COMING UP ON NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT WE INTERVIEW TWO FOLKS ON THE AGRICULTURE NETWORK AND IN POSITION THEMSELVES FOR THE FUTURE.

ALSO LET THE GROWING PAINS BEGIN.

CAL POLLY HUMBOLDT MOVES AHEAD TO MEET ITS GROWING STATURE AND POPULATION.

COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT NOW.

TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL I'M JAMES FAULK THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THE ECONOMIC PROMISE OF CANNABIS LEGALIZATION FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS IN JEOPARDY.

COUPLED WITH OFTEN BYZANTINE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE LEFT WHAT WAS SPUTTERING AND WINDED.

PRIMARY ARE THE SMALLER FARMER AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SUPPORT.

THESE SMALLER OPERATORS ARE OFTEN SQUEEZED ENTIRELY OUT OF THE MARKETPLACE.

HOW CAN WE FORTIFY THEIR EFFORTS AND PRESERVE THEIR REGIONAL BRAND THAT TOOK GENERATIONS TO ESTABLISH.

>> JOINING US IS DREW BARBER AND ANDY RIGGS.

FOR GENERATIONS.

BUT A COOPERATIVE MODEL TO HELP THE FARMERS SORT OF SUPPORT THEMSELVES.

>> YES.

PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT TO THE FOLKS.

>> YEAH.

WE WORK WITH A GROUP CALLED THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL NETWORK WHO GOT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK AND WAS BRAINSTORMING.

IT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN OF FARMERS AND COOPERATIVE KIND OF STARTED BY COOPERATION HUMBOLDT AND SOME OF HAVE FORMED CO-OPS AND THE FARMERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, AND WE JUST STARTED HAVING THE CONVERSATION HOW CAN WE GET THIS INFORMATION OUT.

HOW CAN WE STUDY MORE SO WE CAN BECOME BETTER COUPE TURS.

AND HOW CAN WE BASICALLY FORM THAT.

>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A COOPERATIVE.

>> I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITHIN A CERTAIN SECTOR COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZING AND COOPERATING.

IN A DEMOCRATICALLY AND EQUITABLE WAY TO FUNCTION.

>> NOW FAMOUSLY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY HUMBOLDT CREAMERY AND IT SORT OF ANCHORED THE DAIRY INDUSTRY FOR A LOT OF YEARS.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT KIND OF SYSTEM.

THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL COOPERATIVE MODEL.

IT IT ENDED THROUGH ITS OWN CHALLENGES.

I THINK THAT WAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE SUCCESS OF OUR DAIRY INDUSTRY NOW.

>> WHAT ARE THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACING THE SMALL CANNABIS FARMER IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

>> GETTING TO MARKET.

SO EVERYTHING IS REALLY YOU KNOW DISJOINTED AS INDIVIDUAL FARMERS HISTORICALLY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZE, AND THERE'S THE FIERCE COMPETITION THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

A LOT OF PRODUCTION COMING FROM THE SOUTH.

THAT HAS KIND OF CONSOLIDATED THE MARKET AND GOING BACK TO PROP 64 WHERE WE HAD A ONE ANCHOR PROMISE THAT WOULD HAVE LASTED UNTIL THIS YEAR.

2023.

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE US A FOOTHOLD IN THE MARKET AND TIME TO DO WHAT WE'RE COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZE AND ESTABLISH OURSELVES IN THE MARKET.

AND SO THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH THE 1 ACRE CAP IS THE CORPORATE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MARKET.

>> CORRECT.

>> I DO BELIEVE THAT'S HOW IT ROLLED OUT.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MIDNIGHT HOUR TYPE OF THINGS.

LOBBYISTS.

>> IT WAS THIS INTERESTING LOOPHOLE WHERE YOU COULDN'T GET A LANCE BIGGER THAN ONE ACRE.

BUT YOU COULD GET AS MANY LICENSES AS YOU NEED.

ALL COMPILED TOGETHER WHICH WAS ITS OWN NIGHTMARE.

KIND OF A WILD LOOPHOLE THAT FOLKS WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

>> THERE'S A ACADEMY IS THAT WHERE YOU WOULD GIVE FOLKS.

THE ACADEMY IS AN 8 WEEK PROGRAM.

WE'VE BORROWED FROM THE OTHER COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE ARE MANY.

WE'VE MADE IT IN THE CANNABIS WORLD.

