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Residents and growers sharply divided as public comments press Mendocino supervisors on cannabis rules and permits
Summary
Dozens of public speakers pressed the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors to act on cannabis canopy sizes, on-site sales and permit processing; county staff said forums are planned and one speaker urged staff to stop accepting applications exceeding existing limits.
MENDOCINO COUNTY — Dozens of residents and cannabis industry representatives used the Board of Supervisors’ public comment period to press the county on three related issues: the allowable cultivation canopy per parcel, the possibility of on-site sales or self-distribution, and whether county staff should be accepting applications that exceed the existing 10,000-square-foot limit.
The comments began with industry representatives urging the board to keep local taxes low and restore self-distribution. “We definitely should prioritize the legal farms here,” said Cody Aiken, a cannabis industry speaker who said county farms have shrunk to “about 500 legal farms.”
Other speakers described business and property impacts tied to the county’s interpretation of state permitting. Liana…
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