Who oversees legal cannabis cultivation?
To get licensed and stay licensed we must comply with regulations from 27 Federal, State, and Mono County agencies, departments, commissions, and boards involved in the oversight of cannabis businesses here in the Antelope Valley. Eighteen of these agencies have cannabis specific regulations and enforcement responsibilities.
Agencies (** Entities with cannabis specific regulations/requirements/responsibilities)
Department of Cannabis Control **
California Department of Food and Agriculture (DMS) **
California Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (CDPH) **
California Department of Pesticide Regulation **
California Department of Industrial Relations **
California Building Standards Commission (Title 24) **
California State Water Resources Control Board **
California Air Resources Board **
California Natural Resources Agency **
California Department of Fish and Wildlife **
California Department of Justice (required background checks) **
California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
California Employment Development Department
CAL OSHA
Federal Bureau of Investigations (required background checks)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Federal OSHA
Mono County Department of Public Health **
Mono County Sheriff's Office **
Mono County Department of Agriculture **
Mono County Community Development **
Mono County Environmental Health **
Mono County LDTAC
Mono County Building Department **
Mono County Public Works Department
Antelope Valley Fire Distric
Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District
Operating a cannabis business in Mono County requires we are licensed, permitted, certified, approved, equipment certified, program registered, trained for, qualified by and/or are following regulations established and enforced by each of these various agencies.