COMING UP NEXT ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT, THE COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH AND HELPED THE BELOVED DELL'ARTE RAISE THE MONEY IT NEEDED TO RIGHT THEIR FINANCIAL SHIP.

WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS.

ALSO, 1ST DISTRICT SUPERVISOR WE CHAT WITH 1ST DISTRICT SUPERVISOR REX BOHN ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN FOR A FOURTH TERM ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD, AND WHY HE LOVES HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO, AND THEN TWO YEARS BEFORE THAT, WHEN PUNDITS AND TALKING HEADS KEPT SAYING THAT THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS MAY WELL DETERMINE THE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND VIABILITY OF OUR DEMOCRACY?

BUCKLE UP FOR A LOT MORE OF THAT.

AS WE ENTER 2024, AND THE WEEKS ROLL BY TOWARD THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO COME UP AGAIN UPON A CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT WE'VE LONG UNDERSTOOD AS A DEMOCRACY AND ORDER, AND A SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON.

AS I SEE IT, DONAD TRUMP'S CANDIDACY REPRESENTS THAT SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON, A MEANS BY WHICH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THOSE DISSATISFIED WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AND THE OVERALL WORLD ORDER OF LIBERAL WESTERN DEMOCRACIES, CAN BLOW UP THE WORLD.

FIGURATIVELY, OF COURSE, ALTHOUGH SUCH AN OUTCOME COULD TURN QUITE LITERAL VERY QUICKLY.

I KNOW THAT FOR MANY FOLKS, THIS ELECTION ONCE AGAIN REPRESENTS A TIRED CHOICE BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES WHO DON'T NECESSARILY INSPIRE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

ALL I CAN SAY IS, BEFORE CASTING YOUR BALLOT FOR A MAN WHO HAS PROMISED TO END DEMOCRACY, AND WHO IS ACTIVELY UNDER FELONY PROSECUTION FOR INSTIGATING AN INSURRECTION, AMONG MANY OTHER CRIMES, CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES.

DOES HE REPRESENT THE FORCES IN THIS WORLD THAT YOU WANT TO EMPOWER?

IF SO, AND IF MANY OTHERS AGREE WITH YOU, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE, I THINK, THE UTTER OBLITERATION OF THE WORLD THAT WE'VE CREATED IN THE 80 YEARS SINCE WORLD WAR II.

DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT ENTIRELY IN LOVE WITH THE STATUS QUO AND REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE CAN BE A GOOD THING.

BUT IT CAN ALSO BLOW UP IN YOUR FACE, AND RATHER THAN RESTORE FAIRNESS AND BALANCE TO OUR ECONOMIC AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS, IT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THINGS MUCH, MUCH WORSE.

IS IT ANY CHANGE AT ALL THAT YOU'RE AFTER?

OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A BETTER WORLD?

THIS IS THE CHOICE THAT WILL LIKELY BE IN FRONT OF US ALL THIS YEAR.

AND SPEAKING OF ELECTIONS, I SAT DOWN WITH FIRST DISTRICT SUPERVISOR REX BOHN THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY AND THE STATE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM AFTER THIS BRIEF NEWS UPDATE.

AFTER HEARING THAT THE LOCAL ARTS AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION DELL'ARTE WAS HAVING A HARD FINANCIAL TIME, THE COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH.

DELL'ARTE SET A GOAL OF RAISING $125,000 BY THE END OF 2023.

AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, THE TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED WAS WELL OVER THAT GOAL.

COUPLED WITH MONEY RAISED DURING ITS ANNUAL GALA AND AUCTION, DELL'ARTE RAISED MORE THAN $167,000.

DELL'ARTE BOARD CHAIR PAT BITTON SAID THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN AMAZED BY THE SUPPORT.

“DELL'ARTE'S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL TONY FUEMMELER, JULIE DOUGLAS, ALYSSA HUGHLETT, AND KIMBERLEY HAILE PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS TO REMIND THE WORLD OF THE TREASURE THAT DELL'ARTE IS - FOR BLUE LAKE, FOR HUMBOLDT, AND FOR BUSY THEATER LOVERS EVERYWHERE, ” NOW, HERE'S MY INTERVIEW WITH 1ST DISTRICT SUPERVISOR REX BOHN AS HE VIES FOR HIS FOURTH TERM ON THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED, STAY INFORMED.

