In early March 2017, The Sacramento City Council in California, approved a process for issuing marijuana cultivation permits and lifted a moratorium on cultivation, paving the way for commercial cultivation in the city.
The new policies include criminal background checks for applicants and that all cultivation facilities must be at least 600 feet from neighborhood and community parks.
Sacramento Mayor, Darrell Steinberg, asked the great questions:
“Do we have the potential to gain substantial revenue for the things the public expects us to deliver on? Are we creating high-wage jobs? Are we going to use the right amount of revenue for enforcement of the underground industry that will continue to exist? And fourth, are we investing the revenue, some of the revenue, in drug addiction and drug education services?” Steinberg said. “I think those are four big-picture things that I am going to make sure that we focus on as we move forward here.”
Time will tell, how big the “Yes” answer he will get will be.
Source: Bizjournals.com: http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2017/03/08/sacramento-approves-commercial-marijuana.html
