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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding California Cannabis Authority Membership, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County of Santa Barbara to:
i) Approve entering into the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, as amended, establishing the California Cannabis Authority;
ii) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement on behalf of the County of Santa Barbara; and
iii) Appoint the County Executive Officer or their designee(s) to serve as the Authorized Representative and a member of the Authority’s Board of Directors and to appoint the County Executive Officer and Budget Director to serve as Alternate Authorized Representatives; and
b) 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).
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY