California

Subversive Capital Acquisition Group has announced the purchasing of Caliva and Left Coast Ventures and the forming of TPCO Holding Corp., aka The Parent Company.

A judge has ruled that California cannabis regulators overstepped their authority by allowing cannabis companies to advertise on billboards along state freeways.

Ferrera Candy Co. — the maker of Nerds candy — is filing suit against California’s Tops Cannabis for trademark infringement and the alleged sale of cannabis-infused Nerds parody products.

The California Bureau of Cannabis Control has awarded nearly $30 million in cannabis research grant funding to nine public universities around the state.

In an effort to assist local cannabis businesses, San Francisco officials have opted to delay implementing the city’s cannabis taxes until the end of 2021.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is considering a bill to ban people from smoking or vaping cannabis or tobacco in apartment buildings containing three or more units.

Law enforcement confiscated over 15,000 cannabis plants last week around the San Francisco Bay Area, highlighting ongoing issues with California’s highly taxed cannabis marketplace.

The FBI last week raided the offices and homes of several California officials as part of an investigation into cannabis-related corruption.

Gwyneth Paltrow of Goop has invested in the microdose-focused cannabis beverage company Cann, which currently operates in California and Nevada.

MedMen has filed suit against the city of Pasadena, California in an effort to block the city’s cannabis business licensing process after the company was removed from consideration following a major ownership/management shift.

The family of late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia has unveiled the new cannabis line Garcia Hand Picked.

Jay-Z last week announced the launch of his new cannabis line Monogram, offered in partnership with California-based Caliva.

Los Angeles is being sued over plans to issue cannabis delivery licenses exclusively to social equity applicants until 2025.

Workers at the Stiiizy Mission dispensary in San Francisco, California have signed a contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

A new California law allows cannabis producers to release their products with an “appellation of origin” label similar to those found in the state’s wine industry.

California and federal law enforcement have cooperated to eradicate more than 1.1 million unregulated cannabis plants in the state over the last 13 weeks.

A Pabst Blue Ribbon-branded cannabis seltzer has been announced for the California marketplace by former Pabst Brewing employees.

A civil lawsuit filed in California alleges that Kushy Punch produced and distributed about $64 million worth of unregulated cannabis gummies, concentrates, and raw materials used for edibles and vape cartridges.

Some cannabis farmers near the August Complex wildfires in Northern California are refusing to evacuate and abandon their crops.

A publicly-funded social equity incubator for cannabis edibles businesses has launched in Oakland, California.

The cannabis industry has been hit hard by wildfires raging up and down the West Coast.

New York-based Columbia Care has agreed to acquire Project Cannabis, a California cannabis brand, in a $69 million stock and cash deal.

Eaze has expanded its Social Equity Partners Program to feature Los Angeles-based brands. The program allows customers to selectively view, purchase from, and support disadvantaged entrepreneurs.