Tall green cannabis plants grow outdoors under a clear blue sky.
A "Blue Tattoo" cannabis plant grows in Laytonville, Calif. on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. A cross between "Blue Dynamite" and "Critical Mass" strains, Blue Tattoo plants can reach 10 feet tall in favorable conditions. (Lin Due via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 10/11/25 – The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development has announced the opening of the Cannabis Equity Grants Program for local jurisdictions, and the application portal opened today. 

The Mendocino Cannabis Department is one of the local entities planning to apply for the grant program, according to Sara McBurney, the senior program manager of the department, which has received a grant from the program five times in the past and plans to apply each year. 

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.