New bill could clear the way for cannabis catering in California – KESQ

Meeting Invoice 471 was launched within the California Legislature on Wednesday and proposes modifications to present legal guidelines that may authorize the Division of Hashish Management to problem a state caterer license authorizing the licensee to serve hashish or hashish merchandise at a personal occasion accredited by a neighborhood jurisdiction for the aim of permitting occasion attendees 21 years of age or older to devour the hashish or hashish merchandise.

Present regulation solely permits hashish occasion organizers to host momentary hashish occasions. Short-term hashish occasions are multi-day occasions the place individuals can promote and devour hashish. These occasions final from one to 4 days at a location accredited by town or county. 

Two separate licenses are required to host a hashish occasion:

• A hashish occasion organizer license
• A brief hashish occasion license (you have to get this no less than 60 days earlier than the occasion begins)

Having an occasion organizer license doesn’t give authorization to:

• Domesticate hashish
• Distribute hashish or hashish merchandise
• Manufacture hashish merchandise
• Promote hashish items

Below the brand new invoice, caterers themselves wouldn’t be allowed to host, sponsor, or promote a lot of these occasions.

The invoice would additionally restrict catering to 36 non-public occasions at one single location per 12 months, and require hashish consumption to not be seen from any public place. Moreover, the sale or consumption of tobacco or alcohol wouldn’t be permitted at an occasion.

Licensed caterers would additionally not be permitted to reuse hashish from one occasion at one other.

The proposal was authored by Assemblymember Ash Karla (D-San Jose), would require a ²/₃ vote of each homes to maneuver ahead. An identical invoice beforehand launched by Karla didn’t proceed.

The brand new invoice might be heard in committee on March 9.

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