Willits group sues Mendocino County over cannabis grow expansion to 20,000 square feet

WILLITS, CA., 5/2/25 — An environmental nonprofit has filed a lawsuit challenging an action by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors earlier this month to allow cannabis growers to expand their grows to 20,000 square feet of commercial cannabis on a single parcel, provided they hold the proper cultivation license. 

According to the Willits Environmental Center, a nonprofit that advocates for local environmental protection, the county’s interpretation of a county cannabis ordinance “turns seven years of understanding and implementation of the cannabis ordinance on its head.”