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Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2024-25 adopted budget for County Administrative Office - Cannabis (001-1050-CAO004-8533), increasing appropriations and estimated revenue by $315,447, funded from the Department of Cannabis Control through the Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant program (4/5ths vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2024-25 adopted budget for County Administrative Office - Cannabis (001-1050-CAO004-8533), increasing appropriations and estimated revenue by $315,447, funded from the Department of Cannabis Control through the Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant program (4/5ths vote required).
SUMMARY:
Department of Cannabis Control, Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant (LJAG) is not a newly awarded grant. The recommended action will fully appropriate the remaining portion of grant funds unspent in previous fiscal years. The LJAG award was accepted and presented to the Board of Supervisors on January 11, 2022, on Resolution 22-005. This item was approved during the March 17, 2025, Budget Committee special meeting.
DISCUSSION:
LJAG provides funding to local jurisdictions to assist commercial cannabis operators with transitioning from provisional to annual state licensure. On November 10, 2021, the County of Monterey Cannabis Program (Program) submitted a LJAG application and received an award amount of $1,737,025 to be expended January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025. Although the term of the LJAG grant agreement runs through 6/30/2025, grant funds must be expended during the grant funding expenditure period that runs through March 31, 2025.
LJAG funding provides capacity for the Program to administer pass-through funds to qualified provisional licensees to assist in meeting local jurisdiction requirements and become eligible for a state annual commercial cannabis license. In addition, LJAG funds allowe...
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