Calaveras County supervisors voted Tuesday night to continue to allow commercial marijuana cultivation, capping nearly two years of political turmoil that has divided the Sierra foothills county of 44,000 people.
The board voted 3-2 against banning cultivation. Opponents and supporters filled the chambers while an an overflow crowd watched on a monitor in an adjacent room. The board, which had convened early in the morning, continued to discuss new regulatory plans into the evening.
UPDATE: Calaveras County, Calif., Supervisors Ban Commercial Cannabis Cultivation
The current Board of Supervisors has been far more critical of the cannabis industry than the board seated this past year. In February 2016, the board had called for the county attorney to write an ordinance that would regulate cannabis farming that had been taking place illegally for years.