IT'S A CANNABIS COOPERATIVE SORT OF FOCUSED TRAINING EIGHT WEEK TRAINING WITH A LOT OF US FROM THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURE NETWORK.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING SOME FOLLOW UP IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH THOSE FOLKS AS THEY FIND THEIR INTEREST IN DEVELOPING THEIR COOPERATIVES.

SO THE ACADEMY IT'S THERE TO GIVE FARMERS TO COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZE.

BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO DO SO.

AND AGAIN AS DREW WAS SAY.

AND THEN ONCE A WEEK.

ZIA ZOOM.

WE'RE OFFERING IT FOR FREE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS EMPOWER THE SMALLER INDIVIDUAL FARMERS.

A LOT OF THE FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME TO PUT IT IN A FORMAT WHERE IT CAN BE EASILY EXPLAINED AND SHARED.

IT'S NOT INTUITIVE.

>> NO, IT'S NOT.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE.

MUCH BUT YOUR AVERAGE FARMER IT'S DEFINITELY NOT.

WE'VE HAD ENOUGH TROUBLE NAVIGATING REGULATIONS AND TO IMAGINE AND ENVISION COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZING INTO SOME KIND OF COALITION WHERE WE CAN BUILD POWER AND MAYBE CREATE SOME SORT OF MARKET SHARE FOR THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY NAME.

>> YEAH.

>> WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN BUILDING IN THIS COUNTY FOR 50 YEARS.

SINCE THE 1970s.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SKY IS FALLING.

AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD FOR SOME FARMERS TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR SO MANY YEARS.

YOU GUYS BELIEVE THERE'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN END UP WHERE WE STABILIZE AND MAXIMIZE THAT.

I TOTAL'S BELIEVE THAT THAT.

BUT WITH DREW BE UPLIFT CANNABIS CO-OP.

THERE'S OTHER WILLOW CREEK CANNABIS ALLIANCE AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM BEHIND THEM AND REALLY SMART INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.

THERE'S EVEN MORE MODELS IT.

IT DOES EXIST IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

AND HOW DO WE WAIT THIS OUT THE NEXT AND SURVIVE THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS INDIVIDUAL SMALL FARMERS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I BELIEVE THIS IS WHERE PRODUCTION IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO GO.

WITH THE COUNTY.

IT'S SORT OF COLLECTIVE MODEL FOR SMALL PRODUCERS.

IT'S CLEAR AS A SMALL FARMER YOU CAN'T DO IT YOURSELF.

IT'S TOOMP STAYING COMPLIANT AND GETTING IT TO MARKET.

THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

MAYBE YOU'LL RELY ON SUBCONTRACTORS.

A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T OWNING THEIR FARMS AND THE DISTRIBUTOR DOESN'T PAY THE FARMER.

SO THESE PROBLEMS ARE CONSISTENT.

AND SO IT DOESN'T WORK TO DO IT YOURSELF.

IT DOESN'T WORK TO CONTRACT TO SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S NOT A COMPANY YOU OWN.

WE'RE AUTOPSY MYSTIC IT IT CAN WORK.

>> WHAT DOES UPLIFT DO FOR YOU.

>> MAYBE THE PRIMARY THING IS IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TOGETHER AND LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS.

SO THOSE SOLUTIONS FOR US AS A SMALL GROUP OUT IN THE VALLEY HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FOLD.

ONE WE RUN OUR OWN BRAND WHICH HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES.

IT'S A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY.

WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH SALES ALL THE WAY AT LOS ANGELES AT MANY, MANY DIFFERENT STORES.

AND SHIPPING ROUTES.

WHICH HAS TO BE SPECIALIZED.

THIS DOESN'T GO TO UPS.

WE HAVE A CO-OP.

AND THEN THE CO-OP CAN ORGANIZE THAT PROCESS THAT UPLIFT DOES NOT HOLD WHAT WE CALL A CANNABIS TOUCHING LICENSES.

WE CAN ORGANIZE ALL OF THOSE CANNABIS TOUCHING LICENSES.

THE CO-OP CAN STEP IN FROM.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE POWERFUL.

IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE SMALL FARMER HAS BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ON ALL OF THE MARKETING THE PLANNING.

EVERYTHING THAT A CORPORATION WITH THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES CAN PROVIDE.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WAY THEY CAN BRING SOME OF THE RESOURCES TO BEAR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND YES, THE SMALL FARMER.

