Sonoma COunty Planning Commission

An avalanche of comments: CONTINUED HEARING: Sonoma County Cannabis Updates

News / January 9, 2023

Note: Comments are no longer being taken by the planning commission but do let your supervisors know your thoughts. Supervisor James Gore and Supervisor Lynda Hopkins were chairs for this ad hoc committee. district4@sonoma-county.org; (James Gore) ; David.Rabbitt@sonoma-county.org ; district5@sonoma-county.org, (Lynda Hopkins) ;Susan.Gorin@sonoma-county.org chris.coursey@sonoma-county.org CONTINUED HEARING: Sonoma County Cannabis Updates This email is to inform you …

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WWW Letter to Supervisors and Planning Commission

News / March 16, 2021

REMINDER: Supervisors Gore & Hopkins were the advisors and over sight of this group  Regarding: Proposed  Cannabis Regulations March 15, 2021 To: Sonoma County Planning Commissioners – Admin Record for March 18, 2021 Hearing greg.carr@sonoma-county.org pamela.davis@sonoma-county.org cameron.mauritson@sonoma-county.org larry.reed@sonoma-county.org gina.belforte@sonoma-county.org planningagency@sonoma-county.org cannabis@sonoma-county.org Wine and Water Watch is a local organization of over 250 citizens concerned with …

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Sonoma County Planning Commission approves rules to govern hemp crop, paving way for legal industry

Cannabis Issues, Community Rights, Groundwater, News, Resources / November 23, 2019

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 …

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Planning Commission meeting on HEMP for November 7th has been cancelled

Cannabis Issues, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, News / November 5, 2019

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 …

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Sonoma County Housing Initiatives to Planning Commission August 30th (date changed)

Climate, Groundwater, News, Opinion, Resources / August 12, 2018

Permit Sonoma staff will present a set of housing initiatives to the Planning Commission on August 30, 2018. (This item had previously been scheduled for August 23.)  OPINION: Our Supervisors  think all development damage can be mitigated, nothing is ever a significant impact and continue to ignore the cumulative impacts of their decisions.  CEQA (California Environmental Act) is …

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Notes from planning commission hearing on Freestone

Big Wine, News / February 10, 2018

February 1, 2018 Planning Commissioners Meeting Summary – Freestone To Freestone Stakeholders The Planning Commissioners’ public hearing took place today to consider the PRMD staff report with which you are all familiar. Your written and public comments were noted by the Commissioners and extremely supportive to the cause; and they demonstrate that we are informed …

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