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By Lauren Mendelsohn September 27, 2024 The Sonoma County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures has released the annual county crop report for the 2023 year, as well as an addendum containing the cannabis-related data. (We’ve previously discussed Sonoma County’s cannabis and other crop report data here and here.) The […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn May 10, 2024 Sonoma County recently approved its first round of grants under its local cannabis equity program, totaling $635,000 to 20 approved equity grant applicants. This comes after Sonoma County received a $687,561 grant from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) […]
April 17, 2024 By Lauren Mendelsohn Yesterday, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to amend the County’s Cannabis Business Tax Ordinance to revise the tax rates imposed on different types of commercial cannabis operators. (Technically this was the first reading of the ordinance, so it will need […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn May 26, 2023 The City of Santa Rosa, which received a $75,000 “Type 1” Cannabis Equity Grant Award from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) for local program development, has created a survey for stakeholders regarding the scoping of the city’s future cannabis equity […]
March 21, 2023 Last night, the Healdsburg City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would amend the local municipal code to allow various types of commercial cannabis activity. Healdsburg is one of a few cities in Sonoma County that currently prohibits all commercial cannabis activity. However, […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn October 29, 2021 Earlier this year, Sonoma County received a “Tier 1” grant in the amount of $75,000 from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to assist in preparing an equity assessment and developing a cannabis equity program. Yesterday, the much-anticipated Sonoma County Cannabis […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn June 13, 2021 Last month, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to reject the proposed new Chapter 38 and proposed amendments to Chapter 26, which would have allowed for some expanded permitting in agricultural and resource areas with various other changes. We previously wrote […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn March 24, 2021 On March 15, the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced the recipients of the 2020-2021 Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions. These grants, offered in partnership with the Bureau of Cannabis Control, are offered to cities and counties […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn February 20, 2021 On February 16, 2021 the County of Sonoma published new draft documents related to the proposed cannabis cultivation ordinance (which I will call the “Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance 2.0” or “CCO2.0” for short), including a Notice of Intent, a Draft Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration, an updated […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn February 12, 2021 [NOTE 2/20/21: Updated draft documents were posted to the county website on February 16, 2021. Please see our subsequent blog post for the newer versions, the comment deadline, and information about the public hearing.] After more than a year of anticipation, Sonoma County recently […]