Headline Humboldt: March 31st, 2023

COMING UP NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT, CANNABIS FARMERS DYLAN MATTOLE AND JOHN CASALI JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THEIR INDUSTRY AND FRAME THE DEBATE WHICH IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE TIMES.

ALSO THE CITY OF EUREKA AS A WAY OF ADDRESSING THE CITY'S DROUINGS CRUNCH.

COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

I'M JAMES FAULK THANKS FOR WATCHING.

IN PREPARATION FOR I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF OUR DILL MATTOLE AND HOW TO LEGAL GROWS IS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM.

WHEN FARMERS COULD BE WITNESSED IN THE CO-OP HUGE WADS OF CASH ARE PARTLY TO BLAME.

WHEN THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY'S SUCH DEMONSTRATION AND UPT ISSUES LED TO TRAUMA ON PART OF THE COMMUNITY THIS LINGERING HOW PEOPLE VIEW THE INDUSTRY NOW.

TALKING ABOUT THE FACING CANNABIS FARMERS.

ACCENTUATING IS NOT REALLY THE POINT.

FARMERS WILL BE FINE.

BUT IN TAKING UP ANY INITIATIVE IT'S AN OUT RIGHT UN INTENT CONSEQUENCES FROM SUCH PROPOSES ULS THAT COULD MAKE THINGS MUCH WORSE FOR THE COUNTY.

CANNABIS BECOMES A MASSIVELY SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BOOM TO THE COUNTY.

OF HEADLINE HUMBOLDT ON YouTube OR OUR INTERVIEW BETSY WATSON AND MARK THURMAN.

I'VE EXTENDED ASKING PROCEED POE PUNTS AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS TALKED ABOUT BY FARMERS.

JOHNNY CASALI AND DYLAN MATTOLE.

>> SO IF YOU FIRST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL NOT HOW YOU GOT WHAT YOU DO IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.

AND WHY YOU'RE A I'M DYLAN MATTOLE AND I LIVE IN THE HONEYDEW VALLEY.

BORN AND RAISED IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

I HAVE THREE KIDS.

THEY'VE BEEN HERE THEIR WHOLE LIVES AND WE ARE A SMALL FAMILY FARM.

WE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE AS FAR AS FARM GOES WE HAVE A ONE ACRE LICENSED OUTDOOR CULTIVATION.

WE IMPLEMENT RAW JENTIVE PRACTICES WE HAVE CERTIFICATIONS FOR WILDLIFE CONTINGENCY CONSERVATION AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHO WE ARE.

I ALSO CHAIR THE BOARD OF THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY GROWERS ALLIANCE.

>> MY NAME IS JOHNNY CASALI.

I'M ALSO A SECOND GENERATION CANNABIS FARMER.

STILL LIVING ON THE PIECE OF PROPERTY I GREW UP ON 50 YEARS AGO.

SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LICENSE TYPES.

WE HAVE A NURSERY LICENSE.

WE HAVE ONE OF THREE TOURISM LICENSE THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE COUNTY AND WE ALSO HAVE A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR CULTIVATION LICENSE.

>> TO TRY TO BUILD BRIDGES WITH DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE THE WATER BOARD, THE COUNTY ITSELF AND REALLY EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WHOLE THING WORK.

AS WE BUILD THIS SHIP WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME UPS AND DOWNSTAIRS AND FIGURING OUT WAYS TO COMPETE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.

>> I MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT MANY OF THE THE WHAT DO YOU ABOUT THE PRE-EXISTING TRAUMA THAT EXISTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

JOHN YOUR STORY WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ON AIR IS REALLY IMPACTFUL WHAT THE EXPERIENCED IS TO BE ON THE OFFENDERS SIDE AND IN A MAJOR LIKE A CAMP HELICOPTER RAID.

THERE'S TRAUMA ALL AROUND.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

>> IT'S LIKE WITH ANY WAR YOU HAVE TRAUMA WITH THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE WAR AS FAR AS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WAR WITH SOLDIERS.

THIS WAS THE WAR ON DRUGS.

SO IT CAME IN TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THERE WAS AN EFFECT ON THE GROWERS AND THERE WAS AN EFFECT ON THOSE NOT GROWING.

AND AS THE WAR ON DRUGS KIND OF RA PROGRESSED AND WE CAME INTO THE ERA OF 2015 THAT KIND OF BIRTHDAY WHAT WE CALL THE GREEN RUSH DAYS.

IT WAS AN IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITIES.

IT WASN'T ALL POSITIVE ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A LOT OF POSITIVE CAME OUT OF IT.

