Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: May 12th, 2023
Season 3 Episode 32 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Humboldt County Public Works Director Tom Mattson on the county's roads.
Coming up this week on Headline Humboldt, we interview Humboldt County Public Works Director Tom Mattson on the county’s ongoing efforts to come to terms with hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred road maintenance. Also, a Cal Poly Humboldt professor leads the way in researching and preserving the genetic legacy of Humboldt County’s most famous crop, cannabis.
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Headline Humboldt
Headline Humboldt: May 12th, 2023
Season 3 Episode 32 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Coming up this week on Headline Humboldt, we interview Humboldt County Public Works Director Tom Mattson on the county’s ongoing efforts to come to terms with hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred road maintenance. Also, a Cal Poly Humboldt professor leads the way in researching and preserving the genetic legacy of Humboldt County’s most famous crop, cannabis.
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ALSO AN INNOVATIVE EXAMINES THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY CANDIDATES.
FOR HIGH POTENCY POT.
COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.
FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL.
I'M JAMES FAULK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
SURROUNDING THE SOCIAL ISSUES AND THE CULTURAL WE OFTEN FORGET THAT THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNMENTS BIG AND SMALL AND PROPOSED FOR WHATEVER THE FUTURE BRINGS.
IT'S HARDLY A SEXY TOPIC, AND EVEN CAUSE TO TEST THEIR LUCK ON RICKETY BRINGS AND UNSAFE ROADS.
WHICH JUST OVER THE LEGISLATIVE A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
SO MANY OF THE BENEFITS HAVE YET TO MATERIALIZE.
BUT IT'S SAFE TO SAY THERE'S ABSOLUTELY CATCHING HUMBOLDT COUNTY UP ON ITS DEFERRED ROAD MAINTENANCE.
THE ROAD TO BRING UP TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF FOR DECADES.
SO FAR THERE'S VERY FEW MECHANISMS TO SEE THAT WORK DONE.
DURING OUR INTERVIEW WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOM MATTSON.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SUCH KRINGS SHOULD NEVER FALL TO THE BOP OF OUR PRIORITY LISTS.
THIS IS WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
RAISED BY THEIR MOST IDEALOGICAL THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE WORKADAY ISSUES NO BADLY NEEDED.
THAN FINALLY FIGURING HOW TO KEEP STATE AND LOCAL GIFTS.
WE'LL BE BACK AFTER A MOMENT WITH TONIGHT'S INTERVIEW.
>> JOINING ME NOW IN THE STUDIO IS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOM MATTSON.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TUESDAY'S MEETING AND GIVE US A SENSE WHERE THE SUPERVISORS STAND ON THIS.
>> ON AVERAGE EVERY CAR OWNER SPENDS $900 A YEAR RELATED TO ROAD DAMAGE TO THEIR CAR.
SO FOR INSTANCE YOU HIT THE POTHOLE THERE GOES YOUR ALLIANT.
AS YOUR ALIGNMENT GOES OUT THEN THE WEAR AND TEAR ON YOUR TIRES GOES OUT.
FLAT TIRES.
WHEN SUPERVISOR MADRONE SPEAKS OF THE COST OF HAVING A VEHICLE IT SPEAKS TO WHY WE WANT TO SEEK AND CREATE LIVING AND COMMUNITY SPACES WHERE CARS AREN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRED.
HOW WE PLAN OUR COMMUNITIES HAS IMPACT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT COLLAPSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND FRANKLY THAT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT SELF-SUSTAINING.
IF THIS IS JUST ABOUT CARS WE'RE GOING TO LOSE FROM MY CONSTITUENCY WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION.
>> THEY'RE GETTING SO MUCH MONEY FROM THE STATE.
LET'S KEEP GETTING THE MONEY.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN A CLUMP.
I'M NOT ABOUT HAVING MUCH WHERE AND HOW MAINTAINING AND DON'T FORGET HOW WE GOT HERE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO KEEP US HERE.
>> WE HAVE MANY MORE MILES PER CAPITA PER PERSON PER PARCEL THAN WITHIN THE CITY JURISDICTIONS.
IT COSTS MORE PER DRIVER PER PERSON.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TAXING PEOPLE IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN PLACES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT LESS EFFICIENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT MOVES FARTHER OUT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAXED IF IT'S A FAIR.
