The Law Offices of Omar Figueroa is a boutique California law firm focusing on cannabis law. We fight for justice and human rights, and advocate passionately for our clients every step of the way.
By Gianna Geil August 14, 2020 On August 6, 2020 the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an urgency ordinance creating new civil penalties for violations of Public Health Orders in an effort to curb the continuing spread of COVID-19. Additionally, the Board approved a new County hotline […]
July 2020 We are proud to announce that our Senior Associate Attorney Lauren Mendelsohn has been named a Super Lawyers honoree, and was included in the 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Our Associate Attorney Andrew Kingsdale has also earned this recognition in previous years. Super Lawyers is […]
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 […]
July 6, 2020 by Omar Figueroa Legislation is now pending in California which would limit the establishment of appellations of origin to cannabis “planted in the ground, in open air, with no artificial light during the flowering stage of cultivation until harvest.” Senate Bill 67 would also expand geographical designations from […]
July 3, 2020 by Tiffany Carrari On July 1, Santa Barbara County hosted its first of six community meetings being held to receive feedback and questions about the amended Cannabis Business License Ordinance (Chapter 50) regulating cannabis retail storefront licensing. Chapter 50 limits the number of retail storefronts to one […]
July 2, 2020 by Omar Figueroa On June 26, 2020, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced via press release that “2735 Sonoma County marijuana convictions will be dismissed as part of a program initiated by her office with the assistance of the ‘Clear My Record’ application, a state-wide software […]
June 30, 2020 by Tiffany Carrari, Associate Transactional Attorney Last year, we at the Law Offices of Omar Figueroa published a blog post explaining items on California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Inspection Forms that had been produced in July of 2019 by the CDFA in response to a […]
June 29, 2020 We are excited to announce that our Senior Associate Attorney Lauren Mendelsohn has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) for a two-year term. Previously, our Principal Attorney Omar Figueroa sat on the INCBA Board; he is also one of […]
June 24, 2020 by Tiffany Carrari, Associate Transactional Attorney On June 5th the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) issued an update detailing MCSB’s current operations in light of California’s COVID-19 Stay at Home order. The update also contained information for l icensees including reminders […]
June 22, 2020 by Associate Attorney Tiffany Carrari On April 30, 2020 the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) issued proposed regulations for the OCal Program, a statewide certification program that will establish and enforce cannabis standards that are comparable-to-organic. (Given federal oversight over the United States Department of […]