Ron Strider
Well-Known Member
The City Council has taken the final step in laying out rules for cannabis use in town, including prohibiting marijuana businesses from being within 1,000 feet of a school or recreational center.
The final passage of the ordinance that changes the city's municipal code – which comes as recreational marijuana use is about to become legal in California – occurred Tuesday night.
Just one cannabis nursery and two medicinal dispensaries will be allowed in Alameda under the rules.
The ordinance also limits businesses that manufacture cannabis to four and the number of testing labs to two.
The council also carried out the final passage of changes to the city's ordinance Tuesday regarding smoking so that the rules for cannabis are aligned with those for tobacco.
That means people cannot smoke marijuana in public places and in multi-family housing. They can, however, smoke cannabis on-site at dispensaries under the new regulations.
The council initially approved the rules during a first reading early the morning of Nov. 8 after hearing from approximately 20 public speakers, some of whom asked that people be allowed to set up courier businesses that would only deliver marijuana to individual customers.]
They said it would provide a way for entrepreneurs and those without much financial backing to break into the industry, and that it would help keep the industry local.
The council kept the prohibition, however.
Mayor Trish Spencer also wanted more nurseries, medical dispensaries and manufacturing companies to be permissible under the ordinance, saying without them the city's regulation's favored big business.
But she failed to get any support from council members.
The council, however, tweaked the ordinance so that its requirement for businesses to have a "labor peace agreement" – which can help clear the way for union to come in – be only required for a pot business with at least 10 employees, instead of the initially proposed two.
Medical marijuana, dispensed through licensed businesses and regulated through a doctor's prescription, has been legal for two decades. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64, which allowed for sales of recreational pot through dispensaries as well.
Recreational use of marijuana will become legal in the state on Jan. 1. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
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The final passage of the ordinance that changes the city's municipal code – which comes as recreational marijuana use is about to become legal in California – occurred Tuesday night.
Just one cannabis nursery and two medicinal dispensaries will be allowed in Alameda under the rules.
The ordinance also limits businesses that manufacture cannabis to four and the number of testing labs to two.
The council also carried out the final passage of changes to the city's ordinance Tuesday regarding smoking so that the rules for cannabis are aligned with those for tobacco.
That means people cannot smoke marijuana in public places and in multi-family housing. They can, however, smoke cannabis on-site at dispensaries under the new regulations.
The council initially approved the rules during a first reading early the morning of Nov. 8 after hearing from approximately 20 public speakers, some of whom asked that people be allowed to set up courier businesses that would only deliver marijuana to individual customers.]
They said it would provide a way for entrepreneurs and those without much financial backing to break into the industry, and that it would help keep the industry local.
The council kept the prohibition, however.
Mayor Trish Spencer also wanted more nurseries, medical dispensaries and manufacturing companies to be permissible under the ordinance, saying without them the city's regulation's favored big business.
But she failed to get any support from council members.
The council, however, tweaked the ordinance so that its requirement for businesses to have a "labor peace agreement" – which can help clear the way for union to come in – be only required for a pot business with at least 10 employees, instead of the initially proposed two.
Medical marijuana, dispensed through licensed businesses and regulated through a doctor's prescription, has been legal for two decades. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64, which allowed for sales of recreational pot through dispensaries as well.
Recreational use of marijuana will become legal in the state on Jan. 1. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Alameda: Council adopts rules on cannabis use
Author: Peter Hegarty
Contact: Contact Us – East Bay Times
Photo Credit: AP Photo
Website: East Bay Times - Contra Costa and Alameda county news, sports, entertainment, lifestyle and commentary
