Cindy De La Vega: Operating a Community-Focused Social Equity Retailer
Tue / Dec 29th
Cindy De La Vega is CEO and part-owner of STIIZY Union Square, the first Latina-owned dispensary in San Francisco, California.
Cannabis has been a cornerstone of San Francisco culture since the ’60s. Now the city is home to recreational dispensaries and some of the best cannabis events in the nation. Scroll down for news, stories, and more about San Francisco cannabis:
Tue / Dec 29th
Cindy De La Vega is CEO and part-owner of STIIZY Union Square, the first Latina-owned dispensary in San Francisco, California.
Wed / Dec 2nd
San Francisco city officials have voted to ban smoking in apartment buildings. The ban, however, does not extend to cannabis smoking because it would effectively remove the only legal consumption option for apartment-dwelling cannabis patients.
Tue / Nov 17th
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.
Mon / Nov 16th
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.
Mon / Jul 27th
The City College of San Francisco has announced a two-year cannabis studies degree starting this fall; the degree program is based on three courses: Introduction to Cannabis, Anthropology of Cannabis, and Psychology of Psychoactive Drugs.
Fri / Jul 3rd
The San Francisco Office of Cannabis warned SF-based cannabis businesses to expect potential criminal attacks during protests scheduled for the holiday weekend.
Fri / May 8th
San Francisco health officials confirmed they are helping some people to access cannabis, alcohol, and methadone during voluntary hotel stays paid for by the city to help otherwise unhoused people self-quarantine.
Wed / Apr 15th
Continuing with our theme this month of honoring heroes to the cannabis movement, the next person on our list is “Brownie” Mary Jane Rathbun, a cannabis activist, baker, waitress, and mother figure to young patients at the height of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco.
Wed / Mar 18th
San Francisco city officials have announced that cannabis dispensaries can remain open during the three-week shelter in place order that has home-quarantined the region due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Wed / Mar 11th
City officials in San Francisco could consider a freeze on new cannabis permits amid plummeting sales at individual dispensaries and a flourishing unregulated marketplace.
Thu / Jan 16th
Stephen Rechif is the General Manager of Bloom Room, a popular cannabis dispensary located in downtown San Francisco.
Wed / Dec 18th
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.
Wed / Dec 4th
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.
Fri / Sep 13th
Killer Mike joins keynotes Alicia Silverstone, George Zimmer, and many other featured speakers.
Thu / Aug 15th
Patrons at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival bought more than $1 million worth of cannabis products from licensed vendors; it was the first time a major U.S. music festival officially sanctioned cannabis sales.
Thu / Aug 8th
San Francisco is set to issue its first temporary permit for cannabis sales and on-site consumption for Outside Lands, the city’s largest summer festival.
Thu / Mar 14th
San Francisco will start issuing permits for events where patrons will be allowed to purchase and consume cannabis, starting with events that have historically attracted heavy cannabis use.
Wed / Feb 27th
Using technology developed by Code for America, San Francisco is the first city in California to successfully complete the expungement of prior cannabis crimes.
Mon / Oct 8th
San Francisco city officials plan to create a committee that would oversee and assess cannabis industry regulations throughout the city,… Read More
Wed / Jun 27th
Alison Ettel has resigned as CEO of cannabis company TreatWell Health after a video went viral that showed her appearing to… Read More
Tue / Jun 12th
The mayors of seven large U.S. cities in states with adult-use laws formed a coalition on Monday asking the U.S.… Read More
Tue / Mar 20th
In February, the city of Seattle, Washington announced it would vacate all misdemeanor cannabis convictions issued prior to the 2012 legalization… Read More
Fri / Mar 16th
A cannabis smoking lounge has opened in San Francisco, California, the Associated Press reports, and the Barbary Coast lounge is… Read More
Wed / Feb 14th
Brian Applegarth is the CEO and founder of Emerald Country Tours, founder of the Cannabis Trail, and founder of the… Read More
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