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Marijuana business is booming in Sacramento and so are the jobs that come with it

The cannabis industry in the city of Sacramento has become the ninth largest employer with nearly 8,000 workers four years after recreational marijuana was legalized, shows a report commissioned by city officials. “It’s a remarkable turn of events” said David…

California Cannabis Workers: Independent Contractor Exceptions Part II

by Griffin Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken California deems nearly all kinds of workers employees. There are, however, some important circumstances where workers may be classified as contractors. In my first post of this series, “Classifying California Cannabis Workers,” I…

Op-Ed: Why legal weed is losing the war to illegal weed

The market for legal weed is growing. But in California, as elsewhere, it faces serious challenges. We’re not talking about droughts, climate change or supply chain shortages. The biggest challenge is competition from illegal weed. Our best estimate is that…

Cannabis licensing efforts tied to Anaheim corruption investigation

Democratic leader Melahat Rafiei, also a consultant to cannabis companies, confirms she's cooperated with FBI for three years. The lure of potential profits, and the fertile ground for corruption, that surround the legal cannabis industry helped unravel a series of…

Classifying California Cannabis Workers

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken California is one of the trickiest states in the U.S. for employers, and especially for cannabis employers. The numerous, byzantine requirements here simply don’t exist in many other states. Classifying California cannabis workers…

California Cannabis FAQ

Even though California has been issuing cannabis licenses since January 2018, I still get the same questions around cannabis regulatory, corporate and transactional items even from seasoned California cannabis licensees. This post constitutes a California cannabis FAQ list for readers…

Oakland Cannabis Sellers, Once Full of Hope, Face a Harsh Reality

The cannabis industry, designed in part to help communities upended by the war on drugs, is being threatened by theft, racism and a market that is stacked against small operators. OAKLAND, Calif. — Across from where the Athletics play baseball…

Curbside pickup for marijuana? California agency is poised to allow it indefinitely

For two years, Californians have been able to pick up marijuana from their dispensaries via curbside delivery. Now, the state regulator that oversees cannabis is poised to extend that rule indefinitely. The Department of Cannabis Control recently announced several proposed…

California DCC Engages in New Cannabis Rulemaking

The California Department of Cannabis Control (“DCC”) is undertaking new cannabis rulemaking pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act. Unlike other states, California hasn’t implemented sweeping changes to its cannabis regulations with immense impacts on the…

SB 1074: California Cannabis Taxes Overhaul

February 23, 2022
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by Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken I’ve written a couple of times about the ongoing struggle that is the California cannabis tax situation, and I was recently on a great panel about the future of cannabis taxes in the…

Inside California’s Cannabis Crisis

February 21, 2022
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Small weed farms are facing extinction under oppressive regulations, high taxes, and a statewide collapse in cannabis pricing It’s a raw December day in the heart of California weed country, and thousands of cannabis growers, purveyors and smokers are gathered…

Cuts to California cannabis taxes would harm low-income youths, advocates say

February 16, 2022
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“We’ve heard a lot about the impact to the cannabis industry but have heard little to no impact to those who benefit from these taxes,” a child service provider said. LOS ANGELES — Amid concerns that California’s cannabis industry is…

Gavin Newsom was the face of legal cannabis in California. Can he fix its problems?

When California voters legalized marijuana for recreational use in November 2016, it was also a victory for Gavin Newsom, who spent months traveling the state as the face of the campaign. At an election night party at a San Francisco…

FBI and San Bernardino County sheriff accused of breaking law by seizing marijuana cash

The driver of an armored car carrying $712,000 in cash from licensed marijuana dispensaries was heading into Barstow on a Mojave Desert freeway in November when San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies pulled him over. They interrogated him, seized the money…

In California pot market, a hazy line between legal and not

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On an isolated farm, greenhouses stand in regimental order, sheltered by a fringe of trees. Inside are hundreds of head-high cannabis plants in precise rows, each rising from a pot nourished by coils of irrigation tubing.…