A number of large Production, Distribution and Repair (PDR) spaces in San Franciscos Southern Bayview District, as well as elsewhere in the city, have been quietly been converted to indoor “grow houses” over the past few years, with businesses providing the equipment needed to maintain indoor grow houses such... Read More »

New laws are being made across the world as people look more favorably at marijuana and cannabis. A lot of countries, like Italy, have decriminalized marijuana and the industry is growing at a very rapid rate. People are taking using the new laws to grow their own supply of... Read More »

Fearing a proliferation of indoor grow houses following the passage of California’s Adult Use Marijuana Act (a.k.a. Proposition 64) last week, Mayor Ed Lee has just introduced proposed legislation which would require conditional use authorization for new “indoor agriculture uses” in buildings zoned for Production, Distribution, and Repair (PDR),... Read More »

An application to legally change the use of the Western SoMa building at 1040 Bryant Street from an 18,000-square-foot distribution plant for meat to a “non-retail plant nursery” was approved by the City last year. And while it might seem like a rather expensive piece of real estate to... Read More »

Built in 1924, seven new ventilators were installed on the roof of the former electrical supply warehouse at 177 Stillman Street and the building and its windows were painted over around 2009. And in early 2013, the SFPD was apparently surprised to discover a full-scale marijuana farm and distribution... Read More »