https://benitolink.com/residents-plead-for-county-to-expedite-cannabis-growing-ordinance/

While San Benito County voters approved Measure C to create a tax for cannabis businesses located in the unincorporated area, it took little more than the weekend following the vote for supporters to show up en masse at the June 12 San Benito County Board of Supervisors Meeting to plead, and in some cases demand, that the long-delayed cannabis ordinance be placed on the next agenda. The Measure C tax will apply to both medicinal and recreational operations, but there is currently no ordinance on the books to allow for said operations.

Attorney Peter Brazil said he represented several cannabis operators who had to cease operations last year in order to comply with the county. He told supervisors the operators have substantial investments in the county and continue to wait for the ordinance to go into effect quickly. He said the minor tweaks needed to make that happen are readily solvable.

“I’m emphasizing ‘quickly’ because a lot of these operators are still invested in this county with mortgages on properties they may have purchased or leased structures,” Brazil said. “The longer this is delayed the more harm there is to them. They’re willing to sit here for due process, but there is a temporary licensing scheme within the state they will have to comply with that will only be available through January 2019, which is another reason to expedite this.”