L.A. proposes new regulations on how and where marijuana shops can operate

[Eugene]

Source: Los Angeles Times

L.A. proposes new regulations on how and where marijuana shops can operate

By Emily Alpert Reyes

JUNE 8, 2017, 5:40 PM

Los Angeles unveiled a new set of proposed regulations Thursday on how and where marijuana businesses can operate within city limits, the latest step toward reworking its rules after Californians voted to legalize recreational pot.

The draft rules would impose restrictions on where pot shops that sell marijuana to customers on site can operate, limiting them to most commercial and industrial zones and barring them from opening within 800 feet of one another.

Marijuana retailers would also be prohibited from operating within 800 feet of schools, public libraries, parks and drug and alcohol treatment facilities. Other kinds of marijuana businesses, including indoor cultivation facilities, would be restricted to most industrial zones.

City officials also released a set of proposed regulations on application requirements and operating rules for cannabis businesses. Those draft rules prohibit marijuana or alcohol from being consumed on site, require security and video surveillance, and mandate that businesses allow inspections and audits, among many other requirements.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. That has been happening in San Diego for years.

The city is closing them down right and left and imposing a big city tax on them. And this was happening for medical (not recreational) pot.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. I don't think that's the same thing.

Knowing what I know about California political demographics, I think LA is far more amenable and reconciled to the fact that marijuana is now legal. I'm sure San Diego will need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the present.