WE JUST WANT TO GROW.

WE DON'T SPECIALIZE IN MARKETING.

BUILDING SOME SORT OF COLLECTIVE SYSTEM WHERE YOU COULD COMPARTMENTALIZE SOME OF THOSE JOBS SUCH AS REGULATION, TRANSPORTATION, MARKETING.

AND THEN EVEN IF THERE ARE DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES LOCALLY YOU KNOW IF THEY CAN MAYBE COOPERATE A LITTLE MORE AND WE COULD LESSEN THE COMPETITION ON THE LOCAL LEVEL THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR FOLKS TO WORK TOGETHER AND TACKLE ALL THOSE PROBLEMS DREW WAS JUST MENTIONING.

>> WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK AS OPERATING FARMERS WHO'RE SUCCEEDING WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO DO FOR SMALL FARMERS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR LIVES EASIER.

TO BASICALLY GASHT THERE'S A ANOTHER GENERATION FOR OF SMALL FARMERS.

>> THE IDEA THAT EVERY CANNABIS FARMER IS GOING TO BREAK THE LAW.

EVERY POSSIBLE PLACE, AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SECURITY HAD TO GET APPLIED TO THAT.

THE METRIC WHERE EACH PLANT GETS A TAG AND IT'S TRACKED THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.

IT'S COMPLEX AND SOMEWHAT ARDUOUS, AND OTHER INDUSTRIES AREN'T FACED WITH.

SO THE LESS OF THOSE KIND OF BURDENS WE CAN PUT ON THE FARMER THE BETTER.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

ALSO SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVES.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR DECISION MAKERS COULD BENEFIT FROM.

THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CAN GO A LONG WAYS THAT'S GOING TO HELP MAINTAIN OUR BUSINESSES IN RURAL PLACES.

OUR DISPERSED ECONOMY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY THAT SUPPORTS SO MUCH OF OUR SOCIAL SYSTEMS FROM FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO ALL OF THE NON-PROFITS THAT ARE ALL OVER THE HILLS THOSE WILL FALL APART IF WE DO NOT HAVE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING TO SUPPORT THAT.

>> YEAH.

AND YOU REALLY SEE THIS DREW WERE TALKING EARLIER.

YOU REALLY SEE THIS ACROSS RURAL AMERICA WHERE THESE SMALL PRODUCERS HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT OF THE RURAL SETTINGS AND COMMUNITIES ARE DYING.

TOWNS AND OF 300 ARE NOW TOWNS OF 5.

AND LARGER COMPANIES HAVE COME IN AND CONSOLIDATED THAT.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT THAT HAPPENING.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE DON'T WANT TO WIND UP LIKE SOME PLACES IN THE MIDWEST WHERE THESE INSTANCES HAVE HAPPENED.

AND SO AGAIN WITH A LITTLE HELP POSSIBLY FROM OUR LEGISLATURE THE GOVERNMENT, WE DO HAVE A TRADE ORGANIZATION THAT HGCA WHICH ADVOCATES FOR US, AND DO A LOT OF WORK IN POLICY.

THE WHOLE IDEA OF COLLECTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR THE SMALL FARMERS INCREASING THEIR POWER, INCREASING THE NETWORK IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT CAN LEAD TO CAPLIZING ON THIS OPPORTUNITY WE DO HAVE HERE.

>> YEAH.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HOMOGENIZATION OF CULTURE AND AGRICULTURE AND THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IN OUR OWN BACKYARD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

>> WE'VE REALLY INHERITED IT.

IT'S A GIFT FROM OUR PREDECESSORS IT HAS IN INTERNATIONAL NAME.

WE WON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT AGAIN WHERE WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT IS KNOWN AS BEING SOMETHING AS HIGH QUALITY AND IT'S JUST EMERGED.

NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO GET THIS AND TO GET IT RIGHT.

WE SEE THIS AS ONE OF OUR BIG OPPORTUNITIES.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING IT'S IN THE WORLD'S SUBCONSCIOUS.

YOU CAN'T LET IT GET AWAY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> SO HOW DID THE NETWORK FORM UP.

IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE HISTORY OF IT.

>> SO AGAIN IT STARTED FROM AN PROJECT BY COOPERATION HUMBOLDT, AND A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO SPECIALIZED IN COOPERATIVES AND FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS WE WERE FACING.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY HOW THE COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURE NETWORK CAME TO BE.

