Title:
Title
Audit of the Cannabis Storefront Dispensary Permitting Process (Two-Thirds Vote Required)
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00949
Location
Location: Citywide.
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion: 1) by two-thirds vote to temporarily suspend (Ch. 1, D.) Council Rules of Procedure Chapter 15, B. 1. to bypass the Budget and Audit Committee; and 2) approving the City Auditor's Audit of the Cannabis Storefront Dispensary Permitting Process.
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Contact: Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor, (916) 808-7270, Office of the City Auditor
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Presenter: Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor, (916) 808-7270, Office of the City Auditor
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2- Audit of the Cannabis Storefront Dispensary Permitting Process
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In late 2019, the Mayor and Council requested the Office of the City Auditor conduct an audit to determine whether the City's dispensary permitting process complied with cannabis regulations and whether regulations should be updated to more adequately safeguard against overconcentration of permits with one individual or group. This report documents the Audit of the Cannabis Storefront Dispensary Permitting Process.
Policy Considerations: The City Auditor's presentation of the Audit of the Cannabis Storefront Dispensary Permitting Process is consistent with the Mayor and City Council's intent to have an independent audit function for the City of Sacramento.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: None.
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: This staff report provides the City Council with information that may be used to meet its responsibility to provide oversight and supervision of the City Auditor.
Financial Considerations: The cost of the Audit of the Cannabis Storefront Dispensary Permitting Process was funded out of the Office of the City Auditor Budgets.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.
Background: The...
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