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7.A. - Page 15 <br /> Attachment 1 <br /> WHEREAS, on August 31, 2011, the California Legislature passed AB 1300 <br /> which explicitly authorizes cities to "adopt and enforce local ordinances regulating the <br /> location, operation, or establishment of a medical marijuana cooperative or collective;" <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council takes legislative notice of the fact that a number of <br /> California cities and counties, which have permitted the establishment of inedical <br /> marijuana distribution facilities or "dispensaries", have experienced serious adverse <br /> impacts associated with and resulting from such uses. According to these communities, <br /> according to news stories widely reported and according to medical marijuana <br /> advocates, medical marijuana distribution facilities have resulted in and/or caused an <br /> increase in crime, including burglaries, robberies, violence, illegal sales of marijuana to, <br /> and use of marijuana by, minors and other persons without medical need in the areas <br /> immediately surrounding such medical marijuana distribution facilities. A California <br /> Police Chiefs Association compilation of police reports, news stories and statistical <br /> research regarding such secondary impacts is contained in a 2009 white paper report <br /> located at: <br /> http://www.procon.ora/sourcefiles/CAPCAWhitepaperonMariivanaDispensaries.pdf; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council further takes legislative notice that in 2010, there <br /> were 1,082 drug and/or alcohol related arrests in Redwood City, and 88 of those arrests <br /> were directly related to marijuana, including 10 arrests for possession of marijuana on <br /> school grounds; and <br /> ATTY/ORD.353/MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADDING ARTICLE 59 TO RWC ZONING CODE <br /> 093011 <br /> 2 <br />