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ATTY/ORD.473/RC CANNABIS TAX ORDINANCE REV: 07-18-18 VR Page 1 of 16 ORDINANCE NO. _____ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADDING ARTICLE XI (CANNABIS BUSINESS TAX) TO CHAPTER 32 OF THE REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, in 2015, California enacted three bills, Assembly Bills 243 and 266 and Senate Bill 643, commonly referred to as the “Medicinal Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act” (MCRSA), which established a comprehensive state regulatory and licensing framework for cultivation, manufacturing, sale, transportation, storage, delivery, and testing of medicinal cannabis in California; and WHEREAS, in 2016, the voters of the State of California approved Proposition 64, known as the “Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act” (AUMA), which legalized adult use cannabis use by persons age twenty-one and over, authorized cultivation of up to six cannabis plants for personal consumption, and established a new state regulatory and licensing framework for cultivation, manufacturing, sale, transportation, storage, delivery, and testing of adult use cannabis in California; and WHEREAS, in 2017, California enacted Senate Bill 94, which repealed MCRSA, incorporated certain provisions of MCRSA into the licensing provisions of the AUMA, and consolidated the state regulatory and licensing framework for medicinal and adult use cannabis, with the consolidated provisions to be known as “Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act” (MAUCRSA); and WHEREAS, MAUCRSA preserves the authority of local jurisdictions to prohibit or regulate the cultivation, manufacture, transportation, storage, distribution, delivery, and sale of commercial medicinal or adult use cannabis; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redwood City desires to impose a tax on all cannabis businesses that may operate within Redwood City. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct, and are hereby incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety. Section 2. Article XI of Chapter 32 of the Redwood City Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows: Article XI. CANNABIS BUSINESS TAX Sec. 32.802 Title. This Article shall be known as the “Cannabis Business Tax Ordinance.”