Gone are the days when San Diego’s crop of cannabis dispensaries had to turn away customers and close their doors at exactly 9 p.m., an hour earlier than their counterparts in neighboring Chula Vista, La Mesa, Oceanside and beyond.
Dispensaries in San Diego can now stay open for as long as their neighbors, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., after the city council unanimously embraced longer opening hours at a Monday afternoon vote.
It’s a long-awaited change for San Diego dispensary owners, who have for years called for the city to loosen its strict opening hours. As the city increasingly relies on dispensaries to plug the $258 million hole in the new city budget, the council has finally listened — just a day before the new budget is set to take effect…