THERE WAS MASSIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGH THE GREEN RUSH.

>> IF SOMEONE SPENDS THEIR CASH IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE BUSINESS.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THERE WERE A LOT OF NEGATIVE EFFECTS.

THERE WAS NO REGULATIONS SO THERE WERE IMPACTS TO THE WATERSHEDS.

THERE WERE OUT OF STATE OPERATORS AND FRANKLY IN STATE OPERATORS.

SO WE SAW A LOT OF DESTRUCTION AND BILL HILLTOP GROWS AND NOT THE BEST OPERATIONS.

AS A RESULT OF LEGALIZATION WHAT HAS HAPPENED REGULATION HAS STEPPED IN AND AND ADRST THESE ISSUES.

IT'S FAIR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WERE CONCERNS AND THAT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES OF THESE BAD TIME I WHAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE IS TO TAKE THAT AND TRANSFER IT TO THOSE THAT CHOSE TO COME INTO THIS REGULATED INDUSTRY AND HAVE FOR YEARS NOW WORKED THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS AND WITH ALL OF THE JOHNNY MENTIONED TO BECOME COMPLIANT AND TO BE GOOD OPERATORS AND NOW BE FACED WITH KIND OF HAVING THE THINGS OF THE PAST THROWN IN OUR FACE TO SHUT US DOWN IS FRANKLY A BIT OFFENSIVE.

>> IT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROPOSALS IN IT AND WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THOSE.

OVERALL WHAT'S YOUR GUYS' REACTION TO THE RULES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ENACT.

I MEAN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE EVERY THEY ARE TRYING TO PUNISH GROWERS NOW FOR THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST.

YOU SEE IT THAT WAY OBVIOUSLY.

>> I WOULD SUGGEST EVERYBODY READ IT.

>> YOU CAN FIND IT AT THE CANNABISINITIATIVE.org.

>> PLEASE READ IT.

>> YOU READ THE 27 PAGE ANALYSIS THAT HUMBOLDT COUNTY PLANNING DID.

WHICH IS KIND OF THE CRUX OF IT.

WITH AN INITIATIVE IF IT WERE PASSED BY VOTERS IT IS WHAT IT IS.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BURDENS MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE.

SO HUMBOLDT PLANNING AND BUILDING THERE'S NO ROOM FOR -- IT'S NOT HEALTHY TO LEAVE THESE THINGS UP TO INTERPRETATION.

AS CONFUSED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AND SO SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS IS REQUIREMENT FOR ANY FARM THAT'S OVER 3,000 SQUARE FEET TO BE CONSIDERED CONFORMING IF IT'S NOT A CATEGORY 4 ROAD IS.

>> A CATEGORY 4 ROAD BUT IT'S A MORE DEVELOPED ROAD WITH PASSING LANES AND A MAJORITY IN THAT ITSELF WOULD ULTIMATELY PROBABLY PUT 75, 80, 90% OF THE FARMS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BRING UP THE MILES AND MILES TO THE ROAD.

THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS WELL WITH THAT.

THAT WE ALL HAVE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE.

YOU KNOW AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WITH WATER BOARD.

SO WE ARE -- THESE ROADS HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT AND DEEMED OKAY FOR THE OPERATION SIZED ON THEM.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE.

ONE PERMIT PER FARM ONLY IS WHAT IT SAYS.

>> WHICH AFFECTS JOHNNY.

>> AM I GOING TO TALK OR ARE YOU JUST GOING -- >> HE MAKES A GOOD POINT.

I'M A SMALL FAMILY FAMILIAR FARM WITH THREE DIFFERENT PERMITS.

I WASN'T ABLE TO SURVIVE IN 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF FARM CANNABIS.

IN THE OVERSATURATION IS AFFECTING US ALL.

I'VE ADDED A NURSERY LICENSE WHICH I GROW FIVE JUST FIVE PLANTS THAT I PRODUCE SEEDS AND I'M ABLE TO SELL THOSE ON THE OPEN MARKET.

I ALSO HAVE THREE TOURISM PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

I'M ABLE TO TAKE PEOPLE AND SHARE STORIES FROM THE BACK TO THE LAND MOVEMENT, ABOUT GROWING UP WITH MY MOM AND TAKING CARE OF THE PLANTS AND REALLY PUTTING THE ENVIRONMENT FIRST AND HOW A LOT OF US ARE AMAZING STEWARDS OF THE LAND.

WE ALL HAVE MANY CERTIFICATIONS.

MY FARM HAS FOUR DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS.

I'M FISH CERTIFIED.

