SR 06-14-2022 13B 13.B
June 14, 2022
Council Meeting: June 14, 2022 Santa Monica, California
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CITY CLERKâS OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson Warren, City Clerk, Records & Elections Services
Department
Date: June 14, 2022
13.B On May 10, 2022, the City Council directed the City Manager to return with a
study session as soon as practicable on various items (e.g.., municipal
code changes, taxes, permitting process, etc.) that are necessary to be part
of any future action taken by the City Council to allow for any business or
businesses involved in the sale, delivery, themed special events, and/or
consumption of nonmedicinal cannabis in the City of Santa Monica. This
item is a request of Councilmembers Brock, de la Torre, and Negrete
asking the City Manager and City Attorney to prepare an ordinance
enacting a tax on businesses engaged in the sale, distribution, delivery,
and consumption of cannabis. The ordinance shall be prepared in a timely
manner for the City Council to consider placing the tax on the November 8,
2022 ballot. The tax should be structured as a general tax and have no
sunset date. Implementation of certain aspects of the cannabis tax will be
contingent on future actions taken by City Council resulting from the study
session referenced above.
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