California cannabis conference highlights justice, compliance issues
CaliforniaUncategorized October 24, 2018
While a packed room at the California Cannabis Business Conference in Anaheim cheered on inspiring speeches from marijuana rights activists Melissa Etheridge and Steve DeAngelo, audience member Chaney Turner couldn’t join in. The co-founder of The People’s Dispensary in Oakland stood from her chair and raised her voice to... Read more
Editorial: Local marijuana taxes would harm legal pot market
CaliforniaUncategorized October 24, 2018
More local taxes threaten to undermine California’s fledgling legal pot industry and drive consumers underground to purchase their weed. Voters should reject proposals on the Nov. 6 ballot for new marijuana business taxes in Union City (Measure DD), Emeryville (Measure S) and unincorporated Contra Costa (Measure R), One key... Read more
Marijuana businesses will be allowed in unincorporated Riverside County
CaliforniaUncategorized October 24, 2018
Dispensaries and other marijuana-related businesses will be allowed in unincorporated Riverside County after the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 23 approved a long-awaited regulatory framework for cannabis commerce. The 3-2 vote came after a three-hour public hearing in which more than 30 speakers shared their views on whether... Read more
LAKEPORT — The Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission are set to consider items regarding cannabis permitting at meetings this week. Today, the Supervisors are likely to reduce the fee for cannabis grow permits from $5,073 to $4,160. On Thursday, the Planning Commission will consider five applications for... Read more
California Cannabis Cultivation: DFA’s Proposed Permanent Rules
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 24, 2018
On Friday, the three California agencies charged with issuing and enforcing rules for cannabis business licensees issued a stack of proposed changes to the final rules it had previously proposed in July. Many of the most dramatic changes came from the BCC and will likely motivate more than a... Read more
Cannabis sellers change marketing tactics to reach female consumers
CaliforniaUncategorized October 23, 2018
Long before marijuana showed up in fancy dispensaries, the weed market mostly consisted of young guys who love to get high. So it stands to reason that early purveyors of legal weed mostly emphasized the potency of their products and leaned heavily on stoner culture, including Instagram images of... Read more
Cannabis vaping startup Pax valued at $5 billion
CaliforniaUncategorized October 22, 2018
Passing a joint is becoming increasingly passe. Pax Labs Inc., a San Francisco-based startup that makes marijuana vaporizers, is now valued at $5 billion, said two people familiar with the company who asked not to be identified discussing the terms of a private deal. The company raised $20 million... Read more
California marijuana policies at play on Election Day, even in Republican strongholds
CaliforniaUncategorized October 22, 2018
Marijuana will once again be a hot topic on Election Day, with the future of local, state and federal cannabis policies in the hands of voters Nov. 6. But this time, voters in states that typically lean Republican will be the ones weighing legalization measures at the ballot box.... Read more
What You Need to Know Now: BCC Drops Revised, Proposed, Permanent Cannabis Rules
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 22, 2018
Huge changes ahead. Get your comments in by Nov. 5! Last Friday, we wrote about the amended proposed permanent cannabis regulations that are now in a 15-day notice-and-comment period for each California agency—the Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”), Department of Public Health (“DPH”), and Department of Food and Agriculture... Read more
California’s Proposed Modified Cannabis Regulations Could Prohibit Intellectual Property Licensing (!)
CaliforniaUncategorized October 21, 2018
Get your comments in by Nov. 5 and help us fix this. On Friday, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, California Department of Public Health, and California Department of Food and Agriculture issued 15-day notices of modification to the texts of their respective proposed regulations. The California Cannabis Portal... Read more
