Cannabis has been king in this rural area of northern California. But as prices plummet, communities and business owners are hurting, with no clear solutions in sight. Many blame Proposition 64 for undermining small growers....
"The second fatal flaw is local control, or the requirement that cannabis businesses receive permits from both the local jurisdiction and the state. That sounds reasonable. But in practice, it’s led to cannabis retail bans in much of the state. By allowing...
In protecting a city-sponsored monopoly, Sonoma refuses to begin the process for its second dispensary.Healdsburg and Sonoma each have a population of 11,000. Their "Greater Trade Areas" both account for populations of 40,000-50,000.The nearest dispensaries outside of...
Would like to remind that if it wasn't for our Sonoma Valley Cannabis Group constantly lobbying the city council over five long years for all our medical patients and consumers, Erich Pearson's sparc would never have opened for business in Sonoma. Just one example is...
Like most industries, the cannabis trade harbors its share of pretenders and opportunists, greedy to exploit any opportunity to make a buck at the expense of vulnerable patients and consumers. Nor is government exempt from the temptation to profit. From the halls of...