California

A former licensed cannabis cultivator in Salinas, California has agreed to a $1.1 million settlement for growing with an expired license and for exceeding their license’s maximum canopy size.

A San Diego testing lab said that nearly 80 percent of illicit cannabis vape cartridges it tested contain dangerously high levels of contaminants, including pesticides and lead.

Scott Goldie is the Chief Executive Officer of Goldenseed, a vertically and horizontally integrated California cannabis company.

Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records from Weedmaps including information about its listed businesses in California, as well as the company’s ordering service, staff, investors, and accounting.

Eaze announced it has raised $35 million to support the company’s “verticalization plan,” which would see the company pivot from a cannabis delivery firm into a cannabis retailer and wholesale distributor.

Brian Applegarth is the founder of Enlighten Hospitality Solutions and the California Cannabis Tourism Association.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has filed a motion to expunge some 66,000 cannabis-related convictions, including 62,000 felony convictions and 4,000 misdemeanors.

A recent marketing stunt from the California Milk Advisory Board aims to ride the coattails of cannabis business in a tone-deaf attempt to bolster their struggling industry.

The Bureau of Cannabis Control in California has approved emergency regulations requiring cannabis operators to post public QR codes that verify their business license.

Whoopi & Maya, the women-focused medical cannabis company founded by Whoopi Goldberg and Om Edibles founder Maya Elisabeth, has shut down due to overly restrictive regulations and personal issues between the founders.

The City Council of Berkeley, California has approved on-site cannabis consumption at dispensaries; the changes also allow for up to seven cannabis delivery services in the city.

Eaze’s 2019 State of Cannabis Report saw an increase of Gen Z and Baby Boomer customers on the platform in addition to a decrease in vape sales, likely due to the vaping-associated pulmonary illness that emerged last year.

Some critics in Pasadena, California believe that local regulators violated their own rules when awarding six cannabis business licenses last year.

Stephen Rechif is the General Manager of Bloom Room, a popular cannabis dispensary located in downtown San Francisco.

Mara Gordon is the co-founder and CEO of Aunt Zelda’s, a California company renowned for a compassionate and scientific approach to the medical cannabis space.

Weedmaps has unlisted 2,700 unlicensed cannabis dispensaries since January 1; the company had received a cease-and-desist letter from California regulators last year.

California officials have updated the parameters of Proposition 65 to include cannabis smoke and THC as reproductive toxins that will require warning labels on all packaging.

The Josh D Brand competed in the Unlicensed Mixed Light Flower Category and finished with 1st, 5th, and 10th Place wins.

Non-partisan budget officials in California have suggested moving the state to a potency-based cannabis tax strategy, which would include getting rid of the weight-based cultivator tax.

An upcoming San Francisco dispensary has received the city’s first social equity cannabis business license; the shop is expected to open in the city’s Castro District before the end of the year.

Pasadena, California has won a lawsuit against its own city clerk after they approved a successful but unconstitutional ballot initiative that would have grandfathered in dispensaries who were operating before the city’s strict licensing rules took effect.

According to polling data from the major metro areas of Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, there are more adults 18-and-older who have used cannabis recently than smoked cigarettes.

The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has announced minor excise tax hikes on cannabis flower, leaf, and plants.