On March 26th voters in San Diego’s District 4 will be casting ballots for a new representative on the City Council. The special election was scheduled after Council President Tony Young resigned last year to take a job as CEO of the San Diego Chapter of the Red Cross.
Around the same time as District 4 voters are casting ballots, City Council will begin hearing and voting on a newly drafted medical cannabis ordinance. If passed, the new law would establish zoning regulations and operational requirements for medical marijuana dispensing collectives and cooperatives in the city. Therefore, whoever is elected to represent District 4, will take part in the city’s first implementation of a medical marijuana ordinance.
To find out each candidate’s position and their plans for implementation of a potential ordinance, we reached out to all nine hopefuls. Each candidate was invited attend the March chapter meeting, and asked to clarify their positions on the issue.
Eight of the nine candidates have not clarified their positions or made any supportive public statements. However, Executive Director of LGBT Pride and former teacher Dwayne Crenshaw, responded to our inquiry and provided clarification of his position on the issue:
Please take a moment to visit Mr. Crenshaw’s website and make a contribution to his campaign. https://crenshaw.nationbuilder.com/donate
