San Jose, California Considers Forming New Division of Marijuana Control
Two years after enacting citywide pot regulations, San Jose may create a dedicated department to enforce them.
A Division of Marijuana Control would cost about $2.7 million a year and require more than a dozen employees with expertise in law, code enforcement and finance. To recover costs, the city would charge each of its 16 registered collectives a yearly fee of about $170,000.
The City Council on Tuesday will consider the plan in addition to other changes to its marijuana ordinance.
City officials recently met California “weed czar” Lori Ajax, who heads the state’s new Bureau of Medical Marijuana Control, to talk about packaging, testing and the lack of uniformity of local pot laws.
“The challenge for staff has been that the regulatory landscape changes weekly, with new cities and counties considering programs to allow medical marijuana cultivation or manufacturing,” Assistant City Manager Angelique Gaeta and Planning Director Harry...
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