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Contact Information for elected officials:
Sonoma County Supervisors
Susan Gorin, District 1: Susan.Gorin@sonoma-county.org
District Director: Pat.Gilardi@sonoma-county.org
David Rabbitt, District 2: David.Rabbitt@sonoma-county.org
District Director: Andrea.Krout@sonoma-county.org
Shirlee Zane, District 3: Shirlee.Zane@sonoma-county.org
District Director: Michelle.Whitman@sonoma-county.org
James Gore, District 4: James.Gore@sonoma-county.org
District Director: Jenny.chamberlain@sonoma-county.org
Lynda Hopkins District 5: Lynda.Hopkins@sonoma-county.org
District Director: Susan.Upchurch@sonoma-county.org
Address all Sonoma County Supervisors
Other Sonoma County Officials
Sheryl Bratton, County Administrator: sheryl.bratton@sonoma-county.org
Sita Kuteira, Deputy County Counsel for Cannabis:
sita.kuteira@sonoma-county.org
Tennis Wick, PRMD Director: Tennis.Wick@sonoma-county.org
Permit Resource Management Department (PRMD)
Mail letters to:
Permit Resource Management Department
2550 Ventura Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA, 95403
MEDICAL MARIJUANA AD HOC COMMITTEE
Susan Gorin and Lynda Hopkins as listed above
Mail letters to:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA AD HOC COMMITTEE
575 Administration Drive, Room 100 A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Sonoma County Informational Links:
Final Cannabis Ordinance with Attachments (Ord 6189)(PDF: 1.2 MB)
Final Cannabis Land Use Table(PDF: 223 kB)
Sonoma County Cannabis Program
http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Cannabis-Program/
Sonoma County Cannabis Rules and Ordinances
http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Cannabis/Legislative-Updates/County-Ordinances/
Sonoma County Policy Paper on Cultivation in Rural Residential Areas
http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147525193
Sonoma County Zoning Map Viewer
http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/PRMD/Administration/GIS/ActiveMap/
Petaluma Dairy Belt Area Plan
http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/docs/divpages/petaluma_dairy_belt_area_plan.pdf
There are a couple sites on the County where you can look up parcels/properties to get some information.
https://common1.mptsweb.com/megabytecommonsite/(S(cbeeeqlffcmgkblsnqapbbgl))/PublicInquiry/Inquiry.aspx?CN=sonoma&Dept=Asr&Site=Public&PG=Search You can look up by the parcel’s APN or address and get basic info.
http://prmd.sonoma-county.org/permit_history_lookup.aspx?sid=1015 You can review a property by address or APN for it’s permit history. It will show all recorded violations and current status.
Other jurisdictions Links:
Cannabis Law By County:
These laws are in flux and this may not reflect latest regulations
http://cannabusinesslaw.com/california-cannabis-laws-by-county/
Other Informational Links:
OCR: What are the marijuana laws in your California city? Explore our database of local cannabis policies:
Indicative of how the County is “overselling”, or has been oversold, how many growers they need. Paper from UC Davis, a very trusted AG
Only the 5% – 6% currently grown in Sonoma County is deemed legal grow and sell in the ordinance (Medical Cannabis). So instead of needing 500 acres, all that is needed is 25 – 30 acres. Between Sonoma County and Santa Rosa, there is currently 60 acres in permit applications, twice what is needed:
Study produced by ERA. it is also used by UC Davis. It gives far better analysis than what the County is using. This report was prepared for the California Department of Food and agriculture Medical Cannabis Cultivation Program in January of 2017:
Contact Information for local print media:
Community Voice
http://www.thecommunityvoice.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/communityvoicenews/
Press Democrat
http://www.pressdemocrat.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressdemocrat/
E-mail letters of no more than 200 words to letters@pressdemocrat.com
Sonoma County Gazette
http://www.sonomacountygazette.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sonoma.County.Gazette/
Send letters to vesta@sonic.net, for articles, see here
Petaluma Argus-Courier
http://www.petaluma360.com
Send letters to matt.brown@arguscourier.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Petaluma360/
Healdsburg Tribune
http://www.healdsburgtribune.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHealdsburgTribune/
Sonoma West Times and News
http://www.sonomawest.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SonomaWestTimesAndNews/
Windsor Times
http://www.sonomawest.com/the_windsor_times
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/windsortimes/
Write Letter:
https://www.sonomawest.com/site/forms/online_services/letter/letter_editor
Cloverdale Reveille
http://www.cloverdalereveille.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloverdaleReveille
Write Letter:
https://www.sonomawest.com/site/forms/online_services/letter/letter_editor
Sonoma Index Tribune
http://www.sonomanews.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SonomaIndexTribune
Other area groups engaged in similar issues:
No Pot on Purvine
http://www.nopotonpurvine.com
Calaveras County Group
http://www.bancommercialcultivation.com
Rural Sonoma
http://www.ruralsonoma.org
Bennett Valley Community Association
http://bennettvalley.org
Sonoma Resource Conservation District:
http://www.sonomarcd.org/
Sonoma County Conservation Council:
http://www.envirocentersoco.org/groups.htm
Sonoma County Transportation and Land-Use Coalition:
http://www.sonomatlc.org/
Coalition for a Better Sonoma:
http://www.bettersonoma.com/
Petaluma Tomorrow:
http://www.petaluma-tomorrow.org/
Greenbelt Alliance:
http://www.greenbelt.org/
Western Sonoma Rural Alliance:
http://www.ruralalliance.org/
Petalumans for Responsible Planning:
http://www.petrp.org/
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District:
http://www.sonomaopenspace.org
Sonoma County Conservation Action:
http://www.conservationaction.org
Sonoma Land Trust:
http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/index.html
Sonoma Mountain Preservation:
http://sonomamountain.org/
Valley of the Moon Alliance:
http://www.votma.org
Preserve Rural Sonoma County:
http://preserveruralsonomacounty.org/
National groups
Citizens Against Legalizing Marijuana (CALM) :
https://calmca.org