>> I'VE BEEN TO THEM ALL.

THEY'VE ALL GOT THEIR HIGHLIGHTS.

I'M UTTERLY AMAZED WHEN I GET TO DRIVE THROUGH MY DISTRICT AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

WE'VE GOT A SIX AND A HALF MILE STRETCH THAT YOU CAN DRIVE FOR SIX AND A HALF MILES 50 YARDS FROM THE OCEAN AND NEVER SEE ANOTHER CAR.

IT'S UTTERLY BREATHTAKING AND AT THE SAME TIME OVERWHELMING.

WITH THAT, AND FIRST DISTRICT I'VE GOT ABOUT I DON'T KNOW 20% OF EUREKA PROPER FROM HENDERSON STREET SOUTH AND IT JIGGLES ALL AROUND, AND THEN I GET PINE HILL, HUMBOLDT HILL.

ALL THE WAY TO THE FORTUNA.

AND THEN THE WAY TO FORTUNA.

THEN I DON'T HAVE FORTUNA PROPER PER SE.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF FORTUNA AND THEN I HAVE EVERYTHING BETWEEN FRRT AND RHEL OH DEL.

AND THEN I HAVE SCOTIA AND RED CREST, AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EEL RIVER.

THEN I GET TO HONEYDEW THE PETROLIA.

I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD-SIZED DISTRICT AND I TRY TO GET OUT THERE QUITE A BIT.

BUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND KIND OF COVERS MOST EVERYTHING.

IT ALLOWS ME TO SEE THE ROADS AND ABATEMENT HOUSES.

IT ALLOWS I TRY TO GO I LIKE TO GO BY AND VISUALLY SEE IT FOR MYSELF >> ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED ABOUT YOUR CAREER EARLY ON YOU STARTED OFF WHEN YOU WERE AT RENNER AND YOU WERE PLUGGED IN WITH INDUSTRY AND THAT STAYED THE COURSE AS YOU WENT TO THE PULL THAT MILL AND YOU WERE OUT THERE FOR YEARS, AND THEN YOU BECAME A SUPERVISOR.

IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE DESTINED TO BE SUPERVISOR.

YOU WERE ALWAYS PLUGGED IN WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT ENABLED YOU TO TURN THAT INTO A POLITICAL CAREER.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND WAY YOU SEE THINGS WORK TO BE A HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

>> WELL, I KNOW WITHOUT SOUNDING CORNY AS HELL I OWE A LOT OF IT TO MY PARENTS.

I WAS BORN IN CHICO, AND THEN WE MOVED BACK.

BUT WE CAME FROM EUREKA.

MY DAD WAS A DISTRICT MANAGER FOR 30 SOME ODD PURITY STORES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

CALLED PARK GROCERY.

AND I GOT TO START WORKING THERE AT 9 YEARS OLD.

>> IT'S THE LITTLE CORNER BUILDING.

>> IT'S NOW A DAY CARE.

SO I WAS RAISED IN THERE.

MY FATHER PASSED AWHI I WAS 19.

I RAN IT FOR SIX MONTHS.

WE SOLD IT.

BUT MY FATHER IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, THEN YOU BETTER MAKE THE DIFFERENCES YOURSELF.

DON'T DEPEND ON OTHER PEOPLE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF WHEN YOUR FATHER DIES WHEN YOU'RE AT 19.

I REMEMBER WE GOT THE PTA AWARD.

BUT WE BOTH GOT IT.

THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT FOR KNOWING SOMETHING MY DAD GOT.

THEN MY MOM WAS AROUND.

SHE WAS AROUND UNTIL SHE WAS ABOUT 80.

THEY INSTILLED IN ME THAT AND LOM'S -- I STARTED COACHING YOUTH SPORTS WHEN I WAS 17 YEARS OLD.

I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WITH MY BEST FRIEND.

