San Bernardino puts its cannabis business laws on November ballot
CaliforniaUncategorized August 10, 2018
San Bernardino’s commercial cannabis regulations will appear on the November ballot, a move intended to clear up two years of muck surrounding marijuana businesses in town. City leaders last week gave voters the opportunity to weigh in on rules they unanimously adopted earlier this year. Councilman John Valdivia opposed... Read more
A closer look at the new cannabis ordinances before Oroville council
CaliforniaUncategorized August 10, 2018
OROVILLE — Facing a fair amount of opposition, the Oroville City Council took a big step on Tuesday toward bringing commercial cannabis to the city. The council voted 5-1 to introduce two ordinances, with one focused on changes to zoning code to allow for such businesses, while the other... Read more
ALAMEDA — Cannabis businesses have shown little interest in operating here in the wake of the city adopting regulations on their use. Among the reasons? A lack of suitable space to purchase or rent, and the fact that state regulations regarding cannabis are still being hammered out, leading to... Read more
Medical marijuana dispensary denied license sues La Mesa
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized August 9, 2018
Two businessmen who were denied a permit to operate a medical marijuana collective in La Mesa are suing the city. Wayne Alexander Scherer and Rezwan H. Khan of New Origins Management, Inc. filed a civil suit on July 23, alleging the city failed to follow its appeal process and... Read more
Sonoma County endorses limits on cannabis production, curbs on neighbors’ protests
CaliforniaUncategorized August 9, 2018
Sonoma County supervisors Tuesday advanced revisions to rules governing cannabis businesses and farms outside city limits that would include allowing recreational sales at dispensaries and limiting most cultivation sites to properties 10 acres or larger. The Board of Supervisors rejected two proposals aimed at addressing an increasingly contentious debate... Read more
In a little over two 60 days, the date Canadian cannabis investors have long been waiting for will finally be here. On October 17, recreational marijuana will officially go on sale in in the country, which follows the passage of the Cannabis Act in June. Canada will become the first industrialized... Read more
San Diego struggling to shut down illegal marijuana delivery services
CaliforniaUncategorized August 6, 2018
Leaders of the San Diego marijuana industry say the city needs to accelerate efforts to shut down the city’s roughly 100 illegal delivery services, which have replaced illegal marijuana storefronts as the new black market for the drug. The city’s 18 permitted dispensaries can legally deliver marijuana to customers,... Read more
Pomona business owners denounce initiative to allow marijuana shops in city’s historic core
CaliforniaUncategorized August 6, 2018
A group of property owners in downtown Pomona is making it very clear: Despite a proposed measure on the November ballot that could usher marijuana businesses into town, they don’t want them in their neighborhood. Earlier this year, proponents of an initiative that aims to overturn Pomona’s ban on... Read more
MARTINEZ — In a raucous meeting that saw everything from Cheech and Chong jokes to concerns about kids having easy access to pot, the city’s Planning Commission took the first step toward establishing a medical cannabis dispensary here. The planning commission voted unanimously in favor of two measures that... Read more
Marijuana Stocks: Humble Beginnings Could Lead To Big Opportunity
Marijuana Industry NewsUncategorized August 5, 2018
For those that have been with us for a little while, you will surely remember OXIS International, which we have been covering on and off since 2014. On June 26th, 2017 we began to cover OXIS again. But a lot has happened since then. On July 17th, 2017 Oxis... Read more
