by Hilary Bricken, Co-founder, Harris Bricken The Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) in the City of Los Angeles is making a big push for a comprehensive overhaul of certain parts of the City’s cannabis licensing protocols and its Social Equity Program. Los Angeles has been through the ringer on cannabis legal reform from the inception […]
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L.A. Cannabis Update: Little Fires Everywhere
By Hilary Bricken, Co-Founder, Harris Bricken The City of Los Angeles is no stranger to change and struggle around its local cannabis industry. Since the passage of Proposition M back in 2017, the City has made great strides but also suffered significant setbacks in building its licensed cannabis marketplace. Even through the COVID-19 pandemic, this […]
Why Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Ended Reefer Madness: The Los Angeles “Hash Oil Factory” That Isn’t
The cause of the enormous explosion and fire that destroyed a downtown Los Angeles building on Saturday evening and sent 12 firefighters to the hospital is not yet known. As for the effects, they were immediate, decisive — and entirely predictable. A culprit was identified even before arson investigators’ work could begun. The culprit, as […]
12 firefighters injured in downtown Los Angeles explosion
Engine 9 was the first truck to respond to a call on Saturday night about a fire in downtown Los Angeles. Firefighters entered the one-story commercial building and climbed to the roof — a standard procedure to extinguish a blaze. But soon they heard a rumbling, high-pitched sound — as if jet engines were rearing […]
L.A. should suspend vetting applications for pot shops amid concerns, Wesson urges
Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson has called on the city to suspend the approval process for new shops selling cannabis products, arguing that the latest round of the licensing process was “compromised” by some people gaining early access to the application system. In a letter to the Department of Cannabis Regulation, Wesson urged […]
You Can Bring Your Marijuana to the LA Airport Now
It looks like travelers in Los Angeles won’t have to cram their weed inside balled-up socks or stash it in their ibuprofen bottles next time they fly—because LAX is totally chill about bringing pot into the airport now, ABC 13 reports. This week, Los Angeles International Airport posted a new marijuana policy on its website, announcing that LAX […]
Cannabis Consumers Want Hollywood To Abandon Marijuana Stereotypes
If Hollywood plans to capitalize on the average cannabis consumer, a new survey finds that it needs to abandon the use of stoner stereotypes in its productions. It seems that marijuana users, the same market targeted with the recently canceled Netflix series ‘Disjointed’, are no longer okay with being represented on screen as burned out, lazy and absent minded. […]
Voting on Cannabis Regulation in Los Angeles…Measure M or Measure N?
2018 is approaching, meaning the State of California will be REGULATING cannabis! In my previous corporate life I was never exposed to, nor realized the complexities of public policy, politics, and true government regulation. Three years later, I now read senate and legislative bills like I read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, just waiting for […]
LA City Council May Push for Ballot Measure to Expand Marijuana Businesses
Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson is planning on introducing a motion that will direct city staffers to explore a ballot measure that would ask voters to amend marijuana dispensary rules and possibly legalize back-end cannabis businesses in town. Wesson’s motion asks city attorneys and other staffers to weigh ballot language that would “extend […]
Los Angeles Is Shutting Down Speed Weed Delivery Service
Movement-averse stoners across Los Angeles will be shedding a collective tear today as word spreads that the popular marijuana delivery service Speed Weed will soon be no more. City Attorney Mike Feuer announced Friday that his office had secured the shutdown of Speed Weed within a month, which they alleged violated the voter-approved Proposition D. […]
