Title:
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Emergency Interim Ordinance Establishing a 45-Day Moratorium on the Manufacturing of Industrial Hemp (Four-Fifths Vote Required) [Noticed 10/25/2019] {To be published in its entirety upon adoption}
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01555
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion, adopt an Interim Ordinance by four-fifths [NH1]vote imposing a 45-day moratorium on the manufacturing of industrial hemp and declare the Ordinance to be an emergency measure to take effect immediately upon adoption.
Contact: Leyne Milstein, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-8491; Zarah Cruz, Program Specialist, (916) 808-8925, Office of Cannabis Management, Office of the City Manager.
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Presenter: Leyne Milstein, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-8491, Office of the City Manager
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance[NH2]
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On September 24, 2019, the City Council adopted a 45-day moratorium to prohibit the cultivation of industrial hemp as the regulatory scheme for industrial hemp is evolving, testing equipment is still being developed to help law enforcement distinguish industrial hemp from cannabis, and City staff needs time to study the regulatory scheme and impacts on the city of Sacramento to propose appropriate recommendations concerning the regulation of industrial hemp to the City Council. (Ordinance No. 2019-0033) City staff is requesting an extension of the cultivation moratorium on this meeting agenda as a separate item.[AA3]
The regulatory scheme for "industrial hemp" appears to be still evolving. Since 2013, the state of California has regulated the cultivation and sale of industrial hemp for both agriculture and commercial purposes. On December 20, 2018, the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (commonly referred to as the "2018 Farm Bill") was signed into law. The bill immediately removed hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Ac...
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