Josh Huntsinger Placer County Agricultural CommissionerSealer of Weights and Measures Chair California Agricultural Commissioner and Sealers Association Cannabis Work Group Josh Huntsinger Placer County Agricultural Commissioner ID: 731543
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Cannabis – County Regulatory Challenges
Josh Huntsinger, Placer County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures - Chair, California Agricultural Commissioner and Sealers Association Cannabis Work Group
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Who is the Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures?
Pesticide RegulationPest PreventionAgricultural RegulationWeights and Measures
CACASA.org
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Who Should be Lead Agency/Department?
Agricultural CommissionerPlanning SheriffPublic Health or Environmental Health
Code Enforcement
Dedicated Cannabis Agency
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Zero to 100 MPH! – How to Implement Regulations for an Unregulated Industry?
Existing cannabis businesses are generally unaccustomed to, and unprepared for operating in a heavily-regulated environmentPhased-in, conditional permitting vs. all at once
CEQA, pesticide regulation, water quality, water supply, Track and Trace, land use permits, air quality standards, CUPA, Fire permits, building permits, etc.
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Ordinance Development – Does the tail wag the dog?
Standards that accommodate an existing industry – small parcels and residential zoningVs.Standards based on sound policy decisions – require the industry to conform to a set of standards developed through a county process
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Ordinance Development Pitfalls – Reinventing the Wheel
Too much focus on cultivation - lack of understanding of the complete “seed to sale” system created by state lawLack of knowledge of current state laws and regulations – significant investment in staff time required to stay current and conversant
Development of ordinance language without sufficient knowledge of state laws and regulations
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Future Challenges
The Moving Target – constant changes to state law
The Black Market – estimates of 80% of cannabis grown in California is currently sold out of state
Funding – is it possible to build a cost neutral regulatory program that is effective and affordable for the cannabis industry?
City vs. county
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esponsibilities and Board policy
Josh Huntsinger, Placer County Agricultural Commissioner