There was Goran Eriksson, the verbally nimble City Councilman, blithely tooling down a freeway yesterday morning – in his native Sweden – when the newspaper caught up with him.

At Monday’s Council meeting, Culver City’s intensely controversial regulations governing now-legal retail cannabis are to be finalized.

Mr. Eriksson, a stout opponent of retail cannabis, does not know what to anticipate when he comes back home.

“I just know I am going to stick to my position, that I do not think we should have retail,” he said.

There are no signs any Council members are going to budge from the three stalwarts backing retail – Mayor Jeff Cooper, Vice Mayor Thomas Small, Meghan Sahli Wells – to Jim Clarke, who cast the fourth pro-retail vote with reluctance.

What would Mr. Eriksson like to see done?

“A better approach than we have now,” he said.

He believes the Council is moving too swiftly.

“Most cities are putting in temporary bans,” said Mr. Eriksson, because the state rules are not even final.

He would like the Council to approve a temporary ban next week – but the odds are long.

The Council’s charge is to evaluate types of cannabis businesses that would include up to three retail storefronts, delivery, manufacturing, distribution, cultivation, and laboratory testing.

In addition, the Council will consider regulations pertaining to personal cannabis cultivation, as permitted under state law. For information, see www.culvercity.org/marijuana.