LA County Handing Out 30K Daily Fines To Illegal Grow Operations
In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, January 11, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented an ordinance to fine illicit cannabis operations $30,000 per day. However, another vote is neede...
California’s Black Market Is Thriving Compared To Legal Industry
The legal cannabis industry was established, in part, to eradicate the illicit market. However, there’s been a disconnect between the lawmakers enforcing rigid rules and regulations and the actual ...
California To Waive Fees To Spark Cannabis Equity
Following the approval of emergency regulation by California’s Department of Cannabis Control, marijuana entrepreneurs affected by the “War On Drugs” can have the license or renewal fee waived. Se...
Hemp Farm Owner Steals Labor, Faces Prison
Castle Management, also known as Castillo Seed, operated a hemp farm in Half Moon Bay, California. Owner David Wayne Jenkins mismanaged the business, failing to cultivate and sell crops at a profi...
Oakland Moves To End Marijuana Testing For City Employees
Over the past 20 years, Oakland has been a standing pioneer of embracing marijuana. However, the city that paved the way for regulation, taxation, and decriminalization of marijuana, is still testi...
Former MLB Pitcher Approved For Hometown Dispensary
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Matt Garza, the majority owner of Authentic 559, has been approved for a retail marijuana dispensary in his hometown Fresno, California, according to the...
CA Cannabis Executives Express Concerns Over “Collapsing” Industry In An Open Letter
Taxes, taxes, taxes. It’s really what it all comes to when any new, exciting sector emerges in the government’s eyes. The cannabis industry has grown immensely since Proposition 64 in California, ...
