Chief Counsel, Americans for Safe Access
Chief counsel for Americans for Safe Access, a medical marijuana advocacy group
PROFILE
Joe Elferd
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FROM Joe Elferd
Which Way, L.A.?
LA Finally Has a Marijuana Ordinance, but Story Is Far from Over San Francisco charges fees to dispensaries of medical marijuana. Voters in Oakland have approved a tax on sales. In both cities, increased regulation has kept the number of dispensaries small. But in Los Angeles, while the City Council wrangled for four and a half years, there was no regulation and hundreds of dispensaries have cropped up all over town. Just this week, an ordinance finally received Council approval.
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