{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Cannabis ordinance facing amendments; Fort Bragg schools not likely to reopen soon","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":389,"description":"January 26, 2021 — The Board of Supervisors took a significant step in rejiggering the cannabis codes yesterday, voting 4-1 to send a proposal more closely aligned with the state’s land use laws along to the Planning Commission.\r\nThe board also voted unanimously to direct the Department of Transportation to continue working on a pilot program to create a benefit zone in Brooktrails, allowing the neighborhood to figure out how to collect a tax to maintain properties for fire safety.\r\nAnd last week, the superintendent of the Fort Bragg Unified School District gave a report to the board of trustees, telling them it is not feasible for schools in Mendocino County to reopen at this time, due to the high rate of positive covid tests. Mendocino has descended from the purple tier to the newly created deep purple tier, for counties with more than 14 positive test results per day per 100,000 residents.\r\nThe county Board of Supervisors, which is meeting again today, held a special meeting yesterday afternoon to hash out the proposed cannabis code amendments, a document which will come before the Planning Commission, then return to the supervisors, then undergo a first and second reading before it replaces much of the original ordinance.\r\nChief Planner Julia Krog ran through the general idea of the draft proposal, before the public weighed in for approximately two hours. The agenda item also generated more than a hundred written comments by individuals and organizations from across the spectrum of love and loathing for the plant.\r\n“The goal of this discretionary permit model is to really bring us into conformance with state regulations,” Krog explained.\r\nThe reason it’s important to be more closely aligned with the state is that most local farmers can’t meet the state’s environmental requirements, which means that by the end of the year, they will not have state licenses and will therefore be unable to grow legally. The discretionary permit means that each site will be...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}