As Pasadena begins to implement the
licensing of a limited number of local commercial cannabis businesses the
City’s Code Enforcement Department plans to continue shutting down the final
illegal marijuana dispensaries which remain open.
In
June, Pasadena voters approved two measures to allow a limited number of
commercial cannabis businesses to operate in the city and the levying of a
special municipal tax upon those businesses.
Pasadena
will now allow and regulate cannabis sales, licensing only six retail outlets,
while imposing distance requirements for recreational marijuana sales from
schools, residences, and homes.
Until
now, Pasadena had outlawed marijuana dispensaries and waged a steady war
against them.
Mayor Terry Tornek on Tuesday acknowledged that Pasadena has “had a number of illegal dispensaries operating for some time.”
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