Here is a “heads up” about some of the actions taken in Sonoma County and Mendocino County related to cannabis over the past month. Stay tuned for more detailed posts about each of these jurisdictions. SONOMA COUNTY Cloverdale Last month, the City of Cloverdale passed a comprehensive cannabis ordinance to regulate various […]

Trade secrets are valuable business assets that many cannabis companies have, perhaps without knowing that they are trade secrets.  For example, a cultivator may have developed proprietary cloning and tissue culture techniques, or proprietary growing methods, or proprietary drying and curing processes, blissfully unaware that California law may provide meaningful […]

On Friday, September 29, California’s three cannabis licensing agencies—the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Licensing Division, and the Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch—released summaries of their responses to the public comments submitted for the draft medical cannabis […]

The Bureau of Cannabis Control (formerly the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation)(hereafter the “Bureau”) released information today regarding temporary cannabis licenses, which will be available beginning on January 1, 2018. The Bureau is the primary licensing agency for cannabis distributors, testing laboratories, retail stores, and microbusinesses within California. Temporary state licenses will only be […]

The Bureau of Cannabis Control (Bureau), formerly named the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, is working on regulations pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) to establish a licensing and enforcement program for commercial cannabis distributors, retailers, testing laboratories, and microbusinesses. As lead agency under […]

The Bureau of Cannabis Control (Bureau), formerly named the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, is developing regulations pursuant to the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) to establish a regulatory licensing and enforcement program for commercial cannabis distributors, retailers, testing laboratories, and microbusinesses. As lead agency under […]

Marin County has released its draft ordinance for issuing Medicinal Cannabis Delivery-Only Retailer (MCDORe) licenses. Highlights of the draft delivery-only ordinance: “The MCDORe license is more restrictive than a State Retailer license because it requires the retailer’s premises to be closed to the public and to conduct sales exclusively by […]

You may have heard about the ongoing case involving a San Diego cannabis lawyer who is facing felony charges in what amounts to a vindictive prosecution from the local District Attorney’s office (which is notoriously unfriendly to cannabis). Today, we just filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the […]

California Cannabis Industry Alert! Senate Bill 162 (hereafter “SB162”), currently making its way through the state legislature, would impose draconian restrictions on cannabis marketing. Specifically, it would prevent cannabis licensees from advertising or marketing cannabis products using merchandise, such as clothing, hats, t-shirts, or other items branded with the name […]

While California continues to dial in the details of state licensing for cannabis companies, local jurisdictions have also been hard at work doing the same. State law allows individual counties to draft and implement individualized ordinances controlling cannabis licensing and regulations. While this creates a far more complicated system that in many […]