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Emergency Regulations for California’s Cannabis Industry Approved

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 […]

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Highlights from DCC’s Proposed Consolidated Emergency Regulations

By Lauren Mendelsohn September 10, 2021      As we discussed in our previous blog post here, California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) announced proposed emergency regulations with the goal of combining the requirements from the three previous sets of regulations into one unified set. The proposal is lengthy, with […]

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California Department of Cannabis Control Proposes Emergency Regulations

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 […]

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Department of Cannabis Control Publishes Initial Consolidated Regulations

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 […]

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Senate Unveils Discussion Draft of Federal Legalization Bill

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 […]

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Sonoma County Supervisors Reject Proposed Amendments to Cannabis Policy; Vote in Support of Prolonged Comprehensive Update and EIR Process

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 […]

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New York Adult Use Cannabis Laws: A Comparison With California

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, […]

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BCC Issues Revised Fact Sheet on Branded Merchandise

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 […]

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Governor Newsom Signs Law Mandating Terroir-Driven Cannabis Appellations

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 […]

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Summary of Proposed Modifications to OCal Comparable-to-Organic Program Regulations

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, […]

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