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Chula Vista hears weeks of public testimony and staff options on stronger tobacco retailer rules
Summary
Council heard an informational staff presentation and 33 public speakers urging tougher enforcement, routine compliance checks, density limits and buffers from schools in the Tobacco Retailer Permit (TRP) program; staff will return with specific ordinance language and impact analyses.
Mayor John McCann moved item 8.5 (a review of Chapter 5.56, the city’s tobacco retailer permit program) forward on the agenda and city staff summarized two staff directives: strengthen enforcement of the existing TRP and explore policies to reduce the number of tobacco retailers in Chula Vista.
Stacy Kurtz, who leads the city’s healthy and age‑friendly efforts, told the council staff had reviewed the ordinance’s implementation, changes in the tobacco market and state law and had engaged with community and business stakeholders. Deputy City Attorney Nicole Carnahan and the acting police chief outlined enforcement tools now in the code — administrative citations, civil penalties, progressive permit suspensions and…
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