Ukiah urged to consider changes to marijuana laws

The City of Ukiah is evaluating its current regulations on growing medical marijuana, and will likely have more discussions and perhaps recommended actions for the City Council soon, City Manager Sage Sangiacomo said at the board’s most recent meeting earlier this month.

“I know that the marijuana ad-hoc committee (which includes Council members Jim Brown and Maureen Mulheren) is working diligently reviewing the regulations and determining possible actions for the Ukiah City Council, and they may be brought forward for further discussion,” Sangiacomo said, responding to a city resident who urged the council to review its medical marijuana regulations in light of a regulatory package signed into law in October that requires state oversight of the entire industry.

The new regulations take effect the first of the year, but local municipalities face a March 1, 2016, deadline to put in place regulations to preserve local control. Otherwise, the state will...

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