Direct staff to draft law licensing and taxing large marijuana farms in industrial areas

CannabisGovernance<UNKNOWN>Ordinance

In Plain English

The city currently has no rules for large marijuana growing operations. Staff would create a licensing system similar to Oakland's that allows big farms in industrial zones. These farms would supply the city's dispensaries, and the city would collect taxes from the operations.

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Votes

Directed staff to research the idea of farming and investigate what Oakland has done as well as other cities that allow marijuana cultivation for presentation of a study session to the City Council in January 2011

Passed

5 to 2

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Why This Vote Matters

Staff will research creating a licensing system for large marijuana farms in industrial areas after the council voted 5-2 to direct the study. The research will examine how Oakland and other cities regulate cannabis cultivation, with findings presented to the council in January 2011. This could eventually allow big growing operations to supply the city's dispensaries while generating tax revenue for the city. Councilmembers Bates and Viramontes opposed the motion, while the other five members supported moving forward with the research.

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