The Mendocino County Department of Agriculture (“Ag Department”), Mendocino Cannabis Department (“Cannabis Department”), Mendocino County Office of Emergency Services (“OES”), the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”), and Mendocino County Animal Care Services (“Animal Care”) have worked in partnership to establish a restricted area access program. The program is to assist commercial agricultural producers, commercial livestock operators, locally authorized cannabis operators and commercial kennel operators to access restricted areas following a natural disaster to perform essential agricultural activities such as providing care for commercial livestock or to maintain other commercial farming commodities.

The Ag Pass Program allows qualifying commercial farm and ranch owners, other qualifying agriculture producers, locally authorized cannabis operators, commercial kennel operators, and their managerial employees, as defined in California Food and Agriculture Code § 2350, to be issued identification documents granting any qualified applicant access to a qualifying farm or ranch property, or kennel, during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.

The following documents are required to be uploaded along with your application:

Agriculture

• Pesticide Operator Identification Number
• Apiary Registration
• Organic Registration
• Certified Producer Certificate
• Restricted Materials Pesticides Permit 
• Livestock Business Identification
• Government Identification Card

Animal Control

• Certificate of Approval

Cannabis

• Employee List
• Mendocino County Live Scan
• Government Identification Card
• Proof of AG Permit Number

Follow the below links to find the corresponding Ag Pass Application Form