Mendocino County Working Group Comments on CA Emergency Cannabis Regulations

Take care of the little farms!

The proposed changes recommended by the Mendocino County Working Group are necessary to keep small cannabis farmers viable in a rapidly changing market.

8 years ago Featured

The lack of an acreage cap will be crushing to the small farmers who have pioneered and built this industry. It will put many out of business and be detrimental to families, our communities and county at large.

We want the 1 acre cap. That is what we voted for! You can't change at the 11th hour. Protect our county, or it will become all ghost towns. A Bust not boom.

Drive on

These are all common sense options. Not including these options is only detrimental to the overall effort of compliance and reasonable taxation.

8 years ago Featured

I would like to add that by denying microbusiness licenses to anywhere but commercial and industrial, Mendocino is effectively taking the control and security out of small farms and putting it with larger conglomerates

Please reconsider the impact of these regulations on the small farmer.

The ability of cannabis farmers to become a compliant agricultural commodity are the most stringent in the industry. California is deceiving this industry with the illusion of playing fair.

Please support your mom and pop micro businesses. They support you

Yes! Thank you to the amazing leaders in our county, we must listen to them.

Please make it easier on the small farmer. Give us a chance on this new venture. Thank You

I, Kevin. Bush on behalf of myself and Northwest Business Inc do hereby agree with all the comments listed above.

8 years ago Featured

Kindly recognize the sense inherent in allowing a microbusiness to not only perform as a small, homebased business, but to also DELIVER to their clients, bringing not only the farm, but also their clients into the tax fold. Be smart. Encourage microbusinesses to do their own client deliveries. Reap the tax rewards.

Please support small farms re preserve our way of life in Mendocino County. To whom it may concern: On behalf of the farmers of Mendocino Generations, a multi-generational farmer group in Mendocino County. For most small farmers like us, this is a livelihood and passion and we are happy and willing to go towards legalization and compliance, but some of the regs pose significant threat to small farmers. The following issues cause undue financial hardship and pose threat to small farmers way of life. With all of the new fees and costs associated with becoming compliant, 2018 will prove to be a make it or break it year for many. Small farmers are a vital piece of the cannabis ecosystem. Please consider the following comments regarding the emergency regulations: 1. 1-acre limit until 2023. Market saturation and long-term financial collapse to counties statewide should be considered. There is possibility of massive farmer loss in communities with the loss of the small farmers due to the large burden of excessive regulations. All the retailers in our community will feel the effects of the loss of income by the small farmers. Both the ones that deal with agricultural products or other local shops as well. Whole towns can get lost as we'll as real estate taxes could be lost due to the loss of properties driving down value. This can have a huge impact on communities that have been very dependent on the small farmers in Northern California. Farmers were led to believe that there would be a 1 acre cap. Changing this restriction will put extreme pressure and further financial hardship on small farmers who are trying to complythe licensing requirements, licensing fees and other agency fees. This regulation is an immediate threat to the established cultivators who built and pioneered this industry. The expected 1-acre limit was even taken into consideration when the State Department of Food and Agriculture issued an environmental impact report. In addition, Propositi