Disappointingly, City Councilman Jim Clarke will have to wait one more time, until the Jan. 22 meeting, to probingly debate precise placements of Culver City’s three much anticipated/feared retail recreational cannabis stores.

The only sexy, cannabis-related topic on Monday evening’s 7 o’clock agenda is not expected (?) to stir much opposition:

A resolution to access state and federal criminal histories of applicants for cannabis business permits – now that recreational marijuana is in its fifth legal day across the state.

Mr. Clarke, who joined Goran Eriksson as the minor voices in opposing opening cannabis stores this year in Culver City, was agreeable to delaying discussion of retail store locations.

City Hall wants to hold off, he explained, until Los Angeles County guidelines are published, any hour now.

“Then we will have the entire discussion at one time,” said Mr. Clarke.

Meanwhile, West Hollywood and Santa Ana have flung open their retail doors, and Councilman Clarke is planning field trips for first-hand inspections.

“I will be curious to see how this unfolds,” he said. “Already, retailers are complaining about the amount of regulations the state is imposing upon them.

“They are talking about how difficult it is for them to operate. I am curious if that is the case.”

Mr. Clarke clearly is not just robotically inveighing against what he deems a needless rush to unveil cannabis stores. He wants to conduct his own first-eye inspections, possibly later this month.

“I want to see about all the things people are concerned about:

• “Will there be an increase in loitering?
• “Will handling much more cash be a problem?
• “There was a report before the end of the year that something like 90 percent of the marijuana being grown is infested with herbicides and pesticides.
• “Then there’s the whole thing about how do you measure the quality.”

If you thought last year was stimulating, just wait.