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CalWatchdog Morning Read – October 4

UC’s Napolitano fights for free speech on campuses How resolutions waste taxpayer time and money for little benefit Medical marijuana community split on legal pot State bar association seeks bailout from state Supreme Court Recap of top bills from last

Federal appeals court protects CA medical marijuana use

Chris Reed August 18, 2016

This November, California voters will vote on Proposition 64 and decide whether their state should become the third after Colorado and Washington to make it legal under state law for adults to smoke pot recreationally. But advocates of legal recreational

CA poised to reform asset forfeiture by law enforcement

James Poulos August 11, 2016

After a failed attempt last year, so-called asset forfeiture — the controversial nationwide practice used by cops to permanently seize property belonging to individuals who have run afoul of the law but have not been convicted — could soon be reformed in California

CalWatchdog Morning Read – May 2

CalWatchdog Staff May 2, 2016

Trump, eggs and the CAGOP convention Bay Area residents ready to leave Cruz changes tune in CA Condoms in porn = condoms in life Medical marijuana industry lacks oversight Good morning and welcome to May. California Republicans greeted all three remaining

CA pot faces bureaucratic, corporate future

James Poulos April 14, 2016

With legal recreational marijuana potentially around the corner in November, California’s public and private sector has scrambled to keep up. In both cases, observers have suggested, the likely result will be increased centralization of what was once a scattered, underground industry.

CA cities take advantage of misworded marijuana law

James Poulos January 9, 2016

California marijuana law has lurched into a new phase of disarray. But legislators in Sacramento have swung into action to correct the mistake behind the chaos. At fault was a drafting error in a key piece of legislation designed to

Pot initiatives join forces

James Poulos December 11, 2015

Skittish at the thought of divided loyalties leading rival pot initiatives to defeat, two major marijuana legalization groups united behind the well-funded effort associated with Silicon Valley heavyweight Sean Parker. Concentrated support His initiative, which counts Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom among its supporters,

CA charts own course on marijuana

James Poulos December 4, 2015

With outright legalization headed toward the ballot this coming election year, government and business alike have begun hardwiring marijuana into California law and economics. Already, state officials have begun their search for the right candidate to head the new Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation.

Sean Parker jumps aboard CA pot campaign

James Poulos November 5, 2015

One of Silicon Valley’s pro-marijuana giants has thrown his support behind one effort to legalize the drug in California next November. Sean Parker, known for co-founding Napster and presiding over Facebook, announced that he would lend considerable financial backing — a rarity

CA fires could reshape pot landscape

James Poulos October 31, 2015

As the smoke cleared from California’s wildfires, analysts agreed that the marijuana industry may never be the same. Legal, illegal and quasi-legal pot farms all faced an extraordinary risk from the blazes. And those which were wiped out were not expected