Cannabis Dispensary

The First 5 executive director praised early prevention in mental health and later warned that young children have already appeared in the county ER from THC edibles, urging caution on the dispensary.

A Sutter Creek resident said the proposed site is a 13-minute walk from the Danco housing and next to a high school, urging the Board to pressure Sutter Creek to reject the project.

A Sutter Creek resident presented a Yale School of Medicine study on rising psychosis and schizophrenia after Connecticut legalized cannabis, urging the Board to keep the dispensary out.

A Sutter Creek resident described her son's violent behavior while vaping THC and warned of impaired driving, reduced property values, and youth normalization if the dispensary opens.

A Sutter Creek resident said Amador High's principal wouldn't return her calls, warned about gummy overdoses and school vaping, and noted Amador County voted against recreational marijuana legalization.

Sutter Creek's contract city planner clarified the process: a zoning ordinance amendment allowing one dispensary with a conditional use permit must come before any site plan permit.

A Fiddletown cancer survivor noted dispensaries near UC Davis already serve patients, and raised concerns about large cash holdings at dispensaries attracting robbery-related crime.