CANNABIS CONSERVANCY CERTIFIED.

AS DYLAN IS A FARM THAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS.

WE WERE TRYING TO DISTINGUISH OUR FARMS FROM CORPORATE FARMS.

AND REALLY LET PEOPLE'S VALUES ALIGN WITH OURS AND HAVE THEM SUPPORT US BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS.

AND IN DEFENSE OF BETSY AND MARK IN THEIR REALLY THEIR MISUNDERSTANDING OF THIS INITIATIVE, IT'S CONFUSING.

IT WAS CONFUSING TO ALL OF US.

IT WAS SCARY AT THE BEGINNING.

WE WERE BUILDING NONE OF US REALLY UNDERSTOOD.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A GLASS HOUSE AND REALLY TO THE COUNTY'S THE WAY THEY'VE WORKED, THE WAY THEY FIGURED IT OUT THEY'VE DOING A GOOD JOB IN WEEDING THE BAD ACTORS.

REALLY UPLIFTING THE GOOD ACTORS AND LIKE IT TOOK ME A YEAR AND A HALF TO GET A TOURISM LICENSE.

IT WASN'T EASY TO DO IT.

I THINK THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING.

THIS INITIATIVE WILL GET RID OF MY FARM.

I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT THEY UNDERWENT TO GET TO THIS POINT IN TERMS OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT AND THEN THERE WAS A ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS AND THAT 2.0 VERSION THAT IS LOT MORE VERSION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS MADE IN THE INITIATIVE.

I ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAY THAT THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THREATENS THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S ACCURATE?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT ACCURATE.

THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL CULTIVATION IN THE COUNTY IS AROUND 400 ACRES.

I THINK I'VE HEARD ROUGHLY IT'S LESS THAN 1% OF THE AVAILABLE AG LAND IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

IT'S REALLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

WHILE PEOPLE MAY LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY SEE IT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACCUMULATE TIVE.

IT IS NOT ONLY VERY SMALL.

IT IS INCREDIBLY DECREASED FROM WHERE WE STARTED THE ESTIMATES OF PREEPER ADMITTING WERE 13, 14 SOME SAY AS 15,000 INDEPENDENT GROW SITES AND WE'RE NOW DOWN TO LESS THAN 2,500.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IMPACT.

THIS ASSERTION THAT'S MADE IT'S EXPANDING IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE.

I JUST SPOKE WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ZERO TRUST OH NEW APPLICATIONS ON THE TABLE.

WE HAVE FARMS BOTH WALKING AWAY FROM THEIR LICENSES AND FALLOWING THEM.

WE'VE SEEN AN INCREDIBLE REDUCTION OF GROWS.

AND WITH THE INPUT OF PUBLIC PROCESS MOVED OUT OF THE ILLS AND IN THE PRIME AG.

>> THAT ALLOWS FOR INCREASED INSPECTION.

AND ALSO LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CLAIMED THERE'S AN EXPLOSION OF LARGE CORPORATE UN ACCOUNT ABILITIABLE GROWS.

HOW DHEMAN TRAUABLY NOT TRUE.

IF WE'RE SPEAKING OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHICH WE'RE DIRECTLY COMPETE WITH I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE ENSLEYNESS OR LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

WE HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE'RE ABOUT SUN GROWN CRAFT CANNABIS.

WE'RE THE NAPA VALLEY OF WINE.

WE ALREADY HAVE THIS AMAZING NAME AND WE NEED TO MARKET AND SELL WHAT WE'VE MADE.

I THINK WE'RE HONING IN WHAT WE HAVE AND DEMONSTRATE TO THE PEOPLE AROUND US WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL.

EF LOOKINGS YOU'VE UNDERGONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO ASTUTE AND BRAND MIND BUSINESS PEOPLE AND NOW YOU'RE ENTERING THE POLITICAL REALM.

YOU HAVE TO TALK TO PUBLIC MEDIA.

I WONDER IS THIS WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING WHEN YOU DECIDED TO GROW MARIJUANA.

IS IT WORTH IT.

>> I THINK WE'VE BECOME IS OUR OWN ADVOCATES.

IT DOES PUSH US INTO THE POLITICAL REALM AT TIMES.

WHEN WE FACE INITIATIVES OR ATTACKS LIKE THIS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.

THERE'S NOBODY ELSE GOING TO COME TO OUR DEFENSE.

IT'S BEEN A LEARNING CURVE.

I THINK THAT THE IDEA OR MAYBE YOU KNOW THE PAST THOUGHT THAT US GROWERS IF GENERAL BECAUSE MOST OF US HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME WERE JUST A BUNCH OF FOOLS.

