T h e
H o n o ra b le
C ity C o u n c il
o f th e
C ity o f L o s A n g e le s
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2 6 , 2 0 0 9 , a n d e x p la in e d
its p r o v is io n s
in a v e rb a l p re s e n ta tio n
to the
P la n n in g
a n d
L a n d
Use Management
("P L U M ")
C o m m itte e
o n J a n u a ry
2 7 ,2 0 0 9 .
A d d itio n a l
te c h n ic a l
im p ro v e m e n ts
w e re
m ade
a n d
a second
r e v is e d
d ra ft o rd in a n c e
w a s tra n s m itte d
to the
C o u n c il o n F e b ru a ry
6, 2009.
A third
r e v is e d
d ra ft o rd in a n c e
w a s file d
o n S e p te m b e r
22, 2009
a n d p re s e n te d
to the
P L U M
C o m m itte e
o n th a t d a te
a n d o n S e p te m b e r
2 9 ,
2 0 0 9 .
T h e
C o m m itte e
d ire c te d
th is o ffic e
to a m e n d
th e d ra ft o rd in a n c e
in a c c o r d a n c e
w ith
its in s tr u c tio n s .
T h e
a tta c h e d
F o u rth
R e v is e d
D ra ft O rd in a n c e
re fle c ts
th e s e
c h a n g e s
a n d a d d itio n a l
m o d ific a tio n s ,
w h ic h
w e b e lie v e
im p r o v e
th e d ra ft, fo r y o u r
c o n s id e r a tio n .
C E Q A
F in d in g
If y o u w is h
to a d o p t th e
o r d in a n c e ,
y o u
m u s t fir s t c o m p ly
w ith
th e
C a lifo rn ia
E n v iro n m e n ta l
Q u a lity
A c t (C E Q A ).
R e g a rd in g
a fin d in g
p u rs u a n t
to C E Q A , th is O ffic e
b e lie v e s
th a t a d o p tio n
o f th is
o r d in a n c e
is e x e m p t fro m
C E Q A
u n d e r S ta te
C E Q A
G u id e lin e s
s e c tio n s
1 5 0 6 0 (c )(2 )
a n d (3 ) b e c a u s e
it w ill n o t r e s u lt in a d ir e c t o r
r e a s o n a b ly
fo re s e e a b le
in d ir e c t
p h y s ic a l c h a n g e
in th e e n v iro n m e n t,
s in c e
it m e r e ly
e s ta b lis h e s
re g u la tio n s
fo r m e d ic a l m a r iju a n a
c o lle c tiv e s
a n d w ill r e s u lt in a s u b s ta n tia l
d e c re a s e
in th e
num ber
o f lo c a tio n s
th a t a re c u rre n tly
in e x is te n c e .
In a d d itio n ,
th e
C ity
C o u n c il c o u ld
d e te rm in e
th a t a d o p tio n
o f th e
o r d in a n c e
is e x e m p t
fro m
C E Q A
u n d e r
C ity C E Q A
G u id e lin e s
A rtic le
II, S e c tio n
1 (G e n e ra l E x e m p tio n )
b e c a u s e
it c a n b e s e e n
w ith
c e rta in ty
th a t th e re
is n o p o s s ib ility
th a t th e
a c tiv ity
in q u e s tio n
m ay
h a v e
a
s ig n ific a n t
e ffe c t o n th e
e n v iro n m e n t.
If th e
C ity C o u n c il c o n c u r s ,
it m a y
c o m p ly
w ith
C E Q A
b y m a k in g
o n e o r b o th
o f th e s e
fin d in g s
p rio r to o r c o n c u rre n t
w ith
its a c tio n
o n
th e
o r d in a n c e .
W e
re c o m m e n d
th a t y o u
a ls o d ir e c t s ta ff to file
a "N otice
o f E x e m p tio n "
a s p e rm itte d
by CEQA.
T h is w ill h a v e th e
e ffe c t o f s h o rte n in g
th e
p e rio d
o f tim e
w ith in
w h ic h
a CEQA-based
le g a l c h a lle n g e
c a n b e b ro u g h t a g a in s t th e
C ity .
S u m m a ry
of C hanges
T h e
m a te ria l
c h a n g e s
a r e a s fo llo w s :
\u2022
T h e
in tro d u c to ry
r e c ita ls
h a v e
b e e n
m o d ifie d
to in c lu d e
th e
a d d itio n
of one
re la te d
to p o s s ib le
c o n ta m in a tio n
o f m a r iju a n a ,
a n d a re fe re n c e
to the
c o n tin u e d
ille g a lity
o f th e
s a le
o f m a r iju a n a
u n d e r b o th
s ta te
a n d fe d e ra l
la w ;
\u2022
T h e
d e fin itio n
o f " m e d ic a l
m a r iju a n a
c o lle c tiv e "
in S e c tio n
4 5 .1 9 .6 .1
n o w
in c lu d e s
a n u m e r ic a l
m in im u m
o f q u a lifie d
m e m b e rs .
W e
re c o m m e n d ,
a n d
in s e rte d ,
"fo u r
o r m o re ," ra th e r th a n
"th re e
o r m o re ," re q u e s te d
by your PLUM
C o m m itte e ,
b e c a u s e
th e
la tte r c o u ld
encom pass
tw o
p a re n ts
o r g u a r d ia n s
a n d a c h ild ,
trig g e rin g
th e
o r d in a n c e 's
re g u la to ry
p r o v is io n s .
H o w e v e r,
c u ltiv a tio n
of such
lim ite d
s c o p e
is n o t c o n te m p la te d
b y th e
d ra ft o rd in a n c e .
A n
a d d itio n a l
p h ra s e ,
"m e m b e r
e n g a g e d
in th e
m a n a g e m e n t,"
has been
a d d e d
a n d d e fin e d
in S e c tio n
4 5 .1 9 .6 .1 ;
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