The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has formally invited four storefront cannabis retailers and seven commercial cannabis cultivators — including some in East County — to submit land-use permit applications in anticipation of possibly being allowed to operate in unincorporated county areas.
The move comes on the heels of state voters approving the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act in November 2016, which gives local agencies the option of allowing and controlling commercial marijuana cultivators, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and testing laboratories.
“There is no guarantee that anyone who applied is successful at the end of the process, because there is going to be a full public process, as we have with all land use issues approving any type of development,” said John Gioia, chair of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors. “There will be notices to the public and public hearings.”
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