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Sacramento’s first social equity cannabis dispensary opens

November 10, 2022
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A new cannabis dispensary that opened Monday is the first in a city program designed to give Sacramento residents affected by the war on drugs an opportunity to legally sell marijuana to customers. Personal trainer Robert Jackson is the majority…

New details show sprawling web of corruption in Southern California cannabis licensing

As a California lawmaker called for a statewide task force to crack down on corruption in the legal cannabis market, new details are emerging in a bribery scandal that has ensnared local government officials from the Inland Empire to the…

California expands largest US illegal pot eradication effort

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With California’s four-year-old legal marijuana market in disarray, the state’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that he will try a new broader approach to disrupting illegal pot farms that undercut the legal economy and sow widespread environmental damage.…

California’s illicit marijuana market thrives as much of the state continues to restrict sales

In 2016, Californians voted to legalize recreational adult-use marijuana. Proponents of Proposition 64, including then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, argued that it would generate massive revenue, while decreasing illicit cannabis and drug cartel activity in the state. Now, nearly six years…

California Expands Medical Cannabis Delivery

September 28, 2022
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By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken It’s no secret that California cannabis is suffering for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the stranglehold on access caused by local control. Local control is never going away in…

San Diego could get more cannabis dispensaries, as proposed rule changes get key OK

September 22, 2022
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A council committee voted to soften the district cap and close a loophole that shields dispensaries from scrutiny SAN DIEGO — San Diego officials are proposing new cannabis regulations that would allow more dispensaries to open and would close a loophole that…

Inside California’s pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings

September 22, 2022
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SACRAMENTO — Architects of the effort to legalize pot in California made big promises to voters. But six years later, California’s legal weed industry is in disarray with flawed policies, legal loopholes and stiff regulations hampering longtime growers and sellers. Despite expectations…

California workers won’t have to worry about being fired, or not hired, for off-the-clock marijuana use

It will soon be illegal for California employers to let workers’ off-site and outside-of-work marijuana use be a factor in hiring or firing decisions, according to a new state law. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed into law a bill…

Legal pot spawned a wave of corruption, threats and secret financial deals for politicians

September 15, 2022
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In the San Gabriel Valley, a city councilman demanded bribes from businesses seeking cannabis licenses, according to a source cooperating with the FBI. In another small L.A. County city, a cannabis industry group offered $15,000 to council candidates who would…

Killings, robberies, extortion. California can’t stop its booming illegal cannabis stores

September 13, 2022
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When the cannabis dispensary Hierba opened on Cesar Chavez Avenue in October, customers had “sticker shock,” Guillermo Menjivar, the general manager, recalled. Even with a 30% opening week discount, shoppers still couldn’t understand why, for instance, a gram of First…

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

September 9, 2022
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At sunset from atop Haystack Butte, the desert floor below shimmers with a thousand lights. Illegal cannabis farms. At this hour and distance, serene hues cloak the rugged enclave of Mount Shasta Vista, a tense collective of seasonal camps guarded…

Nobody knows how widespread illegal cannabis grows are in California. So we mapped them

September 8, 2022
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By 2013, illegal cannabis grows were such a destructive environmental force in California that state water regulators decided it time to go beyond their complaint-driven, piecemeal approach at enforcement. That required knowing how much cannabis there was statewide, and…

California Cannabis Tax Payment Plans

By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken Recently, numerous clients have come to us about issues with cannabis payment plans and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (“CDTFA“). Recall, there was a time in California (not that long…

NEW Proposition 65 Cannabis Regulations

September 5, 2022
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By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken Proposition 65 cannabis regulations are no joke, and they continue to change. For better or worse, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (a/k/a Prop. 65) has long plagued California…

California OKs bill to protect workers who use pot at home

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon become the seventh state to make sure people won’t lose their jobs if they smoke marijuana when they are off the clock. State lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would stop companies…