Terra Carver of Manhard Consulting tells Planning Commissioners she predicts "a tsunami" of medical marijuana growers coming into compliance

"The amount of people trying to get into compliance is overwhelming,"said Terra Carver, a consultant  with Manhard Consulting. "I project a tsunami." She said there are risks for those coming into compliance, those who are doing so are doing it voluntarily, she said.

Difference between the evening meeting after 6 p.m. where over 100 people attended, about 25 this afternoon were in attendance at the Planning Commission meeting on the medical marijuana ordinance.

California Cannabis Voice Humboldt's Luke Bruner and Bonnie Blackberry were in attendance.

There were written comments submitted which included Andre Carey of CCVH, Bruner, Ken Miller, Allison Edrington and Jessi Bergsma Rockenbach from the Mattole Sustainable Farmers Guild.

Select excerpts from the written comments:

Bruner said there were three critical issues that were discussed at the November 12 meeting and his comments elaborated on four points: Processing of cannabis on the farm, processing of cannabis off the farm, where to set thresholds for ministerial, special and conditional permits and compiled recommendations.

Bergsma Rockenbach : "There seems to be a general attitude among the public and in some of the Planning Commission that allowing more farms to come into compliance is somehow allowing more farms to operate, when in reality, the farms already exist and will continue to operate either way, regardless. Allowing less farms to come into compliance means promoting more farms to stay in the black market, period."

Bergsma Rockenbach : "Law enforcement's stick has been the only tool used against growers in this county up to this point. As has now been proven over a decades long campaign, this does nothing to stop the growth of the black market."