(a) Establishment. A Cannabis Regulation Commission is hereby created that shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in this chapter and elsewhere in the City Charter, Los Angeles Municipal Code and Los Angeles Administrative Code. The Commission shall have five members.
(b) Appointment. Members shall be appointed and may be removed in accordance with Charter Section 502.
(c) Terms of Office. The members of the Commission shall have four-year, staggered terms beginning with the first day of July of the respective years. The original five members shall be appointed for such terms as shall cause one term to expire on the date of June 30 in two years, two terms to expire on the date of June 30 in three years, and two terms to expire on the date of June 30 in four years.
(d) Qualifications. Members shall be appointed in accordance with Charter Section 501(d). One member of the Commission shall be an elected member of a Neighborhood Council at the time of the appointment. No person shall be appointed to the Commission who was a registered lobbyist or required to be registered as a lobbyist for any cannabis-related activities for the 12 months prior to appointment.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 185,025, Eff. 7-30-17.
Amended by: Subsec. (a), Ord. No. 185,852, Eff. 1-5-19.
(a) The Commission shall monitor and review the State’s effort to promulgate cannabis-related laws and regulations and make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council for the adoption of City laws and regulations pertaining to cannabis-related activity in the City.
(b) The Commission shall implement the laws and regulations adopted by the City Council, consistent with the duties of the Department of Cannabis Regulation set forth in Article 4, relating to cannabis-related activity in City.
(c) The Commission shall hold hearings related to issuing licenses to applicants for cannabis-related activity in the City.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 185,025, Eff. 7-30-17.
Amended by: Subsecs. (b) and (c), Ord. No. 185,852, Eff. 1-5-19.
A Department of Cannabis Regulation is hereby created that shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in this chapter and elsewhere in the City Charter, Los Angeles Municipal Code and Los Angeles Administrative Code.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 185,025, Eff. 7-30-17.
Amended by: Ord. No. 185,852, Eff. 1-5-19.
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