Category Archive for "CA Regulatory"

Licensing Update: City of LA

March 29, 2019
Jay Lauren

The City of Los Angeles has released an interactive map of current retail locations, pending applications, and the areas that will have new retail licenses, to share with each community the neighborhood “impact” of licensing plans. We’ve aggregated the data…

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How do you Build Loyalty?

January 11, 2019
Jay Lauren

This article is courtesy of our friends at Baker (www.trybaker.com).They offer an integrated software solution that drives all of this – from first-time sign up, through outbound SMS, to analytics, to loyalty programs, and integrated reviews and recommendations. Everything that…

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Compliant Packaging: get ready, CA!

April 4, 2018
Jay Lauren

CA’s products need compliant packaging, which we covered at our event on 3/1 in downtown Los Angeles. In preparation for the event, we visited market-leading retailers in Los Angeles, and discovered many products missing state-required labels, disclosures, and without compliant…

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Marijuana Inspection

Marijuana Facility, Fire Inspection and Safety Forum

August 29, 2017
Jay Lauren

Fire Inspection Forum Details: For all cities and Fire Departments across CA: The Facility, Safety, and Fire Inspection Forum dedicated to the manufacturing and processing segment of the marijuana industry, will be held on January 25th in downtown Los Angeles….

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CA State Cannabis Regulation: Public Meetings in Los Angeles, 6/8/17

June 6, 2017
Jay Lauren

BUREAU OF MEDICAL CANNABIS REGULATION TO HOLD PUBLIC REGULATION HEARING IN LOS ANGELES The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation will hold its second public regulation hearing in Los Angeles to receive comments regarding the recent release of the bureau’s proposed…

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California’s (Proposed) Medical Marijuana Regulations

May 7, 2017
Jay Lauren

Posted regulations, public meetings, and comment period BUREAU OF MARIJUANA CONTROL CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 16, DIVISION 42 MEDICAL CANNABIS REGULATION NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Marijuana Control (bureau), formerly named the…

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CA State Meetings on Testing Lab Regulations: June 2017

May 5, 2017
Jay Lauren

The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation (BMCR) today announced that its proposed testing laboratories regulations for medical cannabis have been posted and the 45-day public comment period is now underway. “These proposed testing laboratories regulations for medical cannabis follow the…

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Prop 64 Will Not Destroy California’s Marijuana Growers: Opposition to Regulation Will

October 20, 2016
Jay Lauren

State regulations are coming, with or without Prop 64. News sources have been reporting increased opposition from California growers toward Prop 64’s ballot measure to introduce recreational marijuana. We noted this, as well, when we sent a message in support…

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POLL RESULTS: the Industry’s Opinion of Prop 64 in California

October 10, 2016
Jay Lauren

Stakeholders within the marijuana industry in California are divided over Prop 64. Is California ready to embrace recreational marijuana as envisioned by the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, aka Prop 64? Polls conducted upon the general voting public have indicated…

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Marijuana’s Growing-Pains in California

September 30, 2016
Jay Lauren

Public Meeting held by the California Medical Cannabis Cultivation Program Leaves Attendees Angry, Unconvinced, and Uncommitted. The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA’s) Medical Cannabis Cultivation Program (MCCP) passed through Los Angeles on Tuesday (9/27), at the tail end…

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Licensing Meetings Across CA: Dispensaries, MIP’s, Labs, Distributors

September 16, 2016
Jay Lauren

California: GET LEGAL. Licensing Details Needed? The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation (BMCR) and Office of Medical Cannabis Safety (OMCS) within the California Department of Public Health will be holding their first pre-regulatory stakeholder meetings this September and October. They…

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