27-0003: Subject: Declaration Of Medical Cannabis Health Emergency From: Office Of The Council President Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing The City Council's Declaration Of A Local Public Health Emergency With Respect To Safe, Affordable Access To Medical Cannabis In The City Of Oakland

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Subject: Declaration Of Medical Cannabis Health Emergency From: Office Of The Council President Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Renewing The City Council's Declaration Of A Local Public Health Emergency With Respect To Safe, Affordable Access To Medical Cannabis In The City Of Oakland

Summary

Oakland’s City Council resolution renews a local public health emergency concerning safe, affordable access to medical cannabis. It finds that federal prohibition and enforcement threats could disrupt authorized dispensaries and harm seriously ill patients who rely on cannabis for symptom relief. The resolution affects Oakland medical-cannabis patients, dispensaries, and operators regulated under Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 5.80, while acknowledging California’s medical and adult-use cannabis laws. It urges federal officials to stop prosecutions, asset seizures, and other actions against compliant providers, dismiss lawsuits involving Harborside Health Center, and reconsider cannabis’s Schedule I classification so states can administer their own programs.