For the second meeting in a row, the planning commission made a contentious split decision. The first was a meeting over personal cultivation of medical marijuana in December. This week, the commission was split over approving a large assisted living facility on S. River Road. The applicants originally submitted a three-story, 80,000-square-foot project. They asked for…
Month: January 2016
Q&A with Hoot n Annie
Local food, wine and adventure blogger, and friend, Matt Browne interviewed me for a Q&A on his Hoot n Annie website. It was a lot of fun and I really appreciated it. Original post is here. This is a re-post: Q&A with Scott Brennan of Access Publishing I met Scott Brennan seven or eight years ago…
Disappointing decision made on medical marijuana cultivation
A last-minute planning commission meeting was called by city staff on the Tuesday before Christmas. The city attorney, police chief and community development director asked our commission to rush to pass new rules prohibiting or restricting cultivation of medical marijuana for personal use in Paso Robles. The staff said it was important to rush the…