While marijuana became a legal commodity in California on Jan. 1, that's hardly the case in San Luis Obispo County.
In the budding cannabis cultivation market, county officials told New Times they aren't allowing state regulators to issue business licenses to 33 SLO growers trying to enter the legal market, as of press time.
That's because of the parameters in a new county ordinance, which requires any cannabis grow or business to first apply for a local discretionary permit—a process that's expected to take several months to complete—before they're given local authorization for any state licensing.
But realizing cultivators could face shutting down or operating in the black market in the meantime, SLO County supervisors have decided to revisit the rules at a Jan. 9 board meeting.
