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Fortuna introduces first-reading ordinance to ban sale and distribution of nitrous oxide, amends to allow wholesale food deliveries
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance 2025-778 to make it unlawful to sell, offer, distribute or provide nitrous oxide in Fortuna, citing county public-health data and youth inhalant use; the council amended the ordinance to allow wholesale distributors to deliver nitrous oxide directly to food-preparation facilities and passed the introduction on first reading 4–1.
The Fortuna City Council on November 17 introduced Ordinance 2025-778, a first reading to add chapter 8.45 to the city code that would make it unlawful to sell, offer, distribute or provide nitrous oxide within city limits. The ordinance, as introduced by staff, includes exemptions for prepackaged food products, legitimate medical or dental uses, and licensed pharmacies and wholesalers.
City staff said Humboldt County Public Health presented evidence to the city earlier this year and that local data show youth inhalant use is a concern: staff cited a figure that “11 percent of seventh and eighth graders reported inhalant use initiation as early as…
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