Well, the OP apparently ended up in Oakland (oregon) so that pretty much answers your question on if they decided to move to KF or not (they never updated it, so it's a fair question honestly, and it's not like this sub forum is grand central station or anything...)
If memory serves that was only if you want to grow for someone else, patients who grow for themselves aren't required to be residents for any amount of time. Here's the page with all of the grower requirements (residency requirements were dropped including for recreational producers as they're not listed anymore here, or on the application, self growers who aren't transfering their product to a facility also don't have to pay a $200 grow site registration fee.)