The City of Santa Ana recently passed a Tobacco Retail Licensing Ordinance requiring all merchants in the city who sell tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco paraphernalia to purchase a new license.
The intent of this ordinance is to encourage responsible tobacco retailing and to discourage the violations of federal, state and local tobacco laws, especially those laws that forbid the sale and distribution of tobacco products to minors. The Santa Ana Police Department is the lead agency and is responsible for the administration, oversight, and enforcement of this new ordinance.
The license requirement is in addition to the existing State of California tobacco retailing license and regular general city business license.
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