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RESOLUTION NO. RES-22-0010
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LONG BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, AND ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND AMENDMENTS, WITH
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS
CONTROL (DCC), TO RECEIVE AND EXPEND GRANT
FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,934,773, TO SUPPORT
THE LONG BEACH CANNABIS PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Office of Cannabis Oversight (OCO) in the City Manager Department was recently awarded Three Million Nine Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars ($3,934,773) by the DCC to support the Long Beach Cannabis program; and
WHEREAS, the cannabis program was approved on November 8, 2016 with the passage of Measure MM, which established Chapter 5.90 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) and created a regulatory program for medical cannabis 19 businesses to operate in the city; and
20 WHEREAS, in August 2018, the Long Beach City Council approved LBMC 21 Chapter 5.92, which created a regulatory framework for adult-use cannabis businesses to 22 operate in the city and established the Cannabis Social Equity Program (Equity Program) 23 which provides business ownership and employment opportunities to low income 24 individuals and communities negatively impacted by the prior criminalization of cannabis; 25 and
26 WHEREAS, on December 26, 2021, DCC announced the recipients of the 27 One Hundred Million ($100 Million) in grant funding to support local jurisdictions that 28 RFA: ag A21-05719 (12/27/2021)
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19 adopted a local cannabis program;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Budget Act of 2021, Item 1115-101-0001, funding is dedicated to local jurisdictions with the greatest need to transition businesses with State provisional licensees to State annual licensees; and WHEREAS, the City of Long Beach was awarded Three Million Nine Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars ($3,934,773) in DCC grant funds; and
WHEREAS, this funding is dedicated on a one-time basis to aid local jurisdictions and the cannabis businesses in competing CEQA compliance requirements necessary for businesses to achieve annual licensure; and WHEREAS, consistent with DCC regulations on the eligible use of grant funds, the OCO intends to use the funding to hire staff in multiple City departments to expedite the processing and review of applications and project documents, hire consultants to streamline application processes and provide regulatory compliance to cannabis businesses, and update the City's website and other technology systems to make the overall licensing process easier to navigate; and WHEREAS, all grant funds must be expended no later than March 31, 2025 and any funds not expended within the grant term must be returned to the DCC; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Long Beach resolves as 20 follows:
21 Section 1. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute an 22 agreement, and all necessary related documents and amendments, with the California 23 Department of Cannabis Control, to receive and expend grant funding in the amount of 24 Three Million Nine Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Three 25 Dollars ($3,934,773) to support the Long Beach Cannabis program for the period of 26 January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025.
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1 by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution. 2 1 hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City 3 Council of the City of Long Beach at its meeting of January 18 , 20 �. by the 4 following vote:
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Councilmembers: Zendejas, Allen, Price,
Supernaw, Mungo, Saro,
Uranga, Austin, Richardson.
Councilmembers: None.
Councilmembers: None.
Councilmembers: None.
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