Sonoma County supes punt on proposed cannabis cultivation rule change, call for more public input, environmental study

Sonoma County supervisors punted Tuesday on a proposal to make it easier for cannabis growers to obtain a permit from the county, saying further examination of the environmental effects and more public input is needed.

The proposed rules, approved by the county Planning Commission and more than a year in development, would have given the county’s agricultural commissioner more leeway to issue permits for cannabis cultivation and removed a 1-acre cap on marijuana crops for farms of 10 acres or more.