Whittier City Council Votes 3-2 Against Banning Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

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WHITTIER - The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to maintains its current ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, instead of banning them. Mayor Bob Henderson and Councilmen Owen Newcomer and Greg Nordbak voted in favor of the status quo, while Councilman Joe Vinatieri and Councilwoman Cathy Warner supported a ban.

"I made my decision in 2005 based upon compassion," Nordbak said of the then-3-2 vote to pass the ordinance that regulates and restricts dispensaries to a small area near Washington Boulevard.

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Whittier City Council Votes 3-2 Against Banning Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

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