The businesses in San Diego that specialize in distributing medicinal cannabis have taken a decidedly less combative tone when it comes to dealing with city leaders.
Many still remember the bitter fight in 2011 that culminated in a City Council repeal of its own zoning ordinance that, while heavily restrictive, would have allowed dispensaries to operate in parts of the city. After the repeal, the city and federal government cracked down on dispensaries, leaving only a handful operating in the shadows, without express permit to do so.
The trade group Patients Care Association, which spearheaded opposition to the city