Q&A
Historical approach to enforcing tobacco and e-cigarette violations
0:35:18
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Council Member Brewer questions why the Sheriff's Office waited for state law changes before raiding stores for tobacco and e-cigarette violations. Sheriff Miranda explains the differences between past and current enforcement processes.
- Previous enforcement relied on the nuisance abatement process, which was lengthy
- The current process allows for quicker closures of locations after finding violations
- New procedures provide due process through hearings, which didn't exist under previous statutes for cigarette or vape enforcement
Gale A. Brewer
0:35:18
mean, my feeling would be if you had the software.
0:35:20
This the police department has the same problem.
0:35:22
They have more paper than paper.
0:35:24
I mean, I've never seen so much paper at the police department.
0:35:27
So I think in general, we need more software to do the analysis.
0:35:32
But I'm saying if you had the software, which sounds like OTI is working on, it would not be hard to come up with the data that we're asking for in this intro.
0:35:42
Tobacco and cigarette violations.
0:35:45
What did your why did the office wait for the state law?
0:35:48
As you know, I appreciated working with you on closing Zaza Waza.
0:35:52
I have to give consumer and worker protection because they were the ones that actually did it in the end.
0:35:57
But why did your office wait for the state law to change before rating these stores like we did with Oahuasca for tobacco and ecigarette violations?
0:36:08
Your data suggests that 90% of the penalties issued to these stores is for something other than cannabis, and the amount of money in penalties these stores face is massive and puts them out of business.
0:36:20
That's what could have happened.
0:36:21
So I'm just wondering, again, this is a bit of history, but why did we not do more on closing based on tobacco and ecigarette even before we had the state law?
Anthony Miranda
0:36:32
I believe that has been prior to me family to sheriff, there have been number of efforts to the nuisance abatement process, which we know has been a long process for them to get to get to closing any locations.
0:36:43
The current process allows a a quicker format, but more responsive, to being able to close locations immediately after finding violations, and the process for them having their due process, to have a hearing, to hear the facts of the case.
0:36:55
This didn't does not exist under the other statues for her cigarette enforcement or for bait enforcement.
