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File #: 20-0442    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Approval Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/11/2020 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/10/2020 Final action:
Title: Discussion and Possible Action Including Direction to Staff Regarding the Potential Re-direction of the Cannabis Cultivation Program (Sponsor: Supervisor McCowen)
Attachments: 1. 06-05-20 Powell Correspondence, 2. 06-07-20 Lumpkin Correspondence, 3. 06-07-20 MCA Correspondence, 4. 06-07-20 Davis Correspondence, 5. 06-08-20 Clein Correspondence, 6. 06-08-20 Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Correspondence, 7. 06-09-20 Mendocino Cannabis Alliance Correspondence 2, 8. 06-09-20 Mendocino Cannabis Alliance Correspondence, 9. 06-09-20 Willits Environmental Center Correspondence, 10. 06-09-20 MCFB Correspondence, 11. 06-09-20 Powell Correspondence, 12. 06-09-20 Fussell Correspondence, 13. 06-09-20 Henry's Originals Correspondence, 14. 06-09-20 Leef Correspondence, 15. 06-09-20 Flow Kana Correspondence, 16. 06-10-20 Ross Correspondence, 17. 06-10-20 Pellar Correspondence, 18. 06-10-20 de Vall Correspondence
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TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Supervisor McCowen
MEETING DATE: June 10, 2020


DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor McCowen
PHONE:
463-4441


ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda

TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 45 min


AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Action Including Direction to Staff Regarding the Potential Re-direction of the Cannabis Cultivation Program
(Sponsor: Supervisor McCowen)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Direct staff to initiate the steps needed to revise the cannabis cultivation program as outlined in the Summary of Request.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:


SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The current cannabis cultivation program is difficult for applicants to navigate, cumbersome for staff to administer and results in a dual permitting system that imposes additional financial and bureaucratic burdens on applicants with little, if any, additional benefit to the regulated community, the general community, the County or the environment. Applicants must currently navigate a maze of complicated State and local regulations that are often duplicative but sometimes conflicting. The Board has previously expressed an interest in streamlining the cannabis cultivation program. Instead of tinkering with what has proven to be a difficult regulatory system, the Board is encouraged to go in a new direction. In broad general terms, the proposal is to focus the County's attention more on where cannabis is grown and let the State regulate how it is grown. The Board is requested to discuss the concepts presented herein and give direction to staff to initiate the steps necessary to revise the cannabis cultivation program as outlined below or as the Board deems otherwise appropriate. Additionally, provided the Board approves the requested direction, staff recommends applying the same principles to cannabis cultivation in the Coastal Zone.
The proposal to redirect the cannabis cultivation program includes the following:
1) Repeal 10...

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