File #: 20-00192    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/5/2020 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 3/24/2020 Final action: 3/24/2020
Title: Consider recommendations regarding an update on Cannabis Compliance, Enforcement and Taxation - Second Quarter, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020; Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for Participation in a Track-and-Trace Pilot Program, as follows: a) Receive and file an update on the status of cannabis tax collection, land use permitting, business licensing, State licensing, and enforcement; b) Approve and authorize the County Executive Officer to execute an MOU with the CDFA, etc. to establish a pilot program whereby the County will be provided access to the State's Track-and-Trace data for up to 250 State licenses located in the unincorporated area of the County; and c) Find that the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment and therefore are not a "project" as defined for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality...
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Memorandum of Understanding, 3. Public Comment - Paul Ekstrom, 4. Presentation, 5. Department Memo - Request for Continuance, 6. Minute Order 3/17/20, 7. Public Comment - Group 1, 8. Public Comment - WE Watch, 9. Minute Order 3/24/20

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Consider recommendations regarding an update on Cannabis Compliance, Enforcement and Taxation - Second Quarter, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020; Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for Participation in a Track-and-Trace Pilot Program, as follows:

 

a) Receive and file an update on the status of cannabis tax collection, land use permitting, business licensing, State licensing, and enforcement;

 

b) Approve and authorize the County Executive Officer to execute an MOU with the CDFA, etc. to establish a pilot program whereby the County will be provided access to the State’s Track-and-Trace data for up to 250 State licenses located in the unincorporated area of the County; and

 

c) Find that the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment and therefore are not a “project” as defined for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).