City Council - 2PM, June 16, 2026
Votes on Ordinance amending Title 17 for cannabis land uses, 8-1
How this board votes
The City Council approved 98% of 82 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Mai Vang (5 of 19 recorded votes).
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See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
The Sacramento City Council's primary land-use action was the adoption of an ordinance amending Title 17 for cannabis land uses (item 18), approved 8-1 with Vice Mayor Talamantes dissenting, retaining the 600-foot sensitive-use buffers, adding churches/faith-based congregations a…
- Jurisdiction
- Sacramento, CA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- June 16, 2026
- Decisions
- 8 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted, 8-1
Free sample: decision 1 of 8
Adoption of 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Council adopted the Urban Water Management Plan (looking to 2050) and the Water Shortage Contingency Plan, required every five years under the Water Code. City's portfolio is about three times current annual use; a water supply assessment relying on this plan is required for material-size developments. Item passed with three absent (Maple, Guerra, McCarty).
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Sacramento City Council's primary land-use action was the adoption of an ordinance amending Title 17 for cannabis land uses (item 18), approved 8-1 with Vice Mayor Talamantes dissenting, retaining the 600-foot sensitive-use buffers, adding churches/faith-based congregations a…
Key Decisions (8)
Adoption of 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Citywide Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District annual assessment
Ordinance amending Title 17 for cannabis land uses
City Council policy on disruption of telephonic or internet services during meetings
Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan fee - extension of interim authorization
2027 SHRA one-year action plan federal programs allocation workshop #2
CalVIP grant for violence prevention (consent item 4)
River Arc water capacity item (consent item 13)
Development Activity (1)
River Arc project
Infrastructure
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
Sacramento's water portfolio is about three times current annual use…
Infrastructure
Data center water demand was flagged by the Vice Mayor…
Commercial Demand
Sacramento's licensed cannabis industry supports about 8,000 local jobs; the…
Infrastructure
Public Works maintains 40,000 street lights with no plan to…
Who Spoke (20)
On the record: the chair, the mayor, 6 councilmembers, 3 staff members, and a member of the public.
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