{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Pro-ordinance group urges voters to reject qualifying referendum","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":387,"description":"September 2, 2021 — The referendum to repeal the newly enacted cannabis ordinance, Chapter 22.18, has collected enough signatures to either be repealed by the Board of Supervisors, or placed on a ballot for voters to decide if it should be repealed or not. Assessor Clerk Recorder Katrina Bartolomie reported to the board this week that she had verified 4,198 of the 6,239 signatures that were turned in. A total of 3,397 signatures were required for the referendum to move forward.\r\nThe referendum was opposed by a pro-ordinance group called Citizens for Sustainable Agriculture, which sought to counter points made by people gathering signatures for the referendum. According to campaign documents, the pro-ordinance group received a total of $24,500 in May and June, plus $5,716 in non-monetary contributions. Heritage Holding of California, which does business locally under the name Henry’s Original, contributed a subscription to SquareSpace for a website worth $216 and made a monetary contribution of $5,000. The Cannabis Business Association of Mendocino County contributed $5,500 worth of staff time for a policy consultant, according to Joshua Keats. \r\nKeats is a co-founder of Henry’s Original. He and Henry’s CEO Jamie Warm are two of the five members of the Cannabis Business Association’s Board of Directors. Keats also served as the CSA campaign treasurer. \r\nIn an interview from the road, Keats said, “It’s no secret that cannabis is the backbone of Mendocino County’s economy,” and that Prop 64 is forcing a reorganization of how cannabis businesses operate in California. He suggested that anti-capitalist, anti-cannabis elements are taking out their aggression against Prop 64 on the local ordinance. \r\nHe said the referendum won’t do anything to change the national or international cannabis markets, and referred to the collapsing local market, with growers still trying to sell last year’s product at two or three hundred dollars a pound. “You can’t do that on the...","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}