The inner chambers of the City of Los Angeles have devised a clever scheme to rid the jurisdiction of all of those dastardly illegal pot shops that can\u2019t seem to understand that they need a license to sell weed. Cut their power supply! The big idea here, which we can\u2019t seem to decide if it is just basic, genius or both, is to shut off the electricity and water to illegal marijuana businesses and force them to try and operate in the dark. And then once those scofflaws of the system realize that selling cannabis products by candlelight is a royal pain, perhaps they will regroup and join the legal circle or vanish from the scene entirely. Los Angeles doesn\u2019t care which.<\/p>\n
This is the brand of fury that would be unleashed under a\u00a0proposed ordinance<\/a>\u00a0that was proposed last week during a Los Angeles City Council meeting. It is the latest among some less-than-effective methods the council has examined in hopes of eliminating the hundreds of marijuana shops operating illegally across the city.<\/p>\n The proposal, which\u00a0advanced on Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0without any objections, could become the all-powerful kill switch for those cannabis companies that haven\u2019t figure out yet how the game is played.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the best move the city can make to eliminate these cockroaches from crevasses of legitimate business, the council believes.<\/p>\n \u201cShutting down the utilities for an operation that\u2019s illegally operating, it\u2019s a no-brainer, it\u2019s just that simple,\u201d City Councilwoman Nury Martinez\u00a0said<\/a>, according to NBC Los Angeles. \u201cBy operating in a community illegally you are creating havoc, you\u2019re not playing by the rules, you should get shut down.\u201d<\/p>\n Even the Cannabis Regulation Commission is fully onboard with the plan, which, for whatever reason, has not been deemed Operation: Lights Out. Commission President Robert Ahn stepped up during the meeting to offer his feelings on the matter. He says the one subject the cannabis industry and the community it serves can agree on is that enforcement is a crucial part of the plan. So, if the city is going to continue allowing pot to be sold in a veritable Thunderdome, well, what\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just common sense,\u201d Ahn said. \u201cIf you create laws, what good are the laws if they cannot be enforced?\u201d<\/p>\n This attitude, of course, translates to off with their heads\u2026 or lights\u2026 whatever!<\/p>\n Although marijuana is legal in California, cannabis businesses are required to hold a license from both the state and the city of operation to remain in compliance with the law. There are reportedly 180 cannabis companies in the Los Angeles area that have disregarded this all-important aspect of dealing weed in the newly legal climate. It is for this reason that the city feels \u201cthis ordinance is required for the immediate protection of the public peace, health and safety.\u201d<\/p>\n Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0wants to chop the head off this snake before it spirals out of control even more. All of its previous efforts, including the filing more than 100 criminal complaints just last September, have not done much to change the situation.<\/p>\n \u201cUnauthorized cannabis activity in the city continues to proliferate, with the attendant crime and negative secondary impacts that pose a current and immediate threat to the public welfare,\u201d the proposed ordinance reads.<\/p>\n And since it would likely be frowned up by some for city officials to show up at the doors of these illegal cannabis businesses armed with a box of tacks and rubbing alcohol, the city has found that giving these operations a taste of the dark ages is probably the best possible method for controlling the problem.<\/p>\n \u201cAuthorizing the Department of Water and Power to disconnect utilities at locations at which unauthorized cannabis activity is occurring will allow the city to promptly address these threats to the public peace, health and safety,\u201d the ordinance concludes. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n This crackdown could happen relatively fast. The Los Angeles City Council is set to vote on the ordinance on Friday, March 8. If it passes, the Department of Water and Power might have a busy weekend ahead of them.<\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>, do you think cutting off the power to illegal dispensaries is a good plan for enforcement?<\/p>\n The post Illegal Pot Shops: LA Wants to Shut Your Power Off<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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