As reported in the Victorville Daily Press
Cannabis business owners in Hesperia say they’ve spent thousands of dollars and years jumping through legal hoops to establish dispensaries only to face a potential threat that...
June 17, the Department of Cannabis Control will be notifying the public about three different regulation packages. Expect to receive three separate emails about the following notices and instructions on how to submit public...
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Join us virtually for the Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) Cannabis Advisory Committee meetings Dec. 13-15, 2022.
Meeting schedule and agendas:
CAC Meeting: Dec. 15, 2022, at 10 a.m. (view the agenda)
Equity...
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry
January 14, 2022
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
AB 1656, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry. Cannabis: industrial hemp.
The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana...
The Fresno Bee reports..
When you go down a Fresno government rabbit hole, no telling where it might lead. In this case, all the way to Mendota.
While perusing the Dec. 15 Fresno City Council agenda for anything I missed...
NBC report
At least three people were shot and two were critically injured following a shootout at an indoor marijuana site in San Leandro early Sunday morning, officials said.
San Leandro police said at about 4:20 a.m.,...
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As a California lawmaker called for a statewide task force to crack down on corruption in the legal cannabis market, new details are emerging in a bribery scandal that has ensnared...
MRR writes
The perpetual myth that dispensaries are selling weed to minors refuses to die, but evidence shows this isn’t the case in California. Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works...
August 31, 2022
Notice of modifications of proposed text for standard cannabinoids test method and standardized operating procedures regulations
DCC is providing notice to the public of modifications to the proposed regulatory...
Nationally minded cannabis businesses face tough choices about where to operate in light of significant financial headwinds.
At least three national cannabis companies have either departed the California marijuana market...
Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation implementing the 2022-23 state budget, including a trailer bill focused on measures that will bring tax relief to the cannabis industry, support equity businesses, strengthen...
The Sacramento Bee…
Sacramento’s 30 existing cannabis dispensary owners will now be able to sell the majority of their business after the city council Tuesday night approved new rules allowing ownership transfers. Dispensary...
Lloyd Wayne Cockrell, 55, of Bakersfield was identified by the Kern County Corner’s Office. He was shot and killed Saturday on Stine Road near Pacheco Road, according to the department.
Cockrell was found at a marijuana...
MISSION VIEJO, CA — Officials in Mission Viejo are considering a development plan to allow a number of cannabis retailers in the city.
There aren’t many dispensaries offering cannabis in South Orange County, but a planning...
June 17, 2022
Notice of proposed rulemaking to adopt regulations for standard cannabinoids test method and standardized operating procedures
The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is providing notice to the public of its...
Under the legal commercial cannabis framework, craft legacy cannabis producers have largely lost access to opportunities to connect directly with consumers. In turn, consumer and patient access to farm-fresh cannabis and...
Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office discovered more than 1,000 marijuana plants and at least 160 “blood sport” roosters on the property.
About 1,000 marijuana plants, more than 160 roosters and several guns were seized...
The Sacramento Bee reports
Consumers would be able to buy cannabis directly from cultivators at farmers markets just like they do for produce, under legislation approved Tuesday by the state Assembly Committee on Business...
The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has filed an action with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) to readopt emergency regulations that consolidate the commercial cannabis regulations. This readoption would allow...
A California legislative panel approved a bill to legalize cannabis for pets on Tuesday, just a day before the famed 4/20 marijuana high holiday. The measure, AB 1885, was approved by members of the Assembly Business Professions...
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The Governor’s Office today released a revised 2022-23 state budget proposal, building on the state’s ongoing work to make historic investments in California’s future, including efforts to create a safe,...
Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a State of Emergency for the county to secure more law enforcement funding and tougher laws for illegal grows.
Cannabis Business Times reports
Siskiyou County,...
ByMJ Biz Daily
Posted on May 23, 2022
Los Angeles has revised its cannabis ordinance and tweaked some other related rules in an effort to speed up business license application processing and approval timelines.
The...
As a measure to protect cannabis consumers from untested and unregulated product at unlicensed businesses, two Los Angeles City Council members introduced a motion today aimed at implementing a county program that issues...
Sheriff’s officials arrested 41 suspects and seized 21,002 pot plants in the second week of Operation Hammer Strike, a campaign to stop the proliferation of illegal pot operations in the High Desert.
Investigators from...
Los Angeles Daily News reports
Fines for cannabis grow operations and illegal dispensaries in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will soon be set at up to $30,000 per day, based on a vote by the Board of Supervisors...
An act to amend Section 26080 of, and to add Chapter 25 (commencing with Section 26300) to Division 10 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
SB 1326, as introduced,...
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — February 15, 2022 — Eradication of large marijuana grows has already started in Shasta County, and Sheriff Michael Johnson says this is only the beginning.
After supervisors accepted $200,000...
An ordinance amendment allowing adult-use retail cannabis sales in Napa is headed toward the final step of Napa City Council approval Tuesday evening.
Napa currently only permits medical sales of cannabis, which means customers...
Hemp Grower reports..
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in a Jan. 26 meeting to introduce an ordinance that would regulate hemp cultivation in unincorporated areas within the county.
The ordinance includes...
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MJ Biz report
“Eligible members, including cannabis operators as of December 31, 2021, will receive their share as part of a special dividend payment on their savings statement”...
A San Luis Obispo County cannabis company has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming the license for its retail store operator permit was improperly revoked in October — which the city attorney vehemently denies. Natural...
MJ Biz reports..
The marijuana distributor, which launched in California in 2015, was an early and vocal advocate for small growers in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties.
The company also was a major buyer of their...