Remarks by Angela Curro
201 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 9
- Play at 1:16:38
“Correct. CSA 9. Yes. And that's where this topic is coming up. We need to have a mechanism. Can they increase it and do an added assessment or...”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:17:22
“And when it's a CSA part of Prop 13 and it's a portion, who manages the projects? Who manages the estimating of the cost of the road repairs?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:17:38
“Okay, just so you guys know, the HOA has been doing it. So we need to have a conversation about what the HOA is having to do because we haven't been getting those services because we can't afford the services of the county. They've been doing the estimates. My understanding, they've been hiring the contractors and they're paying it out of the CSA.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:18:10
“Well, we need to get this little, this needs to be untangled because I think it's a little more complicated than that.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:18:21
“Aren't you guys happy I stopped? I really appreciate this presentation. I really had hoped that the HOA conversation could have been a bigger part of this, but where I'm at right now is we need to not form any more CSAs. We need to fix the CSAs we have and get out of the CSA business. And if there's a process for that that's legal, great. That stopped when CFD 2018 was created. Right. But now that gets me to Supervisor Kosmicki, which is exactly, are we collecting enough funds to be able to do new projects? So this is where the focus needs to be for new development. We need to make sure that…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:27:43
“Mr. Chair, can I, Supervisor Kosmicki, I totally agree. The one thing I want to make sure that we recognize is Many property values, properties are not as marketable with an HOA because there are a lot of people that I've spoken to will never live in an HOA. So we need to keep that in mind that some people do not ever want to be in an HOA. How do we maintain services when you have, they're expecting us to be like cities? And I think that needs to be a conversation maybe on when we're looking at sphere of influence and when we have properties like Santana Ranch that was right up against the…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 32:11
“to refine that and supervisor crow seems like she's got something so i i i just i see so many of these items that we're going to go through that we need to kind of talk on the item yeah so if the chair doesn't mind can can we all kind of chime in on just this one part sure because i think if we go through this methodically we're gonna get through it better and because i i'm already like hopping all over on where my comments are going to come out so i'm gonna give it back to you”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 32:56
“I want to open this just this one topic. So right now we're just talking about unused acreage. And where I got very confused is, counsel, you're saying they're initially taxed on the application acreage that they apply for. Correct. And then if they have a crop failure, a failure or a problem, then it is reassessed and subtracted from that tax.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 33:30
“Okay, so that's current based on what voters have approved. Yes. So is there definitions about what that is?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 34:01
“So maybe I'm asking it wrong. Do you want to take a jab at this, somebody? I think I do.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 34:14
“Who's saying what the definition of a damaged crop is? Yeah, because, yeah. And why are we taking the hit as a county on a damaged crop? No offense, everybody. It's okay. Hang on. I feel you. But what a definition of a damaged crop is when we're taxing on the acreage, but now I'm understanding minus what goes bad. How are we defining what goes bad and how are we enforcing and verifying what's gone bad? I see this as a huge problem. oversight issue. We're going to have massive, we're going to have massive oversight and micromanaging a business that I don't think we want to micromanage. That's…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 43:53
“Okay, Syriza Crow? So out of this, in understanding what is being said, is that you get your state fee is paid for so many acres. They do it on canopy. And then we are talking about doing it on acreage. I really believe that, number one, we should never be issuing a permit. I mean, you get your state permit first. No, you get your county permit first. So if you get your county permit first and then you go to the state, if you're not going to the state for the full amount, that you did the county permit, are we balancing that? Are we verifying that?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 44:44
“some request way less and and that to me is a problem i i feel like if if we're giving you know 20 acres you better be going to the state for the 20 acres and if you're not then we're taking whatever you didn't do back do we have the authority to do that not currently which is why we're discussing the revocation of unused acres right so that's what we can decide i want to know we have the authority to do that we don't have to go back to the voters”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 45:14
“Just making sure that I understand that. Because where I'm at right now is if they apply for 40 acres here, when they get their state license, they should be getting their 40 acres at the state. They should be balancing so that we know we're working off of the same crop. We're not having to play this, well, we have five over here and we have 10 over here and We don't want to get into that micromanaging and that you pay your fee, but on a case-by-case basis, if you're not cultivating, you still pay that tax in San Benito County, is my opinion. If you have a crop loss and you need to come to…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 54:44
