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Bay Area cannabis shops are closing as pot sales slump

California’s legal cannabis market continues to descend into financial turmoil, according to the latest annual tax figures released this week. The total market is shrinking in size, according to state-released data, and additional tax information obtained by SFGATE shows hundreds of pot…

SF marijuana dispensaries see big shift to edibles amid coronavirus

When San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order was announced on March 16, many city residents ran to the grocery store to stock up on things like canned goods and toilet paper. Other residents went straight to their local dispensary. “The day of…

SF district attorney to wipe out 9,000-plus pot cases going back to 1975

February 26, 2019
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San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced Monday that his office will wipe out more than 9,000 marijuana-related convictions in an unprecedented step following California’s cannabis legalization more than two years ago. Gascón last year teamed up with Code for…

San Francisco To Clear Marijuana Convictions From Past 40 Years

Thousands of people with misdemeanor convictions for marijuana possession dating back 40 years will have their criminal records cleared, the San Francisco district attorney’s office said Wednesday. San Diego is also forgiving old convictions. Recreational marijuana became legal in California this year,…

San Francisco Moves for a ‘Department of Cannabis’

February 15, 2017
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San Francisco would have its own independent department of marijuana under legislation headed to the Board of Supervisors. “The goal is to create a single office to manage the onslaught that we are facing come Jan. 1, when recreational pot…