The Cannabis Buyers Club was the first public medical marijuana dispensary. It opened in February 1994 at 194 Church Street in San Francisco, California, founded by Proposition 215 coauthors "Brownie Mary" Rathburn, Dennis Peron, Dale Gieringer, with Beth Moore, Jon Entwhistle, Jason Patrick Menard, Gerry Leatherman, Dr. Tod Mikuriya. The club, prior to being legalized under California law, was at Ford and Sanchez Street in San Francisco, 1993. Still subject to legal hassles after that date, it eventually changed its name to "Cannabis Cultivators Club" and even "Cannabis Heating Club". Cannabis sativa extract. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ... Proposition 215 was a proposition in the state of California on the November 5, 1996 ballot. ... Mary Jane Rathbun (1922 - April 10, 1999) popularly known as Brownie Mary, was an American medical cannabis activist. ...