MENDOCINO CO.— Mendocino County’s permit program for cannabis facilities businesses will go into effect on Nov. 16, and business license applications will be accepted at the county’s Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office beginning then for processing, manufacturing and distribution facilities, as well as testing labs, retailers (dispensaries or nurseries) and microbusinesses. The business permit program was approved in mid-October and took 30 days to go into effect. The county has been accepting cannabis cultivation licenses since May.
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Mendocino County’s Board of Supervisors approved a set of local cannabis business licenses after more than a year of discussion last month. Such licenses will be required for anyone seeking a state cannabis business licenses when they are available on Jan. 1, 2018, although the state has not yet issued the final requirements for state licensure. The county’s new cultivation permit program, which was preceded by a year-long urgency ordinance cultivation program, was approved by the supervisors this spring. So far about 50 cultivation licenses have been issued out of over 700 applications received, Mendocino County Agriculture Commissioner Diane Curry told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. More detailed information about the state’s requirements for licensing is expected to be released this week.
The full application packet is available at the county’s cannabis business website.
