The Los Angeles City Council voted this week on who would lead the city’s new Department of Cannabis Regulation. Siding with Mayor Eric Garcetti’s picks, the Council has voted for Cat Packer to run the new city division.
Packer is the former California coordinator for the Drug Policy Alliance. The five-member Cannabis Commission will provide input on cannabis rules.
The vote was unanimous with 13 to 0 voting to hire the 26 year old.
According to Packer, the department will protect Los Angeles’ neighborhoods, children, the environment and legal cannabis businesses.
“It’s extremely important that as this industry develops in the city of Los Angeles, that it’s done with consciousness,” she said.
It was last year that Californians voted to legalize marijuana recreationally and the state will start issuing licenses by January of next year.
