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Trinity County moves to treat commercial cannabis as agriculture; board directs community-specific zoning work
Summary
After two days of public workshops on the 2050 general plan update, Trinity County supervisors and planning commissioners agreed to fold commercial cannabis into the county's agricultural policies and pursue community-specific zoning standards, with further public workshops and a coordinated EIR scheduled as next steps.
Trinity County supervisors and the county planning commission confirmed a shift in how the county will treat commercial cannabis for the 2050 general plan update, directing staff to fold commercial cannabis into agricultural policy and pursue community-specific zoning standards.
The change, discussed across multiple community plan workshops June 11, follows a debate over whether cannabis should remain a separate land-use category. Participants repeatedly called for clarity and consistency. “We now have come to the conclusion after a long time that agriculture does include cannabis,” said Supervisor Hadi (role: Supervisor), summarizing the board's direction from an earlier session. The board asked staff to remove wording that…
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