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6.3.B. - Page 5 <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 medical <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/ CAPCAWhitepaperonMariouanaDispensaries .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 />