The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors approved an item Monday which allows County Cannabis Program Manager Kristin Nevedal to begin denying any of non-compliant Phase One applications, rather than continually extending the applications or issuing corrections.
Because large portions of applicants are non-responsive or have significant violations, Nevedal estimated that roughly only 10 percent of applicants are on track for approval.
“If we’re continually chasing folks who don’t respond to us we also don’t have the time to process the folks who are trying to do this right and get to an annual license and a full permit with us in the department,” Nevedal said.
The board also approved to increase the scope of outside counsel, Abbott & Kindermann, in order to assist in application denial. Their approval of the item also requires Phase One cannabis permit holders to show they hold a State Provisional License or prove they are not cultivating within 45 days.
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