MAKE MARIJUANA ORDINANCE CLEAR

Re "City Council to tweak medical marijuana ordinance" (Jan. 15):

The City Council needs to provide the public with clear and specific
guidelines for the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries.
Woodland Hills, at one time, had 40 dispensaries. While many have
been closed, some may reopen under the city's new rules. Woodland
Hills is attractive to dispensaries because of its relaxed suburban
character and because it's adjacent to unincorporated L.A. County,
which does not permit medicinal marijuana sales.

When many of the now-closed stores opened, all they needed was a
resale license. I ask the City Council to come up with rules, like
those used to permit the sale of alcohol and the revocation of sales
permits, for marijuana dispensaries. Without these tools we will be
unable to moderate or prohibit the actions of the stores and their
customers anywhere in L.A. We need these rules now.

- - SEAN MCCARTHY

Encino