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City Attorney asks for staff, proposes administrative tools to fight illegal cannabis and nuisance properties while flagging liability risks
Summary
The City Attorney told the Budget and Finance Committee the office needs additional staff to manage litigation and enforcement, proposed changes to administrative code to place some enforcement costs on property tax bills, and discussed options to pair criminal and administrative enforcement against illegal cannabis operations.
City Attorney representatives told the Budget and Finance Committee they are preparing memos and proposals to expand enforcement tools against nuisance properties and illegal cannabis operations and asked for a comprehensive staffing plan to handle the city’s litigation and enforcement caseload.
“We are looking at the administrative code in a couple of different areas,” the City Attorney said, describing a proposal to allow fines or charges tied to the city’s nuisance-abatement work to be placed on a property tax bill. The City Attorney framed the change as “another tool in the toolbox” to use alongside criminal enforcement for…
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