I live in West County and there are three illegal cannabis grows in close proximity to our family home, and additional illegal and legal grows within a mile. Residents have good reasons to not trust the County to enforce illegal grow operations or illegal building code violations because the county’s horrific track record speaks volumes and these residents live in fear of retribution. Two…
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Neighborhood compatibility: Neighborhood compatibility is not considered when Sonoma County reviews/approves an application for a ministerial cannabis grow. Susan Gorin said; “…neighborhood compatibility was my very highest priority.” There are often 20 or more homes that share the same narrow dead-end roads that access these cannabis grows. The neighbors are subject to a degrading quality…
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Deputies were searching Wednesday for a group of men suspected of punching and pistol whipping two people at a Willits-area marijuana grow, tying them up and then stealing 15 pounds of marijuana bud from the property. The armed robbery took place before dawn Tuesday on String Creek Road off Hearst Willits Road northeast of Willits,…
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Smoke from the Walbridge Fire is seen on Dry Creek Road on Aug. 20. Photo Jan Todd While many Sonoma County residents feel wildland fire fatigue, we should embrace some hard facts about the underlying factors that have contributed to the situation. California, our county, the nature of the wildland-urban interface, climate change and human…
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California Wildfire Safety Advisory BoardMarcie Edwards, Chair505 Van Ness AvenueSan Francisco, California 94102wildfiresafetyadvisoryboard@cpuc.ca.gov Dear Ms. Edwards and Board Members: Several counties sent the attached June 15, 2020 letter to the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board concerning the draft 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines (“WMP”). We support the comments in the Joint Local Governments letter (“JL”),…
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June 15, 2020 California Wildfire Safety Advisory BoardMarcie Edwards, Chair505 Van Ness AvenueSan Francisco, California 94102wildfiresafetyadvisoryboard@cpuc.ca.govRe: Joint Local Governments’ Comments on Draft 2021 WildfireMitigation Plan Guidelines, Performance Metrics, and Safety Culture Dear Ms. Edwards and Board Members: The Counties of Kern, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Sonoma, and the City…
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In 2016, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved a commercial cannabis ordinance that did not adequately assess the potential negative impacts to rural residents. Some of the negative impacts include pungent skunk odor and increased noise and traffic due to commercial cannabis businesses in neighborhoods, adjacent to homes. Many of these businesses are on…
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What’s your favorite part? 98% THC potencyTeenage vaping?Marijuana gummy bears?Cannabis users psychosis? Paranoia?High levels of homelessness in areas with legalization?Increased rates of suicides?A system setup to support addicts – not in their recovery but in their addiction? “Don’t do itMarijuana is bad for your stateMarijuana will have long term negative consequences for your state and…
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The way that cannabis applications will be considered in Sonoma County is going through a radical change, thanks to our Agricultural Commissioner, Tony Linegar, who is, at 54, retiring and moving to Hawaii, leaving us to deal with the fallout of his poor policy. All along, Mr. Linegar has been telling worried residents that the…
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