‘It’s not a free-for-all’: High Desert marijuana raids continue to net high targets
CaliforniaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsNational & Federal Marijuana NewsUS Marijuana News June 26, 2018
PHELAN — It was already in the mid-80s early Thursday morning when detectives arrived to the first illegal marijuana grow raid of the day, and the heat only grew more searing by the hour. Yet none of this seemed to deter the six-man San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana... Read more
Cannabis activist submits more than 11,000 signatures to San Bernardino for ballot measure
CaliforniaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsUS Marijuana News June 26, 2018
A political action committee supporting a citizen-backed measure to regulate and tax commercial marijuana in San Bernardino delivered more than 11,000 signatures from registered voters to the City Clerk’s Office on Monday, June 25, city officials confirmed. If the signatures are certified by the Registrar of Voters, the measure... Read more
California Cannabis Countdown: City of Antioch (Hearing Today!)
CaliforniaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsUS Marijuana News June 26, 2018
California has 58 counties and 482 incorporated cities across the state, each with the option to create its own rules or ban marijuana altogether. In this California Cannabis Countdown series, we cover who is banning cannabis, who is embracing cannabis (and how), and everyone in between. For each city... Read more
California Cannabis Leasing: Federal Enforcement Is Not The Only Concern
CaliforniaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsUS Marijuana News June 23, 2018
…with your California cannabis lease. The current state of enforcement in California tends to be dominated by headlines about the Department of Justice, Jeff Sessions, the DEA, and the Controlled Substances Act. And for good reason—under the constitution, federal law is the law of the land, and commercial landlords... Read more
Will California Cannabis Businesses Be Ready for July 1?
CaliforniaIndustryUS Marijuana News June 19, 2018
When California was getting ready to legalize adult-use and medically commercial cannabis sales on January 1, 2018, we all knew it would be a bumpy ride. Going from the collective, cooperative, and non-profit models that governed marijuana operators (and I use the term “governed” loosely) prior to 2018, to... Read more
