UKIAH, Calif. – State Senator Mike McGuire and Assemblyman Jim Wood will hold a first-of-its-kind hearing this week in Ukiah to discuss the “First 60 Days of Prop 64.”

This will be one of the largest and most comprehensive events of its kind since the initiative went into effect earlier this year.

The hearing will be an official joint meeting of the Committee on Governance and Finance, chaired by Sen. McGuire and will be held at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 1.

It will be streamed online live at http://sd02.senate.ca.gov.

The committee will hear testimony from leaders of state and local agencies, as well as the cannabis industry.

Committee members will first hear from Mendocino County Supervisor Dan Hamburg and Ukiah Mayor Kevin Doble with welcoming remarks, after which the following witnesses will testify in three panels.

California in a Prop 64 World: Status Update on Implementation of Rules, Regs, Taxes, Technology and Licenses

– Lori Ajax, Chief, Bureau of Cannabis Control, California Department of Consumer Affairs;
– Nicolas Maduros, director, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration;
– Richard Parrott, director, CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing with the California Department of Food and Agriculture;
– Patrick Dennis, California Department of Technology.

Recreational Cannabis and the Readiness of Local Government: Update on Ordinance Implementation, Permitting, Compliance and Challenges Ahead

– Ignacio Gonzalez, Interim Director, Mendocino County Planning and Building Services;
– John H. Ford, Humboldt County Planning and Building director;
– Tony Linegar, Sonoma County Agricultural commissioner.

The Green Gold Rush: Will it Pan Out for California Businesses?

– Tim Ricard, Cannabis Program manager, Sonoma County Economic Development Board;
– Hezekiah Allen, president, California Growers Association;
– Bill Silver, CEO, CannaCraft and Tiffany Devitt, chief information officer, CannaCraft;
– Michael Steinmetz, CEO, FlowKana, and Michael Wheeler, vice president, FlowKana.