2022-04-19 CC Agenda - Public Communication related to Item #D22 - Cannabis - #22022-04-19 CC AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION RELATED TO ITEM #D22 - CANNABIS #2
Harada, Patricia
From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 5:15 PM
To: *ALL CITY CLERKS
Subject: FW: 04-19-2022 Agenda Item 22: Resolution Certifying Sufficiency of Commercial
Cannabis Voter Initiative Petition and City Council Direction ...
Council received the email below.
Thank you,
Tracy Weaver I City Clerk
City of El Segundo
350 Main Street El Segundo CA 90245
310.524.2305 1 t�veaver@elegundo.orR I www.elsegundo.org
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From: LCampeggi <Icampeggi@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 4:47 PM
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS <ALLELECTEDOFFICIALS@elsegundo.org>
Subject: 04-19-2022 Agenda Item 22: Resolution Certifying Sufficiency of Commercial Cannabis Voter Initiative Petition
and City Council Direction ...
Our beach cities appear to be the victims of a well -moneyed effort to "buy" a cannabis retail store monopoly. El Segundo,
Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach have all had the same initiative sponsored by South Cord Management (aka Catalyst
Cannabis), qualify for ballot. In each city, South Cord bombarded voters with paid for signature gatherers to "market" their
propaganda. In Redondo, they're funding a recall attempt of a recently elected Councilmember in retaliation for their initiative
not being placed on the ballot until March 2023.
Regardless of one's opinion on retail cannabis, Catalyst Cannabis is the wrong partner should voters favor retail cannabis. South
Cord's initiative is written as a barrier to entry for others in the industry; expensive and detailed criteria only they can match.
Please craft an El Segundo City commercial cannabis regulatory initiative to compete with the "voter" initiative that has qualified
for your 11-08-2022 municipal election.
L. Navarro
Redondo Beach, CA
Harada, Patricia
From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 12:42 PM
To: *ALL CITY CLERKS
Subject: Fwd: Cannabis Ballot Measure
Council received email below.
Tracy
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: John Clinton <johnclinton3rd@gmail.com>
Date: April 20, 2022 at 9:22:13 AM PDT
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS <ALLELECTEDOFFICIALS@elsegundo.org>
Subject: Cannabis Ballot Measure
Council members,
My name is John Clinton, and I'm an El Segundo resident.
I know some of you and hope all of you and your families are well.
Unfortunately I was unable to attend last night's city council meeting, but I wanted to share my thoughts
on one of the items on the agenda.
Regarding the Cannabis measure, I'm not an expert in this area, and I honestly need more education
regarding the topic, but I am hoping that the city is taking every measure possible to create the most
beneficial scenario for the city of El Segundo.
It's pretty clear cannabis is coming to El Segundo in some form or another. My hope is we're not relying
on some ballot measure to dictate how that process plays out.
To avoid this, I'd like to see the city get in front of this and create some ordinance that gives the city as
much control as possible over the process, including benefitting from any potential taxes.
This is a great opportunity for the city which should be embraced and not wasted.
Thank you for your service and your efforts on behalf of our community are much appreciated.
Thanks
John Clinton