Please do not support the business of hate. The world is in a bad enough state without folks unknowingly patronizing businesses operated by those whom the press appears to have associated with prejudice and racism. The following column was published in a recent...
Are California Cities Intentionally Misinterpreting Landmark Cannabis Legislation?
Local jurisdictions must have ordinances by 2024 allowing medical cannabis delivery, but some bureaucracies are sticking to “outside-in” models. And this is exactly why we lobby for a second, competitive dispensary in the city of Sonoma. "From the League of California...
“At the heart of Tuesday’s chaos was John Loe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3MzhQHIqcc This is the guy who 2 of our city council members suggested other investors team up with to help him overcome financial difficulties in opening two dispensaries outside of Sonoma. According to the Press Democrat, “At the...
“Evil genius”
Erich Pearson, the owner of the only dispensary in our town, has worked diligently to prevent the Sonoma City Council from permitting our second dispensary. Mr. Pearson is adamantly opposed to any competition that would keep him from dominating the local market, even...
Please Sign Our Position Paper RE: More Cannabis Retail Stores in California
Please Sign Our Call for More Cannabis Retail Stores in California We need your support. The cannabis industry must address local control and its negative effects on the industry as a whole and the hardships it creates for seniors, veterans, young people with...
Racism and Cannabis?
What follows is an e-mail one of our members sent to the Mayor and each Sonoma City Council member today. Our member was prompted to do so after listening to a recent Sonoma County Board of Supervisor's meeting that included an unprecedented string of racist rants via...
What if?
Let’s say Sonoma only allowed one grocery store and you were forced to choose between shopping at the very expensive Sonoma Market or driving to Napa or Santa Rosa for cheaper products, or for items not available at the local market. Would this be acceptable to you?...
An Obvious Question…
SEEWEED – PART ONE – McLovin Farm in Laytonville
https://youtu.be/lVMYGCgAE0c Short film (16 minutes) featuring just one of many legacy family cultivators trying to survive in the Emerald Triangle, where some of the best cannabis flower we all enjoy is grown. Starting at the Mendocino Producers Guild markets in...
People are getting hurt…
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....