January 17, 2019 – Yesterday, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the final cannabis regulations that were published by California’s three cannabis licensing agencies (the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Food & Agriculture, and the Department of Public Health) last month. The final regulations are effective immediately, […]
Read More
January 7, 2019 By Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn You’ve probably heard that California’s medical cannabis collective and cooperative defense will end soon, on January 9, 2019. But what does that actually mean? First, some history. In 1996, the voters of California passed a seminal initiative, Proposition 215, also known […]
Read More
by Omar Figueroa, December 10, 2018 On Friday, December 7, 2018, the Bureau of Cannabis Control (the “BCC”) — along with California’s two other cannabis licensing agencies, CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing within the California Department of Food & Agriculture (“CDFA”) and the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch within the Department of Public […]
Read More
On December 7, 2018, California’s three cannabis licensing agencies — the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Food & Agriculture, and the Department of Public Health — released their final versions of the regulations that will govern the cannabis industry, which have been submitted to the Office of Administrative […]
Read More
October 19, 2018 – Today, California’s three cannabis regulatory agencies (the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Food & Agriculture) released modifications to the proposed permanent regulations for the Golden State’s cannabis industry, beginning a 15-day public comment period on the proposed changes. […]
Read More
October 11, 2018 By Lauren Mendelsohn Cannabis operators in California who are currently operating under a temporary state license but who have not yet received their annual state license will get some reprieve next year thanks to Senate Bill 1459, which was recently signed into law by Governor Brown. SB […]
Read More
October 2, 2018 by Omar Figueroa New legislation will transform the cannabis industry in California by allowing for widespread state-licensed temporary cannabis events, where adults can buy, sell, and consume cannabis. Currently, licensed cannabis events are restricted to the locations of county fairgrounds and district agricultural associations, which has limited […]
Read More
By Associate Attorney Lauren Mendelsohn August 8, 2018 Overview On August 7, 2018 the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors discussed proposed updates to the county’s commercial cannabis ordinance, which was initially adopted in December 2016. Implementation of the commercial cannabis program […]
Read More
On Friday, July 13, 2018, California’s three cannabis licensing agencies (the Bureau of Cannabis Control, or “BCC”; the Department of Food and Agriculture, or “CDFA”; and the Department of Public Health, or “CDPH”) released their much-anticipated proposed permanent regulations for cannabis businesses pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis […]
Read More
July 13, 2018 – Today, California’s cannabis licensing agencies (the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Department of Public Health) released their much-anticipated proposed regulations for cannabis businesses. This began the 45-day public comment period of the regular rulemaking process, during which time the public […]
Read More