THROUGH DIFFERENT SURVEYS THAT WERE CONDUCTED WITH FAR MARS AND SEEING THE NEED.

86% OF THOSE FARMERS NUMBER ONE WAS FORMATION OF COLLECTIVES.

CONSOLIDATE OUR POWER.

SO THAT'S HOW THE NETWORK BECAME ESTABLISHED.

>> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY CAN JOIN THAT IS IN THE INDUSTRY OR IS THAT ONLY FOR THE FARMERS.

>> AS IT STANDS IT IS A GROUP THAT SORT OF SETS APART.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF DEVELOPING THE NETWORK AN ACADEMY.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ESPECIALLY INDIVIDUAL FARMERS.

AND AGAIN THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S AN ACADEMY WITH TONS OF INFORMATION ON COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZING AND EDUCATION TO BUILD THEIR CASTILLO TEASE TO DO SO.

AND WERE THERE TO HELP THEM ALONG WITH THAT.

AND EVEN AFTER THE ACADEMY IS COMPLETED FOLLOW THEM ALONG WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THEY DO SUCCEED.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE COMMUNITY BUILDING.

>> YEAH.

IT'S ULTIMATELY A RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT AND CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACING AND WE SEE CANNABIS ATEDS THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THAT WAY.

IF WE CAN GET THESE SKILLS OUT THROUGH CANNABIS THEY CAN BE USED FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT THE COMBINING DIFFERENT JOBS OR DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS WHETHER THAT'S RURAL VARIOUS AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS OTHER THAN CANNABIS OR LUMBER OR FIREWOOD OR FUELS REDUCTION SERVICES IN THE FOREST, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GROWING WEED SPREAD THROUGH HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE OTHER NEEDS AS WELL.

IF WE GIVE THESE TOOLS TO THOSE PEOPLE.

>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT THE WEED GROWING.

>> IT'S ONE PIECE OF IT.

>> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA IT SOUNDS LIKE.

SINCE -- IF PEOPLE WANTED TO JOIN THE COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY IS THERE A WEBSITE THEY SHOULD VISIT.

HOW SHOULD THEY MATRICULATE.

THERE'S A COOPERATIONHUMBOLDT.com/CAN/.

AND THERE'S AT THE VERY BOTTOM THERE IS A REGISTRATION BUTTON 4 THE ACADEMY.

AGAIN THE ACADEMY IS BEGINNING FEBRUARY 9th.

VIA ZOOM.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9th 1:30 TO 3 PM.

WE'LL CONTINUE FOR EIGHT WEEKS.

>> IS THERE A CHARGE FOR PEOPLE.

>> WE'RE OFFERING IT FOR FREE.

AGAIN THAT GOES BACK TO OUR PASSION AND OUR BELIEF IN THIS AND ITS ABILITY TO BUILD THE FARMER'S CAPACITY AND EMPOWER THEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR AND LOOKING FOR.

WE KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN.

>> IF THINGS DON'T IMPROVE FOR THE SMALL OPERATOR AND WE BEGAN TO LOSE EVEN MORE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHAT DO WE LOSE?

WHAT'S AT STAKE IN TERMS OF THE OUR TUB SUNSHIP AND CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT'S.

DIVERSITY AND GENETICS.

>> THEY'LL BE LEFT WITH HOMOGENIZED KIND OF PRODUCT WHICH WILL BE PRODUCED BY LARGER COMPANIES NOT LOCALLY OUT OF OUR AREA.

WE'LL LOSE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'LL LOSE DREW IS A MEMBER OF HIS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE SCARY ASPECT OF IT.

HOPEFULLY THOUGH THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE CAN MEDIATE THAT AND TACH É DASH BUT YEAH THERE'S A LOT TO LOSE.

>> CULTURE HISTORY.

>> THE CULTURE.

IT'S HUGE.

THE COUNTERCULTURE HAS BEEN HUGE FOR DECADES.

AND YOU CAN READ IN A RECENT I THINK IT WAS ONE OF OUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS THAT DID A ARTICLE ON GARBERVILLE.

THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING IF THIS TRAJECTORY CONTINUES.

>> IT'S BEEN THE HIDDEN IN DOWN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COUNTY'S ROLE.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES, AND ALMOST AS IF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAW THIS AS A CASH COW AND WERE SO INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR PIECE OF BIG MONEY THAT WAS TO COME FOR MARIJUANA THAT THE PLANNING KIND OF GOT DROPPED IN THE PROCESS.

