6d 26-06139:50 AM - Consideration of proposed Major Use Permit PL-25-155 (UP 20-58), Lake Coco Farms/ Juan Gamino, and Mitigated Negative Declaration PL-25-155 (IS 20-72), for the approval of no more than 205,800 square feet (sf) of commercial cannabis cultivation and a Type 13 Distribution, self-transport license located at 3417 and 3547 Hendricks Road, Lakeport (APNs 005-006-07 and 005-013-01).
Aaron Colyer, Reverend
at June 11, 2026 at 8:10am PDT
As a 100% service connected disabled veteran that relies on medical cannabis for an improved quality of life, I support any and all new cannabis farms, manufacturers, dispensaries, cafes and more. We need more cannabis farms not less.
I oppose this permit application until the issues identified are resolved. Because my public comment exceeds Granicus' character limit, I will send my public comment and its attachments to each Planning Commissioner.
I would appreciate Community Development Dept.'s assistance to add my public comment to the public record. My earlier written public comment submitted for this project's first hearing (March 2026) was not included among public comments for the second hearing date.
Attachment 5 for this item is a hydrology report. As noted in its introduction, "This report has been prepared to comply with the County of Lake Ordinance 3106, 'AN URGENCY ORDINANCE REQUIRING LAND USE APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE ENHANCED WATER ANALYSIS DURING A DECLARED DROUGHT EMERGENCY' approved by the Lake County Board of Supervisors on July 7,
2021." The hydrology report was not expressly required by the cannabis zoning regulations and standards then in place.
As point of information, the Board of Supervisors terminated its declared emergency for local drought conditions on April 2, 2024, more than two years ago. On April 23, 2024, the board rescinded urgency Ordinance 3106. Thus, the hydrology report as presented with the permit application is not necessarily on point regarding current concerns and regulations regarding water supply and management. Nor is the report required to comply with the stated requirements of the commercial cannabis ordinance as it exists today.
The 2021 report is useful in disclosing a shallow-draft well located within approximately 250 feet of Hendricks Creek and a new, deeper well located approximately 600 feet from Hendricks Road. On December 6, 2023, the State Water Board adopted the Emergency Information Order Regulations for the Clear Lake Watershed. The information collected under these regulations in 2024, primarily in Big Valley and along larger hitch-bearing creeks, will inform the Board’s ongoing evaluation of how groundwater pumping and other water uses may influence creek flows that are critical for hitch spawning and migration. The State Water Board's information order makes clear that information related to diversion, extraction, or use of water relevant to the Board’s Clear Lake hitch protection efforts is needed upstream of hitch spawning habitat that may have substantial surface water diversions; and/or in areas where groundwater may be connected to key hitch spawning habitat. Such information is equally important to advance the county's hitch protection efforts.
On June 2, 2026, the Board of Supervisors considered and approved the continuation of a proclamation declaring a Clear Lake Hitch emergency, but it did not subsequently pass an ordinance expressly directing the Community Development Department to consider potential impacts of cannabis cultivation projects located near hitch spawning habitat. To the extent the issue is raised in the initial study and final staff report, hitch protection is offered by applying standard setbacks from Hendricks Creek and by requiring mitigation measures designed to reduce stormwater and other water discharges into the creek from the proposed cultivation sites. The potential impacts of well operations on creek flows were not analyzed in the 2021 hydrology report, but the State Water Board's emergency regulations coupled with the continuing BOS hitch proclamation have raised awareness and expectations greatly since then.
At minimum, a project condition of approval should be added to prohibit usage of the shallow-draft well closest to Hendricks Creek for any commercial cannabis activities. Your commission also may wish to consider whether the 2021 hydrology report, being focused primarily on drought issues, adequately considered the potential impacts of well operations on Clear Lake Hitch habitat adjacent to the cultivation site. It is well within your Commission's discretion to request further information before acting on the subject application.
I am strongly opposed to this! I live very close to this and often host retreats for kids and parents nearby. This would be a real disruption to area right next to the place that is meant for retreat, for peace and calm. All the traffic, and smell will be a huge disservice to the area, not to mention it taking up vast amount of recourses. That is an extraordinary amount of water that will take away from everything else. Also, my husband is an arborist, and trees are another very important thing to this environment of Lake County.
Dear Planning Commissioners and all,
I am writing in opposition to the Major Use Permit PL-26-115.
As a resident on the Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary, we are already feeling the impact of the increased traffic, dust, noise, pollution, water usage, etc. One of our primary purposes is to host meditation retreats for the members of our community who come from all over the world to participate on this sacred ground which has been specifically empowered by our spiritual teacher for this purpose. It would be a tragedy to not have the opportunity to take refuge from this unbalanced world on the Mountain Of Attention which has been here for over 52 years now. As I'm sure you are aware, the world is in desperate need of peaceful places for people to go to.
