West Covina leaders — although divided — are inching toward allowing the commercial cultivation of marijuana.
The City Council on Tuesday voted 3-2, directing staff to develop an ordinance to allow cultivation and laboratory testing of marijuana and options for how to tax the cannabis-related businesses. Councilmen James Toma and Tony Wu were opposed.
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“Whether people like it or not, it’s here and we need to deal with it in a constructive way,” Mayor Pro Tem Mike Spence said. “Let’s develop something that works for West Covina.”
The discussion came as several other cities in the San Gabriel Valley, including El Monte and Baldwin Park, adopted ordinances to allow commercial cultivation of marijuana.