I REMEMBER THAT WELL.

AFTER THAT I STARTED COACHING.

I GOT INVOLVED WITH LITTLE LEAGUE, AND BUILT REDWOOD FIELDS.

IT WAS NEVER TO BECOME A SUPERVISOR.

TRUST ME.

I WAS PRETTY HAPPY TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO RETIRE.

AND THEN THE POSITION CAME OPEN.

I TALKED TO JIMMY SMITH.

THAT SOUNS LIKE I'D RUN FOR A TERM.

THEN IT TURNED INTO TWO TERMS, AND THEN IT TURNED INTO THREE TERMS.

THEY SAY NEVER SAY NEVER.

I DON'T THINK I WILL BE RUNNING ANOTHER TERM AFTER THIS ONE.

GOSH I BUSY PEOPLE.

I'M ALWAYS PROUD OF THE MIKE McGUIRE.

I'M THE HARDEST WORKING SUPERVISOR ON THE NORTH COAST BECAUSE I DO PUT THE TIME IN.

TAKE BLOGS AS YOU WANT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT.

BUT THE LOST COAST OUTPOST WHO WAS THE MOST ADMIRED SUPERVISOR IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, AND I WON THAT BY 33%.

AND THEN THE 234ECS ONE WAS 26.

SO I APPRECIATE.

THAT IS ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE COUNTY.

AND I JUST GET OUT THERE.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY I OFFEND 35% BECAUSE THEY DON'T VOTE FOR ME EVERY TIME.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO SAID.

THE SECRET TO SUCCESS BUT THE SECRET TO FAILURE IS MAKING EVERYBODY HAPPY WITH YOU.

BUT YOU'RE NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY UPSET.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD POSITION TO BE.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN UPSET DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT SOCIETY.

>> YEAH.

>> NOBODY COMPLAINS HOW MUCH TIME I PUT IN.

HOW DO YOU DO IT.

I COME IN HERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

I TRY TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM MY HOME.

I COME HOME LATE.

I GO FOUR OR FIVE DAYS WITHOUT SEEING MY FRONT LAWN UNLESS IT'S DARK.

I LOVE THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH.

HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT TEAM.

I'VE HAD OUR DEPLICH.

I THINK WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST EMPLOYER IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A GLITCHES BUT OUR ISSUES HAVEN'T BEEN GREAT.

WE'VE HEN HAD A PRETTY WELL-BALANCED BUDGET UP UNTIL RECENTLY.

OR THE COUNTY'S FAULT.

THE STATE IS IN A $69 BILLION DEFICIT.

THAT'S THE SCARY THING WE'RE HAVING TO FACE.

>> $17 MILLION IS THE FIGURE THIS YEAR.

>> ACTUALLY THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

BECAUSE THE NICE THING ABOUT OUR CAO THEY RUN PRETTY CONSERVATIVE.

THEY DON'T TRY TO MAKE IT FAEM BETTER THAN IT IS.

GOOD NEWS, AND BAD NEWS.

THEN THE ACCURACY WHAT WE'RE DOING WE HAVE ACCURATE BOOKS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD ACCURATE BOOKS IN YEARS.

>> CAN YOU TALK YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD 12 YEARS.

HOW THE GOVERNING STYLE FROM YOUR POSITION DIFFERS ON ANY YEAR WHEN YOU HAVE A LOOMING BUDGET DEFICIT VERSUS WHEN YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT SAVED UP.

>> WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS FUNNY BUT I LOOKED AT ONE TIME.

92% OF THE TIME WE HAVE UNANIMOUS VOTES ON EVERYTHING WE VOTE ON.

YOU START THINKING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WE VOTE TOGETHER PRETTY WELL.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE DIFFERENCES AND STUFF.

AND PROBABLY HAVE DINNER WITH EACH OTHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN DISTINCT PASSION FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

LOVE HUMBOLDT.

I REALLY DO.

THIS IS ALL I'VE KNOWN.

THIS IS ALL I'VE KNOWN.

MY GRANDKIDS ARE GROWING UP HERE.

MY FRIENDS.

