To: Board of Supervisors
From: Agricultural Commissioner
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approval of Cooperative Agreement No. 18-0684-000-SA, Industrial Hemp Cultivation Program Agreement in the Amount of $2,000.00 and Supplemental Budget (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve Cooperative Agreement No. 18-0684-000-SA, known as the Industrial Hemp Cultivation Program agreement and attached supplemental budget (4/5 vote required);
2. Authorize the Chair to sign the agreement and return all copies to the Agricultural Commissioner's Office for further processing;
3. Direct the Auditor-Controller to execute the attached supplemental budget; and
4. Grant a waiver from the provisions of the Nuclear Free Ordinance.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
DISCUSSION:
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is the state agency with the
primary responsibility for enforcing the Industrial Hemp Law as contained in Division 24
of the Food and Agricultural Code (FAC) and Title 3, Division 4, Chapter 8 of the California Code of Regulations. CDFA and the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to perform various activities associated with the state industrial hemp program. Industrial hemp is defined under the FAC Section 81000 and Health and Safety Code Section 11018.5 as a fiber or oilseed crop, or both, that is limited to types of the plant Cannabis sativa L. having no more than three-tenths of 1 percent (.3%) tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis) contained in the dried flowering tops, the seeds of the plant; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the hemp plant. There are three types of entities allowed to grow industria...
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