Title:
Title
An Ordinance Deleting and Adding Section 5.150.055 of the Sacramento City Code, Relating to Storefront Cannabis Dispensaries and declaring the Ordinance to be an Emergency Measure to Take Effect Immediately Upon Adoption [Two-Thirds Vote Required] {To be published in its entirety upon adoption}
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FileID
File ID: 2020-01261
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt an Ordinance deleting and adding section 5.150.055 to the Sacramento City Code, relating to ownership interests in storefront cannabis dispensaries by two-thirds vote, and declaring the Ordinance to be an emergency measure to take effect immediately upon adoption to be published in its entirety within ten days of adoption.
FileName
Contact: Davina Smith, Cannabis Manager, (916) 808-4772; Zarah Cruz, Program Specialist, (916) 808-8925, Office of Cannabis Management, Office of the City Manager.
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance (Clean)
3-Ordinance (Redline)
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On November 12, 2019, Council adopted an ordinance that: a) prohibited any individual from obtaining an ownership interest in more than one storefront cannabis dispensary ("storefront dispensary"), (one-person-one-dispensary) and b) established a 120-day moratorium on ownership interest ('ownership interest' as defined by the ordinance) changes for storefront dispensaries (Ordinance No. 2019-0041). On that same date, Council requested that the City Auditor research and report on the consolidation of storefront dispensary ownership that had occurred prior to the adoption of the ordinance.
Specifically, the moratorium was put in place to allow staff to conduct research into storefront dispensary ownership changes and determine what, if any, regulations are needed and report back to Council. On January 14, 2020, staff reported to Council on ways in which other cities and regulatory agencies, like the California Departm...
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