I THINK THAT WAS NEVER ACCURATE.

AND MOST CANNABIS FARMERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY INTELLIGENT SOPHISTICATED BUSINESS FOLKS.

NOW WE'RE OUT IN THE DAYLIGHT AND THAT'S COMING TO LIGHT.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE SHOCKING ALL OF US RUNNING THESE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN THE BUSINESSES ARE SUCCESSFUL.

134U89LY DO ADVOCACY COUNTY LEVEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE TO DO.

>> YOU GUYS PLUGGED IN AS AN INDUSTRY NOW.

LIKE EACH UCGA.

CAN YOU DO BETTER AT THAT CONSOLIDATION.

>> REAL CLIS KLEE FOR MY FARM IT'S MY GIRLFRIEND AND I RUN THE FARM.

WE HCG A&M CA AND WITHOUT THEM TO DEAL WITH ISSUES WITH THE STATE, IT WOULD BE LIKE A RUN AWAY TRAIN.

I MEAN THIS INITIATIVE FOR ME KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT THINKING AFTER WE'VE OVERCOME TO AT THE 9th HOUR TO DEAL WITH THIS IT MAKES ME SICK BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO DO COME OUT OF DARKNESS AND COME INTO IT LIGHT AND JUST SHARE MY FAMILY'S LEGACY AND A WHAT WE'RE ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY.

HELP BUILD THE ROADS AND SCHOOLS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR TECHNICAL RESCUE.

UNFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS THERE'S A BIG DIVIDE BETWEEN THE NORTH PARTY OF THE COUNTY AND THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY.

THE SUPERVISORS NEED TO WORK HARDER TO HELP US FEEL LIKE ONE AND HIGHLIGHT THE SPECIAL THINGS WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE.

>> CAN I ASK WHAT THE DIVIDE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.

>> IT ALWAYS FEELS TO ME THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF RESENTMENT OF THE DAYS WE OPERATED ILLEGALLY, AND WE SUPPOSEDLY DIDN'T PAY TAXES.

AND I TOTALLY AGREE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF BAD ACTORS THEN, AND I PERSONALLY DID SOME THINGS I WASN'T EVER PROUD OF.

PEOPLE MAKE AMENDS FOR SOME OF THE MISTAKES THEY HAVE MADE IN THE PAST.

THE ONES THAT ARE HERE TODAY THAT ARE OPERATING IN THE LEGAL MARKET REALLY WANT TO PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

WE'RE SAYING WE'RE SORRY FOR WHAT WE DID.

AND WE WANT TO REALLY NOW WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.

A LOT OF IT WAS OUR FAULT.

WE HAVE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND REALLY CONTRIBUTE.

>> IN THE INTEREST OF HONESTY AND FRANK APPRAISAL OF THE SITUATION WHILE THAT IS DONE WHAT CANNABIS OR MARIJUANA HAS DONE FOR OUR ECONOMY ARE NOT CALCULATED AS A WHOLE.

$100 MILLION THAT WAS FLOWING THROUGH THEIR COUNTY JUST FROM THE ILLICIT CANNABIS INDUSTRY.

BUT IT'S AN ABSOLUTE STAPLE AND ANCHOR OF OUR ECONOMY AND TO PRETEND OTHERWISE IS A FOOL'S ERRAND AT THIS POINT.

>> I'M ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THINGS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

AS WE'RE SEEING HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUFFER RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.

IF THIS INITIATIVE PASSES BECAUSE OF A MISUNDERSTANDING IT WILL DEVASTATE THIS COUNTY.

IT WON'T JUST AFFECT FARMERS.

THE PROCESSESERS THE MANUFACTURERS THE DISTRIBUTORS ALL OF THE GROCERY STORES.

IT WILL BE DEVASTATING.

I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT IS HAPPENING NOW.

WE'RE HERE TO MEET THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY HALFWAY.

>> SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE DIP IN THE ECONOMY.

ANY FURTHER LOSSES OF CASH FLOW WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC.

>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS CALLING YOU AND SUFFERING, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTIES AT THIS POINT.

IT'S NO BLAME TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO DEAL WITH.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOMETHING NAPA BUT WITH THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.

THERE'S THE REDWOODS THERE'S THE FISHING THERE'S THE LOGGING.

THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER THINGS WE CAN INCORPORATE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU GUYS TO MAKE THAT DREAM REAL.

>> ABOUT $50 MILLION.

>> THAT'S AN EASY NUMBER.

