June 18, 2022 By Lauren Mendelsohn Yesterday, the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) published three sets of proposed regulations, dealing with large (Type 5) cultivation licenses and conversion to large and medium licenses; cannabis license fee waivers and deferrals; and standard cannabinoids test method and standardized operating procedures. […]
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May 18, 2022 By Andrew Kingsdale Last month, our office organized a team of legal and industry experts to submit comprehensive public comments improving New York’s proposed revised medical cannabis regulations. The International Cannabis Bar Association’s (INCBA) then reviewed, further improved, and submitted these comments, which can be viewed here. […]
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April 19, 2022 Today the Law Offices of Omar Figueroa submitted our comments to the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) regarding the agency’s proposed consolidated medical and adult-use cannabis regulations. The proposed regulations would make permanent (though we use that word loosely) some of the changes initially brought about […]
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by Omar Figueroa March 31, 2022 A proposed law in California named the Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act would require cities and counties across the state to regulate but not prohibit medical delivery-only retailers. The bill would allow medical delivery-only retailers to operate from local jurisdictions that currently […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn March 4, 2022 Today, the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) released proposed consolidated non-emergency regulations to govern the cannabis industry. The text of the proposed regulations, as well as accompanying materials, are included below: Proposed Regulation Text Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Initial Statement of Reasons Public […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn February 20, 2022 It’s a common practice for wholesale sellers to provide product samples to wholesale buyers for marketing purposes. Until recently however, there was no way for cannabis businesses in California to accurately record this in the state’s track-and-trace system, and anything provided from one […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn February 14, 2022 California has a long history of medical cannabis use by patients. It was the first State in the U.S. to legalize cannabis for medicinal use in 1996, and a thriving market of medical cannabis collectives and cooperatives existed here prior to adult-use legalization in […]
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By Andrew Kingsdale January 15, 2022 Last year, the State of New York legalized the home cultivation of cannabis through the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). Home cultivation for adult use will not be permitted until the first commercial retail stores are licensed, but home cultivation for medical purposes […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn January 3, 2022 On January 1, 2022 the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) announced that it is now accepting applications for equity fee waivers. We previously discussed equity fee waivers and the regulations governing them here. The DCC has published a guidance document about equity […]
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By Lauren Mendelsohn December 22, 2021 California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the latest emergency regulations proposed by the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), which pertain to license and renewal fee waivers for equity applicants. The DCC will begin accepting requests for such fee waivers on January […]
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