The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved ballot language last week for a November measure that would tax retail marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas.
Retail cannabis shops are slated to open in Madera in the coming months. City Manager Arnoldo Rodriguez recently sat down with The Madera Tribune to discuss what it means for the city.
Clean weed represents about 1% to 2% of the market share right now. But as demand grows, so will supply.
City leaders hope the vote could help blunt momentum for a Nov. 8 ballot measure that would allow up to two retail cannabis facilities in the city.
Suspense Day is over in the California Legislature.
The measure needs a simple majority to pass.
C.R.A.F.T. Cannabis in Oakland was robbed of $100,000 in product on Aug. 6. Owner Alan Sorrentino says he called the police after his alarm company flagged the break-in, but the cops never came.
Several Senate bills related to cannabis or psychedelics will be taken up by the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week. If the approved, they’ll head to the Assembly floor.
Sacramento County voters have rejected Measure B, a special cannabis tax to fund county homeless services.
It would have been unimaginable just 10 years ago, but most employers in the state of California soon won’t be able to discriminate against employees who use marijuana off the job.
Santa Barbara County supervisors could soon remove acreage allotments from licensed cannabis cultivators if they fail to farm the land by their third license renewal.