2026 SPECIAL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL / LINCOLN REDEVELOPMENT
SUCCESSOR AGENCY / LINCOLN PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - WORK
STUDY SESSION
September
1, 2026
CITY OF LINCOLN
2026 SPECIAL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL / LINCOLN
REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY /
LINCOLN PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - WORK
STUDY SESSION
September
1, 2026
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4:30 PM
Mayor Richard Pearl
Mayor Pro Tem Whitney Eklund Councilmember Holly Andreatta Councilmember Ben Brown Councilmember John Reedy City Hall (Extremely Limited Seating Capacity)
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5. DISCUSSION ITEM
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Sean Scully, City Manager
Douglas White, Special Counsel
Nita Wracker, Asst. City Manager / Finance Director
Matt Alves, Police Chief
Jennifer Brown, Chief Innovation & Tech. Officer
Vin Cay, City Engineer
Erin Frye, Econ. Dev. & Communication Specialist
Kathryn Hunt, Library Services Director
Hope Ithurburn, City Clerk
Matthew Medill, Public Works Director
Veronica Rodriguez, Human Resources Director
Anthony Mejia, Fire Chief
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5.A
Retail and Industrial Cannabis Land Use
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SUBJECT:
Retail and Industrial Cannabis Land Use
SUBMITTED BY:
City Clerk
DEPARTMENT:
City Manager's Office
DATE:
September
1, 2026
Item Number 5.A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that Council receive a briefing on Retail and Industrial Cannabis Land Use options and provide staff any relevant feedback and direction for further analysis or next steps.
BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION:
During the City Council Strategic Planning Session in late June the City Council established a number of ongoing and new priorities to focus on for the 26/27 fiscal year. One of the new items added to the priority list was an exploration of additional revenue generation options including (but not limited to) an exploration of a program to zone for, permit and regulate retail and wholesale cannabis activities in Lincoln. This report will share some brief details on the history of regulations related to cannabis in California as well as some sample code sections from other jurisdictions who have chosen to regulate and permit cannabis businesses in their community. This will serve as a starting point for the exploration of this possibility.
California first authorized the medical use of cannabis through Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996. Proposition 215 permitted qualified patients and their primary caregivers to possess and cultivate cannabis for medical purposes upon a physician’s recommendation. In 2003, the Legislature adopted Senate Bill 420, the Medical Marijuana Program Act, which established a statewide identification-card program and provided additional structure for patient and caregiver cultivation and possession.
For many years, medical cannabis regulation remained largely decentralized. In 2015, the Legislature enacted the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, establishing a state licensing and regulatory framework for commercial medical cannabis activity while preserving significant local control over whether and where such uses could operate. California voters subsequently approved Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, in November 2016, legalizing the nonmedical possession and use of cannabis by adults age 21 and older and authorizing commercial adult-use cannabis activity subject to state licensure and local regulation.
In 2017, the Legislature consolidated the medical and adult-use regulatory systems through the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA). Under current state law, local jurisdictions retain broad authority to prohibit,
STAFF REPORT
4 permit, regulate, and zone cannabis businesses within their boundaries, including through local permitting requirements, land-use standards, operating conditions, and limitations on the number and type of cannabis uses allowed.
Since implementation of MAUCRSA in 2018, California’s commercial cannabis market has developed as a locally driven, “dual licensing” system. State licensure is required for cannabis businesses; however, an applicant must first secure local authorization and comply with the city’s or county’s land-use, permitting, building, fire, and operational requirements. As a result, local governments have become the principal decision-makers regarding whether cannabis businesses may operate within their jurisdictions and, if so, under what conditions.
FINDINGS/ANALYSIS:
Across California, local approaches to cannabis regulation have varied considerably. Some jurisdictions have continued to prohibit all commercial cannabis activity, while others allow only limited business types, such as non-storefront retail. Jurisdictions that permit storefront retail commonly use a combination of zoning regulations, discretionary use permits or conditional use permits, local cannabis-business permits, development and building approvals, security and operational plans, background-review requirements, and ongoing compliance inspections.
Many also establish numerical caps, separation distances from sensitive uses, location restrictions by zoning district, hours of operation, odor-control and security requirements, and local cannabis business taxes or revenue agreements. In Placer County, cannabis has remained largely prohibited on a county-wide basis with the exception of the City of Colfax who have one permitted retail storefront. Deliveries are allowed and occur within Placer County and cannot be restricted provided the delivery source is a permitted location elsewhere.
Council has a number of policy considerations to consider with regard to this topic. The best first step is to define what problem or opportunity the Council is attempting to address which could be any or all of the following:
Consumer access:
Is the goal to provide a regulated, tested local retail option for adult- use and/or medicinal consumers?
Revenue:
Is the City seeking a new revenue source, and if so, is anticipated revenue sufficient to cover administration, inspection, code enforcement, and public-safety costs? Economic development:
Does the City want to activate vacant commercial or industrial space, attract investment, or create jobs?
Public health and safety:
Is the priority minimizing youth exposure, impaired driving, neighborhood impacts, and diversion to the illicit market? Local control:
Would a narrowly tailored program—such as one or two retailers only— better align with community expectations than broad authorization?
After the preceeding questions are discussed, follow up areas for exploration should include a specific discussion about the different types of cannabis uses; retail, industrial manufacturing, cultivation, and wholesale commercial activity. Each of these uses are distinct and have different considerations, during the workshop staff will present some details for consideration and administration of any potential future Council action.
5 Additionally, the following links to municipal codes of other jurisdictions who have permitted cannabis are being provided for Council and the community to share a few alternative frameworks for regulation as a basis for discussion.
Dixon:
https://ecode360.com/47175090#47175090
Ceres:
https://library.municode.com/ca/ceres/codes/municipal_code? nodeId=TIT5BULIRE_CH22CAPIPR
Patterson:
https://ecode360.com/47679679#47679679
FISCAL IMPACT:
No direct fiscal impact as a result of this workshop. Any future potential approval would have fiscal impacts from both a revenue and an expenditure perspective. The type of cannabis allowances and detail of how those cannabis allowances are permitted will significantly vary anticipated revenues and potential expenditures. Staff will be able to provide a better estimate of those impacts if and when any firm Council direction is given.
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