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Illinois Social Equity Requirements for Cannabis Retail License

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UPDATE: Application Window for Latest Round of Illinois Cannabis Retail Licenses Extended to April 21, 2023

Four Things to Know if You Want to Apply On January 30, 2023, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Responsibility (“IDFPR”) began accepting “Social Equity Criteria Lottery” applications for 55 available conditional cannabis dispensary licenses. Though the application window was originally slated to close on February 14, 2023, after dealing with a data error that required the application portal

Blair Gue March 10, 2023

Understanding Cal-OSHA Injury and Illness Prevention Program ( IIPP )Requirements for California Cannabis Businesses

Cannabis Law

Understanding Cal-OSHA Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)Requirements for California Cannabis Businesses

Introduction Most commercial cannabis businesses in the state of California spend a significant amount of time ensuring they are compliant with the regulations promulgated by the California Department of Cannabis Control (the “DCC” and “DCC Regulations”). However, there are a number of non DCC rules and regulations that all commercial cannabis businesses must also comply with that often get overlooked.

Blair Gue February 23, 2023

California DCC Regulations for Cannabis Retailers

Cannabis Law

NEW 2023 California DCC Regulations for Cannabis Retailers: A Compliance Snapshot

Background: Assembly Bill 195 & DCC Emergency Regulations New track and trace requirements have hit the books for commercial cannabis retailers engaged in sales via delivery. As you may remember, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a slew of cannabis-related legislation into law in June of 2022, including Assembly Bill 195. On December 7, 2022, in response to the Governor’s passage

Blair Gue January 26, 2023

Redondo Beach October 2022 Special Election – Measure E, Repeal Ban On Commercial Marijuana Businesses Initiative.

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Redondo Beach October 2022 Special Election – Measure E, Commercial Cannabis Voter Initiative

This post on Redondo Beach’s October 2022 Special Election commercial cannabis voter initiative (Measure E) was initially published on October 18, 2022. An update with the election results was posted on October 20, 2022. UPDATE (October 20, 2022): On October 19, 2022, City of Redondo Beach residents got the chance to vote in a special election on, among other things,

Blair Gue October 20, 2022

Measure M will give the City of Healdsburg the ability to impose an annual gross receipts tax that may not exceed 8%.

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Healdsburg to Vote on Measure M – a Cannabis Tax Measure – in November 2022

If approved, Measure M will give the City of Healdsburg the ability to impose an annual gross receipts tax that may not exceed 8% on any Person conducting cannabis business within City limits.

Blair Gue October 11, 2022

Understanding the SB 1326 Cannabis Interstate Agreements Bill

New and Pending Legislation

SB 1326: The Limitations and Promise of the ‘Cannabis Interstate Agreements Bill’

Senate Bill 1326, which was introduced by Senator Anna Cabellero (D-Merced), is informally known as the “cannabis interstate agreements bill” because it, generally, gives Governor Newsom the ability to enter into agreements with other states that a have also legalized commercial cannabis business to allow licensed commercial cannabis businesses in each state to do business with one another across state lines.

Blair Gue September 27, 2022

The California Department of Cannabis Control’s Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant Program and How Local Jurisdictions Can Prepare for the Release of Grant Program Applications

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The DCC’s Cannabis Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant Program

The Cannabis Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant Program aims to provide consumers with better access to regulated, tested cannabis product by supporting the expansion of California’s legal cannabis marketplace, thereby reducing the need for consumers to turn to the illicit market.

Blair Gue September 22, 2022

Changing Labor Peace Agreement Requirements for California Cannabis Licensees and License Applicants

Labor & Employment

Changing Labor Peace Agreement Requirements for California Cannabis Businesses

As more and more States legalize medical and/or adult-use cannabis, the issue of worker’s rights in the cannabis industry has taken center stage. Many States with regulated commercial cannabis business industries, including California, require applicants for licensure and licensed cannabis businesses with a certain number of employees to enter into and abide by the terms of a Labor Peace Agreement.

Blair Gue September 19, 2022

New and Pending Legislation

LA County Cannabis Business Tax Measure on the November 2022 Ballot

Proposed Commercial Cannabis Business Tax Measure Though the County of Los Angeles (“LA County” or the “County”) has not adopted formal regulations allowing commercial cannabis businesses quite yet, in November of 2022, LA County voters will be asked to vote on a ballot measure that would impose taxes on commercial cannabis businesses in the County, if and when such businesses

Blair Gue September 16, 2022

Cannabis Law

Understanding the Legal Basis for California’s Cannabis Appellations of Origin Program

As the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming & Innovation (collectively referred to herein as the “CDFA”) prepares to launch its Cannabis Appellations of Origin Program (the “Cannabis Appellations Program” or the “Program” or “CAP”), stakeholders and industry participants unfamiliar with appellations of origin may be asking themselves why the Cannabis Appellations Program exists in the

Blair Gue September 8, 2022

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UPDATE: Application Window for Latest Round of Illinois Cannabis Retail Licenses Extended to April 21, 2023

Understanding Cal-OSHA Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)Requirements for California Cannabis Businesses

NEW 2023 California DCC Regulations for Cannabis Retailers: A Compliance Snapshot

Redondo Beach October 2022 Special Election – Measure E, Commercial Cannabis Voter Initiative

Healdsburg to Vote on Measure M – a Cannabis Tax Measure – in November 2022

SB 1326: The Limitations and Promise of the ‘Cannabis Interstate Agreements Bill’

The DCC’s Cannabis Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant Program

Changing Labor Peace Agreement Requirements for California Cannabis Businesses

LA County Cannabis Business Tax Measure on the November 2022 Ballot

Understanding the Legal Basis for California’s Cannabis Appellations of Origin Program

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