Please join us in protecting this holy place for the sake of all.
Thank you for your service.
Amy Jacob
Mountain Of Attention Retreats Co-Manager
As a 100% service connected disabled veteran that relies on medical cannabis for an improved quality of life, I support any and all new cannabis farms, manufacturers, dispensaries, cafes and more. We need more cannabis farms not less.
Dear Chair Zoller and Planning Commissioners,
I oppose this permit application until the issues identified are resolved. Because my public comment exceeds Granicus' character limit, I will send my public comment and its attachments to each Planning Commissioner.
I would appreciate Community Development Dept.'s assistance to add my public comment to the public record. My earlier written public comment submitted for this project's first hearing (March 2026) was not included among public comments for the second hearing date.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
Margaux Kambara
Lake County Resident
Attachment 5 for this item is a hydrology report. As noted in its introduction, "This report has been prepared to comply with the County of Lake Ordinance 3106, 'AN URGENCY ORDINANCE REQUIRING LAND USE APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE ENHANCED WATER ANALYSIS DURING A DECLARED DROUGHT EMERGENCY' approved by the Lake County Board of Supervisors on July 7,
2021." The hydrology report was not expressly required by the cannabis zoning regulations and standards then in place.
As point of information, the Board of Supervisors terminated its declared emergency for local drought conditions on April 2, 2024, more than two years ago. On April 23, 2024, the board rescinded urgency Ordinance 3106. Thus, the hydrology report as presented with the permit application is not necessarily on point regarding current concerns and regulations regarding water supply and management. Nor is the report required to comply with the stated requirements of the commercial cannabis ordinance as it exists today.
The 2021 report is useful in disclosing a shallow-draft well located within approximately 250 feet of Hendricks Creek and a new, deeper well located approximately 600 feet from Hendricks Road. On December 6, 2023, the State Water Board adopted the Emergency Information Order Regulations for the Clear Lake Watershed. The information collected under these regulations in 2024, primarily in Big Valley and along larger hitch-bearing creeks, will inform the Board’s ongoing evaluation of how groundwater pumping and other water uses may influence creek flows that are critical for hitch spawning and migration. The State Water Board's information order makes clear that information related to diversion, extraction, or use of water relevant to the Board’s Clear Lake hitch protection efforts is needed upstream of hitch spawning habitat that may have substantial surface water diversions; and/or in areas where groundwater may be connected to key hitch spawning habitat. Such information is equally important to advance the county's hitch protection efforts.
On June 2, 2026, the Board of Supervisors considered and approved the continuation of a proclamation declaring a Clear Lake Hitch emergency, but it did not subsequently pass an ordinance expressly directing the Community Development Department to consider potential impacts of cannabis cultivation projects located near hitch spawning habitat. To the extent the issue is raised in the initial study and final staff report, hitch protection is offered by applying standard setbacks from Hendricks Creek and by requiring mitigation measures designed to reduce stormwater and other water discharges into the creek from the proposed cultivation sites. The potential impacts of well operations on creek flows were not analyzed in the 2021 hydrology report, but the State Water Board's emergency regulations coupled with the continuing BOS hitch proclamation have raised awareness and expectations greatly since then.
At minimum, a project condition of approval should be added to prohibit usage of the shallow-draft well closest to Hendricks Creek for any commercial cannabis activities. Your commission also may wish to consider whether the 2021 hydrology report, being focused primarily on drought issues, adequately considered the potential impacts of well operations on Clear Lake Hitch habitat adjacent to the cultivation site. It is well within your Commission's discretion to request further information before acting on the subject application.
I am strongly opposed to this! I live very close to this and often host retreats for kids and parents nearby. This would be a real disruption to area right next to the place that is meant for retreat, for peace and calm. All the traffic, and smell will be a huge disservice to the area, not to mention it taking up vast amount of recourses. That is an extraordinary amount of water that will take away from everything else. Also, my husband is an arborist, and trees are another very important thing to this environment of Lake County.
Dear Planning Commissioners and all,
I am writing in opposition to the Major Use Permit PL-26-115.
As a resident on the Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary, we are already feeling the impact of the increased traffic, dust, noise, pollution, water usage, etc. One of our primary purposes is to host meditation retreats for the members of our community who come from all over the world to participate on this sacred ground which has been specifically empowered by our spiritual teacher for this purpose. It would be a tragedy to not have the opportunity to take refuge from this unbalanced world on the Mountain Of Attention which has been here for over 52 years now. As I'm sure you are aware, the world is in desperate need of peaceful places for people to go to.
Please join us in protecting this holy place for the sake of all.
Thank you for your service.
Amy Jacob
Mountain Of Attention Retreats Co-Manager