Redding council mulls banning commercial cannabis for up to another year
Redding will wait up to another year before allowing the burgeoning legal marijuana industry in city limits as the City Council on Tuesday is poised to extend its ban on such activity until as late as December 2018.The move comes as the city is also working behind the scenes to craft rules for commercial cannabis. Those rules are expected to be out for council approval sometime next year.Absent the ban or other rules, Redding would be at the whims of state regulators, who’ll start issuing licenses for cannabis businesses after the New Year.
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Some light reading ahead of tonight's City Council meeting:
Redding's commercial pot ban to last up to another year
Redding Record SearchlightThe ban will keep the burgeoning marijuana industry at bay within city limits while Redding officials craft formal rules for commercial pot. -
More:
Redding to grand jury: pension deadlines 'not reasonable'
Redding Record SearchlightRedding and the Shasta County Grand Jury are going another round on the city’s pension liabilities. -
Good crowd tonight at the City Council meeting. The room fell silent about 2 minutes ago, prompting Mayor @BrentWeaver9 to say "We've still got 3 minutes, you can talk"by Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 1:59:53 AM
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City Atty Barry Tippin is wearing a Shasta Wolves football jersey after losing a betby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:06:37 AM
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Now Weaver is presenting proclamation for North State Giving Tuesday, which is Nov. 28by Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:08:57 AM
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Now Matt Doyle, with Shasta Lake Business Owners Association, is up talking about activities on the lakeby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:10:41 AM
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“This year was a benchmark pretty much across the board” Doyle says of tourism activity https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOE2UmpUEAE_Oc3.jpg
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"Lake level, lake level, lake level. That is what really impacts our recreation and tourism on the lake," Doyle saysby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:13:35 AM
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Doyle - Monday morning, Shasta Caverns made a record year, with around 65,000 guests so farby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:14:34 AM
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Doyle mentions this year's Lake Oroville crisis as a possible impact on tourism at Lake Shasta this yearby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:16:28 AM
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Even at 1/2 full, Lake Shasta still has 400+ miles of shoreline, Doyle says
Early outlook for 2018 is positive, with many lake business owners predicted even better results next yearby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:20:37 AM -
Now honoring Greg Clark, deputy city manager, who's retiring later this yearby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:21:44 AM
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Weaver now listing off Clark's accomplishments with the cityby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:23:10 AM
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Clark up now: "I didn't expect this big of a turnout, thank you very much."
(He's joking, a good chunk of the crowd is here for the Redding Soccer Park)by Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:24:06 AM -
Council members praising Clark
"I don't know what we're going to do without you," Sullivan saysby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:25:56 AM -
Now on to consent calendar. A bunch of stuff here, including an update response to the Shasta Co. Grand Jury, which I wrote about here: redding.com/story/news/loc…by Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:27:20 AM
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Winter Fox Frank speaking now about an agreement between Redding and Greenville Rancheria, which wants to provide housing for low-income city residentsby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:28:16 AM
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The agreement will likely be approved but Winter Fox Frank is a member of the Rancheria and speaking in support of the agreementby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:29:07 AM
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#TodayILearned : Lake Shasta got a shout out in Star Trek Discovery, the newest installment of the franchiseby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:29:51 AM
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Consent calendar passes, though the grand jury response was pulled to the regular calendarby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:31:32 AM
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Here's more on how the city got that $500k : redding.com/story/news/loc…by Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:34:01 AM
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10-year old Callie Soulay (sp?) speaking now, she's center-mid for Misfits Extreme.
"I love soccer. It's a huge part of my life."
She's encouraging city to devote as much attention to soccer park as possibleby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:36:07 AM -
Cooper McHaney, 13, is up now. He's another soccer player and his team name is Chaos Furyby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:37:02 AM
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"Right now, our fields are not safe to play on," McHaney saidby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:37:24 AM
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And before you ask, yes, I have 280 characters to play with now. But brevity is a habit I don't want to breakby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:38:31 AM
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Applause from the crowd as audience starts to thin out quite a bitby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:39:23 AM
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Now we're moving on to public hearings. There are 2:
- 1-year commercial cannabis ban extension
- REU rate restructure for large businessesby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:40:15 AM -
For my devoted followers, be proud that I spelled "commercial" correctly on the first try #callback twitter.com/seanlongoria_R…by Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:40:54 AM
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City Attorney Barry DeWalt is putting together a working group to craft commercial cannabis rulesby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:41:37 AM
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DeWalt anticipates having ordinances for council approval by April or Marchby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:42:01 AM
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On to speakers now. First is Tom Schuck, then Rob McDonaldby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:42:24 AM
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Shuck says he's working with marijuana business that wants to locate in Redding.
"If this were to get extended, we would have no shot at this particular company."by Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:43:56 AM -
The business, Shuck says, manufactures cannabis products without THC. They're gel pills, he saysby Sean Longoria via twitter 11/8/2017 2:44:54 AM
