City of Long Beach - File #: 21-0609

• File #: 21-0609
• Version: 2
• Name: CM - Cannabis Shared Use Manufacturing Ordinance
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/18/2021
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/6/2021
• Final action: 7/13/2021
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Section 5.92.030, Subsection 5.92.455 d.4, Section 5.92.860, Section 5.92.870, Section 5.92.1610, Subsection 5.92.1620, Section 5.92.1630, Section 5.92.1640, and by renumbering Divisions VIII through XI; by adding Division VII; and by deleting Section 5.92.880; all relating to Shared-use Cannabis Manufacturing in the City of Long Beach, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: City Manager

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/13/2021	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
7/6/2021	1	City Council	declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Section 5.92.030, Subsection 5.92.455 d.4, Section 5.92.860, Section 5.92.870, Section 5.92.1610, Subsection 5.92.1620, Section 5.92.1630, Section 5.92.1640, and by renumbering Divisions VIII through XI; by adding Division VII; and by deleting Section 5.92.880; all relating to Shared-use Cannabis Manufacturing in the City of Long Beach, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
On January 5, 2021, the City Council directed staff to prepare an Ordinance to allow shared-use cannabis manufacturing in Long Beach and include a priority licensing process for verified equity applicants. In addition to the shared-use manufacturing Ordinance, the City Council requested staff remove “is a Long Beach resident currently receiving unemployment benefits” from the Cannabis Social Equity Program’s eligibility criteria. Using recommendations from the City Manager’s Office and City departments, the City Attorney’s Office has prepared an Ordinance with the requested changes.

In 2018, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued regulations for a shared-use manufacturing license, which allows license holders to conduct manufacturing operations out of a shared-use facility. Shared-use cannabis manufacturing operators are limited to the following activities:

· Infusing cannabis concentrates directly into a product;
· Packaging and labeling of cannabis products; and,
· Extracting the essential oils from the cannabis plant, using butter or food-grade oil.

Under State law, shared-use manufacturing facilities have a primary cannabis manufacturer licensee (Principal Licensee) and shared-use manufacturing operator licensee(s) (Operator Licensees) at the facility. The Principal Licensee is a medical and/or adult use cannabis manufacturer that has been approved to operate their licensed manufacturing premises as a shared-use facility. Operator Licensees are manufacturers th...