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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
2
210421
Name:
Police Code - Cannabis Regulation
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
4/20/2021
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
10/29/2021
Enactment date:
10/29/2021
176-21
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Police Code to 1) allow Cannabis Business Permit applicants to qualify as
Equity Incubators by supporting Equity Applicants prior to Cannabis Business Permit issuance and not
only after permit issuance; 2) specify that Equity Incubators must provide support to Equity Applicants
with which the Equity Incubators and their Owners have no ownership or profit-sharing arrangement in
order to qualify as Equity Incubators; 3) give first priority for permit application processing to Equity
Applicants that are sole proprietors or whose business is 100% owned by a combination of Owners
that are verified Equity Applicants, give second processing priority to holders of Temporary Cannabis
Business Permits that commit to sharing use of their facilities with one or more Equity Applicants, and
add to the sixth (formerly fourth) processing priority Applicants that previously held Temporary
Cannabis Permits, in addition to those that currently hold such permits; 4) prohibit transfers of more
than a 50% ownership interest in a Cannabis Business for five years after the Office of Cannabis
acknowledges receipt of an application for a Cannabis Business Permit for that Cannabis Business,
instead of ten years from the date of permit issuance; 5) exempt transfers of ownership in a Cannabis
Business triggered by an Owner’s death from transfer limits that would otherwise apply; 6) require that
a Cannabis Business seeking a permit amendment tied to reduction in the combined ownership
interest of all verified Equity Applicants in that Cannabis Business below 20% meet substantial equity
commitments as a condition of amending the permit; 7) establish that an Applicant’s withdrawal of a
Cannabis Business Permit application, unlike the abandonment of an application, will not bar a
subsequent application from that Applicant from qualifying for priority processing; and 8) authorize the
Director of the Office of Cannabis, at any point after an Applicant has submitted a Cannabis Business
Permit application, to require an Applicant to submit needed information or documentation within 45
days, and declare an application abandoned if the Applicant fails to comply with the deadline without
showing good cause for the failure; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the
California Environmental Quality Act.
Sponsors:
Mayor
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. CEQA Referral 042821, 4. PC Referral 042821, 5. FYI Referral
042821, 6. SBC Referral 042821, 7. CEQA Det 042921, 8. Comm Pkt 092321, 9. Leg Ver2, 10. Leg
Dig Ver2, 11. Board Pkt 100521, 12. Post-Packet Comment Ltr 100421, 13. Board Pkt 101921, 14.
Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
4/20/2021
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
4/28/2021
1
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning Department
4/29/2021
1
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Public Safety and Neighborhood
Services Committee
9/23/2021
1
Pass
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Public Safety and Neighborhood
Services Committee
9/23/2021
2
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
10/5/2021
2
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
10/19/2021
2
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
10/29/2021
2