Committee backs sending consumption-lounge pilot rules — five-per-district cap, CUP required, call-up review and fee waivers proposed

Nov 4, 2026

Staff recommended a five‑year pilot for cannabis consumption lounges, capped at five lounges per council district, with consumption lounges to require a conditional use permit and a council call‑up before business-operating investments; the committee voted to forward the package to council with fee waivers for core equity participants included.

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City staff urged the Law & Legislation Committee on April 8 to forward policy language implementing Sacramento’s five‑year cannabis consumption-lounge pilot, including a geographic cap and procedural safeguards for council oversight.

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