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Allowing hemp to be grown next to neighbors in ag/residential zoning will diminish property values and problems will continue. Set backs only do so much……ordinances like this are causing the law “Right to Farm” to be challenged as a “taking” of personal property……. hemp pushes that envelope. “The ordinance outlines areas where hemp cultivation will …
The planning commission meeting has been cancelled for those of you attending the meeting for the hemp moratorium. The Sonoma Gazette has an informative article on hemp from Patricia Dines, page 4: https://indd.adobe.com/view/dd167034-25ae-41ef-8167-d3d61c26c582?fbclid=IwAR0YgibdmCd3UARVXTgB9AzP239_8MRDP4yX3eYFGjH81-b9guZ6mxyELFM Planning Commission Meeting November 7, 2019 at 1:00 PM A meeting will NOT be held on this date: November 7, 2019. Permit …
Planning Commission meeting on HEMP for November 7th has been cancelled Read More »
Developing story: Supervisors to hire hemp manager $202,000 too ag department for writing hemp regulations and limited funding for 2 years staff time. TBA after June 20th meeting….more to follow….
ACTION ALERT: The email below is from Laura W. who attended the hemp meeting yesterday and has some alarming news. Please read and please take the action before next Tuesday. She writes that the Farm Bureau is “all in” on this issue, the plan is to let the moratorium “sunset” in April of next year, …
HEMP Moratorium: Will supervisors support the Farm Bureau or the Ag Commissioner? Read More »
HEMP MORATORIUM? HEMP MORATORIUM? The Sonoma County Ag Commissioner, following the lead of 13 other counties, is pushing County Supervisors to pass a temporary moratorium on commercial hemp cultivation. Reasons include 1) the state has yet to issue final hemp cultivation regulations, 2) a loophole exists in state law for the cultivation of hemp for research purposes without registering with …