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On December 2, 2020 the Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”) issued a Revised Branded Merchandise Fact Sheet. This is the second revision to the Branded Merch fact sheet this year; we discussed the July 2020 revision previously here. This newer version of the fact sheet has added some factors that […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn November 25, 2020 (Updated January 12, 2021 & January 21, 2021 – see note at end) Recently, a judge in San Luis Obispo County ruled that cannabis advertisements can no longer be placed on billboards alongside interstate and state highways that cross the state line. This […]
September 30, 2020 by Omar Figueroa On September 30, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 67, urgency legislation which expands geographical indicators under California law to include cities of origin and also mandates that cannabis appellations be grounded in terroir by requiring the practice of planting in the ground […]
September 10, 2020 by Gianna Geil, Law Student at UC Hastings and Intern at Law Offices of Omar Figueroa On August 31, 2020, the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) issued proposed modifications to the OCal Program regulations promulgated previously this year. As discussed in our previous blogpost, […]
July 11, 2020 By Lauren Mendelsohn This past week, the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) published a new Branded Merchandise Fact Sheet that has created some confusion and backlash within California’s cannabis industry. While the document mostly reiterates what is contained in Sections 5000 and 5041.1 of the BCC’s regulations, which […]