Department:
 
CAO

Date:
11/30/2016
Contact:
Creighton Avila

Phone:
(530) 621-5153

Placerville, CA — The Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee will be meeting on December 12th from 3 pm to 5 pm. At the meeting, conceptual changes to code compliance procedures for medical marijuana will be discussed. The conceptual changes, to be discussed, follow recommendations from county departments and citizens from different stakeholder groups that have attended the prior Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee meetings.

The Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee meetings are held at the Building C Hearing Room at 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville. The following is a proposed timeframe for a future meeting: 

  • March 2017 – Administrative steps that might be required of the County due to Proposition 64

The committee is comprised of two members of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. The committee members have been collecting information at each of the meetings from different stakeholder groups, members of the public, and County departments regarding each meeting topic (e.g. taxation, compliance, etc.).

Background Information on the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors created the ad hoc advisory committee at its March 15th , 2016 special meeting regarding medical marijuana. During the special meeting, the Board of Supervisors received an overview on the current medical marijuana laws and reports from County departments, stakeholder groups and the public on how medical marijuana policy decisions could affect them. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Board of Supervisors created the ad hoc Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee to collect more information on different medical marijuana topics (e.g. cultivation, dispensaries, compliance, etc.).

The County did not conduct meetings regarding medical marijuana in 2015 due to the major statutory overhauls undertaken by the State of California that resulted in the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA), signed in October 2015 and amended in February 2016. The County decided to wait before pursuing updated medical marijuana ordinances to ensure that any updates were consistent with the new State laws and regulations.

To date, the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee has met on five occasions: May 2nd meeting was on the structure of the future meetings, June 20th meeting was on cultivation, June 27th meeting was on niche medical marijuana businesses (e.g. dispensaries, nurseries, etc.), August 22nd meeting was on compliance procedures regarding medical marijuana rules, and September 19th meeting was on taxation and fees for medical marijuana.

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