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SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Food and Agriculture has released proposed regulations for the state medical cannabis cultivation and licensing program.
Release of the draft regulations marks the official start of a 45-day public comment period provided under California law.
All interested parties are encouraged to submit comments about the proposed regulations to CalCannabis, the branch of CDFA that is overseeing the cannabis cultivation regulatory framework.
You can read the proposed cannabis cultivation licensing regulations at California’s cannabis web portal, http://cannabis.ca.gov .
Comments may be submitted in writing during the 45-day open-comment period, or verbally at one of four public hearings that are planned.
The hearing schedule is as follows:
– Tuesday, May 16, 1 to 3 p.m., Delhi Center, Ballroom, 505 East Central Ave., Santa An.
– Thursday, May 18, 1 to 3 p.m., Visalia Convention Center, Sequoia Room, 303 East Acequia Ave., Visalia.
– Thursday, May 25, 1 to 3 p.m., Ukiah Convention Center, Cabernet Room, 200 South School St., Ukiah.
– Wednesday, June 14, 1 to 3 p.m., California Department of Food and Agriculture Auditorium
1220 N St., Sacramento.
The last day for the public to submit written comments apart from public hearings is Monday, June 12, 2017, by 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
There is currently budget trailer bill language designed to align the Medical Cannabis Safety and Regulation Act with Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act.
If that bill passes, these proposed regulations will be withdrawn and a new set of regulations will be proposed that is consistent with changes in the law.
However, public comments on the regulations published today are still very important, as many of the provisions in the licensing regulations published today will carry over to new regulations if the trailer bill passes.
CalCannabis is preparing to accept applications for state cannabis cultivation licenses beginning Jan. 1, 2018.
For more information and updates on California’s cannabis cultivation licensing program, please visit CalCannabis at http://calcannabis.cdfa.ca.gov .
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Church of the Nazarene will hold its annual rummage sale on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6.
The sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
There will be clothes, furniture, household, items for children and more.
Proceeds from the sale will support the church’s children’s ministry and youth camps.
The church is located 15917 Olympic Drive in Clearlake.
The Green California Summit honored the California Wildlife Conservation Board last week with the 2017 Leadership Award for Resource Conservation.
The annual summit showcases strategies for emission reduction, water conservation, clean transportation and other environmentally sustainable practices, and supports attainment of the sustainability goals set by the state.
The award was presented for projects that have accomplished preservation of a natural resource, such as wetlands, forest and species conservation.
Accepting the award at the Sacramento Convention Center, WCB Executive Director John Donnelly thanked the organizers of the event, WCB staff and other government agencies, nonprofits and private citizens who partner with the WCB.
"We're pleased to fund projects designed to protect and restore critical habitats that are self-sustaining and essential to wildlife,” Donnelly said. “The majority of Californians demonstrate their support for this work by voting in favor of ballot initiatives that benefit our wildlife, ecosystems and water."
The WCB is an independent board affiliated with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
It protects, restores and enhances California's spectacular natural resources for wildlife and for the public's use and enjoyment, in partnership with conservation groups, other government agencies and the people of California. John Donnelly has been its executive director for 10 years.
To learn more about the WCB and its programs, visit http://wcb.ca.gov .
The Green Leadership Awards, now in their 11th year, are unique in that they honor and celebrate green government. The WCB is the first recipient of the Resource Conservation award, as it is a new category.
FINLEY, Calif. – The Big Valley Hall will hold its monthly breakfast along with a plant sale on Sunday, May 7.
The breakfast will take place from 8 a.m. to noon with the plant sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Stop in to find items for your garden.
The hall is located at 1510 Big Valley Road in Finley.
For more information contact Pam Ayle at 562-533-1588 or
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Doll Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month at Scotts Valley Womens Club, 2298 Hendricks Road in Lakeport.
The group has programs on different types of dolls or share our own.
Lunch is served by a hostess or a potluck is served by members.
The club has a small fundraiser at each meeting to collect for their yearly holiday donations for animal rescue and families in need around Lake County. The club donated to Four Legged Friends, Orphan Dog, local food baskets, the Lake County Safe House and Scotts Valley Womens Club at the end 2016.
If you love your dollies and want to learn more about them, you will love this group, too.
Please call President Ellie Perinoni at 707-263-0411 for more information about joining the club.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol has released an initial report on a fatal Sunday morning head-on wreck and identified the woman who died in it.
Ann Mcghee, 86, of Napa was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred on Highway 29 south of Grange Road at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, the CHP said.
In explaining the events that led to the crash, the CHP’s Monday report said that Mcghee was driving her 2009 Toyota Prius southbound on Highway 29 at approximately 55 miles per hour.
Enrique Jimenez, 61, of Sonoma, was driving a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup northbound, also at approximately 55 miles per hour, the CHP said. Riding with him was passenger Teresa Chairez, 56, also of Sonoma.
The CHP said that, for an unknown reason, Mcghee’s vehicle drifted to the right and onto the shoulder.
She overcorrected and subsequently lost control of the Prius, which traveled to the left, crossing the roadway and traveling into the northbound lane, where it collided head-on with Jimenez’s pickup, the CHP said.
Mcghee died of her injuries at the scene, the CHP said.
Jiminez and Chairez were flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital via REACH air ambulance. The CHP said both had moderate injuries.
The CHP said Highway 29 was completely blocked for approximately one hour following the wreck.
South Lake County Fire Protection District and Cal Fire were on the scene to assist with the rescue as well as one-way traffic control, officials said.
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