Opinion: Chula Vista's handling of cannabis dispensary applications invites concerns, criticism [Opinion]
California voters’ 2016 decision to legalize cannabis for recreational use effectively created a new, legal multibillion-dollar state industry — and a new area of government regulation open to conflicts of interest on the part of local officials empowered to choose who gets to open cannabis businesses.filed last month against Chula Vista Councilmember Andrea Cardenas.
” between her council work and community engagement and that she would be “very careful to not blend those lines” because “if it doesn’t look good, it’s not good.”Grassroots Resources represents March and Ash, a local cannabis company that was given a permit by Chula Vista regulators that it didn’t even apply for — a decision that city officials are allowed to make if all “qualified applications are exhausted.
Whatever the Fair Political Practices Commission does, what’s clear is this undermines public trust and undercuts Cardenas’ talk of boundaries.
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