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6.3.B. - Page 6 <br />WHEREAS, the City Council further takes legislative notice that in 2010, the <br />Redwood City Police Department issued 220 drug - related citations in the City, and 76 of <br />those citations were specifically for illegal possession of marijuana; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council further takes legislative notice that in 2010, <br />Redwood City Police Department made 96 arrests for parole violation, and 6 of those <br />arrests were related to marijuana; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council further takes legislative notice that the Redwood <br />City Police Department anticipates a higher demand on local police services resulting <br />from the "realignment" of California state prisons which went into effect on October 1, <br />2011, which will increase the prisoner population within Redwood City which hosts the <br />County jail and County probation department; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council further takes legislative notice that in 2010, there <br />were at least four takeover robberies at cannabis clubs in San Jose (Sean Webby, <br />Police. Criminals Targeting San Jose's Medicinal Marijuana Clubs, San Jose Mercury <br />News (Dec. 16, 2010)) and that residential homes growing marijuana for medical <br />marijuana distribution facilities have been targeted for home invasions (Sean Webby & <br />Mark Gomez, San Jose: Another Violent Pot Robbery Stokes Cop's Fear of Trend, San <br />Jose Mercury News (Dec. 30, 2010)); and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council reasonably anticipates that the City of Redwood <br />City will experience similar adverse impacts and effects to those noted in other <br />California communities, especially given historic drug, gang, violence and crime <br />activities and statistics in Redwood City; and <br />ATTY /ORD.353 /MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADDING ARTICLE 59 TO RWC ZONING CODE <br />093011 <br />3 <br />