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Fortuna council introduces nitrous-oxide ban, amends ordinance to allow wholesale food deliveries
Summary
The Fortuna City Council introduced Ordinance 2025-778 to prohibit retail sale, offer, distribution or provision of nitrous oxide in the city, voted to amend it to allow wholesale distributors to deliver to food-preparation facilities, and approved the first reading 4–1.
The Fortuna City Council on November 17 introduced an ordinance to make it unlawful to sell, offer, distribute or provide nitrous oxide within city limits, citing local public-health concerns and measures adopted in neighboring jurisdictions.
Staff said the proposed Ordinance 2025-778 (adding chapter 8.45 to Title 8) responds to presentations from Humboldt County Public Health and local data indicating youth access and misuse. According to staff, public-health presenters reported that about 11% of seventh- and eighth-graders had reported inhalant initiation as early as fifth grade, and staff said larger, colorful canisters marketed toward youth are increasingly seen in the community.
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