“The hills of Santa Barbara County’s famed wine region have become the unlikely capital of California’s legal pot market. Now, rolling vineyards and country estates find themselves next to sprawling rows of white plastic hoop houses. .” The world’s largest…
FOG UPDATE: Board of Supervisors’ decision yesterday The Board of Supervisors decided yesterday to include Phase II of the Cannabis Ordinance (Neighborhood Compatibility) in the County’s two-year work plan. All your emails had a great impact, so thank you for…
OPINION Cal Fire must do more to protect rural residents By Deborah A. Eppstein and Craig S. Harrison Feb. 8, 2019 Updated: Feb. 8, 2019 6:36 p.m. In November, the world watched with horror as residents of Paradise tried to…
FOG: Friends of Graton Update # 15 A Letter to the Editor in the Press Democrat, Friday 12/28/18: An unhealthy business EDITOR: For the majority of voters, Proposition 64 was meant to decriminalize marijuana use and possession, not promote a…
For those who were unable to attend the Supervisor’s hearing on Tuesday, we are posting the gist of FOG’s presentation so that our position on the trails/parks issue is clear. I spoke for Friends of Graton and Friends of Atascadero…
HANNAH BEAUSANG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | December 11, 2018, 8:31PM The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a setback requirement governing cannabis operations near county bike and pedestrian trails, further limiting areas where marijuana can be cultivated. The…
Some important land use decisions are being made by the group. Please review their objectives below and speak up if you have input. Sonoma County Cannabis Advisory Group Agenda Meeting Date December 12, 2018 NOTE UPDATED LOCATION: Permit Sonoma Hearing Room…
Grow-Site Pain Is Lynda Hopkins in a FOG over proposed pot-grow in Graton? By Tom Gogola POT, PUMPKINS AND POLITICS Fight over fate of former pumpkin patch puts supervisor on the spot. There’s a battle underway over the fate of…
Understanding the process….. Friends of Graton FOG UPDATE #9 / USE PERMIT 101 You are receiving this email because you have either signed a petition opposing the cannabis facility along the trail in Graton or you have asked to be…
This graph from SOS Save Our Sonoma Neighborhoods: http://www.sosneighborhoods.com/ as assembled by Association of Bay Area Governments. What did your supervisors authorize? Five of 9 counties said NO.
Here are our county supervisor, Lynda Hopkins, comments about the cannabis proposal in Graton: “In the middle of October, our office learned of a use permit application for a proposed cannabis cultivation site on Railroad Street in Graton. It is…
Neighborhood groups are centralizing their efforts to get sensible commercial cannabis regulations in Sonoma County where the supervisors have thrown open the doors to this industry and without state compliance and firm regulations that spell out the boundaries. Association of bay…
On the cannabis trail in Graton By E.I. Hillin, Staff Writer, e.hillin@sonomawest.com Oct 24, 2018 Cannabis biz along West County Trail stirs protest A proposed cannabis project along West County Regional Trail has residents fired up and county supervisors Expand…
Board of Supervisors Pass Cannabis Amendments, Appoint Advisory Group Members Aug 28, 2018 by Will Carruthers After a five-hour discussion about proposed changes to cannabis regulations earlier this month, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors quickly passed the regulatory amendments…
