Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutPOWERPOINT - 75C - OA NO 2018-02 COMMERCIAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, AND DISTRIBUTION OA NO. 2018-02 75C 1 WHAT WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED Industry leadership Streamlined review •• 18 operational Non-discretionary •• retailers Community Benefits • Only LA-OC area • city ready to issue Fair playing field • adult-use retail Code enforcement • permits on Jan. 1, commitment 2018 95% reduction in • Testing laboratory • illegal dispensaries licenses under review 2 VERTICAL INTEGRATION Santa Ana has emerged as an industrial • cluster for commercial cannabis Retail: medicinal and adult-use • Laboratory testing to ensure safe, quality products • Only LA-OC city ready to offer full vertical • integration with all cannabis business types Attracting creative class, labor pool, suppliers, • and other related industrial components 3 LICENSE REQUIREMENTS IN CALIFORNIA Cultivation Distribution License Distribution Required License Required Distribution Manufacturing License Required Testing* Required Retail* Distribution License Required 4 RECOMMENDATIONS -LOCATION Cultivation, Distribution and Retail Manufacturing Zoning: M-1 & M-2 • Zoning: M-1 & M-2 • Sensitive Use Buffer: 1,000 • Sensitive Use Buffer: 1,000 • feet feet Separation Requirements: • Separation Requirements: • •Retail –500 feet None •Other uses –No separation Maximum Number: No cap • Maximum Number • •Retail –30 •Other uses –No cap 5 RECOMMENDATIONS -APPLICATION Cultivation, Distribution and Retail Manufacturing • Phase 1: Minimum Requirements Phase 1: Minimum Requirements • •Location •Required for new locations and new owners •Not required for existing locations and •Applicant Background Check owner • Phase 2: Regulatory Safety Phase 2: Regulatory Safety Permit • Permit (RSP) (RSP) •Employees Background Checks, •Required for all •Existing operators –Live Scan for new •Building Inspection employees only Application filing • Phase 1 and 2 Applications • • Retail –filed separately •May be filed concurrently Operating agreement and • Operating agreement and • community benefits plan community benefits plan required required 6 ADDITIONAL USE REQUESTS (CO-LOCATION) Established Retail Uses –Adding one or more new licenses • Existing Location –Submit new RSP for non-retail uses, background check any • new employees, then one annual RSP thereafter Separate Location –New RSP • Pending Retail Applicants –Adding one or more new licenses • Colocation –Submit separate RSP for non-retail uses, background check any • new employees, then one annual RSP thereafter Separate Location –New RSP • New Retail Uses–With one or more new licenses • Colocation –Submit separate RSPs for retail and non-retail uses, then one • annual RSP thereafter Separate Location –Distinct RSPs • Non-Retail Uses –With one or more new licenses • Colocation –Submit single RSP for any/all non-retail uses, then one annual • RSP thereafter Separate Location –Distinct RSPs • 7 STREAMLINING Permitting process is streamlined for co- • location Less processing time • Reduced long-term costs • Ready to meet additional State requirements • that will come online July to January Testing • Distribution licenses to move product between • business types 8 HOW WE COMPARE JurisdictionRate Adelanto 5% or $15 per square foot Bellflower 5%, increased by 2.5% annually beginning July 1, 2020 until 10% maximum (manufacturing or distribution) $15 per square foot, up to $25 per square foot (cultivation) Costa Mesa 6% Irvine None; Irvine does not have a businesslicense tax for any business Long Beach 6%to 8% for all uses (except cultivation) $12 to $15 per square foot (cultivation) Los Angeles (City) 8% to 10% Oakland Medicinal -5% or $50 per $1,000 of gross receipts Adult-use -10% or $100 per $1,000 of gross receipts San Jacinto $10per square foot (distribution) $25 per square foot (cultivation and manufacturing) 15% (retail sales tax) Santa Ana -Proposed 8% or $10 per square foot fee (cultivation and manufacturing) 8%or $4 per square foot fee (distribution) Sonoma (County) Up to 10% 9 HOW WE COMPARE (CONT.) Average annual regulatory application fee in • CA: $30,000 Range is $2,000 to $61,000 annually • Santa Ana’s annual regulatory fee is $12,086 • for the RSP Permit fee savings from co-location • Streamlined, non-discretionary review • 10 NEXT STEPS May 1, 2018 –Second reading • June 4, 2018 –Effective date • Ready to accept Phase 1 & 2 applications for new • facilities Ready to accept Phase 2 applications to co-locate • with existing facilities or pending applications Late summer 2018 • New businesses begin opening with required permits • 11 DISCUSSION 12 13