Agenda Item
6e. 24-59310:10 AM - PUBLIC HEARING - (Rescheduled from April 25 and May 9, 2024) Consideration of a proposed Major Use Permit (UP 20-60), and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS 20-74), for commercial cannabis cultivation including 43,000-sf of outdoor cannabis canopy, 42,864-sf mixed-light canopy within nineteen greenhouses, and type 13 Cannabis Distributor Transport Only, Self-distribution, license for cannabis transportation; Applicant: Ricardo DeMello; Location 3681 Benmore Valley Road, Lakeport (APN: 007-002-27)
Partial Email from President Biden as I asked if it was okay to transport marijuana, even with an indenification clause, across federal lands: “Even as federal and State regulation of marijuana changes, we still need important limitations on trafficking, marketing, and under-age sales. Too many lives have been upended by our failed approach to marijuana. It is time for us to right these wrongs.” And 6/12/2020 comment letter to CDD from Ryan Cooper, Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office: " Permit applicants should also be aware that transporting cannabis across an existing right-of-way on federal lands to access a private parcel, is also illegal under federal law, and violators could face federal criminal action." And on oak replacements, Mike Jones reported on Sup. Psyka's webinar this month that only the same type species and use an in-county nursery stock for projects to stop invasive oak borer beetle infestation growth.