Buyer Beware: Buying and Selling Los Angeles Marijuana Dispensaries Under Proposition M
Be careful! It’s easy to slip up under Proposition M. I’ve written in the past about the precarious business of buying and selling existing dispensaries in Los Angeles, but that was under the now repealed Proposition D. In March of 2017, Angelenos voted in favor of Proposition M, which... Read more
Los Angeles charges 515 people with running illegal marijuana businesses as part of black market crackdown
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged 515 people for helping to run 105 illegal marijuana operations, the City Attorney’s office said Friday. The sweep is part of an effort to level the financial playing field for licensed cannabis businesses, which have suffered by competing with black market operators who... Read more
Elon Musk’s decision to use cannabis on the air shows CEO dazed and confused by tone
Dude, what are you, high? There was a time when Elon Musk’s live-streamed puff of marijuana would have only enhanced the image of an iconoclastic business magnate who can’t be bothered by social conventions in his quest to change the world. But an ill-advised tweet last month by the... Read more
Oregon Cannabis: Who Are the New Rules Really For?
The new OLCC rules won’t really solve the problem. New Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) rules affecting outdoor recreational growers went into effect on September 1, 2018. It’s likely that the rules are in direct response to concerns expressed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and, more recently, Oregon US... Read more
Oregon Industrial Hemp Litigation: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Nuisance pollination can cause a row. In recent posts, we’ve discussed cases where a neighbor to a cannabis grow sued the grower for nuisance, claiming that growing cannabis interfered with the neighbor’s use of their land. See here, here, here, here, here, and here. These lawsuits relied on the non-cannabis... Read more
Martinez sets plan in motion to allow marijuana businesses
MARTINEZ —- A plan to manage commercial, retail and other marijuana-related business ventures should be prepared as early as mid-November, the Martinez City Council decided Wednesday night. In addition to commercial marijuana businesses, the council indicated it would put out the welcome mat for a couple of retail operators,... Read more
California Cannabis Development Agreements: Part One
California municipalities are missing the mark on development agreements. Development agreements have become a popular tool for California municipalities regulating commercial cannabis activities. We’ve talked a bit about development agreements in the cannabis context here. In a nutshell, a development agreement is a contract between a municipality and developer that... Read more
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Oregon Cannabis: Josephine County Loses Again
…another Josephine County setback. Poor Josephine County. We have been writing on this blog about the southern Oregon county’s mounting frustrations with cannabis, its successive losses in litigation, and its most recent attempt in federal district court to submarine Oregon’s cannabis programs. We immediately identified this lawsuit as a... Read more
New Settlement Policies? The OLCC Moves to Revoke Marijuana Wholesaler License
OLCC may be getting strict. A violation of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (“OLCC”) recreational marijuana rules can land you in hot water. I’ve previously written about rule violations and the administrative process, including settlements. It’s been our experience that the OLCC is open to settlement agreements for licensees... Read more
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