On first count the ballot initiative submitted by Tahoe Wellness Collective does not have enough signatures to qualify for the November election.

Cody Bass, who owns the medicinal marijuana shop in South Lake Tahoe, was seeking to have voters decide if his facility could be grandfathered in and for it to be able to sell recreational pot.

This would bypass anything the City Council is trying to do.

In May, Bass submitted 1,615 signatures. Last week the El Dorado County Elections Department said the requisite number of valid signatures had not been submitted. However, this was based on a sampling of signatures, not all of them.

“I am confident we will pass with full count,” Bass told Lake Tahoe News.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report