Lompoc Valley Cannabis Association

10/06/2020

✅Victor Vega For Mayor 2020
✅Lompoc City Council Member Jim Mosby

Who wants to pay more taxes for cannabis when you visit the dispensary?

A VOTE FOR JENELLE OSBORNE or JEREMY BALL WILL COST YOU MORE MONEY

All five candidates agreed that supporting permitted cannabis businesses provides nearly 1,000 jobs and crucial sales tax revenues that reduce the burden on the city’s residents, but BALL TOOK ISSUE WITH THE LACK OF TAXATION ON CANNABIS PRODUCTION.

“We’re missing the boat,” said Ball, another Lompoc native.

Under the city’s existing permitting fee schedule, production facilities that gross less than $2 million per year pay a flat $15,000 fee, while those grossing more than $2 million pay a flat $30,000.

“If that goes to $100 million in gross revenue … they still pay $30,000. That’s not an equitable and fair system. That’s not helping my community, while I see other areas of our community struggling, trying to figure things out. We didn’t get it right here,” Ball said.

VEGA SAID CANNABIS RELATED BUSINESSES SHOULD BE GIVEN TIME TO SETTLE IN AFTER WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE APPLICATION, PERMITTING AND BUILD-OUT EXPENSES.

“IT'S DISHONEST TO CHANGE THE RULES BEFORE THEY EVEN GET ESTABLISHED,” Vega said.

BALL REPEATEDLY REFERRED to the city’s failure to pass a sales TAX during an economic peak rather than its adoption in March. As the debate turned toward the city’s reduction of police services, lack of safety equipment for public safety staff, perceived failures in parks maintenance and other shortfalls, he turned time and time again toward the delay in approving that funding source.

MOSBY, ALSO BORN AND RAISED IN LOMPOC, TOOK ISSUE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL TAXATION, PARTICULARLY ON THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.

“TAX ON PRODUCTION IS A TAX ON LABOR. YOU TAX LABOR, LABOR LEAVES. WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER COMMUNITIES DOING ZERO TAX, THEY WILL LEAVE,” said Mosby, who was initially appointed to the City Council in 2014 and then reelected in 2016.

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Mosby: “We have one of the biggest booms going on,” he said, noting “40 to 45 businesses going on” and “over 200 permits happening.”

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OSBORNE backed the city’s new 1% (TAX INCREASE). OSBORNE AND CORDOVA SAID THE CITY ALSO SHOULD REVIEW THE CITY’S CANNABIS TAXES AND FEE STRUCTURE TO BRING THEM IN LINE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY'S (TAX) SCHEDULES.

Lompoc City Council and mayoral candidates during a debate Thursday aired their opinions about parks, public safety, homelessness and economic development, while exchanging gentle jabs about the history of facilities

07/14/2020

Please distribute this PRESS RELEASE which just went out and direct anyone who is pro-cannabis or pro-property rights to sign our petition to keep the legal cannabis options open inside EDRNs in Santa Barbara County: http://www.cebadacanyoncoalition.com/petitions/

Press Release: State Ethics Law Prohibits Supervisor Hartmann from Voting on Cannabis Cultivation Proposal on July 14; She Has a Disqualifying Conflict of Interest Because She Owns Property Directly Affected By Ban--
Today Olsen Remcho, LLP on behalf of a group of voters and cannabis cultivators request that Supervisor Joan Hartmann recuse herself from participating in, influencing, or voting on
changes to the County Land Use and Development Code (LUDC) to address cannabis cultivation set to be heard on July 14.

Under the State’s Political Reform Act, she has a disqualifying conflict of interest requiring recusal because the amended ordinance includes her proposal to ban commercial cannabis cultivation in Existing Developed Rural Neighborhoods (EDRNs), which
would directly affect her residence and neighbors.

State law prohibits a public official from making, participating in making, or in any way using their official position to influence a governmental decision in which they know or have reason to know they have a disqualifying financial interest. A public official has a disqualifying financial interest if a decision will change the land uses permitted on their specific property and the decision doesn’t affect the public broadly. That is the case here: Supervisor Hartmann lives on and owns a 31-acre parcel in an EDRN, and her proposed ban would directly affect her residence and her neighbors but few others in her District. That is the definition of a conflict of interest, and the law requires that she recuse herself from participating in such a decision. She has already violated the law by proposing the ban on June 11 and moving to hold the July 14 public hearing to finalize the ban.

The Santa Barbara County Cannabis Operators located within an EDRN has separately filed a complaint today with the Fair Political Practices Commission to address those past violations, but State law is crystal clear that Supervisor Hartman cannot participate in the July 14 hearing and vote on the amended ordinance.

