LAPD investigating after body found in fire at ‘clandestine’ cannabis lab in Green Meadows February 11, 2024 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Los Angeles police are investigating an explosive and deadly fire at a Green Meadows industrial site early Saturday after a body was recovered amid signs of an illegal cannabis operation, fire and police officials said. The body appeared to be… Read More→
Los Angeles Cannabis Audit: Problems, Problems, Problems January 2, 2023 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken On December 1, 2022, the Los Angeles Controller released a report (PDF here) with a pretty lame pun as a name: “High Maintenance: Review of the City’s Cannabis Regulation Efforts.” While the report’s… Read More→
Will LA’s Social Equity Retail Licensing Be Stopped? December 5, 2022 AggregatedNews California, Social Equity 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken This Thursday, December 8, 2022, the City of Los Angeles will open Phase 3, Round 2 of storefront retail licensing. The City will only accept applications from verified social equity applicants. It will… Read More→
Killings, robberies, extortion. California can’t stop its booming illegal cannabis stores September 13, 2022 AggregatedNews California 1 Comment When the cannabis dispensary Hierba opened on Cesar Chavez Avenue in October, customers had “sticker shock,” Guillermo Menjivar, the general manager, recalled. Even with a 30% opening week discount, shoppers still couldn’t understand why, for instance, a gram of First… Read More→
The Half-Legal Cannabis Trap February 18, 2021 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments In LA, people are getting arrested for what they think are legit jobs in the pot business. Will “decriminalization” just spread the problem nationwide? LOS ANGELES — Everything about Kelvin’s job in a neighborhood southwest of downtown seemed like any… Read More→
Dispensaries Looted Around the Country June 2, 2020 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Black-owned Boston marijuana store looted in what owners call a ‘targeted’ attack amid protests They say robbers knew shop layout; more than $100,000 of cannabis taken Pure Oasis, the first Black-run marijuana store to open in Massachusetts, was looted early… Read More→