Cannabis Going on the Ballot in California’s Wine-Growing Valley

The combination of climate, water and soil that makes Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon so popular may also be right for growing cannabis on a large scale, if voters allow commercial marijuana growing.

Backers of an initiative to permit pot growing gathered sufficient signatures to place on the March 2020 ballot an initiative that would force the county to permit commercial growing.

The Napa County Board of Supervisors, after reviewing a report about permitting commercial pot growing in the famed wine growing region, on Aug. 20 approved placing the initiative on ballot.

Supervisors were limited to three actions: adopt ...