April 12th -Sonoma County Sheriff Candidate Forum on Cannabis.
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The State Water Boards’ Cannabis Cultivation Program is hosting a Cannabis Permitting Webinar on March 4th, 2021 from 9am to 11am! Presenting agencies include @calcannabis.cdfa, @californiadfw , State Water Board, @calftb, and the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Speakers will explain what you need to know about their agency for your commercial cannabis business. The event is free, no registration is required! Questions can be submitted in advance to askcannabis@wildlife.ca.gov ![]()
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Now available for Public Review: Draft Ordinance and Draft Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration![]()
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The County of Sonoma is proposing to adopt amendments to the County Code, Chapter 26 and new Chapter 38, to allow expanded ministerial permitting for commercial cannabis cultivation in agricultural and resource zoned areas. The County of Sonoma also proposes a general plan amendment to include cannabis within the meaning of agriculture. A Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration is proposed to be adopted pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and State and County CEQA Guidelines. The draft Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration has found that the proposed ordinance amendments and general plan amendment as written will not have a significant effect upon the environment. ![]()
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The comment period will be from February 16, 2021 to March 18, 2021, a period of 30 days pursuant to Section 15105(b) of the CEQA Guidelines. Comments must be received no later than 12:00 PM on March 18, 2021. Comments should be addressed to the Planning Commission c/o McCall Miller, Department Analyst, Cannabis Program, County Administrator’s Office, and submitted electronically to Cannabis@sonoma-county.org; or by mail to 575 Administration Drive, Suite 104A, Santa Rosa, California 95403. ![]()
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The public hearing before the Planning Commission is tentatively set for Thursday, March 18, 2021. A separate notice of the date, time, and means of accessing the Planning Commission’s virtual public hearing will be issued 10 days prior to the confirmed hearing date. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will also hold a noticed public hearing at a later date, to be determined and noticed separately. ![]()
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NOTE: These documents replace the preliminary working drafts released on January 31, 2021. ![]()
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Have you heard about Origins Council and the issues facing cannabis growers in California? ![]()
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“A nonprofit trade association representing cannabis farmers in five California growers’ groups is launching a $100,000 matching-funds campaign to secure state lobbyists to work on a number of issues affecting growers, it announced Feb. 1.![]()
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Founded in 2019, the Origins Council’s most pressing challenge this year involves coaxing the Legislature to extend provisional licenses these growers obtain while they await final state regulatory approvals.![]()
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Without help in Sacramento, farmers say they face mounds of red tape to get permanent licenses to grow cannabis, risking collapse of their markets if they don’t succeed. Meeting the requirements may be time consuming and expensive.![]()
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The council serves 500 members in five groups of cannabis growing regions in California. They include the Sonoma County Growers Alliance, Nevada County Cannabis Alliance, Big Sur Farmers Association, Trinity County Agriculture Alliance and the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance.”
California cannabis trade group lights up lobbying campaign
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Origins Council, whose members include North Coast groups, wants to get help from Sacramento on permanent licenses for growers and other reductions in red tape.