Beverly Hills as well as 24 other local governments have sued California regulators Friday to overturn a rule allowing home deliveries statewide.
California had adopted the delivery rule in January but the League of California Cities and police chiefs complained that unrestricted home deliveries would create an unchecked market of largely hidden pot transactions.
According to Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ryan Coonerty, this rule damages local marijuana businesses and “betrays the promise made to the voters.”
The lawsuit was filed in Fresno County Superior Court and asks the court to invalidate the rule and prohibit state regulators from enforcing it.
The rule “permits commercial cannabis deliveries to any physical address in the state,” which conflicts with the authority of local governments to prohibit marijuana deliveries within their boundaries said the suit.
