Costa Mesa's Measure Q legalized retail cannabis in a single vote, but drafting its laws is much trickier
Print Although Costa Mesa voters in November overwhelmingly supported legalizing the retail sales and delivery of cannabis inside city limits, determining the details of how to implement Measure Q and its allowances and prohibitions is a complicated matter. Just ask members of the city’s planning commission, who on Monday considered a draft ordinance establishing a framework by which business owners may seek permits to operate marijuana dispensaries in commercially zoned areas or set up delivery services. It expands upon voter-approved Measure X, which allows for the manufacture, processing...