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Business applicants and residents clash with council over proposed rollback of Riverside cannabis permit limits
Summary
Applicants and community members told the council that proposed ordinance changes — cutting the number of retail cannabis permits and limiting ownership transfers — would break promises, harm small businesses and risk legal action; council did not approve the related consent item.
Riverside City Council heard sustained public opposition Tuesday to proposed amendments that would reduce the city’s planned cannabis retail permits and limit ownership transfers for provisional license holders.
Dozens of applicants and business owners told the council the changes — proposed after the city paused permit processing — would upend investments they made in reliance on the city’s earlier rules. Several speakers said the city should keep the original promise of up to 14 retail permits and objected to new one-per-ward limits and transfer restrictions.
Vincent Hallick, an applicant, told the council he and others have searched for viable properties in Wards 4 and…
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