Today marks the start of public hearings on proposed changes to Sonoma County’s Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance. All signs point to a contentious fight.
Government bureaucracy is the reason so many businesses are operating without permanent licenses in the first place. In 2018, the state launched a stopgap program in response to a permitting backlog. Now its beneficiaries are learning they aren’t entitled to the right of due process in the eyes of the state.
AB 1256 would ban employers from using urine or hair follicle cannabis testing to reject prospective employees.
“We need to slow this down so we get it right," Supervisor Fletcher said.
Sonoma County cannabis growers are looking forward to a much simpler permitting process that would eliminate the need for public hearings before approval.
San Francisco-based cannabis testing laboratory Harrens Lab is suing the state after its license was revoked without an option for appeal.
Three people were arrested and hundreds of pounds of cannabis products seized during a raid at an unlicensed pot shop in San Diego’s North County last week.
The legislation does not take effect until 2024.
A group of agencies led by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department uncovered 500 illegal cannabis grows worth $50 million dollars in the Antelope Valley last Tuesday.
A group of marijuana businesses is suing the City of Sacramento for allegedly overstepping its regulatory authority by slapping an additional fee on their operations.
Fresno’s marijuana retail industry is expanding before it even gets off the ground. The City Council has increased the number of allowable marijuana retail permits from 14 to 21.