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City Crackdown on Medical Pot Gears Up

By Brian Doherty
May 6, 2010
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The City Attorney's office takes a bold move in this age of recession, high unemployment, and lacking city resources: sending out letters shutting down over 400 functioning city businesses, that happen to sell medical marijuana.

The L.A. Times has the details on the pot crackdown:

Los Angeles city prosecutors are sending letters to 439 medical marijuana dispensaries warning them that they must shut down by June 7, when an ordinance to control pot shops will finally take effect after years of debate and delay. Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the city attorney's office, said the Police Department and city building inspectors compiled the list of illegal dispensaries. "We're not saying we have them all," he said. "This is the initial blanketing of locations that we are aware of at this time." Under the ordinance, only those dispensaries that registered with the clerk in 2007, when the City Council adopted a moratorium on any new stores, can remain open. City officials estimate that between 130 and 140 of the original 186 registered dispensaries are still operating.

This L.A. Weekly story includes thetext of the actual letter sent by the city attorney. A full list of targeted stores here.
City of Angles has followed the tortured tale of the L.A. medical pot ordinance from idea to completion.

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