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 Omar Figueroa January 20, 2021 The year 2022 promises an expansion of licensed cannabis businesses as municipalities open up across California. As noted in “2022 brings new markets, opportunities for California marijuana firms” by Chris Casacchia in MJBizDaily: More than a dozen California cities are opening new recreational cannabis […]
by Omar Figueroa December 7, 2021 The world’s first regulations for cannabis appellations have been finalized recently, nearly two years after the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) first released the original proposal for cannabis appellations of origin in February of 2020. The process began almost two years before […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn September 29, 2021 California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the latest emergency regulations from the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC). These emergency regulations went into effect immediately and govern all cannabis licenses (regardless of the licensee type) and commercial cannabis activity in the State of […]
by Omar Figueroa August 10, 2021 Interested in organizing a licensed cannabis event in California? You’re in luck! California’s new Department of Cannabis Control (hereafter “DCC”) has issued renumbered regulations which retain the two non-statutory events licenses first proposed by the Bureau of Cannabis Control back in 2017: the […]
by Omar Figueroa July 14, 2021 United States Senators Cory Booker, Ron Wyden, and Chuck Schumer have released their long-awaited federal legalization bill, the Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act. The text of the discussion draft can be found here, and a summary can be found here. The Senate’s 163-page Cannabis […]
by Andrew Kingsdale April 20, 2021 On March 31, 2021, New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”), making New York the 14th state to legalize adult-use cannabis. The significance of this new law is hard to overstate. MRTA is uniquely comprehensive, […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn March 21, 2021 Cannabis companies can’t seem to get a break when it comes to Proposition 65. The industry is a frequent target of Prop. 65 actions, and the regulations governing consumer product warnings have been in flux. Now, additional changes are proposed which would have a […]
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 […]
November 11, 2020 As of the time of this publication, it appears that Trinity County’s Measure G, which would impose a tax on commercial cannabis operations, is winning by a wide margin of 70.92% to 29.08% (according to the unofficial results from 11/4/20 at 4:14pm). The Law Offices of Omar […]
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 […]