Climate Action Mendocino is strongly in favor of the County applying for funding to subsidize EV charging stations in underserved areas of the County through the recently announced funding opportunities of the US Dept. of Transportation. Specifically, areas in the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th districts are severely underserved for charging stations. The current Board of Supervisors has been making great decisions to move us forward on the dire threat of climate catastrophe and what it will mean for us here. EVs are the future and having charging stations is vital to their adoption. Applying for the funding that has only just become available is common sense and financially responsible. Why you wouldn't authorize moving forward would cause us all to shake our heads in disbelief.
Please do all you can to move forward on this funding opportunity for our county and get chargers installed, especially in the outer reaches of the 4th and 5th districts. If you need any help with this please let us know and we can assist in the effort.
Thank you.
I am writing to you today in support of the recently passed local cannabis tax reforms. As a non-cannabis business owner in Mendocino County, I believe that stabilizing licensed cannabis businesses is essential to the long-term health and prosperity of our community.
The cannabis industry has been, and continues to be a major economic driver for Mendocino County. However, the current licensing crisis and burdensome tax structure is making it difficult for licensed cannabis businesses to succeed. The high taxes and costs of compliance are driving many businesses to close, and those that remain are struggling to make a profit.
These conditions are having a negative impact on the entire county. When cannabis businesses close or are removed from the program, they stop making local purchases, lay off employees and money stops flowing in the community. This cycle of decline would only continue without the strategic tax reform recently passed by the Board.
I thank you for your support of local cannabis tax reforms. This is an important issue that affects the entire community.
I am writing to you today in support of the recently passed local cannabis tax reforms. As a North Bay business with customers and vendors in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, it’s important to me to see the cannabis industry thrive. I believe cannabis could be an important industry to our economic well-being, especially in Mendocino county.
I believe that stabilizing licensed cannabis businesses is essential to the long-term health and prosperity of your community. The cannabis industry has been, and continues to be, a major economic driver for Mendocino County.
The current licensing crisis and burdensome tax structure is making it difficult for licensed cannabis businesses to succeed. The high taxes and costs of compliance are driving many businesses to close, and those that remain are struggling to make a profit.
These conditions are having a negative impact on the entire county. When cannabis businesses close or are removed from the program, they stop making local purchases, lay off employees and money stops flowing in the community. This cycle of decline would only continue without the strategic tax reform recently passed by the Board.
I thank you for your support of local cannabis tax reforms. This is an important issue that affects the entire community.
As a local small business owner, I intimately understand the challenges of navigating market fluctuations with ongoing expenses.
As a non-cannabis business owner, I can empathize with the stress placed on our small cannabis farms, and have the utmost respect for the cohort of business owners who are struggling to balance the precarious situation of a bottoming out cannabis market with the complicated and slow permitting system.
It is to everyone's advantage to keep this special breed of small farmers in our regulatory system: these are the best of the best, they want to be fully legal.
With the implementation of Local Cannabis Tax Reform, our community is demonstrating that we support this group of farmers, we are helping them to stay in the regulated market, and return to farming when the economy returns. With this, our community is telling the underground market that we do not support them.
I am an environmental planner. With my company and my coworkers, I have shepherded hundreds of entitlement permits through the county's regulatory system. We have tried to help a small handful of cannabis farmers as they seek entitlement permits for their businesses. The tenacity and tolerance that this group of farmers have is remarkable. It brings me great sadness when I hear that a peer business has to close up operations due to a broken process. The least we can do as a community for this cohort is to grant them some tax relief, as outlined in the Local Cannabis Tax Reform.
I have hope and optimism that we can continue to support our fellow small business owners. When our neighbors are strong, our entire community is stronger and better for it.
Thank you for continuing to support our local cannabis farmers.
All the best,
Amy Wynn
Principal Planner
Wynn Coastal Planning & Biology
Fort Bragg
I support Agenda Item 2a - 10A.17 Ordinance Amendments. More amendments will be needed in the future, but these are appropriate for now.
