December 15, 2020 — The cannabis ordinance has been a puzzle for years: how to move culltivators through the county permit process and on to a state license, which will be required as of January first, 2022? The state requires site-specific CEQA review for every grow, which the county does not. State agencies and the county are short on staff, and there are over a
thousand cultivators waiting in the queue to get their county permits.
The Board of Supervisors formed an ad hoc committee, consisting of Supervisors Ted Williams and John Haschak, to figure out how to fit the state and county pieces together. They’re hosting a virtual town hall tomorrow afternoon at 4:00, to try and catch everyone up on the latest information.