MY FAMILY.

MY SISTERS BOTH LIVE HERE STILL.

THEY SPENT OVER 30 YEARS TEACHING IN EUREKA CITY SCHOOLS.

THEY'RE STILL HERE.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL TO ME.

BUT WITH THAT GOING ON MY OKAY AS WE HIT THESE TOUGHER TIMES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TOUGH TIMES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> IT HAPPENS ALL OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> WE WERE COMING OUT OF IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

THERE WAS PLACES WHERE THERE WAS CUTS.

MY BIG THING IS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LAY ANYBODY OFF.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT.

SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE TO TRIM.

SOME OF THE THESE OTHER LOOK AT HOWE WE DO BUSINESS MAY CHANGE.

BUT AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TRIMMED ARBITRARILY THROUGH THE STATE.

REMEMBER ALLOF THE BIG CUTS THEY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HAD A SURPLUS COMING BACK IN 2015, IS 2016, OR 2017.

BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

THEY DIDN'T GIVE US OUR WILLIAMSON ACT MONEY.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR LAND IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.

SO THE VIEWERS THE WILLIAMSON ACT ALLOWS OWNERS A TAX BREAK FOR IF THEY KEEP THEIR STUFF.

>> IT DOES GIVE THEM SOME BREAK TO KEEP THEIR PROPERTIES IN SOME SORT OF AGRICULTURAL.

BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW ACRES AND WE'VE BEEN PICKING UP THE DIFFERENCE.

BECAUSE THE STATE ALLOTS US THOUSANDS A YEAR.

>> SO THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING.

>> HUH.

>> THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ABSORBING THE TAX BREAK.

BUT THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

IF SOMEBODY IS GETTING THEIR A TAX BREAK.

IF THEY'RE USING IT FOR AGRICULTURAL.

IT'S WIDE OPEN SPACES.

WE'RE NOT USING THE RESOURCES WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR.

I ALWAYS CALL IT THE ENVIRONMENTALIST DREAM.

>> IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE >> SO THOSE LITTLE THING.

I WORRY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS NEXT ROUND.

WE'LL JUST NOTICE THE UNDERSERVED UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WERE JUST ADDED 25 TO 49 BECAUSE 50 AND ABOVE AND 25 AND BELOW UNDOCUMENTED LOW-INCOME WERE ALLOWED FREE MEDICAL.

NOW GOVERNOR NEWSOM WHERE 25 TO 49 LOW-INCOME UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WILL NOW GET FREE MEDICAL.

>> BASICALLY IT'S EVERYBODY.

JUST BUILD IN THE GAP.

SO LOW INCOME.

FOR UN DOCUMENT AND SO THAT'S SUPPOSED TO COST THE STATE ABOUT $3.1 BILLION A YEAR.

THAT WAS ALL ENACTED WHEN WE HAD A $30 BILLION SURPLUS.

WELL NOW I DO NOTICE THAT SOMEBODY RIVERSIDE HAS BROUGHT UP MAYBE WE SHOULD POSTPONE THAT, AND I MEAN, CALIFORNIA THE ONE THING IT IS.

WE WORK REALLY HARD ON TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE.

AND I'M NORTH NUT.

A LOT OF US ARE FORTUNATE TO NOT BE IN THE POSITION.

AND THEN HAVE IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING WORSE AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

IS THERE THEIR RATIONALIZATION.

AND IT BECOMES TO PLAY ON THAT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT THE STATE DOES.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WHY THE HEALTHY DO IT.

BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGES AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO COMIC OUT OF THIS KEEPING OUR WORKFORCE IN WHOLE.

I THINK OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS INCREASED MINUTE IS VERY LITTLE.

BUT THEY DIDN'T DECREASE.

THOSE ARE POSITIVES.

BUT WE DID HAVE SOME DECREASE.

A LOT OF IT IS DIFFERENT CANNABIS BEING ONE OF THEM.

OF COURSE.

>> YOU CAN'T DOWNPLAY AT ALL.

THAT'S STILL A VIABLE INDUSTRY OUT THERE.

>> THAT'S ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT.

