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Presentation Regarding Potential Approval of Retail Sales of Cannabis for Adult Use at San Leandro Cannabis Dispensaries
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Consistent with the City Council's request at its January 7, 2019 City Council meeting and February 2, 2019 City Council planning session, staff requests that the Council consider the analysis presented in this report and provide direction regarding whether to develop modifications to the medical cannabis dispensary ordinance to allow adult use (i.e. non-medicinal) sales at the City's three permitted dispensaries.
BACKGROUND
Since the passage of Proposition 2015 in 1996, medical cannabis has been legal in California longer than virtually anywhere else in the United States. Nevertheless, prior to the passage of the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA) in 2015, California lacked comprehensive statewide cannabis regulations. With the passage of MCRSA, California launched a comprehensive statewide regulatory framework for the cultivation, production, transportation and sale of medicinal cannabis throughout the state, to be overseen by a new statewide bureau, now known as the California Bureau of Cannabis Control. In November 2016, Proposition 64, also known as the Adult-Use of Marijuana Act or "AUMA", was passed by 57% of statewide voters and 60% of San Leandro voters. Among its various provisions, AUMA established a new licensing and taxation scheme for the non-medicinal or "adult use" of cannabis in California.
In an effort to reconcile the various sets of overlapping regulations between the existing medical and emerging adult use markets, on June 27, 2017, the State of California enacted the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act ("MAUCRSA"). MAUCRSA consolidated the regulation of commercial medical and adult use cannabis activities.
The City of San Leandro also currently has in place its own set of local regulations for several cannabis-related business acti...
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