Cody Bass

Background

About Cody Bass

Cody is committed to bringing sensible thought to the council, that comes from a twenty year history of living, working, and opening businesses in South Lake Tahoe. The complete failure of the current council to find compromise on so many important issues, along with their failure to follow the will of the voters is why Cody has thrown his hat onto the ballot to run. This is not about a career move for Cody, as he is running to serve his community with integrity that will show as he will not be bought by any interest. Cody's history in the community proves that his decision making process is community first, with a open mind and willingness to work with all sides.Cody Bass is a national cannabis leader living a life committed to loving and learning about cannabis. Over the past two decades Cody has inspired many people throughout his journey to further the freedom of the cannabis plant. Cody has been appointed to serve on city commissions for drafting regulations which were passed and proven effective. Growing up in a prominent cannabis family his belief is from experiencing first hand the failed policy around cannabis, creating a lifelong commitment to reform cannabis as a crime and create a new cannabis policy.Cody was born into cannabis, but ventured into cultivating cannabis at the age of eighteen in the hills of Mendocino. He purchased his first parcel of land at twenty five to cultivate cannabis. This property is now licensed with Mendocino County for the legal cultivation for Tahoe Wellness Cooperative. Cody founded Tahoe Wellness Cooperative in January of 2009 and continues to serve as the Executive Director. Tahoe Wellness Cooperative is a model dispensary in the cannabis industry with high standards of testing and sustainability throughout the operations of the cooperative. Cody believes that humanity has a right to all of plant life, saying “for what heals us as humans should never be limited or withheld.”