Let’s Take a Closer Look at the Sun Valley Weed Grow and How the Supervisors Reached a Decision
Map showing the site of Sun Valley Group’s planned cannabis farm in the Arcata Bottoms. | Image via County of Humboldt
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We offered a cursory recap of yesterday’s meeting in the post linked above, but let’s take a closer look at the details of the 5.7-acre cannabis cultivation project that the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday and also at the circuitous and sometimes confused decision-making process that got them there.
At the outset, Planning and Building Director John Ford reminded the board where they’d left off back on June 22 namely, asking staff to investigate the effectiveness of the patented odor-control technology proposed for use in Arcata Land Co.’s weed farm. The smell of growing cannabis has been one of the major concerns among neighbors of the property, which is owned by the Sun Valley Group and located in the Arcata Bottoms.
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The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors heard a series of dire warnings May 25 about what worsening drought conditions could mean for the North Coast, from catastrophic wildfire to entire communities running out of water and massive fish kills in local rivers.
Perhaps most alarmingly, a host of officials who addressed the board warned this is no anomaly. The weather is changing, said Craig Tucker, a natural resources consultant for the Karuk Tribe, explaining that nine of California s 11 hottest years on record and three of its driest have occurred since 2011. What we re living here is not really a drought but a new normal driven by climate change.