IF YOU'RE A RENTER AND YOU DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE.
>> I REMEMBER IN THE '90s WHERE WE WERE GOING TO ABANDON A LOT OF THE ROADS AND THE PROVERBIAL MANURE SPREADER HIT THE FAN.
>> BECAUSE WE HAD A POLITICAL FERVOR IT SHOULD BE OFF THE TABLE NOW.
MAYBE THERE WASN'T THE POLITICAL WILL AS IT WILL.
IF WE'RE ASKING ALL OF THE COUNTY TO BE TAXED AND CHARGE THEM FOR THIS, THEN I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACCOUNTING WRIP TO ALLOF THE ALL OF THE MILES EFFECTIVE AND EFFECTUAL.
WE SHOULD BE IF THAT ROAD WASN'T THERE WOULD WE BUILD IT.
THERE ARE MECHANISMS ESPECIALLY IN ROADS THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC WHERE YOU'RE REDUCING THE WIDTH OF A ROAD.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE WAYS THAT A LOT OF PLACES DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION.
WE'RE AT A CRISIS POINT.
HAVING CERTAIN LEVELS OF SERVICE MAY BECOME A LUXURY AS OPPOSED TO A NECESSITY.
>> SO AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW I'VE BEEN COVERING EUREKA HUMBOLDT COUNTY FOR 23 YEARS THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE STORY.
>> YEAH.
>> HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
>> IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU WANT TO GET.
TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE HALF A BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
>> HALF OF BILLION.
DEFERRED ROAD MAINTENANCE.
IS THAT FIXING THE MOST EGREGIOUS PROBLEMS.
>> THAT'S MAINTAINING YOUR GOOD ROADS IN GOOD CONDITION.
THAT'S YOUR SLURRY SEALS ON THE ROAD.
NOT HAVING TO REPAVE IT.
TO THE WORST CONDITIONS WHERE YOU HAVE TO DIG EVERYTHING OUT AND BUILD BACK UP.
THAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE.
AND MANY OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY ROADS NEED THAT.
IF WE CAN GET WHERE WE CAN OIL THE SURFACES AND OUR COST TO MAINTAIN.
IT'S HAVING TO REBUILD ROADS THAT COSTS SO MUCH MONEY.
>> WOULD YOUR DEPARTMENT BE OVERSTAFFED YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AS MANY MAINTENANCE ISSUES AS.
WE'RE SO FAR UNDER WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS NOT THE PAVEMENT.
THE A LOT IS DIGGING THE DITCHES.
IT'S CUTTING THE VEGETATION.
NONE OF THAT GOES AWAY EVEN WITH A GOOD ROAD SURFACE.
IT'S THE EXTENSIVE COSTS OF BUILDING A GOOD ROAD GOES AWAY.
>> IS THERE ANY ONE DISTRICT THAT'S SUFFERING.
>> IT IS PRETTY MUCH EQUALLY SPREAD WITH A WHERE YOU HAVE THE HIGHER TRAFFIC ROADS THEY'RE IN THE BEST SHAPE.
THE MYRTLE AVENUES BEFORE YOU HIT THOSE HILL.
THOSE ROADS WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT TO KEEP THEM IN GOOD SHAPE.
I'M KEEPING THAT GOOD HIGH PRIORITY ROAD IN GOOD SHAPE.
AND WE HAVE TO GET TO THE OTHER ONES AS WE GET TO WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE.
>> DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE YELL AT YOU ABOUT THE ROADS.
>> EVERYBODY YELLS AT ME ABOUT THE ROADS.
>> ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS WE GET A LOT OF THE SELF-HELP WITH PEOPLE CUTTING THEIR OWN ROAD FRONTAGES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN THE MOWER.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY PULLS ITS OWN PANTS WITH ITS OWN CITIZENRY MOST OF THE TIME.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND POLLING THE PUBLIC IF THEY WILL SUPPORT US IN MOVING FORWARD.
WE DID THIS ONCE BEFORE IN 2016 AND IT DID NOT GO THROUGH VERY WELL.
WE'RE HOPING WITH A MORE REFINED BALLOT MEASURE SO WE CAN IMPROVE OUR ROAD SYSTEM.
