To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MARC WIENER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858
PROCEDURES:
1. Open the public hearing, take testimony and deliberate;
2. Close the public hearing; and
3. Adopt the Urgency Interim Ordinance imposing a moratorium on smoke shops.
ADOPT BY 4/5THS VOTE AND TITLE ONLY, URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 3294-25, AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT OF SMOKE SHOPS IN THE CITY AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Redondo Beach Police Department has received complaints about the selling of illegal flavored tobacco and cannabis products throughout the City. The complaints were substantiated through recent inspections of smoke shops located in the 2400 block of 190th Street and the 2200 block of Artesia Boulevard, which were conducted on March 6 and March 19, 2025 respectively. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nicotine is highly addictive and can harm brain development. Science indicates that brain development continues until about 25 years of age, which poses a unique risk to youth. The state recently passed legislation to strengthen tobacco oversight programs and expand the seizure of illegal tobacco products, which it has deemed essential to achieving the state's public health goal of lowering youth tobacco use.
For these reasons, at its April 15, 2025 meeting, the City Council voted 5-0 to direct the City Attorney to draft an Urgency Ordinance imposing a moratorium on the establishment of Smoke Shops for Council Consideration at its May 6, 2025 meeting. A draft Urgency Ordinance is attached for the City Council's consideration and, if approved, would take effect while staff can prepare a permanent ordinance for Council co...
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