A proposal for a medical marijuana clinic in Nipomo fell short Tuesday afternoon after a parade of local residents hammered it relentlessly, linking those who patronize or hang around such dispensaries to everything from murder to burglaries and saying they pose a threat to children. Applicant Robert Brody of Los Angeles found no support from anyone in the community or on the Board of Supervisors as he sought to open his clinic in an industrial park at 425-B N. Frontage Road. Supervisors voted 5-0 against the clinic, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reports, leaving the [...]
A proposal to create a medical marijuana dispensary in Nipomo will go to the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors for a vote Tuesday. Applicant Robert Brody appealed to the board after the Planning Commission turned him down on a 3-2 vote in May, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reports. Brody is seeking to open the business at 425-B N. Frontage Road. He said he would use only half of the 4,000-square-foot building for the dispensary. Marijuana for medical use is allowed under state law, but not federal law. San Luis Obispo County has [...]
Update: The would-be owner of a proposed medical marijuana clinic in Nipomo said Wednesday he will go forward with his plans despite the near unanimous opposition he faced at a community meeting Monday night. “It’s only a recommendation,” Robert Brody of Los Angeles said in this story from the San Luis Obispo Tribune. “We can go forward” with the proposal to the county Planning and Building Department. ================= Nipomo residents are organizing to fend off an attempt to open a medical marijuana dispensary a few blocks from the community’s swap meet, the Tribune of San [...]
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