LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County residents have formed a citizens committee to support the passage of the Measure N marijuana cultivation ordinance which will go before voters June 3.
The measure is a county ordinance to govern the cultivation of medical marijuana that the Board of Supervisors passed unanimously last Dec. 17.
A referendum effort earlier this year received enough signatures to qualify for the June primary ballot, and the board in February voted to let the ordinance stand and go to the voters.
At its March 4 meeting, the Board of Supervisors followed up with a unanimous vote for a resolution in support of Measure N.
“Measure N is a common sense public safety protection that will keep commercial marijuana cultivation away from our children, our schools and our neighborhoods,” said Lynn Hollenback, one of the founding members of Citizens for a Safer Lake County – Yes on Measure N, in a Friday statement.
“The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support Measure N because it establishes common sense restrictions on marijuana cultivation that makes our communities safer while preserving medical use for patients. Measure N will help the people of Lake County take back our communities from the intimidation, abuses and criminal activities of commercial marijuana growers,” said Hollenback.
The Lake County Deputy Sheriff’s Association has endorsed Measure N, and the members of Citizens for a Safer Lake County urge voters to reject the alarmist arguments being made by advocates of the commercial marijuana industry in an attempt to defeat the measure.
The committee said the key facts about Measure N include the following:
– Measure N prevents outdoor marijuana cultivation in residential neighborhoods. Law enforcement officials have reported that this type of cultivation is a significant cause of home invasions and residential burglaries.
– Measure N discourages people from moving to Lake County to grow marijuana because it sets reasonable plant limits and provides for quick enforcement of excessive cultivation amounts.
– Measure N preserves precious residential water for use by people instead of pot growers. And it protects communities and wildlife from poisonous pesticides associated with the outdoor cultivation of marijuana.
– Measure N does not reduce patient access to medical marijuana, nor does it affect the city of Clearlake’s municipal marijuana ordinance.
“The citizens committee is active and engaged in the process of building public support and raising the funds needed to win the campaign for Measure N,” said Monica Rosenthal, the committee treasurer.
For more information, to attend the next meeting or to find out how you can help, contact the Yes on Measure N Citizens Committee at