cannabis regulations

(FOG) Friends of Graton Address Cannabis regulation deficiencies

TO: Niki Berrocal FROM: Anna Ransome & Bridget Beytagh for Friends of Graton (FOG) DATE:    August 18, 2020 SUBJECT: CANNABIS ORDINANCE UPDATE Friends of Graton (FOG) with our 500 plus email list, has long been advised by the County and Ag Commissioner to wait for Phase 2 of the Cannabis Ordinance and yet there …

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COMPLAINT RECENTLY FILED WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY GRAND JURY

COMPLAINT RECENTLY FILED WITH THE SONOMA COUNTY GRAND JURY Local group: After reading it and noting the striking similarities between the rollout of the cannabis program in SB and here in Sonoma, a formal complaint was recently lodged with the Sonoma County Grand Jury against the Cannabis Ad Hoc (Gore and Hopkins) and the Cannabis …

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Neighbors write more letters to county on Phase 2 of cannabis rewrite

Please feel free to use this as a template for your own letter…. To: ‘Niki Berrocal’ <Niki.Berrocal@sonoma-county.org> Cc: ‘district4’ <district4@sonoma-county.org>, ‘Lynda Hopkins’ <Lynda.Hopkins@sonoma-county.org> Subject: PHASE 2 – NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBIITY ISSUES Good morning, Ms. Berrocal, Attached and pasted below is another neighborhood compatibility issue, “exclusion zones for environmentally unsuitable areas” for your review as you write …

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The poster child for a dreadful cannabis project

“This location is in a high fire-risk area. The 10-foot-wide, mile-long dead-end access road violates Cal Fire’s regulations, which require two, 10-foot traffic lanes. The county unconscionably exempts pre-1991 roads (essentially the entire county) from these regulations.” The poster child for a dreadful cannabis project By Craig S. Harrison and Deborah A. Eppstein In late …

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Letters to the Editor: County Cannabis Rules

FYI Letters to the Editor, Press Democrat 12/19/19   County cannabis rules EDITOR: The reason that there were no public comments against the cannabis ordinance at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday was because the public wasn’t notified about the proposed drastic turnabout (“County votes to relax process,” Wednesday). Only the industry miraculously was alerted. …

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LA TIMES: The world’s largest pot farms, and how Santa Barbara opened the door

“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 pot farms, and how Santa Barbara opened the door he door The hills of Santa …

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