Strategic Innovations
Summary
SCH Number
2025120015
Public Agency
California Department of Cannabis Control
(DCC)
Document Title
Strategic Innovations
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/1/2025
Document Description
The proposed project will operate a non-volatile manufacturing out of an existing facility located at 810 81st Street, Oakland 94621 (APN 41-4207-3-1). The building provides 8,095 sq ft designated for manufacturing. The one-story brick building was constructed in 1950 and renovated in 2007. The parcel is 9.75-acres and flat. The property includes a parking lot encircling the building, hosts multiple ornamental trees, and a lawn at south-east end of the building. The neighborhood is zoned for Industrial and Light Industrial Use. The project is located on the corner of 81st Street and San Leandro Street, adjacent to the Oakland Coliseum, west of HWY 80 and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
Contact Information
Name
Karin Linnen
Agency Name
California Department of Cannabis Control
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Oakland
Counties
Alameda
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
81st Street and 83rd Avenue
Zip
94621
Total Acres
0.75
Parcel #
41-4207-3-1
Railways
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Categorical Exemption: [Class 1 Categorical Exemption Cal. Code Regs,. Title 14, §15301]
Reasons for Exemption
The Department of Cannabis Control has determined that the project is a Class 1 Categorical Exemption Project. Class 1 Categorical Exemptions consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alterations to existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. The Project involves the use of an existing building with no proposal for building expansion. The design, location, size, and operating characteristics of the Project are compatible with the existing and future land uses within the vicinity as it is zoned light industrial zoned. None of the exceptions to the exemption defined in Section 15300.2 apply to the Project.
County Clerk
Alameda
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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