Climate Action Mendocino is strongly in favor of the County applying for funding to subsidize EV charging stations in underserved areas of the County through the recently announced funding opportunities of the US Dept. of Transportation. Specifically, areas in the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th districts are severely underserved for charging stations. The current Board of Supervisors has been making great decisions to move us forward on the dire threat of climate catastrophe and what it will mean for us here. EVs are the future and having charging stations is vital to their adoption. Applying for the funding that has only just become available is common sense and financially responsible. Why you wouldn't authorize moving forward would cause us all to shake our heads in disbelief.
Please do all you can to move forward on this funding opportunity for our county and get chargers installed, especially in the outer reaches of the 4th and 5th districts. If you need any help with this please let us know and we can assist in the effort.
Thank you.
Dear Supervisors
I am writing to you today in support of the recently passed local cannabis tax reforms. As a non-cannabis business owner in Mendocino County, I believe that stabilizing licensed cannabis businesses is essential to the long-term health and prosperity of our community.
The cannabis industry has been, and continues to be a major economic driver for Mendocino County. However, the current licensing crisis and burdensome tax structure is making it difficult for licensed cannabis businesses to succeed. The high taxes and costs of compliance are driving many businesses to close, and those that remain are struggling to make a profit.
These conditions are having a negative impact on the entire county. When cannabis businesses close or are removed from the program, they stop making local purchases, lay off employees and money stops flowing in the community. This cycle of decline would only continue without the strategic tax reform recently passed by the Board.
I thank you for your support of local cannabis tax reforms. This is an important issue that affects the entire community.
Sincerely,
Paloma Lopez
Dear Supervisors,
I am writing to you today in support of the recently passed local cannabis tax reforms. As a North Bay business with customers and vendors in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, it’s important to me to see the cannabis industry thrive. I believe cannabis could be an important industry to our economic well-being, especially in Mendocino county.
I believe that stabilizing licensed cannabis businesses is essential to the long-term health and prosperity of your community. The cannabis industry has been, and continues to be, a major economic driver for Mendocino County.
The current licensing crisis and burdensome tax structure is making it difficult for licensed cannabis businesses to succeed. The high taxes and costs of compliance are driving many businesses to close, and those that remain are struggling to make a profit.
These conditions are having a negative impact on the entire county. When cannabis businesses close or are removed from the program, they stop making local purchases, lay off employees and money stops flowing in the community. This cycle of decline would only continue without the strategic tax reform recently passed by the Board.
I thank you for your support of local cannabis tax reforms. This is an important issue that affects the entire community.
Sincerely,
Toni Spizman
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Local Cannabis Tax Reform:
As a local small business owner, I intimately understand the challenges of navigating market fluctuations with ongoing expenses.
As a non-cannabis business owner, I can empathize with the stress placed on our small cannabis farms, and have the utmost respect for the cohort of business owners who are struggling to balance the precarious situation of a bottoming out cannabis market with the complicated and slow permitting system.
It is to everyone's advantage to keep this special breed of small farmers in our regulatory system: these are the best of the best, they want to be fully legal.
With the implementation of Local Cannabis Tax Reform, our community is demonstrating that we support this group of farmers, we are helping them to stay in the regulated market, and return to farming when the economy returns. With this, our community is telling the underground market that we do not support them.
I am an environmental planner. With my company and my coworkers, I have shepherded hundreds of entitlement permits through the county's regulatory system. We have tried to help a small handful of cannabis farmers as they seek entitlement permits for their businesses. The tenacity and tolerance that this group of farmers have is remarkable. It brings me great sadness when I hear that a peer business has to close up operations due to a broken process. The least we can do as a community for this cohort is to grant them some tax relief, as outlined in the Local Cannabis Tax Reform.
I have hope and optimism that we can continue to support our fellow small business owners. When our neighbors are strong, our entire community is stronger and better for it.
Thank you for continuing to support our local cannabis farmers.
All the best,
Amy Wynn
Principal Planner
Wynn Coastal Planning & Biology
Fort Bragg
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