The Monterey County Board of Supervisors has narrowly voted to make changes to its outdoor cannabis cultivation pilot program, allowing growers to double their canopy size and eliminate a requirement that made permit applicants prove cannabis was cultivated on the property prior to legalization in 2016.
The board has been trying to breathe life into the sputtering local industry, which has seen a contraction amid falling prices that peaked in 2021 and competition from unregulated sales, which the heavily regulated legal industry has failed to replace.
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