Ron Strider
Well-Known Member
With increasingly liberalized public attitudes and laws regarding marijuana, Inland communities have had to confront the question of how to deal with it.
While most Inland governments chose not to permit medical marijuana businesses authorized by Proposition 215, the passage of Proposition 64 and the legalization of recreational marijuana for personal use, cultivation, manufacturing and sale has forced the hand of Inland cities and counties more inclined toward prohibition.
Though there remain uncertainties at the federal level, state and local governments must be prepared to adjust and adapt to changing attitudes, laws and markets.
California laws permitting marijuana grant local governments considerable autonomy in how to address different components of the market, with some exceptions.
For example, counties and cities cannot prohibit people from growing a small number of plants for their own personal use, but they can exercise authority over commercial cultivation and commercial enterprises involving marijuana.
Increasing numbers of cities are at least convening discussions about how to navigate a landscape of legal recreational marijuana, weighing the costs and benefits of either permitting particular components of the marijuana market to generate revenues or spending money enforcing bans.
Some cities, like Fontana, have sought to impose dubious, hard-to-enforce ordinances requiring people to obtain permits from the city for permission to grow marijuana for their own use. In contrast, cities like Adelanto have virtually gambled their futures on commercial cultivation.
Meanwhile, the Temecula City Council has recently made a prudent choice in rejecting a ban on marijuana delivery services, considering how implausible such a ban might be.
And while San Bernardino has decided to finally talk about alternative regulatory schemes – after voters approved a measure allowing dispensaries in November, now tied up in court – voters in Upland are being asked to approve a "superban" on June 6, which we oppose.
Politicians and the public alike must set aside their personal views of marijuana and develop policies that actually work to minimize the harms of marijuana without needlessly squandering public resources and passing ordinances that can't actually be enforced.
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While most Inland governments chose not to permit medical marijuana businesses authorized by Proposition 215, the passage of Proposition 64 and the legalization of recreational marijuana for personal use, cultivation, manufacturing and sale has forced the hand of Inland cities and counties more inclined toward prohibition.
Though there remain uncertainties at the federal level, state and local governments must be prepared to adjust and adapt to changing attitudes, laws and markets.
California laws permitting marijuana grant local governments considerable autonomy in how to address different components of the market, with some exceptions.
For example, counties and cities cannot prohibit people from growing a small number of plants for their own personal use, but they can exercise authority over commercial cultivation and commercial enterprises involving marijuana.
Increasing numbers of cities are at least convening discussions about how to navigate a landscape of legal recreational marijuana, weighing the costs and benefits of either permitting particular components of the marijuana market to generate revenues or spending money enforcing bans.
Some cities, like Fontana, have sought to impose dubious, hard-to-enforce ordinances requiring people to obtain permits from the city for permission to grow marijuana for their own use. In contrast, cities like Adelanto have virtually gambled their futures on commercial cultivation.
Meanwhile, the Temecula City Council has recently made a prudent choice in rejecting a ban on marijuana delivery services, considering how implausible such a ban might be.
And while San Bernardino has decided to finally talk about alternative regulatory schemes – after voters approved a measure allowing dispensaries in November, now tied up in court – voters in Upland are being asked to approve a "superban" on June 6, which we oppose.
Politicians and the public alike must set aside their personal views of marijuana and develop policies that actually work to minimize the harms of marijuana without needlessly squandering public resources and passing ordinances that can't actually be enforced.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: IE cities coming to terms with marijuana – Press Enterprise
Contact: How to contact the Press-Enterprise
Photo Credit: Bill Roth
Website: The Press-Enterprise: Local News, Sports and Things to Do