For any media requests, please contact Olsen Remcho LLP.

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07/10/2020

Happy National Dab Day!

Head out to any and all of Lompoc's premium cannabis retail dispensaries to support yourself this holiday as well as your community!











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03/27/2020

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT TIME LIMIT HAS PASSED, HOWEVER:

You may also call in to make a comment during oral communications or on a specific agenda
item as it is being heard.

You may also call (805) 875-8201 before the close of public comment on the agenda item.

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02/24/2020

Women in Business
Laura Bonet: Lompoc cannabis boutique owner brings holistics to table

Running a cannabis dispensary was a natural extension of Laura Bonet’s life work. Raised by a home healthcare provider, working her early career as a registered nurse in Florida, Bonet has long prioritized serving patients’ medical needs.

Owning The Greenhouse Collective Canna-Boutique has provided her an avenue for laser focus on a customer base she knows best: women. The shop at 126 South H St. in Lompoc carries recreational and medicinal cannabis products including balms, tinctures, edibles, pre-rolls and flower.

“I fell in love with that one-on-one relationship with patients, and this allows me to see the holistic side of it,” said Bonet.

Bonet, a first-generation Cuban-American, credits her family for raising her a strong woman: parents who taught her “never to take ‘no’ for an answer, never to let anyone tell you that you can’t do something;” a mother who modeled raising a family while also running her own business; an aunt who is a developer in her own right; and another aunt who is a broker.

“Just because you’re female and a minority doesn’t mean you can’t do anything. My parents taught me to stand on my own two feet. They gave me a solid foundation that I carry with me. I owe pretty much everything I am to them because they showed me the way,” Bonet said.

She’s hoping to show other women the way as well, though her example and a podcast she and other women in the industry are developing for release this spring.

“There’s a lot of females in the industry doing amazing things: dispensary owners, distributors, growers. We’re here to stay. We’re not backing down from anyone. We do a really good job, and we’re not to be underestimated whatsoever,” Bonet said.

To anyone going into business, she offered these thoughts: “You have to be willing to grind and make sacrifices every day. You have to be front and center in your business. You can’t just open your business and think it will run on its own. You have to grind at it. It’s a struggle, but I love what I do.”

WOMEN IN BUSINESS Running a cannabis dispensary was a natural extension of Laura Bonet’s life work. Raised by a home healthcare provider, working her early career as a registered nurse

10/23/2019

THIS IS A MUST-READ!

Many industry leaders remain furious that Weedmaps continues to facilitate street sales, long after the California Bureau of Cannabis Control sent the company a cease-and-desist letter in February 2018.

“We thought the transition period was a little longer than necessary for a technology company to remove 2,000 postings from their website,” Kiloh said. “They were told a year and a half ago that they should comply.”

“Maybe an extra three months wouldn’t kill anyone,” Kiloh added. “The problem is, it might.”

Leafly catches unlicensed Los Angeles shops selling THC v**e carts with 5,475 times the allowable level of pesticide, amid 110 sick and three dead statewide.

10/23/2019

has been POSTPONED to a date TBD in the near future. The Lompoc Valley Cannabis Association has already issued refunds for all eventbrite sales and is in the process of returning all cash donations.

We regret having to Postpone, but we want to ensure a successful event for all parties. We will be announcing the new date for Harvest Social soon.

10/22/2019

We regret to inform you that the event originally scheduled for Saturday, October 26th has been POSTPONED and a new date will be determined and announced more-than-likely in November.

Anyone who purchased a ticket will have the option for a full refund or be issued new tickets.

We appreciate your support!

10/20/2019

The Lompoc Valley Cannabis Association is proud to work with and support the American GI Forum Education of Lompoc and VFW. Please consider buying a ticket to Harvest Social to help support the local Veteran's groups.

bit.ly/harvestsocial

10/19/2019

The Lompoc Valley Cannabis Association Presents Harvest Social Saturday, October 26 from 6 to 11pm at the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building. This event will benefit the Lompoc Chapters of the American GI Forum and Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW

Tickets: $60
• BBQ Tri-tip Dinner for 2
• 1 Reverse Drawing Entry ($4,200 in Cash Prizes)
• Concert Provided by Elevate Lompoc

Get your Tickets here: bit.ly/harvestsocial

10/19/2019

Good Farmers Great Neighbors

Cannabis-related bills signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom are significant steps in both providing ma*****na businesses with the ability to write off business costs on state tax returns as well as normalizing cannabis