Delano City Council discusses changing ordinance that bans Cannabis business

While recreational cannabis sales are legal in California, they are banned throughout most of Kern county, including Delano, City Council revisited that rule Monday night

“We’ve have known that it’s been trafficked in our community on both sides of town, this just allows us to put up a sign with a green cross that says, ‘buy it now, buy it here,’” expressed one member of the public.

Mayor Bryan Osorio asked for a new ordinance to replace one currently prohibiting Cannabis business of all kinds (since 2017), but that request was met with mixed reviews from the public.

“I’ve investigated legal marijuana groves in the mountains and on the valley floor, ive also investigated indoor groves in houses, large buildings, and legal dispensaries,” Nelson Diaz, an investigator with the Kern County DA’s office said.

Meanwhile Diaz expressed his opposition to the ordinance, because he said it’s associated with crime activity.

“Some things that have…

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