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The industry contributed more than $300,000 in the most recent election cycle to candidates who support looser restrictions on cannabis operations in cities and county unincorporated areas. -
The City of San Diego Tuesday announced plans to develop a program to promote ownership and employment opportunities in the legal cannabis industry. -
County supervisors Wednesday voted 4-1 to seek more public feedback before approving any policies that would promote economic access and social equity in the cannabis industry in unincorporated communities. -
The report also explores recent studies conducted by the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws showing cannabis storefronts are not positively associated with increased criminal activity, as well as national research on the reduction of opioid overdose deaths in states with legalized medicinal cannabis. -
The policies were drafted with the intent to expand farming, manufacturing and retail opportunities and create jobs in the unincorporated areas of the county.
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In 2017, a Republican-majority board of supervisors voted to ban all new cannabis businesses in San Diego County's unincorporated areas. Now, with Democrats in the majority, two supervisors say they're ready to repeal the ban. -
The city-sanctioned organization would try to direct cannabis consumers away from illegal and unregulated retailers to the legal market. -
In what could be a temporary victory for California's legal cannabis industry, a judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to overturn a state rule allowing home deliveries statewide, even into communities that banned commercial marijuana sales. -
Measure Q authorizes commercial cannabis retail, delivery, testing, cultivation and manufacturing in the city. A total of 12 cannabis retail operations are allowed in Chula Vista. -
The city of Chula Vista has been trying to permanently shutdown illegal dispensaries for years. On Friday officials said all shops in city limit were closed, at least for now.
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