California

California's Largest Cannabis Delivery Service Eaze Faces Foreclosure After Loan Default. California’s largest pot delivery service is in financial trouble after it defaulted on a major loan and now faces foreclosure, according to a document filed in Delaware court earlier this month. Eaze, which

Amsterdam-style cannabis cafés could be coming to parts of California, allowing dispensaries to sell items such as food and coffee. The state Assembly passed AB-1775 Cannabis: Retail Preparation, Sale, and Consumption of Noncannabis Food and Beverage Products Monday, sending the bill to the state

Winters Planning Commission Advances Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance and Rezoning Proposal. On April 23, the Winters Planning Commission approved re-zoning while also creating and adjusting an ordinance regarding personal cannabis cultivation and potential limitations. The ordinance will next go to

California's Cannabis Crackdown: Over $61 Million in Illegal Products Seized. Since January, the Governor's cannabis enforcement task force has seized over $61 million in illegal cannabis products, including nearly 36,600 pounds of unlicensed cannabis and eradicated over 62,000 illegal plants in law

Parents Arrested After 3-Year-Old Found in Illegal Marijuana Grow. The parents of a 3-year-old child were arrested after the toddler was reported missing and later found in an illegal marijuana grow, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. The agency said the mother reported the child

Embracing Change: Blum Holdings Foresees Positive Impacts of DEA's Marijuana Rescheduling Decision. Blum Holdings, Inc., a cannabis company which through its subsidiaries has operations throughout California, remains optimistic about the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (“DEA”) decision to

Santa Monica Pioneers Social Equity Measures in Recreational Cannabis Licensing. While the City of Santa Monica is well behind the times when it comes to allowing and regulating cannabis sales in town, officials are attempting to turn that bug into a feature by embedding social equity rules into as

In reality, the facilities were owned by third parties. A Los Angeles judge has denied a motion for a new trial by CADM Inc. and its affiliates, who were ordered to pay $20 million in damages to Leafire Inc. and Llulllu LLC for defrauding them in a real estate scheme involving several cannabis

Santa Cruz AIDS Crisis: A Personal Reflection from State Senator John Laird. I’ve been involved in the Santa Cruz community since I arrived as a student at UCSC in 1968, and I realize it gives me a historical perspective that those who have come of age since are not aware of. It has been almost two

Purple Lotus Cannabis Dispensary Boosts Downtown San Jose Economy with High-Profile Location. A cannabis dispensary that’s opened its doors at a high-profile downtown San Jose site has helped bring customers, retail sales, foot traffic and jobs into the city’s urban core. Purple Lotus Downtown San

Federal Rescheduling of Cannabis Offers Hope to Struggling California Businesses. A demonstrator waves a flag with marijuana leaves depicted on it during a protest calling for the legalization of marijuana, outside of the White House on April 2, 2016. The federal government’s expected move to

Santa Barbara County will change its cannabis licensing application as it implements suggestions from the State Auditor’s Office. “To my knowledge, this is the first time cannabis has been audited at the state level. It’s relatively new with recreational level,” Deputy County Executive Officer