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Board adopts master fee resolution to add fee for cannabis "limited operations" status
Summary
Yolo County adopted a midcycle update to its master fee resolution to add a new fee for administering a county ‘limited operations’ designation for cannabis cultivators, set at $2,868 based on staff time estimates.
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 25 adopted an off-cycle update to the county’s master fee resolution to add a fee for administering a county review comparable to the state’s limited operations license for cannabis cultivators.
Chief Budget Official Laura Liddicott told the board the update responds to California Department of Cannabis Control emergency regulations implementing Senate Bill 833, which allow cultivators to change their state cultivation license to a “limited operations” status. Under that status, a cultivator in good standing may perform activities such as drying, curing, trimming, packaging and selling previously harvested product but may not begin new cultivation. Liddicott said one Yolo County cultivator elected to use that status for the 2025 growing season while building infrastructure after approval of a land use permit.
Why it matters: Yolo County does not have an existing county-level license for limited operations. County staff analyzed the administrative workload and proposed a fee intended to cover estimated staff time.
Staff calculation and public hearing: Liddicott said staff estimated administration of the county designation would require roughly 12 hours of staff time at a current hourly rate of $231, resulting in a proposed fee of $2,868. ApriI Mangetti of the Environmental Health Division was present to answer technical questions. The board opened and closed the public hearing with no speakers and then approved the fee by motion.
Board action: Supervisor Barajas moved to adopt the master fee resolution; Supervisor Allen seconded the motion. The board voted to adopt the fee and the associated resolution.
Next steps: County staff will implement the administrative process for handling limited operations status requests and collect the adopted fee when a cultivator applies for the county designation.
