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abuse education, prevention and treatment. If cultivation and retail sales are not banned <br />by a local jurisdiction, it is eligible, but not guaranteed, to receive state grant monies for <br />law enforcement, fire protection, or other local programs addressing the public health <br />and safety impacts of cannabis, funded through the State excise tax. <br /> <br />Local jurisdictions may impose their own taxes or fees on the privilege of cultivating, <br />manufacturing, selling or distributing cannabis, except that AUMA prohibits imposition of <br />local sales taxes on medical cannabis and AUMA exempts cannabis cultivated for <br />personal use from taxation. Collection of such taxes is more complicated in situations <br />where cannabis-related businesses conduct transactions in cash. <br /> <br />Accordingly, to the extent the Council directs staff to enact regulations allowing certain <br />types of medical or recreational cannabis business in the jurisdiction, staff requests that <br />that the Council consider whether it wishes to impose local taxes or fees for each type <br />of business. Any new cannabis tax must be approved by the voters (50% for general <br />taxes and two-thirds for special taxes). <br /> <br />B. Staff Time Implications of Approaches <br /> <br />Depending on the approach taken, significant staff time could be required to develop <br />land use policies and approaches to regulate, inspect, and enforce locally-established <br />regulations. To some extent, policy development activity and issues that arise could be <br />addressed through existing code enforcement, fire prevention, and law enforcement <br />resources, however, these functions are already fully tasked and at times demand for <br />services, such as code enforcement, exceeds staff capacity. As a result, adding to the <br />workload to these functions is an important consideration. <br />Once policies and regulation mechanisms are in place, ongoing costs associated with <br />these activities potentially could be recovered through fees but the effort required to <br />develop regulations and inspection and enforcement protocols would require prioritizing <br />this initiative over other City priorities for staff time. <br />C. Implications of General Smoking Ordinance on Cannabis Consumption <br /> <br />Under AUMA, smoking of cannabis is prohibited where the smoking of tobacco is <br />prohibited. In Redwood City, smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public places within <br />the City. Staff anticipates presenting an ordinance prohibiting smoking in multi-family <br />housing for Council’s consideration in the upcoming months. Accordingly, the City’s <br />adoption of any smoking ordinance will prohibit smoking of both tobacco and cannabis <br />in the specified locations unless the City specifically exempts recreational and/or <br />medical cannabis from that ordinance. <br /> <br />D. What Other Cities Around San Mateo County Are Doing <br /> <br />8.B. - Page 7