Second in a series

Re “Talking Marijuana at City Hall”

Since Culver City residents were invisible at the first meeting of the Marijuana Task Force, here is a bone for uses, growers, sellers and others to gnaw at:

Given the enormity of the development of regulations applying to Culver City residents after voters approved Prop. 64, police Lt. Manny Cid said it is likely the department will be reactive rather than pro-active.

Lt. Cid said later that City Hall’s marijuana consultants had pointed out that has been the norm for police departments dealing with new marijuana legalization.

That differs from Culver City’s traditional approach.

“We have a police department that prides itself, from the chief down, in being pro-active in most everything we do,” Lt. Cid said.

Changes, or policy exceptions, seem unavoidable.

“From a resources standpoint, as a department,” this vast expansion “is something we are going to have to look at. I noticed at the meeting that there are so many intricacies go into it.”

“When I talked about being reactive because it is logical, much as we pride ourselves on being pro-active, ultimately a big portion will be reactive. I am taking about citizen complaints, and those types of things that are generated in calls to the Police Dept.”

Because the new state law allows six marijuana plants to be grown per residence, Lt. Cid cited a new kind of phone call the Police Dept. soon may expect:

“Anything,” he said, “from ‘there’s an odor coming from my neighbor’s house’ to ‘the electrical company contacted me because there is a spike in usage because somebody may be cultivating in their house.’”

(To be continued)