Sacramento code enforcement personnel were following up Friday to make sure four medical marijuana dispensaries have shut down. Letters were mailed Friday to property owners and the owners of all four shops after none of them submitted applications to operate legally under the city's new rules by a Monday deadline. Two shops were located in Midtown. Officials are asking the community to help keep an eye out for any new dispensaries that may open up during the city's first attempt to regulate the shops. All four appear to be closed. Letters must still be sent notifying owners that they must stop operating, if they haven't already, within 15 days of the letter or the city will take action

The 39 medical marijuana shops in Sacramento are on their way to becoming legal. The Sacramento City Council voted 8-0 to draft regulations for current pot dispensaries to legally operate with city permits. Councilman Ray Tretheway was absent from the meeting. Notably, Councilman Robbie Waters, who formerly served as a Sacramento County sheriff and city police officer, voted in favor of a path toward legal and regulated medical marijuana shops. Waters noted that he had originally approached the issue from a “cop view.” Michelle Heppner, a special projects manager for the city, explained after the meeting that the City Council intends to allow 39 medical marijuana dispensaries in Sacrame