New to California is Senate Bill 1186, a state law requiring local governments to allow medicinal cannabis deliveries. Accordingly, the Milpitas City Council has established its own regulations on the matter…
“The ordinance,” said a City of Milpitas press release, “establishes sensible regulations that comply with State law and provides access to medicinal cannabis products to qualifying patients while ensuring controls are in place that maximize community safety. It remains unlawful to deliver recreational cannabis within the City.”
Milpitas Councilmember Garry Barbadillo added, “Our enforcement strategy will prioritize education on medical cannabis delivery services, and taking decisive action against those who break the law. By focusing on compliance and accountability, we aim to ensure the safe and responsible delivery of cannabis products to patients as required by state law.”
Under the ordinance, only confirmed patients and caregivers can receive marijuana deliveries, and those making the deliveries need to be licensed by the City and establish documentation of their recipients’ medical needs. Minors will not qualify to receive cannabis, and customer and caregiver I.D. must be provided to the delivery services. Moreover, only cannabis itself can be delivered, not accessories for its use.
Delivery hours in Milpitas will be restricted to between 6am and 10pm. “Violators of the ordinance,” said the release, “may face serious consequences, including fines, civil penalties, and prohibition from delivering within the City.”
The ordinance has not yet been adopted. If it is, it will go into effect 30 days after the next City Council meeting, where it will be read for the second time. The 30-day window is intended to give residents and delivery services time to adjust and gain compliance with the new regulations.
Said Mayor Carmen Montano, “These regulations strike a balance between allowing for the legal delivery of cannabis products as required by the state mandate and ensuring that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the Milpitas community.”
With all the egregious regulations and multiple taxes on the industry, no wonder the market for illegal pot is still strong and easy to get.
I agree. This is a case of needless government regulation. Legal pot is not affordable. If you can, grow your own, it literally grows like a weed!
Great. So is the plan for the City to maintain a list of patients and their caregivers? That strikes me as highly invasive of PII.