Please support Cal NORML with a personal or business membership to help us advance cannabis consumers rights in California! UPDATE 10/8/2023 –  Gov. Newsom has signed into law: • SB 700 (Bradford) Employment discrimination: cannabis use. The bill by Senator Steven Bradford will bar (most) employers from asking job applicants about their past marijuana use. An exception is made for employers who may ask about an applicant’s conviction record. The law will take effect on January 1, the same date that the 2022 Cal NORML-sponsored bill AB 2188, ending job discrimination based on urine or hair testing, will also take

Attorney General Rob Bonta traveled to Fresno to announce the DOJ’s new Cannabis Administrative Prosecutor Program (CAPP) today. The program provides California cities and counties who partner with DOJ legal support to address illegal cannabis activity through administrative enforcement and nuisance abatement. Unlicensed operations will be given the opportunity to voluntarily shut down before more enforcement in the form of code violation enforcement will take place, Bonta said at a press conference announcing the program. He spoke of the “complex and multifaceted” issue of ongoing illicit cannabis operations in the wake of state legalization. Instead of “perpetuating harms from the

Weekly Newsletter of The California Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox Sponsor a Cal NORML Eblast and Reach our 32,000 Weekly Readers Take Action Support AB 1111 To Allow Small Cannabis Farmers to Sell Directly to Consumers News of the Week STATE Cal NORML director Dale Gieringer (pictured pointing out Cal NORML’s founding in 1972 on the exhibit timeline) and Deputy Director Ellen Komp attended one of the final days of the California State Fair cannabis exhibit, catching a panel from DCC titled, “Why Buy Legal?” Consumers are

Continuing Medical Education credits for California physicians up to 6.75 hours have been approved for the first-ever joint medical conference from the Society of Cannabis Clinicians and The ReLeaf Institute, to be held at UCLA’s Neuroscience Research Building (NRB), 635 Charles E. Young Drive South in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 2. The conference curriculum is aimed at physicians as well as medical students, nurses, caregivers, the cannabis industry and the general public, with a sliding ticket scale for different classes of attendees. Attendees can join in person, or virtually. Sponsorship packages are also available. Speakers include MDs with expertise in

Cannabis Laws Don’t Change Themselves… …but with your help, we can and will enact the policy reforms needed for the cannabis industry to flourish and for its consumers to be treated fairly and with dignity under the law. The National Cannabis Industry Association, the voice of Main Street Cannabis, and California NORML, the voice of the California cannabis consumer have teamed up to provide California cannabis operators a platform to support the state and federal lobbying necessary for the industry to prosper. We invite you to join our efforts and amplify your voice by becoming a member of Cal NORML

Download and read Cal NORML’s new White Paper and literature. At least one city has moved to comply with SB 1186 to allow for medical cannabis delivery businesses to operate. Read more about state, national and local cannabis news and coming events.

Weekly Newsletter of The California Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Sponsor a Cal NORML Eblast and Reach our 32,000 Weekly Readers Take Action   AB 374(Haney) would authorize local governments to let licensed cannabis consumption lounges and retailers prepare and sell fresh food and beverages, as well as sell tickets for concerts and other events. This bill would help bolster the overtaxed and regulated cannabis industry in California, and allow consumers who often lack places where they can consume safe and friendly spaces to do so. It is heading for a floor vote in

Weekly Newsletter of The California Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Sponsor a Cal NORML Eblast and Reach our 32,000 Weekly Readers Take Action SB 512, to end double taxation of cannabis in California, faces a critical vote in the Assembly Revenue and Tax Committee on Monday, July 10. Only pubic testimony will be taken at the hearing (no call-ins). Under the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, the cannabis excise tax is set at 15% of gross receipts from licensed retail cannabis sales. Many local governments impose additional taxes on cannabis, ranging as high as

DOWNLOAD A FLYER ABOUT CANNABIS TAX FAIRNESS IN CALIFORNIA UPDATE 7/10/2023 – SB 512 (Bradford), to end double taxation on cannabis by including state and local excise taxes when calculating other taxes, was held in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation committee and will likely not advance this year in its present form. Committee chair Jacqui Irwin, who authored a bill to make cannabis billboards illegal in 2012 and whose current bill AB 1207 to restrict cannabis packaging and flavorings was opposed by cannabis industry groups, commented at the hearing that it’s too soon to evaluate the results of AB 195

Thank you to our sponsors! Previous Next Cal NORML / ASA Lobby Day Coming to Sacramento on Monday, May 8 All Californians are invited to attend the California NORML/Americans for Safe Access Citizen Lobby Day on Monday, May 8 in Sacramento. The event will bring supporters from across the state to meet with their state representatives and make our voices heard on pending legislation affecting the rights of cannabis consumers in California. Register to Attend Lobby Day. Past lobby days have helped bring about reforms such as employment rights for cannabis consumers, medical rights for organ transplant and pain patients

Last night, the Ukiah Planning Commission unanimously passed an amendment to city code allowing for cannabis consumption at licensed retailers in the city. The amendment is limited in that it would allow for smoking or vaping only at outdoor sites, due to the city’s anti-smoking ordinance. It will allow for edibles or drinks to be consumed indoors. At the meeting during the staff report, a slide was shown indicating that cities currently allowing on-site consumption include San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa, West Hollywood, Palm Springs, Ojai, Port Hueneme, Coalinga, Lompoc, and National City. Monique Ramirez of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance,