Pot Ordinance Overhaul

After years of back-and-forth, the Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed on a mandate that allows up to four medical cannabis dispensaries in the county. The law sets up rules and guidelines for patient cooperatives and details the conditions they would need to meet to fulfill the medical needs of local patients. Community Development Agency Assistant Director Tom Lai will work on an implementation program, which would include a fee schedule and criteria for dispensaries to be legally approved. When criteria are submitted to the board, applications could be accepted as soon as late spring 2016, with licenses issued by summer 2016.

4 DISPENSARIES ALLOWED

50 POSSIBLE URBAN SITES

134 POSSIBLE RURAL SITES

800 feet from schools

1ST LOCAL ORDINANCE

Tim Porter


Kasia Pawlowska

Kasia Pawlowska loves words. A native of Poland, Kasia moved to the States when she was seven. The San Francisco State University creative writing graduate went on to write for publications like the San Francisco Bay Guardian and KQED Arts among others prior to joining the Marin Magazine staff. Topics Kasia has covered include travel, trends, mushroom hunting, an award-winning series on social media addiction and loads of other random things. When she’s not busy blogging or researching and writing articles, she’s either at home writing postcards and reading or going to shows. Recently, Kasia has been trying to branch out and diversify, ie: use different emojis. Her quest for the perfect chip is never-ending.