>> THE SALES TAX IS THE COMMON OPTION.
PARCEL TAXES ARE DONE IN SOME AREAS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY OPTIONS.
MOST OF THE OTHER OPTIONS DON'T PROVIDE FOR THE PROJECTS.
I NEED TO MAINTAIN THE BASIC ROADS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND MOST FUNDING SOURCES THAT YOU SEE FROM THE STATE AND FEDS THEY'RE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO ASK.
THEY SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE THE MOST MONEY.
>> THEY MAKE SOME AVAILABLE.
WE DO GET A PORTION OF THE GAS TAX AND SB1.
BUT THOSE TAXES ARE ALLOCATED REALLY BASED ON POPULATION MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
WITH A LOW POPULATION AND LARGE NUMBER OF COUNTY ROADS WE DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP OUR ROADS IN GOOD SHAPE.
>> NOW IN 2016 THE COUNTY TRIED THIS.
WHAT WAS THE PROPOSAL THEN.
IS THAT THE SAME SIZE YOU'RE THINKING NOW.
>> NO MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GO SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT THE VOTERS SAY THEY WILL PAY FOR.
WE DID A WIDE RANGE SALES TAX APPROACH LAST TIME INCLUDING A LOT OF THE CRITICAL FACILITIES LIKE PARKS, OPEN AIRPORTS, TRANSIT.
WE PUT EVERYTHING IN THERE.
AND PUBLIC DID NOT WANT TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
SO THIS TIME MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO PAY FOR.
TO WHAT EXPLAIN WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHY IT'S NEEDED.
IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T TELL THEY'RE GOING THEY WANT IT.
>> QUARTER CENT OR HALF A CENT.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT HALF-CENT WHICH GIVERS US 12 TO $15 MILLION A YEAR.
IF WE HAVE OUR OWN TAX AND IT'S DEDICATED TO ROAD THERE'S A $200 MILLION THAT IS ONLY FOR SELF-HELP COUNTIES.
WE CAN COMPETE FOR THE PROJECT.
>> YOU'RE SUDDENLY AVAILABLE FOR A WHOLE CASH FLOW WE'VE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE TO BEFORE.
>> IT'S NOT JUST YOU'RE PAYING FOR THIS BUT YOU'RE ENSURING THAT SOME OF THE >> LEVERAGING ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE FUNDS.
>> NOW WE DESERVE A BIGGER PIECE OF THE PIE.
THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YEARS.
BUT PEOPLE CAN STILL GET WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
I THINK THAT THE WILDCAT ROAD HAS BEEN FAMOUSLY BAD AT TIMES.
WHAT IF WE DON'T GET THE MONEY.
>> EVENTUALLY ROADS GO BACK TO GRAVEL IF YOU DON'T PAVE THE SURFACE.
WHERE YOU'LL BE DRIVING A PAVED ROAD AND YOU HAVE TO GET TO THAT SPOT AND SO WE TRY TO TRY TO KEEP THE PAVING WHERE WE'VE GOT PAVING.
WHICH IS CHEAPER TO MAINTAIN.
>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY THIS IMPACTS THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN TERMS OF THEIR CAR.
>> DAMAGES DONE TO THEIR CAR.
WE DON'T DO THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
NATIONWIDE IT'S $900 PEOPLE PAY DUE TO BAD ROADS.
>> HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER COUNTIES.
>> WE'RE GETTING TO BE UNFORTUNATELY IN THE LOWER WHERE THERE'S EIGHT COUNTIES IN OUR BOAT.
MOST OF JUST ABOVE US.
OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION IS RATED ON 0 TO 1.
WE WERE AT 554 YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE'RE AT 49.
SO THE OVERALL AVERAGE IS 66.
WE'RE QUITE A BIT BELOW THAT AND DROPPING FAST.
>> THERE'S NO WAY REVERSING ITSELF.
>> THE FUNDING NEEDS TO BE INVESTED.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS IN TRYING TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE FEELING OPTIMISTIC.
I MENTIONED IN THE ENTRY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
A LOT OF THE MONEY.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ANY MONEY FOR THE COUNTY OR IS THAT MORE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
>> THAT'S MORE CAPITAL FUNDING.
