by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn January 6, 2025 Last fall, Assembly Bill 1775, known colloquially as the “Cannabis Cafes Bill”, was signed into law. For more background, please read our previous blog post here. This Cannabis Cafe legislation took effect on January 1, 2025, and allows storefront retailers […]
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by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn January 3, 2025 California has been at the forefront of psychedelic policy change for years. In 2019, the City of Oakland became “the first in the nation to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca.” Similarly, in early 2020, […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn & Omar Figueroa December 2024 Key Deadline Arrives A major regulatory deadline looms for California cannabis businesses, as January 1, 2025 is the final date when the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) can renew provisional licenses for commercial cannabis operations statewide. There is an exception for […]
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by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn November 22, 2024 Senate Bill 1064 has been signed into law and, effective January 1, 2025, will amend the cannabis regulatory framework in California by adding a new type of statutory license, the Combined Activities License (CAL). The Combined Activities License (CAL) is […]
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by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn November 1, 2024 Last October, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1171, a bill which authorizes persons licensed by the California Department of Cannabis Control to engage in commercial cannabis activities to bring civil lawsuits against those engaging in commercial cannabis activity […]
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by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn October 14, 2024 We recently wrote about the California emergency hemp regulations which took effect on September 23, 2024 and ban hemp products with any detectable amount of THC. As we noted, litigation ensued. Reportedly, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the […]
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by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn September 30, 2024 On Monday, September 30, 2024, the last day for the Governor to sign laws approved by the Legislature, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1775, known colloquially as the “Cannabis Cafe Bill.” This law, which is classified as […]
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by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn September 23, 2024 We previously wrote on September 6 that the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced emergency regulations which would, among other things, prohibit manufactured hemp products from containing any detectable amount of total THC (which per the regulations includes […]
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by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn September 6, 2024 On Friday, September 6, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced they intend to adopt emergency regulations which would, among other things, prohibit manufactured hemp products from containing any detectable amount of total THC (which per the […]
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by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn August 29, 2024 The California Legislature passed two bills on August 28, 2024 which would allow Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes and also allow licensed cultivators to engage in direct-to-consumer sales at cannabis events. The bills are now headed to Governor Newsom for consideration. Assembly […]
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