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Residents urge pause, raise safety and economic concerns about proposed cannabis storefronts
Summary
Multiple public speakers urged the council to pause the commercial cannabis storefront permitting process, citing public-health, pesticide concerns, industry instability and the effect on Artesia Boulevard’s beautification plans.
Several members of the public used the council’s public comment period to press the City Council to slow or pause consideration of commercial cannabis storefronts while broader concerns are resolved.
Marie Puterbaugh and Brad Waller, two speakers who identified themselves as District residents and as candidates or potential candidates for local office, urged caution. Waller said the cannabis industry’s financial instability, tax-collection issues and an LA Times investigation into pesticide use in cannabis…
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