At the start of the pandemic a year ago, today’s news would have seemed unimaginable: The Golden State is sitting on a budget surplus so big, it’s considering giving $600 stimulus checks to California workers making up to $75,000, paying off back rent of tenants affected by COVID and helping millions of residents catch up […]
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The Cannabis Cup Runneth Over
Seriously, though, California has way too much weed. I mean, even if you ignore all the black market stuff out there, the Golden State just has too much weed, and that’s even before that 147-acre monstrocity in Santa Barbara County comes online. Vessel Logistics, a San Francisco-based processor, manufacturer and wholesaler, recently released a 16-page […]
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Slush Fund or Healthy Reserves?
Both the California State University system and Humboldt State University have sharply disputed a June 20 report from the California State Auditor’s Office, which charged that the CSU system is sitting on an undisclosed $1.5 billion budget surplus, which included more than $62 million from HSU. The bombshell report and subsequent pushback have left lawmakers […]
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Smoochy Woochy Poochy Headaches
The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department caused quite a stir on Facebook last week with a somewhat confusing post that appeared to offer a warning to cannabis farms. “Believe it or not growing cannabis, aka the devils lettuce, is still illegal in Stanislaus County,” the grammatically challenged post began. “No legal recreational growing permits have been […]