On February 26th, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a sanctuary resolution. This new law re-establishes the city's sanctuary status and calls on the Mayor to take action. On February 12th, the Supervisors had heard and postponed a vote on a resolution that would show the Supes' support for John Conyers Jr., the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of Congress, who called for hearings to investigate the DEA's attempts to undermine California state laws. This resolution is similar to the one that was passed by the Democratic County Central Committee on January 23rd. Patients and supporters spoke out in support of this resolution. Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, who represents neighborhoods in southwest San Francisco, said he wanted a chance to go on record against the resolution, so he asked that the vote be deferred. He voted against the measure on the 26th. Also on the 26th, the Supervisors voted to allow for dispensaries to stay open after the March 1st deadline, pending an amendment to the current ordinance. Supervisor Allioto-Pier was absent for both votes on that date.

At a press conference held on San Francisco City Hall Steps at noon on Monday February 4th, members of the San Francisco medical cannabis community and their supporters gathered in solidarity to call for Mayor Gavin Newsom to end his silence about recent US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)'s scare tactics against medical cannabis facility landlords. Photos and Report The DEA has been sending letters threatening asset forfeiture and imprisonment if landlords continue to rent to medical cannabis dispensaries, even though they are doing so pursuant to City regulations. Speakers including California State Senator Carole Migden; San Francisco Supervisors Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi; representatives of local dispensaries; and other luminaires such as Libertarian presidential candidate Steve Kubby challenged the Mayor to join with Mayor Ron Dellums of Oakland in denouncing the federal government's treachery. On Wednesday, the Mayor's spokesperson Nathan Ballard said, "The mayor is concerned that the DEA's actions will leave patients without their physician-recommended medical marijuana" Some SF Supervisors are concerned that this statement did not demonstrate enough leadership-- many measures would be needed to protect dispensaries from closure, and to assure patients' continued access to their medicine should the DEA's threatening letters lead to many dispensaries closing down.