Measure S, the county’s cannabis excise tax, was reduced by 85% in November 2022 and deferred all payments following the market’s severe downturn and subsequent panic from local cultivators that the full tax would put them out of business permanently. The board will decide if they should reassess the tax rate, confirm tax collection will resume next month and ask staff to design a plan meant to address outstanding balances owed to the county.
Jasen Coley, who is accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old Kenneth Davis on July 3, has a pre-trial conference on Oct. 16 and a preliminary examination set for Oct. 18. He has remained at the county jail since his arrest near Trinidad State Beach on July 5 and is not eligible for bail. Davis and Coley were childhood friends, according to a GoFundMe set up for Davis’s widow.
A judge overruled Caltrans’ attempt to toss a lawsuit last month about their environmental analysis of a highway realignment project through Richardson Grove.