FORT BRAGG — The Fort Bragg City Council held a special meeting Monday evening to discuss updating several of the city’s ordinances regarding cannabis cultivation and sale.
City updates cannabis code to match state’s language
Currently, under Fort Bragg Municipal Code 9.30.100, anyone who has been “convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or the illegal use, possession, transportation, distribution, or similar activities related” cannot be in a position of manager or above at a cannabis cultivation or retail location within city limits. This policy is stricter than the state’s requirements.
City Counselor Tess Albin Smith also said she was in favor of leaving the current language as is, but Vice Mayor Jessica Morsell-Haye said she found the language “troublesome” and “ambiguous,” and added that “it feels like an overreach.”
“I feel like it’s unnecessarily complicating things and I’m inclined here to go with the state’s approach and focus on owners and applicants, versus getting into their employees,’ Morsel-Haye said. “If we’re going to say that employees cannot have convictions, then we need to spell it out a little clearer.”
One idea was to base the city’s ordinances on the City of Ukiah’s cannabis cultivation ordinance, but Mayor Bernie Norvell said he had some problem with the “moral turpitude” clause.
“I worry about us judging someone and denying them a job,” he said.
The council voted…
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FORT BRAGG — The Fort Bragg City Council held a special meeting Monday evening to discuss updating several of the city’s ordinances regarding cannabis cultivation and sale.
City updates cannabis code to match state’s language
Currently, under Fort Bragg Municipal Code 9.30.100, anyone who has been “convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or the illegal use, possession, transportation, distribution, or similar activities related” cannot be in a position of manager or above at a cannabis cultivation or retail location within city limits. This policy is stricter than the state’s requirements.
City Counselor Tess Albin Smith also said she was in favor of leaving the current language as is, but Vice Mayor Jessica Morsell-Haye said she found the language “troublesome” and “ambiguous,” and added that “it feels like an overreach.”
“I feel like it’s unnecessarily complicating things and I’m inclined here to go with the state’s approach and focus on owners and applicants, versus getting into their employees,’ Morsel-Haye said. “If we’re going to say that employees cannot have convictions, then we need to spell it out a little clearer.”
One idea was to base the city’s ordinances on the City of Ukiah’s cannabis cultivation ordinance, but Mayor Bernie Norvell said he had some problem with the “moral turpitude” clause.
“I worry about us judging someone and denying them a job,” he said.
The council voted…
