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Anyone with a fondness for the city of Costa Mesa will have a chance on Saturday to prove it by joining hundreds of local volunteers as they roll up their sleeves for Love Costa 2021, a citywide day of service.
The annual event is an opportunity for individuals, churches and nonprofits to lend a helping hand wherever it is needed, in projects created and organized by city residents.
Community members can go online to
lovecostamesa.org and sign up for one of nearly 40 service projects that will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Work opportunities range from care package assembly and letter-writing campaigns to local painting and gardening projects.
Costa Mesa Opens its Doors to Legal Dispensaries
Costa Mesa city council on May 4 legalized retail cannabis sales and delivery.
It voted 5–2 to implement its cannabis ordinance, Measure Q, establishing minimum operating requirements and implementing a seven percent tax on cannabis retail businesses.
“I am very comfortable [with the ordinance],” Mayor John Stephens said during the meeting.
“Out of humility, I said it’s not perfect, and that’s probably true. We’re never going to get perfect, and we shouldn’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. These ordinances drafted are very good, very well thought of, and very considered by staff and by the council.”
Retail cannabis gets the green light in Costa Mesa as council passes new law
A vendor makes change for a marijuana customer in 2019. Retail cannabis businesses may soon apply for permits in Costa Mesa, after council members Tuesday passed a citywide ordinance.
(Associated Press)
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Six months after Costa Mesa voters resoundingly approved Measure Q a move to legalize retail cannabis sales and delivery city officials on Tuesday adopted legislation intended to regulate such businesses while weeding out bad actors.
“Out of humility I’ve said it’s not perfect, and that’s probably true,” Mayor John Stephens said of an ordinance that will allow dispensaries in commercial zones but institute a 1,000 barrier from sensitive uses, such as K-12 schools, playgrounds, child daycare centers and homeless shelters.
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