Community Input Worksheet Questions (web form) | Planning Department Riverside County

The County currently prohibits all cannabis businesses within the unincorporated areas of the County. Should the County continue the ban cannabis businesses or create regulations to allow businesses to locate in the unincorporated areas of the County?

What is your biggest concern about the legalization of cannabis in California? What do you think the County could do to address that concern?

Have you experienced negative impacts from illegal cannabis operations near your residence or business?

Are there aspects of cannabis legalization that you are passionate about that you are not being asked in the following worksheets? What would you like the County to know about these aspects of cannabis legalization?

If the County regulates cannabis Businesses should the County prohibit cannabis businesses from locating near certain places or “sensitive” land uses, such as schools? If so, what are your specific concerns about cannabis businesses locating near those places or land uses?

Do you think cannabis businesses should be located away from other cannabis businesses? If so, what are your specific concerns about cannabis businesses locating near each other?

Which type of cannabis business (retailer, cultivator, manufacturer, distributer, testing laboratory) most concerns you, if any?

Is there anything else you would like to tell the County about the location of cannabis businesses?

If the County imposes a tax on cannabis businesses and commercial cannabis activity, what should be the purpose of the tax?

What programs or activities would you like to see funded by cannabis tax revenue?

Do you think the County should tax medical cannabis differently than nonmedical (or “recreational”) cannabis?

Is there anything else you would like to tell the County about cannabis taxation and revenue?

What most concerns you about cannabis legalization and the potential impact on young people, if anything?

What regulations or restrictions would you like to see for cannabis advertising and marketing, if any?

What regulations or restrictions would you like to see regarding publicly visible signage at a cannabis business, if any?

What rules can the County put in place to ensure people under 21 are not able to obtain cannabis or cannabis products? How can retailers partner with the County and local communities to achieve that goal?

Is there anything else you would like to tell the County about youth access and exposure to cannabis?

What concerns, if any, do you have about people growing cannabis plants in their homes or in their yards? What rules could the County implement to address those concerns?

Do you agree that outdoor personal cultivation should be prohibited near schools, parks, libraries, day cares, and youth centers? Should outdoor personal cultivation be prohibited near other places?

Are you concerned that regulations for personal cultivation might make it harder for a medical cannabis patient to grow cannabis to treat a serious illness, such as cancer?

Is there anything else you would like to tell the County about personal cannabis cultivation?

How can the County appropriately expand economic opportunities in the cannabis industry while preventing the negative impacts potentially associated with an overconcentration of cannabis businesses?

Should cannabis businesses engage with local communities to foster economic development and prevent negative impacts, such as loitering and crime? How so?

What programs do you think the County should offer to advance economic development in communities where cannabis businesses locate?

Is there anything else you would like to tell the County about equity and economic development as it relates to the cannabis industry?