California Reform http://reformca.org/initiatives/the-california-craft-cannabis-initiative/ ticle 5. Commercial Cultivation Article 5. Commercial Cultivation 11434. (a) The commission may develop ru1d issue a license for the commercial cultivation of cannabis. The commission may impose reasonable limits on the total number of licenses that may be issued pursuant to this ruiicle, except that priority shall be given to natural persons and any medical cannabis dispensary, collective or cooperative that has been operating in good faith pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11362.7) of Chapter 6 for more than one year prior to January 1, 2017. The commission may develop a tiered licensing structure for commercial cultivation according to these priorities. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, "commercial cultivation" means the cultivation of 100 or more plants. Commercial cultivation of cannabis shall be subject to extensive regulation by the commission. (c) For cultivation occurring outdoors, commercial cultivation is not permitted on land zoned 8 primarily for residential use, and shall be limited to facilities that are zoned for industrial uses for cultivation occurring indoors. A residential building may not be used for commercial cultivation. Commercial cultivation shall be subject to any additional environmental, agricultural, business, marketing, consumer protection, employment, and tax regulation, and to any statute passed in each house of the Legislature by a roll call vote entered in the journal, a majority of each house concurring. (d) Commercial cultivators may only sell cannabis to licensed cannabis retailers. CHAPTER 6.7. The Craft Cannabis Act https://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0017%20%28Marijuana%29.pdf http://www.californiacannabis2016.com/ CULTIVATORS For decades, California has been the center of the cannabis universe, but less so in recent years. It is time for California to once again lead the cannabis movement by legalizing cannabis for adults in 2016. This visionary voter initiative would regulate the responsible use and cultivation of cannabis by adults, establish official appellations, and create a genetic repository including a standardized nomenclature for the myriad strains of cannabis based on plant genetics. This initiative has been crafted in consultation with the Office of Legislative Counsel, which provides expert legal guidance to the California Legislature throughout the delicate process of writing legislation. We thank the amazing attorneys at the Office of Legislative Counsel for their collaboration! Co-authors, freedom lawyers, and California residents Omar Figueroa and Heather L. Burke invite you to consider The California Craft Cannabis Act, a proposed initiative to re-legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis in California in 2016. Purposed to re-establish California as a world leader in the cannabis movement, this initiative would: (1) Protect and incentivize "craft" or small farm cannabis cultivators and "cottage" cannabis producers; (2) Recognize and protect California's world-famous cannabis appellations and cultivars, while also establishing a voluntary organic and "best-practices" certification program pursuant to existing California law; (3) Establish The California Cannabis Genetic Repository to promote diversity of the cannabis plant, which includes developing a standardized nomenclature for the description of various strains of cannabis based on plant genetics; (4) Require promulgation of reasonable regulatory oversight by a newly created, elected, and highly transparent governmental agency subject to term limitations, the California Cannabis Commission, with the dual requirements to facilitate the safe access of medical cannabis for seriously ill Californians and also to ensure that Californians 21 years of age or older have access to cannabis for responsible adult use from open, transparent, and highly reliable sources. This includes a generous personal cultivation allotment and, as noted above, various novel incentives for craft ("mom'n'pop") cultivators. (5) Create no new crimes, but rather declare all cannabis-related crimes to be of no further force or effect for adults ages 21 and over. (6) Create an evidentiary privilege for applicants when licensing information is sought by the federal government to investigate or prosecute violations of federal marijuana prohibitions. As this initiative is intended to ignite conversation about memes the above-named co-authors feel are critical to a transformative initiative in 2016, the foremost of which is to protect craft cannabis cultivators, this document is offered to invite dialogue about the themes we address, and is not positioned to take away support from other legalization initiatives. Vote for all of reasonable decriminalization and legalization initiatives, we say! Thank you sincerely for your time and consideration, Omar Figueroa and Heather L. Burke