W e e k l y COLTON COURIER Features, Lifestyle & News You Can Use!
Vol 144, NO. 35
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Arrowhead United Way’s School Supply Drive helps students kick-off the school year fully prepared A8
Christian Nunez was All-CIF athlete at SGHS who possesses student mediation skills
Rasso and Reyes to face off in College District race
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By Anthony Victoria
wo Colton residents are vying for a seat on the San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD) Board of Trustees this November.
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Currently the city’s municipal code bans medical marijuana dispensaries from operating and prohibits residents from cultivating the plant.
The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) would allow for California residents to recreationally use, possess, and transport up to one ounce of Marijuana. However, the act will also allow cities to place restrictions on outdoor cultivation, ban marijuana-related businesses, and regulate indoor cultivation. PHOTO/ANTHONY VICTORIA
Former San Bernardino Valley College counselor Frank Reyes.
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“We have to start constructing ordinance to match state and make changes and additions that will give it more strength in areas we can,” he said.
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City Attorney Carlos Campos provided a report outlining possible options the Council could explore to be proactive in handling the issue. According to the report, the city may be able to allow some businesses to operate with zoning restrictions, allow commercial cultivation with a tax imposed on growth, create loose regulations for medical marijuana users, limit number of dispensaries, mandate that indoor and outdoor cultivators do so for personal use only, and impose public welfare regulations, to name a few.
Councilman Frank Navarro told this reporter on Wednesday morning that the Council will look at the existing ordinance to ensure it is in compliance with state legislation.
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Colton to prepare for potential Marijuana legalization
n Tuesday the Colton City Council deliberated on how it will handle Marijuana usage if Proposition 64 is passed by voters in November.
Trustee Area 1 encompasses the areas of Bloomington, Colton, and Grand Terrace, as noted on the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters website. According to the district’s board policy, Trustees have been elected by area since 2014. Before 2014, elections were atlarge, meaning voting was not restricted to geographic region.
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August 18, 2016
By Anthony Victoria
Paul Rasso and Frank Reyes, who consider themselves to be backers and supporters of youth, have filed to run for the currently vacant position.
Rasso, 50, an Office Machine Technician for the Colton Joint Unified School
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Colton Joint Unified School District Office Machine Technician and youth advocate Paul Rasso.
The City Council and City Manager Bill Smith’s staff will discuss the issue in further detail during the September 6 meeting. Prop 64 cont. on next page