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<br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> <br />ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN URGENCY ORDINANCE EXTENDING FOR TWELVE MONTHS <br />THE MORATORIUM ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, California voters adopted the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which allows <br />qualified patients to use and cultivate marijuana for medical purposes without <br />violating State law; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the California legislature subsequently enacted the Medical Marijuana Program in <br />2003 to establish an identification card program, as well as set parameters for <br />cultivation and possession of medical marijuana; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, based on health, safety and welfare concerns, particularly the secondary effects <br />involving crime, the City Council adopted a moratorium on medical marijuana <br />dispensaries at a public hearing on August 15,2005; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council subsequently extended the moratorium at a public hearing on <br />September 20, 2005; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the moratorium does not prohibit qualified patients from using (in private), or <br />prevent caregivers from assisting qualified patients in possessing, cultivating, or <br />transporting marijuana for medical purposes under State law; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, qualified patients and their caregivers may obtain medical marijuana from <br />dispensaries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including, but not limited to: <br /> <br />Berkelev <br />Berkeley Cannabis Coop (Shattuck Ave.) <br />Berkeley Patients' Group (2747 San Pablo Ave.) <br />Berkeley Patients' Care Collective (2590 Telegraph Ave.) <br /> <br />Contra Costa Co. <br />ME Delivery <br />Maricare - 2155 Colfax St., Concord (also deliveries) <br /> <br />Exhibit A <br />Page 1 of7 <br />