Concord is open for cannabis business.
The City Council on Tuesday ordered up an ordinance that would allow a limited number of recreational cannabis retailers — with and without storefronts — to operate in town, as well as more cannabis manufacturers, testing laboratories and some microbusinesses that combine cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, distribution and retail.
The council’s decision follows a years-long debate in the city that began after California voters approved Proposition 64 in 2016 to allow people 21 or older to legally possess up to six cannabis plants and to transport or give away small amounts of the weed.
When the state law passed, Concord temporarily banned all cannabis activities except small-scale indoor growing for personal use and deliveries from outside dispensaries. The city also granted two licenses for medicinal-only cannabis distributors/manufacturers and two licenses for cannabis testing laboratories.
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