“I just want to go back to the acres because I'm trying to do this one at a time so we can check them off. And I'm trying to help poor Stephanie's like, okay, so what did we decide on the acres, right? I know what you're asking right now. I would like to conservatively start at 20 acres and revisit this next year. And if we need to reduce it down to 10, I have serious concerns, especially in District 1, with the massive amount of five-acre parcels. Because that allows setbacks that we'll be talking about and all that. So if we could make that kind of and move on to the next item.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
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“individuals who are associated and that is the main reasoning behind this request mr chair i am totally supportive of that i think we should know everyone that's involved doesn't matter how many leases of leases of leases if you're involved in that parcel and you're involved in any cannabis activity we should be able to have a background check that's where i stand”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:04:28
“Thank you, Mr. Chair. So we're... We're talking about structures that are existing, and I see your scenario, and I think that that's how it'll get abused, because they'll build something that's an egg, and then they'll go and get an application. But when we're talking about what you're using them for, do we have a lot of processing in this county?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
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“confused about the whole cannabis ordinance. I'm just going to be honest. We're taxing on the growing. And then now we have processing. And if you're having to go, you can process here if you have an existing structure. only if you have an existing structure. You can't build a structure to process.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:05:39
“And I feel like we're not treating apples to apples here. So it's an ag product. We are taxing it at a, we haven't set a rate yet, but we're taxing it at a certain rate. If you're doing certain things on site, should we be considering that in the rate?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
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“So we have all those sets. So if we're talking about promoting the business to be able to be more profitable so we can get more taxes, wouldn't we want it to be acceptable to have a structure built for the cultivation and manufacturing and processing? I mean, that's where I'm at. I want to hear where the board's coming from. I'm just trying to walk through. First, you plant the seed. Then you watch it grow. Then you cut it down. And then what do you do? I mean, I'm trying to walk through this in a methodical way to be able to make sure that we're covering. And if we're going to be able to get…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:15:25
“I have no problem with the green screen maintenance of it, making sure that it is always intact. What you do see in agriculture is these screens go up and they're not maintained, and then you have a bunch of debris just flapping around in the wind because we have so much wind. But where my concern is, is you have... different landscapes. You have landscapes where certain cultivation is right now where it's very hidden. You wouldn't even know. I like that. That's why, and I don't see that we have the map on the agenda. I think we had asked for the map of locations to be on the agenda, so maybe…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:19:31
“I really hope that we can have that come back with some real good recommendations, because I think it's a great example of how the extremes, and I don't want one to be hurt just because their land is geographically shaped differently without having hills and stuff. So how can we make it a positive both ways? Does that make sense? Absolutely. Do we cover, because it says not viewable from the street, what if it's viewable from homes? Do we have anything in the ordinance on that, and do we have any concerns about that? I just think about the terrain in South County, and you have some homes up…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:21:38
“I can completely get behind that, not only with fencing and landscaping, but with security cameras. I think all of that should be, let's say, I'm going to hypothetically, nobody panic, throw a number out there. It's $5,000 an acre. But if you have this, this, and this, and you meet all of these things, and it keeps it safer, secure, and less visible, that we will come down to... $3,000. There should be a way that we can incentivize, say, yeah, if you're going to have it out in the open like that, that's a problem for me. So we need to charge you higher, but I still don't want it. So even…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:26:37
“I would like to, I totally agree with the logic there. It makes sense to me. But the map and how close they are to the wineries, I really think we need to really be looking at that. I feel that the distance needs to be more than a half a mile. Especially when we're trying to promote a hospitality industry on the wine trail. And how can we do that if we're going to now all of a sudden be pushing cannabis? So I think we need to find a happy medium. But I really think that that map needs to be readdressed and where we're allowing cannabis.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:27:29
“I'm not asking to change it now. I want that conversation to be a future agenda item with the map. I had thought it was going to be on this agenda. I thought we had said that we wanted to review that. But since it was an agenda, I'm assuming we have to do it for a future agenda item.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026