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Emergency Interim Ordinance Extending the Interim Ordinance Imposing a Moratorium on Industrial Hemp Cultivation for 10 Months and 15 Days (Four-Fifths Vote Required) [Noticed 10/25/2019] {To be published in its entirety upon adoption}
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01580
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion, adopt an Interim Ordinance: 1) extending the term of Ordinance No. 2019-0033, relating to a moratorium on industrial hemp cultivation, for 10 months and 15 days, to expire on September 20, 2020; and 2) and declaring the ordinance to be an urgency measure to take effect immediately upon adoption.
Contact: Leyne Milstein, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-8491; Nicholas McLean, Program Analyst, 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
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On September 24, 2019, the City Council adopted a 45-day moratorium to temporarily prohibit cultivation of industrial hemp in the city's boundaries. This item seeks to extend the moratorium for another 10 months and 15 days, while staff conducts further research on the subject, federal and state government regulations evolve, and field-test equipment is developed to assist law enforcement in distinguishing cannabis from industrial hemp.
On December 12, 2018, the federal 2018 Farm Bill, which covers the cultivation of industrial hemp, production of industrial hemp for agricultural research and transfer across state lines was signed into law. The Farm Bill immediately removed hemp from the federal government's list of Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 and permitted the cultivation of industrial hemp for agricultural research purposes. California has regulated industrial hemp since 2013. Under Cali...
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