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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Robert Massarelli, Community Development (CD) Director
DATE: March 15, 2018
SUBJECT: CANNABIS WORKSHOP
(a) Consideration of Staff Reports during Cannabis Workshop #3
(b) (i) Direction to staff to return to your Board for all necessary approvals to establish a Cannabis Budget Unit and Fund and allocate necessary start-up staffing and, (ii) Direction to staff to develop recommendations for personal permits to grow, registration and further options for enforcement, returning to the Board for consideration, as soon as possible, during a regular Board meeting.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This is the third in a series of Cannabis Workshops, part of your approved work plan to finalize recreational cannabis provisions in Article 72 in a manner which is consistent with but not duplicative of state regulations.
This third workshop will be divided into four segments:
1. The first segment will consist of a report from CD staff on the number of cannabis self-certifications received and confirmed to date. (This is following up on direction received from your Board last year, when you directed staff to report back, one year later, on the number of permits that had been issued to date.)
2. The second segment will consist of a report from your Department Heads (DH) and staff who are a part of the Finance Subcommittee of the larger Cannabis Stakeholder DH Stakeholder Workgroup.
3. The third segment will consist of a report, from County Counsel clarifying provisions of the Urgency Ordinance adopted on December 19, 2018, based on questions raised by the public regarding temporary permits during your March 6, 2018 regular Board meeting.
4. The fourth and final segment will include a conceptual discussion lead by Supervisor Steele regarding personal cannabis grows, including consideration of a registration process and/or personal permits to grow, depending...
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