As California moves towards legalization of marijuana, even for recreational use, longtime growers have a dilemma. A group that is used to operating covertly has some resistance to coming out into the open. On the one hand, they don’t want to miss the potential that legalization will bring, but they worry about revealing information that could be used against them. Case in point is a new offering from Humboldt County.
Humboldt’s Good Standing
Marijuana is the business in Humboldt County. Things have been good for years here as the local economy has ridden the wave of cannabis success. Humboldt officials are fearful that this could vanish with statewide legalization. To get ahead of the curve they are offering a Commercial Cannabis Activity Registry for growers interested in getting permits under new laws just passed. The “grandfathering clause” allows favored status to a cannabis grow in “good standing” by January 1, 2016, for getting a state license.