LIKE I MEAN -- >> PART OF IT WHAT WE NEED IF WE COULD JUST REACH OUT THROUGH THE AIRWAVES AND CONVINCE OUR COUNTY THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS.

ITTET STARTS SOMEWHERE.

>> THAT'S WHY JOHNNY AND I ARE HERE.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IS NOTHING REALLY THAT UNUSUAL.

WE JUST WANT TO BE PART OF THE ECONOMY.

WHAT WE ASK FOR IS FOR THE REST OF THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE RURAL LAND OWNERS WHO BELIEVES IN WORKING LANDS.

WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A BALANCE WITH PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HILLS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN TOWN.

PART OF WHAT HUMBOLDT COUNTY HAS ALWAYS PEOPLE OUT IN THE HILLS DOING THINGS.

THIS IS AN AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE COUNTY AND WE'RE -- WE STILL HAVE A TIMBER INDUSTRY.

WE STILL HAVE FISHING AND WE STILL HAVE RANCHING.

THESE ARE ACTIVE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT COMPLETELY DIED OUT.

WHAT WE WANT IS TO BE NORMALIZED AND ACCEPTED.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR COUNTY STEP UP AND MARKET WHAT TREAT US LIKE THEY TREAT NAPA AND ACTUALLY INVEST IN US AND ACTUALLY SEE US AS PARTNERS IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THESE OUTLAWS TRYING TO BREAK THE RULES.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH THE FOLKS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS INITIATIVE.

IT CLEARLY STATES AND EVEN WEBSITE THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ILLICIT MARKET.

THIS IS STRICTLY TO DEAL WITH US OPERATING IN THE LEGAL MARKET.

>> I THINK THIS INITIATIVE WAS WRITTEN NOT TRULY UNDERSTANDING THE REPERCUSSIONS WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO EFFECT US.

NOW IT'S IN PLACE AND NOW IT'S BEEN VOTED WE'RE IN A WEIRD -- WE'RE IN A REALLY AWKWARD SITUATION AND WE'RE TRYING TO LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES ARE JUST ON THE EDGE OF BEING BLIGHT.

BLIGHT.

THEY DETRACT FROM OUR BOARDWALK.

TURNING THEM INTO HOUSING SEEMS ON TO ME SEEMS TO BE AN INCREDIBLY SENSIBLE.

>> SELLING THREE PROPERTIES BETWEEN C AND F STREET.

BUHNE A FISH PACKING SALOON AND BUHNE A FISH PACKING SALOON AND STORES AND APARTMENTS.

NOW THE STATE IS 95 LOW-INCOME WATERFRONT APARTMENTS.

>> IT'S ABOUT I DON'T KNOW SOMEWHERE 30 AND 40 UNITS PER ACRE.

WHICH IS A PRETTY HIGH DEVELOPMENT.

THERE IS GOING TO BE MIXED USE STRUCTURES.

PROBABLY NOT COVERING ALL THREE OF THE LOTS ENTIRELY BUT WITH GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE, AND HOUSING ABOVE VARIOUS KINDS OF MIXED USE NOT JUST RETAIL.

>> ANYTHING BUILT TOO TALL TO THE BOARDWALK WILL SHADE IT FOR SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE YEAR AND IT WILL BE REALLY COLD.

ANY DESIGNS WE HAD CONSIDERED WAS VERY LOW NEXT TO THE BOARDWALK TO MAKE THERE'S AN UN ABSENCE INSTRUCTED VIEW.

>> AT THIS TUESDAY'S MORNING TURNED THE INTO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO DEVELOPERS WHO RESPOND TO THE RFP WITH PITCHED PROJECTS WHICH CONFORM THE PUBLIC AND CITY COUNCIL'S VISION.

>> ABLINGGATION SURFACED AGAINST TAE NORWOOD.

SEVERAL TEAM MEMBERS THEY WERE MISLED BY MADE TO PRACTICE LONG HOURS AND ABUSED VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY BY THE HEAD COACH.

THE EARTH HAS BROADENED INTO REPORTS OF MISTREATMENT OF PLAYERS AS WELL AS OTHER MISCONDUCT WITHIN ITS INTERCOLLEGIATE.

NORWOOD HAS HAD A ROCKY TENURE OF AS A COACH.

AT A TIME NORWOOD HE LEARNED FROM HIS MISTAKES.

I WOULD GENUINELY TO LEARN FROM MY ACTIONS NORWOOD.

THIS EXPERIENCED WILL HELP ME BECOME A BETTER MAN, ROLE MODEL AND COACH.

HAPPY KIESER CHAVIS DAY.

STAY TUNED.

STAY INFORMED.