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  • 1 week ago | kcra.com | Lester Black

    California wants to permanently ban hemp THC from the state, making it illegal to sell hemp drinks and potentially costing the state more than 18,000 jobs and billions of dollars in lost revenue. The California Department of Public Health proposed the ban Friday, which would make a controversial earlier emergency ban permanent, according to a CDPH document shared with SFGATE. It’s now in a 45-day comment period, with a public hearing planned next month.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Lester Black

    California wants to permanently ban hemp THC from the state, making it illegal to sell hemp drinks and potentially costing the state more than 18,000 jobs and billions of dollars in lost revenue. The California Department of Public Health proposed the ban Friday, which would make a controversial earlier emergency ban permanent, according to a CDPH document shared with SFGATE. It’s now in a 45-day comment period, with a public hearing planned next month.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Lester Black

    A license to legally sell cannabis in California was once a coveted item, with some selling for millions of dollars. But now, as the California market’s struggles have left some pot licenses effectively worthless, that exuberance has turned into gloom. Case in point: One cannabis company is offering its retail license in the Southern California city of Oxnard for “free” to anyone who will assume responsibility for paying the lease on the retail location, which has not yet opened for business.

  • 2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Lester Black

    If you want to see Sleater-Kinney, Channel Tres, Phantogram or the SF Symphony at Stern Grove this year, you might be out of luck, as the lottery for free tickets for the festival's first five shows has already closed. There is one surprising way to guarantee your spot in the eucalyptus grove: Go buy some pot.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Lester Black

    If you want to see Sleater-Kinney, Channel Tres, Phantogram or the SF Symphony at Stern Grove this year, you might be out of luck, as the lottery for free tickets for the festival’s first five shows has already closed. There is one surprising way to guarantee your spot in the eucalyptus grove: Go buy some pot.

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My main takeaway from this is that Newsom is *very* good at making himself the main character in every situation.

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