The Crescent City Council is considering requiring gas stations, vape shops and other tobacco retailers to get a tobacco retail license with the city.
Amber Wier, project director for NorCal 4 Health â a California Health Collaborative project focused on reducing tobacco influences â spoke to the council about ways to limit youth tobacco use at a Monday meeting.
Weir suggested imposing tobacco retail licenses. Much like a liquor license, a tobacco retail license would set a cap on the amount of tobacco retailers in the city, as well as, limiting tobacco flavors and advertisements near schools, said Wier.
Some members of the council were not in favor of imposing more restrictions on tobacco retailers.
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Better Know the New Members of Arcata’s First Female-Majority City Council
Last week, the Arcata City Council officially welcomed three new members Stacey Atkins-Salazar, Emily Grace Goldstein and Sarah Schaefer marking the first time the famously progressive town has had a majority of women councilmembers.
There is no question that this was the most unusual election we’ve ever seen, with the pandemic preventing most conventional campaigning. On top of that, there were 10 candidates running for three Arcata City Council seats.
So what helped these three women win? How did they approach campaigning during the pandemic? And how might this council shake-up affect the city? The