THERE'S MOST OF IT THEY TALKED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT FIX IT FIRST.
THERE'S NO PROBLEM THAT THEY PASSED THAT GOES TOWARDS FIXING IT FIRST.
BUT IT'S NEW PROJECTS THAT DOESN'T GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO SPEND THE MONEY TO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
>> THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ABANDONING ROADS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FOLKS?
>> I BET BASICALLY TO COME UP WITH CRITERIA TO SEE IF WE GO AHEAD WITH THAT.
THAT THE COUNTY NO LANE GERMAIN TAIN THEM FOR PRIVACY.
BUT IT MEANS LOOKING THROUGH THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND LOOKING AT USES AND TRYING NOT TO ELIMINATE ACCESS TO ANYBODY.
BUT THERE ARE ROADS THAT GO WITHIN PROPERTIES WE COULD LOOK AT BRINGING THE COUNTY BACK TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY DIRECTED BY THE BOARD TO LOOK AT AS AN OPTION.
>> YEAH AND THERE WAS SOME MENTION ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
I DON'T SEE THERE'S A NEXUS THERE WITH THIS.
TRANSPORTATION TAXES THAT'S WHY IT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR LAST ATTEMPT.
GENERALLY A LOT OF THE TRANSPORTATION THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE TRANSIT THE BIKES.
NONMOTORIZED.
BUT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT.
AND THEY SAY WE'RE WILLING TO DO THIS OR NOT.
LAST TIME ROADS WAS WELL OVER 70% WILLING TO FUND.
TRANSIT WAS IN THE 20% TO 30%.
THAT WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF THE EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE TRANSIT PEOPLE FOR TRANSIT.
>> WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE.
>> OUR NORMAL BUDGET IS $12 MILLION TO $15 MILLION RANGE.
THAT'S THROUGH THE GAS TAX.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE ROUGHLY $5 MILLION FROM SB1.
BUT THE BIGGER PROJECTS, 2017 WE HAD $40 MILLION IN STORM DAMAGE.
THOSE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS BEING DELIVERED.
WE'VE GOT $11 AND A HALF MILLION AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $67 AND A HALF MILLION IN DAMAGE SINCE 2017 THROUGH THE VARIOUS STORMS AND THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE STORMS THAT FOLLOWED UP.
THAT'S MONEY ON TOP.
THAT ALL REQUIRES A MATCH.
IF I HAVE $67 MILLION IN PROJECT THAT MEANS I HAVE TO HAVE $7.7 MILLION IN MATCH DOLLARS.
THAT COMES OUTOF THE MAINTENANCE.
>> HOW MUCH IS DISCRETIONARY.
>> STORM DAMAGE MONEY IS TO BE SPENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE SPOT THAT WAS DAMAGED.
WE HAVE STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORS THAT MET WITH US.
AND WE DO DEVELOP THE COST AND IT'S ONLY LIMITED TO THAT SINGLE SITE.
SO I CAN'T SAY -- I CAN'T PAY PAST THE LIMITS OF THAT SITE.
AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY PAY YOU BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS AND IT FAILED THE WAY IT WAS.
>> WHEN SOMEONE COMES AT AT THE GROCERY AND THEY'RE ANGRY AT ROAD MAINTENANCE.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND.
WHATS YOUR ONE MINUTE SPIEL.
>> MY PEOPLE DO WONDERS.
MY OPERATOR OUT THIS MY FLAGGER THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT.
GO AHEAD AND YELL AT ME.
HAVE SOME RESPECT DOING THE ACTUAL WORK.
>> THE FACT THAT WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO BLAME ANYBODY FOR WHATEVER.
WAS THIS -- BECAUSE OF BAD MANAGEMENT 20 YEARS AGO THAT WE ENDED UP HERE.
>> THIS IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE.
IT'S NOT A HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
THE WEALTHIER AREAS HAVE MORE RESOURCES.
BUT THE BASELINE THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTIES THAT HAVE VERY FEW PAVED ROADS.
THIS IS REALLY A NATIONAL ISSUE.
IT'S NOT A CALIFORNIA ISSUE.
IT'S NOT A HUMBOLDT COUNTY ISSUE.
IT'S A NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS.
