From a Humboldt County County Administrative Office press release:
If you are a small marijuana cultivator, without a county permit, please know there is still time to submit an application and have a permit approved in time for the 2020 cultivation season. The county is committing to small farmers that if you are applying for approval of 3,000 square feet or less, have a non-diversionary water source, and can submit a complete application, county staff can process the applications to decision in time for the 2020 cultivation season.
County staff are finding that for these types of “2.0” applications the total county application cost is less than the required initial deposit of $3,445.
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