Update from Monterey City Council Meeting//Dec. 21, 2021

The Monterey City Council received a commercial cannabis update at the Dec. 21 Council Meeting, and voted to approve staff recommendation to:

• Direct staff to develop regulations allowing no more than three (3) retail permits (one each in Downtown, Lighthouse, Cannery Row)
• Direct staff to prepare documents and efforts to regulate up to three cannabis retail businesses (Operating or Development Agreement)
• Direct staff to research and come back to Council to consider a potential cannabis retail tax for the November 2022 election

You can watch the meeting playback on YouTube at https://youtu.be/gjVffQTklQM?t=3119 and view the presentation in PDF.

Thank you for your interest and participation.