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Frontier Cannabis Farmers Navigate the Diffi Culties of an Emerging Industry [10] by ZAC EZZONE NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’S NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY > FEBRUARY 6 - FEBRUARY 13, 2020 > VOL. 20 NO. 49 > WWW.SANTAMARIASUN.COM AT THE MOVIES 1 Rhythm Section misses the beat [24] Cannabis farmers navigate the diffi culties of an emerging industry [10] NewBY ZAC EZZONE frontier Cannabis farmers navigate the diffi culties of an emerging industry [10] BY ZAC EZZONE Sales tax funds Santa Author describes Kalyra tasting room NEWS Maria Fire Department [7] ARTS The City of Light [22] EATS opens again [26] FEBRUARY 6 - FEBRUARY 13, 2020 VOL. 20 NO. 49 or this week’s cover, Staff Writer Zac Ezzone walked the soon-to-be planted rows of two cannabis farms to get the stories straight from those who work the soil. One farmer, FJohn De Friel, dropped out of his Ph.D. program at UC San Diego to grow his business, Central Coast Agriculture. The business focuses on a craft cannabis breeding program, which 2 has garnered statewide attention. Also in the Buellton area, Sara WALKING THE FIELD: Sara Rotman and Rotman and Nate Diaz have invested heavily in their farm, Busy Nate Diaz purchased the land where they now grow 22 acres of cannabis in 2014. Bee’s Organics, including money spent on a new fertigation system, which Diaz said is the first of its kind in California. These farmers are working persistently amid changing county regulations to grow what they want Cold and flu season people to understand is just another crop [10]. 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The bill moves Supervisors unanimously voted to move the into the state Senate and is supposed to be heard by Strauss Wind Energy Project forward at its Jan. 28 Senate committees over the summer, according to a meeting after denying three appeals opponents press release from Cunningham’s offi ce. “We passed fi led over the county Planning Commission’s a landmark police transparency measure in 2018, but decision to approve the project in November. a glaring loophole lets bad actors who commit sexual Among their numerous concerns, the assault under color of law keep records hidden,” appellants argued that the project would be Cunningham said in the release. “The public deserves detrimental to federally protected birds and access to investigative records into sexual assault plants within the project site in San Miguelito under color of law under tight parameters. AB 1599 Canyon. Nick Jensen, a conservation scientist with will bring transparency to government and help restore the California Native Plant Society—one of the the public trust.” In 2018, the state passed Senate Bill groups that appealed the project—argued that 1421, which allows certain police misconduct records to the development of these turbines could wipe out DEVELOPING RENEWABLES: At its Jan. 28 meeting, the be released to the public if an investigation results in a a signifi cant population of the Gaviota tarplant, Santa Barbara County Board sustained fi nding. According to the press release, some which is a federally endangered fl ower that’s only found in the county. of Supervisors unanimously police departments don’t complete those investigations Jensen said his organization doesn’t outright voted to move forward to if the offi cer resigns in the middle of it, making the oppose the development of wind energy on the with a utility-scale wind records ineligible for release. AB 1599 would close that project site, but that modifi cations must be made energy project near Lompoc. loophole by making those records eligible for release. to the location of the turbines. George and Cheryl Bedford, who live on a ridge • Cal Fire completed 34 of the 35 emergency projects in San Miguelito Canyon—about 2,000 feet from waiting on a few federal and state permits, and he arrests where the suspect exhibits signs of a mental identifi ed in 2019 to help reduce risk in fi re prone areas the nearest proposed turbine—also appealed said he’s confi dent the company will receive the health illness. This team conducts a screening and across the state, according to a Jan. 29 announcement the project. At the Board of Supervisors meeting, approvals it needs soon. determines whether or not the person is eligible for a from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s offi ce. The projects George argued that such a large project shouldn’t Duke previously told the Sun that diversion program. The grant program also includes collectively treated 90,000 acres, removing dead take place in a rural area. construction—including removing oak trees to funding for housing services and behavioral health trees, clearing vegetation, and creating fuel breaks “It’s just frustrating when my wife and I bought widen roadways—should begin in February and treatment programs. and community defensible spaces. The fi nal project that ranch in 1994 and we decided we’d like to is expected to take 10 months. He said it’s critical According to the Board of State and is slated for completion in the spring. “California live up there. … I didn’t know if I built my house, that BayWa maintains this schedule because the Community Corrections, the grant funding isn’t just waiting around for next fi re season. We are I’d have to listen to 29 wind turbines circling project has to be operational by the end of the year is available as a result of voters approving acting quickly—with emergency pace—to protect around,” Bedford said. or else the company loses a federal tax credit that’s Proposition 47 in November 2014. This statewide communities most at risk and save lives before the Although the group didn’t appeal the project, making the project fi nancially viable. proposition reclassifi ed certain low-level, wildfi re starts,” Newsom said in the announcement. the Santa Barbara Audubon Society also raised “We can’t wait six months, we can’t wait three non-violent felonies as misdemeanors for “These projects are part of California’s all-of-the-above objections over the number of birds, including months, we have to get this thing done,” Duke told some individuals with the goal of lower state the Sun.
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