HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a First Quarter Update, Fiscal Year 2025-2026, on Cannabis Taxation, Permitting, and Licensing, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) a) Receive and file an update on the status of cannabis tax collection, land use permitting, and business licensing; b) Provide any other direction to staff regarding the County’s cannabis program, including whether to reopen the retail application process for the Toro Canyon/Summerland Community Plan Area; and c) Find that the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment and therefore are not a “project” as defined for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5). COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY

Committee

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Introduced

January 15, 2026

On agenda

January 27, 2026

Passed

January 27, 2026

Where it was heard

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Jan 27, 2026 Acted on as follows: Pass

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