Kharla Vezzetti 
June 2015 – Plans are proceeding apace for a California unity initiative to legalize marijuana for adult use in November 2016. A statewide coalition of reform groups, including Cal NORML, the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform, DPA, MPP, LEAP, ASA, SSDP, Emerald Growers Association, the California Cannabis Industry Association, NAACP, William Velazquez Institute, UFCW and …
Also see: State Hearing Held on Drought and Illegal Marijuana Impacts to Fisheries Cal NORML Challenges Fish and Wildlife Figures on Marijuana and Water Consumption The press has been lapping it up like….well, water: the allegation that marijuana cultivation in California is contributing to the state’s drought crisis. The situation has led to local governments …
By Ariel Clark and Nicole Howell Neubert, Clark Neubert LLP On October 28, 2014, the United States Department of Justice issued a Memorandum titled “Policy Statement Regarding Marijuana Issues in Indian Country,” which effectively opened the door to Indian nations growing and selling marijuana on their lands. In so doing, the government signaled how tribes …
Veterans who met with Sen. Feinstein’s staffers in March along with California NORML. On May 21, 2015, the Senate Appropriations committee voted 18-12 to approve the following amendment to HR 2029, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016: Sec. 246. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to …
UPDATE: The Assembly Appropriations Committee approved a compromise medical marijuana bill combining the features of both AB 266 (Cooley) and AB 34 (Bonta and Jones-Sawyer). The bill would create a new Governor’s Office of MMJ Regulation to oversee and coordinate three new MMJ regulatory divisions in: (1) the Dept of Food and Agriculture for cultivation, …
SACRAMENTO 4/20 – Assemblyman Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) sponsored a demonstration of a new oral swab drug test in the State Capitol today. Lackey is sponsoring a bill, AB 1356, that would allow CA police to use the test as an alternative to urine or blood tests for DUI stops. The tests were misleadingly billed as …
UPDATE 4/27 – SB 643 will be heard in the Senate Governance and Finance committee on Wednesday 4/29, starting at 9:30 AM in Room 112 of the State Capitol. Sacramento 4/20 – The CA Senate Business & Professions Committee voted 7-0 to approve a medical marijuana regulation bill, SB 643, by Sen. Mike McGuire (D-N. …
UPDATE 4/17 – Judge Mueller has issued her ruling in writing. UPDATE 4:36 PM – The motion is expected to be appealed to the 9th district appellate court. See a blog post form NORML’s Paul Armentano on the ruling. See an on-the-scene report from The Leaf Online April 15 – Judge Kimberly Mueller denied a …
CAL NORML LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT E-CIG BILL SB 140 WOULD BAN MEDICAL CANNABIS VAPORIZING IN NON-SMOKING AREAS ANTI-TOBACCO LOBBY BLOWING SMOKE ABOUT E-CIGS AND VAPORIZERS SACRAMENTO – The California legislature is considering an anti-e-cigarette bill, SB 140 by Sen. Leno (D-SF), that would perversely classify smokeless medical cannabis vaporizers as “tobacco products” and ban their …
SUPPORT MARIJUANA REFORM IN CALIFORNIA IN 2015 AND BEYOND! December 19 – This year saw California NORML active on multiple fronts while we undertook preparations for a 2016 legalization initiative with the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform. Please join Cal NORML, renew your membership, or make a year-end donation to help us with our work …