After 9 weeks, the committee has a good idea of the ordinance they want
to propose to regulate recreational marijuana sales in the City of
Chico.
CHICO, Calif. - California voters said yes to recreational marijuana in 2016.
Nearly three years later, the City of Chico is getting ready to get on board.
"We have a massive debt crisis, an under-funded
pensions crisis… to the extent that the city could have more money to
clean up the streets and do things that would be a benefit to the
residents, I think that would be a good thing," said Miles Rampel, lives
in Chico.
9 weeks ago, a committee of community representatives
from both sides of the issue started exploring what marijuana sales,
production, and distribution would look like for Chico.
Teri Dubose represents the Downtown Chico Business Association.
"I think it's best that we start small and grow from
there, based on how it's doing rather than starting really big and
trying to reign things back in," Dubose said.
Some people in Chico say that's probably a good idea.
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