that people later argued over the order in which they should get back in line. "You could already seeing the arguing and fighting starting," she said. "I'm glad that we've come up with a different way." This year, the city is assigning appointment times via a randomized lottery. Elyse Lowe, a deputy director in the Development Services Department, said that system should avoid some of the confusion and chaos seen in 2014. "We want to ensure consistency throughout the applications, we don't want any applicants to get an unfair or perceived unfair advantage," she said. "The city's goal is absolutely the most fair and equitable process as possible." http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/nov/15/san-diego-gears-permitting-cannabis-supply-chain/
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