On Wednesday, the Assembly Local Government Committee convened to hear from a variety of local officials on the looming implementation of the Medical Cannabis Regulatory and Safety Act and the voter-approved Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64). Led by Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Yolo County), Chair of the Assembly Local Government Committee, questions were posed to RCRC Vice Chair and Humboldt County Supervisor Rex Bohn, Humboldt County Agricultural Commissioner Jeff Dolf, Yolo County Agricultural Commissioner John Young, and others, regarding their local jurisdictions recent efforts to deal with cannabis.
RCRC joined with local government partners at the California State Association of Counties and the League of Cities in outlining the most immediate concerns with the development of a regulatory scheme, namely the contents of the proposed state regulatory packages. RCRC indicated that what will be most on the minds of the state’s rural counties will be the state’s verification process that license applicants will have received local approval to engage in commercial cannabis activities. In addition, RCRC expressed concerns over the state’s expectations of counties with regards to enforcement activities of county agricultural commissioners, environmental health directors, sheriff’s offices, and tax collectors.