IT WAS CERTAINLY PUNITIVE AS IT FIRST ROLLED OUT.

>> THEY WERE ENCOURAGING -- INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING THE FARMER THEY WERE ENCOURAGING THE CRIMINAL.

>> THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED.

I MEAN I WISH IT WOULD HAVE.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND WHAT WE'VE REALLY SEEN IS THE SUPERVISORS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY HAVE REALLY GOTTEN ON BOARD AND THEY'VE SEEN THE SMALL IF YOU ARE FARMERS, AND MEASURE S TAX THEY PASSED THAT IT GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO GROW WHETHER YOUR CROP FAILED OR NOT.

YOU STILL HAD TO PAY THIS TAX.

REALLY GRATEFUL THAT GOT PULLED.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES WHERE WE'VE GOT THE REGS WRONG.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY ALLIANCE TO CORRECT SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS.

A LOT OF KAW DETAILS TO THINK ABOUT AS THE ROLOUT OF REGULATIONS WAS COMING OUT.

>> BUMPY RIDE.

>> IT WAS A STRAIGHT UP PLANE WRECK.

>> IT'S TOUGH TO SURVIVE.

>> SOME OF US HAVE PARACHUTES.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING DOWN.

>> THANK YOU JAMES.

>> AWESOME.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> FIRE DANGER HAS NOT DERAILED HUMBOLDT COUNTY'S EXPANSION PLANS.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED APARTMENTS OF OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING.

>> WE WERE 12 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN 2023.

AT A LONG CAL POLLY HYPED THE POLYTECHNICAL IN THIS CASE TRANSFORMATION.

OUR FALL 2023 APPLICATION ARE UP 39% COMPARED TO ALL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN THE FALL OF 2022 AND OUR HOUSING APPLICATIONS AND INTEREST ARE SHOWING A 140% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.

SO IF YOU DELIVER 10,000 STUDENTS TO OUR CAMPUS THEY WOULD BE GONE BY SUNDAY.

THERE ISN'T PHYSICALLY THE LOCATIONS TO PUT INDIVIDUALS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

THIS PLAN IS FOR APPROXIMATELY 4,000 BEDS.

THE PROJECT WILL 964 FOR UPPER DIVISION AND APARTMENT STYLE ROOMS.

A CENTRAL PROMENADE WILL FEATURE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES, AND A CAF É TO SUPPORT STUDENT LIFE.

IN FALL OF 2025 STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN APARTMENTS AT CRAFTS-MAN'S MALL.

TO MITIGATE HAZARDS AND RISKS FROM 4 TO 8 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF.

>> UNDER A LEGAL PROCESS KNOWN AS CEQA FIREFIGHTERS ALLOWED THEM TO BY DOWNSIZING THE BUILDINGS OR FUNDING NOW FIREFIGHTER HIRES.

TRUSTEES.

STAFFING AND THE TRAINING BUDGET SHORTFALLS FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT ARE NOT CEQA IMPACTS.

CEQA WOULD BE RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT OF EXPANDING A NEW FIRE STATION.

SO IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON A PHYSICAL NATURE AND NOT A BUDGET SHORTFALL.

>> HOURS LATER THE FIRE CHIEF MET WITH OFFICIALS.

THEY WERE A WILLING PARTNER.

AND THEY HAVE TO ANSWER TO THEIR CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE LIKE MY BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO THIS COMMUNITY.

SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORRY WEDNESDAY'S VOTE INDICATES CAL POLLY DISTANT BOSSES WILL NOT PROTECT ARCATA STUDENTS.

>> NORTH COAST JARED HUFFMAN AND DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAVE INTRODUCED A BILL TO PERMANENTLY BAN OIL DRILLING OFF THE WEST COAST.

THE HUFFMAN SAID OFFSHORE DRILLING POSES UNACCEPTABLE RISKS.

WE SHOULD NOT PUT OUR PLANET AT-RISK JUST TO ENRICH THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.

HOWEVER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A 5-YEAR LEASING PLAN IN THAT PROPOSED OPENING THE ENTIRE WEST COAST DESPITE WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION IN WEST COAST STATES.

UNTIL A PERMANENT BAN IS ENACTED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS WITH A REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THERE YOU.

GO.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

STAY TUNED, STAY INFORMED.