ACCMA Urges Oakland City Council to Pass Smoking and Vaping Ban November 20, 2024 Advocacy, Legislation Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb has introduced an ordinance that banned smoking and vaping on bar patios, as well as in multi-unit housing. However, the multi-using housing piece included an exemption for cannabis smoking/vaping. ACCMA strongly supports efforts to mitigate secondhand and thirdhand smoke, and ACCMA staff provided public comment at both the Oakland City Council Community and Economic Development Committee hearing on October 23rd and the first reading of the Ordinance at the November 12th full City Council meeting. ACCMA also sent a letter to all Councilmembers urging them to pass the ordinance and amend it to remove the cannabis exemption. The Council voted to pass the ordinance, however they decided to keep the cannabis exemption. The Ordinance is required to have two readings before the City Council before final passage. The City Council is scheduled to consider the item again on December 3rd. You can read the letter here.