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El Dorado County supervisors ask staff to amend tobacco retail ordinance and pause enforcement for 90 days
Summary
After hours of public comment from county retailers and community groups, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to draft amendments to the recently adopted tobacco retail licensing ordinance and agreed to defer active enforcement and the issuance of new licenses for 90 days while revisions are developed.
El Dorado County supervisors on March 25 directed county staff to revise provisions of the tobacco retail licensing ordinance and to delay active enforcement for a 90‑day period while proposed changes are prepared.
The decision came after more than two hours of public comment from local gas‑station and convenience‑store owners, chambers of commerce representatives and retailers who said the ordinance, adopted in December 2024, had unintended economic impacts. Speakers urged the board to allow license transferability, grandfather pending development applications, change a minimum cigar pack size requirement and reconsider the cap on the number of tobacco retailer licenses tied to county population.
Jeff Warren, director of Environmental Management, summarized key issues staff had heard during…
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