>> NOW IN TERMS OF -- WHAT IS A COUNTY ROAD FOR PEOPLE?
YOU HAVE ROADS THAT ARE IN EUREKA BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON IN THE CITY LIMITS.
YOU HAVE OLD ARCATA CITY.
>> THEN IT'S A COUNTY ROAD.
NOT A STATE HIGHWAYS.
STATE HIGHWAYS ARE RUN BAIKAL TRANS.
BUT THE MINUTE 101 IS A STATE HIGHWAY.
96.
THOSE ARE MAINTAINED BY THE STATE LUCKILY 211 AND 254 AND THE HIGHWAY OUT TO THE FERNDALE.
LUCKILY THEY'RE NOT COUNTY ROADS AS WELL.
BUT ALL OF THE BACK ROADS.
BLUE SLIDE BETWEEN FERNDALE AND RIO DELL.
MAPLE CREEK ROLLED.
>> SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DRIVES.
>> THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO GO WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH YOUR FAMILY.
>> WE HAVE GORGEOUS COUNTRY OUT THERE.
LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE ROADS ISSUE.
HOW DOES THIS IMPACT SAFETY.
IS IT IMPACT TO HAVE UNMAINTAINED ROADS AND POORLY MAINTAINED ROADS.
THE BETTER THE ROAD THE SAFER THE ROAD.
WE'VE BEEN LUCKILY WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF SAFETY FUNDS AND DOING GUARDRAIL.
ADDING STRIPING ON OUR RURAL ROADS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE EDGE OF THE EDGE.
WE'VE BEEN ADDING STRIPING ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.
BUT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE LOW COST ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
SOMETIMES THE CHEAPER THINGS HAVE A MUCH HIGHER EFFECT.
SIGNING AND STRIPING HAVE A HUGE EFFECT.
>> LAST QUESTION I HAVE.
THIS WEEK ANOTHER STORY BROKE ABOUT THE SUIT AGAINST THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT FORMER KATHY CHILDS ALLEGED WRONGFUL TERMINATION.
SHE'S SEEKING $1.4 MILLION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY REACTION OR ANYTHING YOU WANTED IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S BEEN ALLEGED.
>> IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE ROADS.
FINALLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THE DEFERRED ROAD MAINTENANCE ON THE BILL.
WHEN MIGHT IT GO TO THE VOTERS.
THAT WILL DEPEND ON THE POLLING AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET PROBABLY NOVEMBER 2024 THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.
>> THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE INCAN BUS STUDIES WITH TWO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
IT'S THE FIRST LIBERAL ARTS CAMPUS STUDIES PROGRAM OF ITS OF KIND.
THERE'S A ORIENTED TOWARDS INDUSTRY TRAINING OR THE SPECIFIC OF LAW.
A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THE MEDICINAL PLANT PROGRAMS.
BUT THIS ONE IS A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S -- IT GROUNDS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE PLANTS AND THEN ALSO HOW WE'VE RELATED TO IT OVER TIME, AND THE GOAL IS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE STUDENTS BE ABLE TO GRADUATE WITH APPLIED TOOLS TO WORK IN THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR AROUND CANNABIS OR OTHER ISSUE.
BROADLY IN THE INTEREST OF STEWARDSHIP.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP.
SO IT'S AN AN APPLIED.
>> THAT WAS DOMINIC CORVA.
AND DOCUMENT CALIFORNIA'S CANNABIS GNTS GENETICS FROM THE CENTRAL COAST EVEN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
STREAMS LIKE DOMINANT STRAINS IN THE CANNABIS MARKET.
TO KURKT THE WORK WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST TWO YEARS.
TOWN HALL WILL BE IN TO DEVELOP FIRSTHAND TESTIMONY AND A GRASSROOTS.
TAE NORWOOD FROM THE CAL PAL'S AND THEY WILL BEGIN A SEARCH FOR HIS REPLACEMENT.
AFTER THE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD BE A SERIES OF ABUSE MADE AGAINST THE COACH BY PLAYERS.
THE LAW FIRM HAS BEEN CONTRACTED TO CONDUCT THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION WHICH IS STILL ONGOING.
AND THAT'S ALL OUR TIME FOR EVENING.
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
STAY TUNED, STAY INFORMED.
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