The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters has determined that there are more than enough signatures on the petition to change a Yucca Valley ordinance to allow medical marijuana dispensaries within town limits. More than 2,000 people signed the Medical Marijuana Dispensary Authorization and Regulation Initiative, and the Registrar determined that 1,873 of those signatures were valid. The number of valid signatures is in excess of the 1,442 signatures that were needed. The Town Clerk will present the completed petition to the Town Council for certification at its next regular meeting of January 20. California election law requires that the Council either adopt the ordinance without changes within 10 days; schedule a special election; or order a report on the impact of the ordinance and then adopt the ordinance within 10 days or schedule the special election.