FIRST THE RURAL CHARACTER OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ON RURAL COUNTY ASSOCIATION.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE STRIKE THAT GENTLEMAN GEE OF A RURAL COUNTY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE VOTERS UP HERE BUT WE NEED HELP FROM SACRAMENTO.

>> I'M STILL A MEMBER OF THE RCRC.

AND LAST MONTH I WAS VOTED ON THEIR SCREWTIVE PART.

AND WE HAD NEVER BELONGED UNTIL I GOT ON THE BOARD: WE NEVER BELONGED TO RCRC.

AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE LOBBYIST.

WE'RE A VERY WELL FUNDED ORGANIZATION.

WE PROVIDE LOW-INCOME LOANS.

FIRST TIME BUYER LOANS AND ENERGY SAVING LOANS, AND THAT'S THROUGH RCRC.

AND THEN MUCH TO MY WORK OF 11 YEARS ON RCRC TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES VICE PRESIDENT OF THE RURAL ACTION CAUCUS.

THE RACK AND IT'S THERE'S 3,100 COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

70% OF THEM ARE RURAL.

SO I WAS APPOINTED ONE OF THE VICE-CHAIRS OF THAT WHICH IS I CAN'T REALIZE IT WAS KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

I WENT BACK TO WEST VIRGINIA FOR OUR FIRST MEETING.

BETWEEN RCRC BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A BIG OFFICE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITAL.

IT USED TO BE 35 RURAL COUNTIES.

WE'RE UP TO 40 COUNTIES THAT ARE RURAL.

WE HAD TO 600,000 RESIDENTS.

BUT A LOT OF THEM HAVE RURAL AREAS.

RURAL NEEDS.

BUT WE REPRESENT NOW WE REPRESENT ABOUT 58% OF THE STATE BUT ONLY ABOUT 12% OF THE POPULATION I THINK.

>> OH WOW.

>> BUT WE DON'T HAVE.

BUT TOGETHER WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD LOBBYING FORCE AND WE'RE POWERFUL.

THEY LISTENED TO ME IN MASS.

WE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS.

A LOT OF IS ACCESS TO STATE FUNDING.

A LOT OF THE LARGER COUNTIES WILL HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE GRANT COMMITTEES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE THEM FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

BUT THERE ARE GRANTS WE GO AFTER THAT BUT THERE'S SO MANY THE OUT THERE.

THEN SOMEBODY HAS TO MANAGE THAT GRANT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY BECOME THE GRANT MANAGER RATHER THAN THE GRANT WRITER.

IN A SMALL COUNTY THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

SO RCRC IS LOOKING TO WRITE SOME GRANTS FOR US.

THEY'VE WORKED WITH US ON WATER ISSUES.

THE WE HAVE BUILT A WATER STORAGE FACILITY AND WE HAVE 14 AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STATE.

WE HAVE 40 MILLION NOW.

SITES RESERVOIR THAT'S BEEN 28 YEARS IN MAKING.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY CLOSE.

THAT WILL BE THE SECOND LARGEST RESERVOIR IN THE STATE.

IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY WATER OUT OF ANY FLOWING RIVER.

IT TAKES WATER OUT OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ANYTIME IT'S RUNNING 75% AND ABOVE.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL GET A BIG FLUSH OF RAIN.

IT IF WE COULD PULL SOME OF THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WE ARE THE NUMBER AGRICULTURAL STATE IN THE NATION GOING ON TO THE WORLD.

AND WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE THE WATER TO THAT.

SO SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THAT WORK, AND ALSO FOR HOUSING.

>> THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR YEARS.

>> THE SOUTH BEING WHAT IT IS.

>> AND THE WEATHER WE'RE HAVING.

YOU MENTIONED CANNABIS.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT.

YOU KNOW, I'VE WATCHED THE PROCESS UNFOLD AS IT WAS LEGALIZATION, AND CRAFTING THE RULES FOR THAT AND FOR THE MOST PART I THINK YOU GET A SOLID GRADE FOR THE WORK TO DEVELOP THE RULES PACKAGE.

