WHO IS SPARC?

The fine print of the SPARC initiative reveals a false buffer zone around schools and potential plans to bring cannabis cultivation (and the accompanying smell) to the Sausalito Waterfront.

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Closer to schools and youth-centered locations

SPARC's proclaimed 1000 foot buffer zone is intentionally deceptive. The cannabis regulations defined by the State of California specify that the distance of cannabis businesses from Youth centered locations will be measured by the radius of a circle drawn between the two site’s property lines. The SPARC initiative rewrites these regulations for own their purposes.  By their own initiative’s calculation, the City will instead measure the distance between their storefront and schools as a “walking path” from front door to front door. They take great pains in the full ballot document to describe that the walking path can make a circuitous route around any buildings, objects or barriers, etc.. Using this measurement technique, a distance that was previously measured at 519 ft becomes over 1,000 feet! So the SPARC initiative touts that they are “increasing the distance allowed “ to schools, when in reality they are gaming the system and shortening the actual distance by changing calculation methods. The location proposed in their paperwork is less than the bare minimum distance from schools recommended by the State.

 

A provision for commercial cultivation

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Concerning cannabis cultivation, the SPARC ballot measure states that after one year Sausalito will be able to allow cannabis to be grown and processed in large warehouses within City limits. These warehouses are known to emit foul odors which travel long distances, 24/7. Property values can be affected by this type of change in a neighborhood. We are opposed to big grow houses being allowed in Sausalito, especially in the warehouses at the waterfront.

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