California

California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training amended rules for people applying to become law enforcement agents. A series of amendments to state law prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on past or off-the-clock pot use, and the list of jobs now

Stiiizy Co-Founder Tony Huang Faces Allegations of Serial Involvement in Illegal Cannabis Dispensaries. The sign on the building said Jerry’s Liquor, but inside, Compton code enforcement inspectors found a cannabis dispensary called Fly High 20 Collective. The discovery of the black market

Cannabis has been the city of Sacramento’s new-found pot of gold. With the most permissive regulatory environment in the region for cultivating, distributing and selling cannabis, the existing 4% tax on the industry now dwarfs all revenue from all parking lots city-wide. Cannabis businesses are

Assembly Bill 2188 goes into effect Jan 1, 2024. It outlaws employers from taking action against employees for off-duty cannabis use. A new law will prevent California employers from punishing employees for recreational use of cannabis outside of work hours starting January 1. While current and

New California Law Protects Job Applicants and Employees from Discrimination Based on Off-Duty Cannabis Use. On Jan. 1, it will be unlawful, with certain exceptions, for California employers with five or more employees to discriminate against an applicant or employee based on off-duty cannabis use

Residents in Carpinteria, California, File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Cannabis Farms Over Odor Issues. California’s legalization of recreational cannabis turned Santa Barbara County into one of the biggest pot growing regions in the world, bringing hundreds of acres of marijuana to a region that

Cannabis operators in Sacramento want the city to reduce a 4% tax on their gross receipts, but the cut would slash money allocated for youth organizations. The special tax must be paid monthly by all cannabis businesses in Sacramento, and starting next year, 40% of the tax will go to a new entity

Santa Cruz Cannabis Businesses Demand Police Action on Sophisticated Burglaries. Local cannabis operations have increasingly become targets for highly sophisticated burglaries in which masked individuals break into these tightly secured shops and steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of product

We Kept Our Promises, and They Broke Theirs. It’s been more than two years since the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis signed a peace treaty with a leading growers’ organization in the Carpinteria Valley. Today, the coalition says, that agreement is in tatters. The agreement of August

Firefighters Thursday knocked down a greater alarm structure fire at a one-story commercial building in North Hollywood that housed a cannabis growing operation, authorities said. Fire crews were called at 4:46 a.m. to 5708 N. Cahuenga Blvd. where they found smoke coming from the building's roof

It’s long been known that people who smoke tobacco are at a higher risk of having heart problems. Now, a team of researchers at UCSF have found that marijuana products also pose the same risk. What’s particularly interesting is that burning any plant can release toxic chemicals, but apparently

The driver of a car crashed into a Union City cannabis dispensary early Tuesday morning, leaving products and merchandise scattered all over the ground. The car was abandoned at Flor dispensary on Courthouse Drive in Union Landing Shopping Center – it's unclear if the people inside ran away or were