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US (CA): Fire, water theft accusations stall license bid

Approval of a Dinsmore area cannabis cultivation permit is in suspense due to concerns about a fire at the farm site and a water theft allegation.

A conditional use permit for the existing 11,700 square-foot farm had been recommended for county Planning Commission approval but that changed when a site fire broke out on Oct. 2, one day before the permit was up for a consent agenda vote.

The fire spread and ultimately burned 18 acres before CalFire and U.S. Forest Service firefighters squelched it with help from local fire departments.

The commission held off on approving the permit due to lack of information about the cause of the fire and took up it again at its Nov. 7 meeting – this time with a staff recommendation for denial.

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