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Meeting: City Council on 2025-01-21 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

Meeting Time: January 21, 2025 at 6:00pm PST

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Agenda Item

N.1. 25-0080 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S DRAFT CANNABIS REGULATORY ORDINANCES APPROVE THE DRAFT LANGUAGE IN THE CANNABIS REGULATORY ORDINANCES AND DIRECT STAFF TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 3, 2025 TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO STATE LAW PRIOR TO FORMAL CONSIDERATION OF INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCES DIRECT STAFF TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING AND RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 11, 2025 FOR CONSIDERATION OF INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES

Legislation Text Final Draft Ordinance XXXX-XX - Allowing for Cannabis Operations - INLAND (no redlines) Final Draft Ordinance XXXX-XX - Allowing for Cannabis Operations - COASTAL (no redlines) Final Draft Ordinance No. XXXX-XX - Regulating Cannabis Operations (no redlines)
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    Heidi J Swan at January 17, 2025 at 5:12pm PST

    My son graduated from RUHS. Our family spends a lot of money shopping & eating in Redondo. Although I'm a citizen of Hermosa Beach, I have a lot invested in our awesome neighbors in RB.

    In the last couple of years, the LA Times (who is in favor of legal pot) has done a number of well-researched pieces on the failures of Prop 64. Most recently, they have done several articles about how there are illegal pesticides in legal pot. How you can't tell the source of the pot. So "seed to sale" does not exist. "Regulation" does not exist.

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-19/california-weed-cleanup

    https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-06-17/cannabis-investigation-la-times-weedweek-toxic-pot-essential-california

    https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-12-21/california-struggles-to-keep-pesticides-out-of-weed-essential-california

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-29/the-dirty-dangerous-secret-of-californias-legal-weed

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-18/california-legal-weed-industry-in-tumult-after-times-pesticide-investigation

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-25/cannabis-industry-leaders-call-for-action-on-pesticide-contamination

    We have a booming illegal marijuana market that has eclipsed the legal market. This is not what we voted for. We were told the illegal market would go away. That the products would be safe. They are not. We have cartels, slave labor, illegal pesticides, etc. This is in plain sight. There aren't enough regulators or enforcement!

    Any local retail normalizes use to youth. Read results of a recent massive study on youth use:

    https://learnaboutsam.org/2024/10/massive-study-shows-legalization-associated-with-significant-increase-in-adolescent-and-young-adult-marijuana-use/

    Pro pot advocates talk about how great it is--but leave out the health risks. If it was regulated, there would be warnings --like cigarettes!

    Youth ER visits up:
    https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7228a1.htm

    Senior ER visits skyrocket too:
    https://nypost.com/2023/01/12/california-ers-report-1800-rise-in-pot-related-senior-visits/

    RB should be a Blue Zone. Not a pot zone.