Rick Braziel

Lai Lai Bui

Robert Doyle

Joyce Dudley

Jethroe Moore - Chair

Larry Wallace

Medical marijuana use was legalized in 1996 with the passage of Proposition 215, known as the “Medical Use of Marijuana Initiative.”  On November 8, 2016, California voters will cast a ballot for or against Proposition 64, titled the “Control, Regulate, Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act.”  If passed by a majority of registered voters, the Initiative would legalize marijuana (cannabis) and hemp under state law and enact certain sales and cultivation taxes.  

The passage of Proposition 64 will have a significant impact on POST operations as majority of our training and guidelines will need to be updated and many new training courses will need to be developed and presented.  This has required POST staff to begin planning and preparing for the potential passage of Proposition 64 to ensure changes and training are available to the field in a timely manner.

This purpose of this report is to advise the Commission of the predicted impact to POST and the planning and preparation currently in progress.

This report is presented for information only. No action is required.

At its June 2015 meeting, the Commission approved an agenda that 1) approved the 2015 Strategic Plan and Implementation Document as submitted; 2) directed staff to indicate the nexus between all future agenda items with the Strategic Plan goals and objectives, when applicable; and, 3) directed staff to provide an annual update of the progress on all the goals and objectives beginning at the October 2016 meeting.

This report is presented for information only.  No action is required.

At the June 2015 meeting, the Commission approved the 2015 POST Strategic Plan that included as one of the four main goals to Increase Efficiency in POST Systems and Operations.  The first strategy under this goal is B.3.1 Complete an organizational/workload study of POST utilizing internal resources. 

At the June 2016 Commission meeting, staff requested approval to pursue a contract for an outside vendor to work with POST staff to complete the organizational/workload study.  The Commission approved the request with the direction to work with Commissioner Rick Braziel to finalize the language for the scope of work to be included in the Request for Proposal (RFP).

This report is presented for information only.  No action is required.