Resolution
IN SUPPORT OF REVISING CALIFORNIA’S CANNABIS LEGALIZATION LAWS
Whereas the legalization of cannabis was passed by the voters of California in 2016 to create a legal cannabis industry that would provide legal access to cannabis that is licensed, regulated and taxed and is available safely, reliably, locally and affordably and bring an end to unlicensed cannabis cultivation and distribution; and
Whereas many legal cannabis businesses are closing because of a dysfunctional regulatory process, unfair taxation, and laws that allow local governments to ban local cannabis businesses which result in over two-thirds of cannabis sales being illegal; and
Whereas the unregulated cultivation and distribution of cannabis allows for the sale of cannabis that is not safe, is not taxed, and evades licensing and regulation requirements, and as the California legislature has failed to address these problems, the Brownie Mary Democrats of California have undertaken a program to revise the cannabis legalization laws that have caused these problems and that since reform of existing cannabis legalization laws can be done by the legislature;
Therefore Be It Resolved that the Riverside County Democratic Party supports the revision of current cannabis legalization laws to correct the problems that have led to an ineffective, unprofitable and inadequate legal market unable to effectively compete with an illegal market that is not licensed or regulated, does not test its product to ensure its safety and does not pay state or local taxes; and
Be It Further Resolved by the Riverside County Democratic Party to support the program undertaken by the Brownie Mary Democrats to revise current cannabis legalization laws and to encourage cannabis consumers, stakeholders in the cannabis industry and local and state legislators to join with the Brownie Mary Democrats in revising California’s cannabis legalization laws so that cannabis can be available safely, reliably, locally and affordably and bring to an end unlicensed cannabis cultivation and distribution.
Author(s): Lanny Swerdlow, AD47
