Ordinance proposed to manage Fresno smoke shops fails council vote

Three Fresno City councilmembers are describing the connection arsenic a balanced attack to managing the city's 140 fume shops.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno City Council connection to modulate fume shops successful the metropolis has failed successful a tied vote.

The 3-3 ballot followed hours of statement connected the measurement sponsored by Councilmembers Miguel Arias, Nelson Esparza and Annalisa Perea.

They accidental the metropolis has recovered a fig of violations astatine a fig of fume shops crossed the city.

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The problems see issues with metropolis codification violations, the amerciable merchantability of cannabis products and amerciable gambling.

The measurement would person chopped the fig of fume shops successful the city.