California’s Right to Farm Laws, Pesticide Drift, Wine and Weed
CaliforniaUncategorized September 17, 2019
California, like other states, has a Right to Farm Act that is intended to protect agricultural activity, and many counties have their own local right to farm ordinances as well. California’s Right to Farm Act provides: “No agricultural activity, operation, or facility, or appurtenances thereof, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes, and in a manner consistent…
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WATCH: California Gov. Newsom announces crackdown on vaping and cannabis oils
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News September 17, 2019 0
Nearly 3,000 Illegal Marijuana Businesses Found in California Audit, Dwarfing Legal Trade
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News September 12, 2019 0
Will California Get a Hemp Social Equity Program?
CaliforniaHempUncategorized September 12, 2019
As states across the country develop regulated cannabis programs, more and more are incorporating social equity programs. Illinois’ new adult-use cannabis law, for example, made waves for its broad social equity program. Here in California, cannabis social equity is not a central part of the state-level regulations, but many of the larger cities throughout the state…
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The Regulatory Twilight Zone: California Cannabis Transactions
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 9, 2019
For years now, I’ve seen and analyzed many different cannabis business relationships across the industry spectrum. Specifically, many proposed and draft agreements have come across my desk detailing the contractual relationships between a variety of parties in the cannabis industry for various purposes–from investors, ancillary services providers, and licensees to intellectual property holding companies, equipment…
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California Cannabis: Napa County Headed for a Cultivation Compromise?
CaliforniaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 3, 2019
Cannabis cultivation and the means for regulating it have been contentious topics in Napa County for some time now. Back in July, proponents of allowing commercial cannabis cultivation in unincorporated Napa County, led by the Napa Valley Cannabis Association, collected enough signatures to qualify for a ballot measure during the March 3, 2020 election….
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California’s cannabis law—the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and its corresponding regulations (or “MAUCRSA”)—doesn’t put a cap on the number of licenses that will be issued. MAUCRSA even envisions that large size (Type 5) cultivation licenses will be issued in 2023. In theory, the state could issue unlimited licenses, but that’s…
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