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		<title>Avalon City Council approves cannabis delivery business permit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 5, unanimously approved a permit for Catalina Cannabis, LLC. The permit is for one year. The year officially started Wednesday, Aug. 6. The business will be able to apply for a renewed permit 60 days before the expiration date. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council OKs medical cannabis permit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 19:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following a public hearing the City Council unanimously awarded a medical cannabis delivery permit to Catalina Cannabis, LLC, at the first council meeting in May. The permit is good for a year. The applicant may now apply for a license from the state. After that, the matter will come back to the Avalon Planning Commission [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council OKs reopening of cannabis business applications</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 20:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council on Jan. 21, 2025 unanimously authorized staff to reopen the cannabis delivery business application process. This was originally a Consent Calendar item, but was pulled for separate consideration at the request of resident Carl Johnson, the previous cannabis license holder in Avalon. The city did not receive complete applications by the Dec. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Medical cannabis to return to council</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[City staff will ask the council to resubmit the request for proposals for licensed medical cannabis in Avalon this month. During City Manager David Maistros’ report to the Dec. 17 council meeting, Maistros said 4 p.m., Monday, Dec. 16, was the deadline to apply for an open medical cannabis business in town. (Avalon voters rejected [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council has conversation about recreational cannabis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council discussed the feasibility of allowing recreational cannabis during the Sept. 17 meeting. The conversation took about two hours. The council took no action. Councilmember Mary Schickling argued that recreational cannabis would be a source of revenue for the city. However, the federal government forbids transporting recreational cannabis through federal waters. Background [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Schickling: Allow recreational cannabis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Councilmember says revenue would be alternative to STR During last week’s council meeting, Councilmember Mary Schickling argued that a dispensary for recreation marijuana would relieve the city’s dependancy on the short term rental tax. Schickling brought up the idea during council comments, so the council took no action on her idea. “A lot of cities [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Preliminary March 2020 election results for Avalon candidates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Staff Report]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mayor Marshall on path to re-election; voters reject sales tax and advise against expanding cannabis legalization Many Avalon election votes were decisive: Anni Marshall was decisively re-elected with 62.41 percent of the votes in the mayoral race, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk website. Past council member Michael Ponce won the special [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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