Das Williams: The Best Candidate

I’m voting to re-elect Das Williams as county supervisor
because I believe he is the best candidate for the job. Das has taken a tough
stance on cannabis which I appreciate. In my opinion, it is the biggest issue
within our community. We know prohibition of cannabis won’t work and would only
drive it underground. Unregulated cannabis is dangerous for our community,
public health and safety.

Das led the vote to limit the total number of acres that can
be cultivated for cannabis. Thanks to him, cannabis can only represent a
maximum of 1,575 acres county-wide. For comparison,16,166 acres of wine grapes
were harvested in 2018 county-wide (according to the County’s Ag Production
Report).

Das also made a motion to mandate all existing growers in
Carpinteria to install best available odor control technology. He supported
increasing resources for the Sheriff’s cannabis enforcement teams. In fact, the
cannabis enforcement budget for this year is $2.8 million dollars. (This is
paid for by cannabis tax revenues.) And since 2018, the County has taken 58
enforcement actions, and confiscated $227.9 million of illicit plants.