Medical cannabis patients in Oakland will likely have double, possibly triple, the number of dispensaries to choose from in the years to come, as the city backs away from its embattled cultivation plans and turns toward boosting club diversity.
On Tuesday evening, the Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to increase the number of permitted dispensaries from four to eight. The increase goes before the full council for another vote next week. During the Public Safety Committee meeting, councilman Larry Reid also expressed interest in increasing the number of Oakland dispensaries to twelve.
