Long Beach could update regulations to allow delivery-only cannabis businesses
The city's existing cannabis laws require an owner to have an active retail dispensary license in order to deliver products across Long Beach.
Long Beach could be moving to allow delivery-only cannabis businesses as the Planning Commission will vote on potential changes to the city’s rules and zoning related to cannabis products.
Currently, city law requires cannabis delivery to be tied to an existing storefront dispensary. When voters approved cannabis sales to resume in the city in 2016, the number of dispensaries allowed in Long Beach was capped at 32.
Operators say the industry has continued to struggle with high tax rates from both state and local governments as well as a persistent illicit market that has siphoned away revenue and forced some of the 32 dispensaries to close.
