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by Omar Figueroa September 8, 2021 Today, the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) published proposed emergency regulations. This is the second step after the DCC took action in July to move all cannabis regulations into Title 4 of the California Code of Regulations. The proposed emergency regulations are intended to […]
By Omar Figueroa and Daniel Dellafosse September 5, 2021 San Francisco is one of the great cities of the world. The City has been an epicenter of cannabis culture for decades, from the halcyon hippie days of Haight-Ashbury to the AIDS crisis when cannabis patients, caregivers, and other […]
by Omar Figueroa September 1, 2021 Back in 2018, the first state cannabis licenses were issued by three separate regulatory agencies: the Bureau of Cannabis Control, CalCannabis Cultivation licensing within the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), and the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch within the California Department of Public […]
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 Lauren Mendelsohn and Omar Figueroa July 20, 2021 There are at least two efforts underway in California to decriminalize psilocybin, the active compound in “magic mushrooms,” and at least one to decriminalize various other psychedelic substances. This post will provide a quick update as to the current status […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn July 17, 2021 California’s new cannabis regulatory agency, the Department of Cannabis Control (formed via the combination of the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch and CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing), has consolidated the three sets of cannabis regulations into one unified location. Instead of being […]
July 13, 2021 Today, the website for California’s new Department of Cannabis Control, which was created by the consolidation of the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Food & Agriculture’s CalCannabis Licensing Branch, and the Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch, was […]
Provisional Licenses Addressed, But Problem Remains By Lauren Mendelsohn July 7, 2021 (updated July 12 & July 16) Last week, lawmakers in Sacramento approved Assembly Bill 141, a budget bill that includes numerous changes to California’s cannabis regulatory structure. Among the items covered in AB 141 are the impending […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn June 15, 2021 Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the “California Comeback Plan” to revitalize the Golden State’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of this plan involves $100 in state grant funding that would be available to local jurisdictions with high numbers […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn June 13, 2021 Last month, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to reject the proposed new Chapter 38 and proposed amendments to Chapter 26, which would have allowed for some expanded permitting in agricultural and resource areas with various other changes. We previously wrote […]