California Employers Should Not Ask About Marijuana Use October 16, 2023 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a new law to prohibit employers from asking job applicants or employees about their prior marijuana use. California "employers need to make sure that they do not seek any information about marijuana use from applicants, so there… Read More→
Gavin Newsom gets behind marijuana tax reform, signaling change to cannabis industry January 12, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Facing a possible industry revolt over California cannabis tax structure, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signaled that he is open to rethinking the taxes the state levels on marijuana growers and purchases. The governor included in a budget proposal he… Read More→
Gov. Newsom wants to simplify California’s marijuana rules: ‘The devil is always in the details’ January 13, 2020 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to bring all of the state’s cannabis licensing programs under one roof, aiming to better coordinate a complicated mix of regulators. In his 2020-21 budget plan, Newsom is proposing to create a Department of Cannabis… Read More→
Two years in, California’s legal marijuana industry is stuck. Should voters step in? December 26, 2019 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Two years after California began licensing pot shops, the industry remains so outmatched by the black market that a state panel recently joined some legalization supporters in calling for significant changes — perhaps turning again to voters to address the… Read More→
The push to unionize cannabis workers in California October 15, 2019 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Weed workers across the country are unionizing, and California just made it easier for them. On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a requirement that all cannabis stores enter into so-called “labor peace agreements” as soon as they have 20 or… Read More→
Why does California’s public health department treat CBD like poison? June 4, 2019 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — the nation’s second most powerful Republican — and California’s Democratic state legislators completely agree on one thing: Marijuana’s cousin hemp should be fully legalized. As the late U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill famously… Read More→