 PAUL YOUNG
  City News Service
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - As a stimulus measure, Riverside County supervisors today approved easing the application process for individuals and businesses seeking to establish cannabis retail outlets and cultivation sites in unincorporated communities.
``We're keeping the same criteria as before, looking at each project to ensure it meets the requirements of the county,'' Transportation & Land Management Agency Director Juan Perez told the Board of Supervisors. ``What we will no longer have is a ranking system to look at whether one applicant or another is better coming out of the gate.''
Ahead of its 5-0 vote in favor of dropping the ranking process, Perez told the board the level of interest in submitting applications to the county to open cannabis bus
