{"id":1014828,"date":"2026-08-21T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014828\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:00:12","slug":"vote-moves-san-diego-county-cannabis-plan-forward-newsradio-600-kogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014828\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote Moves San Diego County Cannabis Plan Forward | Newsradio 600 KOGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego County Board of Supervisors have voted 3-2  to advance a &#8220;socially equitable&#8221; cannabis program in the county&#8217;s unincorporated areas, opting for staff policy recommendations over those from the Planning Commission on matters such as a ban on outdoor cultivation and a longer buffer from youth centers and other sensitive areas.<\/p>\n<p>After a staff presentation and lengthy public hearing, Supervisors Paloma Aguirre, Terra Lawson-Remer and Monica Montgomery Steppe voted in favor of the policy, while Supervisors Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond were opposed.<\/p>\n<p>The board will hold a second hearing on Sept. 2 before final approval, and if adopted, the Socially Equitable Cannabis Program would take effect 30 days later.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors approved the following staff recommendations Wednesday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>certifying the environmental impact report and California Environmental Quality Act findings<\/li>\n<li>adopting amended zoning ordinances that will allow for new cannabis facilities<\/li>\n<li>approving introduced amendments to regulatory code for commercial cannabis licensing and the SECP, along with amendments to the fee schedule<\/li>\n<li>approving minimum funding requirements for unlicensed cannabis enforcement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, the board rejected previous recommended policy changes from the county Planning Commission, including a ban on outdoor cultivation and 1,000-foot buffer from day care or youth centers, places of worship, public parks and trails and schools, rather than a 600-foot distance.<\/p>\n<p>In early January, supervisors had voted 3-2 to advance a series of updates to the proposed cannabis program in unincorporated areas, including rules related to land use, consumption lounges and community benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Diego County Board of Supervisors have voted 3-2 to advance a &#8220;socially equitable&#8221; cannabis program in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1014829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,225158,728,50,9487,3549,3550,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1014828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-america","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-kogo-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pot","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-sandiego","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117133392447340725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}