Last week, Northcoast Environmental Center Executive Director Dan Ehresman issued a call for public critiques of the draft medical marijuana cultivation ordinance recently drafted by the industry group California Cannabis Voice Humboldt (CCVH).
Ehresman argued that county government, not an industry group, should be drafting rules to regulate cannabis cultivation, and he called for a variety of tighter restrictions, including a ban on pesticides, forestland conversion and new grow operations.
This morning CCVH issued a partial response to Ehresman’s critiques. The group says it will hold off on a point-by-point rejoinder until after the public comment period is over, but it takes issue with Ehresman’s jabs at the drafting process and reminds him about the excise tax ordinance also drafted by CCVH.
