From Josette Brose-Eichar, SVCG Policy Group member:Did you know that they city of Sonoma’s cannabis ordinance was updated in 2021 to allow and license a second dispensary? Did you know the present Sonoma city council placed putting the second dispensary out for bid...
“I want to encourage you to contact city hall and gently, but forcefully, lean on them to get it on the agenda for the first meeting in April.” Nothing is ever perfect. We only do the best we can. We’re made of hopes and dreams and the stage is ours, until it’s not....
We continue to fight in the hope of a day when we no longer need to. - Obama
'nuff said...
We asked Interim City Manager Mark Linder when he thought the RFP/second dispensary issue would be put on a future City Council Agenda. This is his reply: "Right now, April 3 is the date Council will be acting on an RFP for a second cannabis provider in Sonoma. It is...
We don't know how many times, and in how many ways, we need to impress on the Sonoma City Council that it's time to issue the Request for Proposal for a second cannabis dispensary. But we'll continue to do so. We'll do it...
Sat in on Leslie Hennessy’s KSVY radio show, featuring wine and cannabis cultivator Mike Benziger of Glentucky Family Farms in Glen Ellen. I mentioned who SVCG is and what we’ve accomplished: the city's first dispensary, latest news on a possible second dispensary and...
The video of the City Council Priority Setting Session has finally been posted, 6 days late. Nevertheless, our comments can now be seen by the public, as well as the comments made by Vice Mayor Gurney and Council Member Farrar-Rivas that put our issue on the 5 month...
As you can see in these photos, city council members were tasked by the interim city manager to draw up a list of goals/priorities they felt should be included in a five-year, one year, and five-month plan. The goals reflect a vision of the city’s future and guide...
Our message was: it's time to start the second dispensary process in the city of Sonoma. The RFP was competed months ago and remains ready to be issued. Let's not only put it on the agenda, but also designate it as one of the goals for the first quarter. The city...