California

A bill to legalize cannabis cafes in California has received bipartisan support, passing in a 33-3 vote last week. Bill AB-374 was introduced by Assembly Member Matt Haney and passed in the Assembly in June. It amends an Act in Section 26200 of the Business and Professions Code relating to cannabis

California Doubles Funding for Retail Access Grants to Expand Cannabis Access Across the State. California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has announced it has doubled funding for the Phase II round of its Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant programme. Consumers in California are currently

Hundreds of pounds of illegally processed marijuana were recovered last week in Merced County. According to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office, deputies issued multiple search warrants that led investigators to find 702 marijuana plants. They also found about 40 pounds of dried marijuana, hundreds

Some of the state’s biggest cannabis companies have been accused of working with sham unions that don’t actually fight for workers’ rights. It looks like it’s time to add “fake unions” to the long list of problems facing California’s multibillion-dollar legal pot industry. Some of the biggest legal

Santa Barbara County Supervisors Pass First Reading of Cannabis Fee Addition Despite Dissent. An ordinance amendment that will add another fee to cannabis operations was approved Tuesday on a first reading by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and will come back at the Aug. 29 meeting for

Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Face Crisis as Local Ballot Initiative Threatens Industry's Future. Pot farmers in Humboldt County, one of the largest pot-growing counties in California, say they’re facing an “existential threat” to their livelihoods, but this time, it isn’t a contagious crop

A proposed Embarc location was far enough away from a school, but locals appealed its permit to open, saying it’s a nuisance because of smell and security. After bending over backwards to meet the criteria for compliance, residents in Pinedale, a neighborhood of Fresno, California, rallied in Fresno

Cannabis got Mike Snell kicked out of the Air Force. It is also leading the Sacramento man to a potential big financial payout as the owner of Sacramento’s newest cannabis dispensary. His Off The Charts dispensary at 8125 36th Ave. on the Power Inn Road corridor opened in July. It is the second

More than half of the seized narcotics have been fentanyl. Police in San Francisco said last week that they have already seized more narcotics this year than in all of 2022, representing what they described as an “unprecedented amount.” The city’s police department announced in a news release on

Turn off Highway 99 in rural Elverta, drive five miles down the road and you’ll find a dusty lot crammed with cars on this scorching Friday evening. Behind the wooden fence, for a $10 entry fee, awaits a gathering akin to a block party crossed with a high-potency farmers market. Alongside shirtless

Roughly 60 people are now being cared for after deputies learned they were trafficked from across the border and forced to process illegally grown marijuana in Merced. According to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office, deputies searched a home on Wednesday in the 900 block of Vassar Avenue and

Gwyneth Paltrow Quietly Dominates California's Cannabis Market with THC-Infused Sparkling Water Brand. The cannabis industry is rolling out the red carpet for actress-turned-wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow, who is quietly "dominating" California's market alongside other stars after backing an