Second of two parts.
Re: “Mayor Clarke Will Vote for Pot Prop”
Unlike most Californians who will be voting to legalize marijuana on Nov. 8, Mayor Jim Clarke is concerned about the impact on law enforcement.
Mr. Clarke is curious about “what sort of technology has been put into place for detecting whether you are driving under the influence of marijuana – as opposed to someone who does an alcohol test into a breathalyzer.”
How the new law would be regulated is a significant concern of the mayor.
“Culver City is laid out in such a crazy way,” he said, “it may be difficult if you have certain restrictions about where you can place (pot) dispensaries.
“Another question is what kind of licensed establishments can sell this,” Mr. Clarke wondered.
He shook his head in amazement.
“So many unanswered questions that I would want to delve into,” he said.
“I assume we (on the City Council) would want to deal with those issues.”
Not yet, though.
The Council decided not to take positions on the flood of ballot propositions for the Nov. 8 election.
Mr. Clarke explained why. He and Meghan Sahli-Wells are a subcommittee. “The Council has not had a history of taking positions on ballot issues,” he said, “and we wanted to deal with matters that had a direct impact on Culver City. Prop. 64 is sort of a personal choice,” which is why the Council demurred.”
The only proposition the Council plans to take a stance on is 57 at the Oct, 24 meeting – releasing prison inmates who committed “nonviolent” crimes.
