County of Monterey  
Government Center- Monterey Room  
168 W. Alisal St., 2nd Floor  
Salinas, CA 93901  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
168 W. Alisal St, 2nd Floor, Salinas CA – Monterey Room  
Thursday, November 2, 2023  
2:00 PM  
Cannabis Committee  
Participation in meetings:  
Members of the public may participate in the Cannabis Committee meeting in two (2) ways:  
1. You may attend the meeting in person at 168 W. Alisal Street, 2nd Floor, Salinas CA – Monterey  
Room.  
2. You may observe the live stream of the Cannabis Committee meeting via Zoom at:  
If you do not have access to a computer, you may call into the meeting and participate by calling the  
following number: 1-669-900-6833 and entering the following meeting ID: 931 9553 7258 and  
Password: 571640  
If you choose not to attend the Cannabis Committee meeting but wish to make a public comment on a  
specific agenda item, please submit your comment via email by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November  
1, 2023. Please submit your comment to Rocio Quezada at quezadar1@co.monterey.ca.us and your  
comment will be placed into the record at the meeting.  
If you are watching the live stream of the Cannabis Committee meeting and wish to make either a  
general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item as it is being heard, please select  
the “raise hand” option on the Zoom screen, and your microphone will be unmuted so you can speak.  
To select the “raise hand” option, click on the ‘participants’ icon at the bottom of your Zoom screen,  
then click the “raise hand” icon next to your name.  
PLEASE NOTE: IF ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT IN PERSON, PUBLIC  
PARTICIPATION BY ZOOM IS FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND IS NOT REQUIRED BY  
LAW. IF THE ZOOM FEED IS LOST FOR ANY REASON, THE MEETING MAY BE PAUSED  
WHILE A FIX IS ATTEMPTED BUT THE MEETING MAY CONTINUE AT THE DISCRETION  
OF THE CHAIRPERSON.  
NOTE: All agenda titles related to numbered items are live web links. Click on the title to be  
directed to corresponding Committee Report.  
Call to Order  
Additions and Corrections  
Public Comment Period  
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons to address the Committee on any matter  
not on this agenda but under the jurisdiction of the Committee.  
Approval of Action Minutes  
Consider approval of the action minutes from the September 6, 2023, Cannabis  
Committee meeting.  
1.  
Attachments:  
Regular Agenda  
Receive an Auditor-Controller Office memoranda update on commercial cannabis  
business tax collections and payment plan tax payments.  
2.  
Attachments:  
Receive a memoranda update on Cannabis Program performance indicators, SMART  
goals and active grants.  
3.  
Presenter: Myles Echenique, Management Analyst II  
Attachments:  
a. Receive a status update on the Cannabis Program Growing Equity Together  
Program and its accompanying grant funding;  
4.  
b. Consider proposed revisions to the Growing Equity Together Administrative  
Manual as requested by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic  
Development;  
c. Consider continuing the Growing Equity Together Program to provide assistance  
and support without grant funding; and  
d. Provide further direction as appropriate.  
Presenter:  
Joann Iwamoto, Cannabis Program Manager  
Myles Echenique, Management Analyst II