City Attorney Bob Shannon has submitted his draft ordinance to regulate the growing number of medical marijuana collectives in Long Beach. Next Tuesday at 5 p.m., the council will discuss the ordinance, likely tweak it, and probably cast an initial vote toward making it law.
Among key points in Shannon's ordinance are requirements that collectives provide the names, addresses and phone numbers of all members; that collectives can operate only in commercial and industrial zoned areas, not residential zones or mixed use zones that contain residences; and that they can't be within 1,000 feet of a school, public park, public library, licensed child care facility, playground, youth center or another medical marijuana collective.
Here is Shannon's proposed ordinance: Marijuana draft ordinance.pdf.
And his lengthy legal analysis that he had previously submittted to the council: Legal anaylsis on regulating medical marijuana.pdf
Finally, City Prosecutor Tom Reeves' perspective on regulating medical marijuana: City Prosecutor on Medical Marijuana.pdf
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The draft ordinance should include language relative to the transportation of the medical marijuana upon purchase of same by patient, i.e., Upon sale, a locked box (provided by patient) must be used to transport medical marijuana, which box is locked by employees of medical marijuana clinic upon conclusion of the transaction.