City Council on 2025-04-29 3:00 PM - STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION Meeting Time: 04-29-25 15:00
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City Council on 2025-04-29 3:00 PM -
STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION
04-29-25
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City Council on 2025-04-29 3:00 PM - STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION 04-29-25 15:00
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Agenda Item: eComments for J.1. 25-0582 For eComments and Emails Received from the Public Overall Sentiment
Melissa Dechandt
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Submitted At: 6:00pm 04-29-25
I received an email from BeachLife Festival sent to all ticketholders titled “Know Before You Go” and one of the highlighted events/booths is from EAZE, a cannabis delivery company. The verbiage included violates the California Department of Cannabis Control Medicinal & Adult Use Cannabis Regulations, specifically:
Section §15040. Advertising Placement and Prohibitions. · Any advertising or marketing, as defined in Business and Professions Code section 26150, that is placed in broadcast, cable, radio, print, and digital communications:
(1) Shall only be displayed after a licensee has obtained reliable up-to-date audience composition data demonstrating that at least 71.6 percent of the audience viewing the advertising or marketing is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or older
· (3) Shall not use any images that are attractive to children, including, but not limited to:
(A) Cartoons;
(B) Any likeness to images, characters, or phrases that are popularly used to advertise to children; (C) Any imitation of candy packaging or labeling; or
(D) The terms “candy” or “candies” or variants in spelling such as “kandy” of “kandeez” · (4) Shall not advertise free cannabis goods or cannabis accessories. This includes promotions such as:
(A) Buy one product, get one product free;
(B) Free product with any donation; and
(C) Contests, sweepstakes, or raffles.
The recently adopted cannabis ordinance, Redondo Beach Ordinance NO. 3287-25, states in 6-6.08 Operating Standards for Delivery-Only Operators.
· All cannabis businesses which conduct deliveries into or within the City of Redondo Beach shall be required to obtain a permit from the City of Redondo Beach in order to conduct retail sales regardless of whether they are located in the City or another local jurisdiction. Has EAZE obtained the proper permitting for this event? I urge the city council and city attorney to promptly review these violations. Finally, a cannabis booth at an allages event normalizes cannabis use for our youth.
Barbara Epstein
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Submitted At: 2:15pm 04-29-25
I would like to request that our city consider improving our civic conflicts, especially the damaging discourse about Redondo Beach being North versus South. This may have been an outcome of campaign rhetoric at one time, but needs to stop.
We are one city, and need to adopt an “All for one, and one for all” culture, going forward.
As we begin our new fiscal and planning process, we need to look forward to the coming years as colleagues, friends, and neighbors. If persistent conflicts arise, I would suggest that we bring an expert professional in for conflict resolution.
Thank you all in the City for your service, and for keeping the good of the entire community as our main objective.
We’re all in this together.
I regret not being with you in person today.