SVCnews.com: March 7, 2018
Supes Call for Closer Look at ‘Nuisance’ Tobacco Shops
The LA County Board of Supervisors voted to examine tobacco shops in unincorporated areas of LA County to assess their impact on community health and safety. Among other subject matter experts, the press release quoted PI's Robert Baird: “Without reliable enforcement, the over-concentration of alcohol retail outlets in communities of color a generation ago can easily repeat itself with tobacco shops retailing cannabis. In reality, this process appears to be well underway and with similar impacts for addiction, public safety and disinvestment.”