THEN YOU HAVE MEASURE 8 AND YOU FLIRTED WITH DOING ANOTHER REVISION OF THE ORDINANCES.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WHAT YOU'RE PROUD OF OUT OF THAT PROCESS.

>> THE CALIFORNIA CANNABIS AUTHORITY AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INPUT ON THERE AND THINGS.

I HAVEN'T SMOKED MARIJUANA IN 38 YEARS.

>> THAT WASN'T MY QUESTION.

>> I GOT MY TRUCK DRIVER'S LICENSE.

I'VE JUST NEVER.

OBVIOUSLY I DON'T NEED ANYTHING THAT ENHANCES MY APPETITE.

THEN THE BIG LINE WE WERE BUILDING THIS AIRPLANE AS WE WERE FLYING IT.

AND DID WE GET EVERYTHING RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

DID WE GET EVERYTHING RIGHT THE SECOND TIME.

WE'RE LOOKING AT IT CONSTANTLY.

I'M REALLY HAPPY WE DID IN BACK IN 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.

WE'VE USED THE GROWERS.

WE'VE USED A LOT OF INPUT AND HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC MEASURES.

I KNOW MEASURE A IS COMING FORWARD.

THAT'S BEING FLEETLY FUNDED BY TWO PEOPLE ABOUT A GROW OUT IN KNEE LUND.

SO THE PROCESS DOES WORK.

THEY PROTESTED.

THEY GOT IT DOWN TO 12,000 SQUARE FEET.

BUT IT'S A 38 PAGE REFERENDUM THAT IS BASICALLY CHANGES WHEN WE BUILT FOR SIX YEARS WITH ALL OF THE MEETINGS.

IT'S JUST WAS PUT OUT THERE.

AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CHANGED BY A VOTE.

IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE SMALL GROWER, AND THE ONLY WAY I CAN SAY THAT THIS ISN'T BENEFITTING THE SMALL GROWER.

THERE IS NOT ONE SMALL GROWER IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPPORTING IT.

THERE'S NOT ONE SMALL GROWER.

BUT THEY'RE SURE COMING OUT IN OPPOSITION TO IT.

>> UNIFIED OPPOSITION.

>> IT'S A BAD POLICY.

IT WAS PROBABLY MISREPRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC THEY WENT AFTER.

THEY WANT TO KEEP THE CORPORATE AND MEGAGROWS.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FROM DAY 1 WE SAID THERE WILL BE NO GROWS OVER 8 ACRES.

YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 1 ACRE PER 100 ACRES.

TO BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD SO THEY WOULDN'T STAY OUT THERE.

THEY WERE GOING TO STAY OUT THERE LEGALLY.

SO WE'D INPUT FROM THE SHERIFF.

OUR BIGGEST IF THIS PASSES EVERYBODY GOES BACK UNDERGROUND.

WE HAD 14,000 ILLEGAL GROWS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

THAT ESTIMATE IS DOWN TO 1,200.

WE'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

AND WE STILL HAVE A QUITE A FEW LEGAL DEPROS.

THEY ARE THE MOST HIGHLY REGULATED CROP IN THE NATION GROWING CANNABIS.

IT IS HIGHLY REGULATED.

FOR THE REASONS WE WANTED.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT WASN'T AFFECTED.

YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES WITH A LEGAL GROW BECAUSE THEY GET INSPECTED UP TO TWO TIMES A YEARS OR MORE.

AS THIS MOVES ON IS IT DONE.

NO IT'S GOING TO KEEP CHANGING.

NOW WE HAVE TRAFFIC LAWS.

NONE OF THAT IS IN STONE.

AND AS WE SEE THE IMPACTS WE WILL CHANGE ACCORDINGLY.

SO BUT CHANGING IT THROUGH THE WAY THEY'VE DONE IT I GUESS DRACONIAN.

THEY SPENT $60,000 TO WRITE A 38 >> Paige: AND THEN WHEN IT'S GOING TO COST TO DEFEND IT AND INTERPRET IS GOING TO BE OFF THE CHARTS.

HOPEFULLY THE VOTERS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY ARE A LOT SMARTER THAN THAT.