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Did county staff ignore board direction at first cannabis hearing?

Written on 24 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Months after the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors passed a temporary resolution barring expansion of marijuana cultivation or additional grows, the county planning department is processing multiple  expanded cannabis cultivation permits. [Cal Coast Times] On... (Continue reading)

Investigators destroy nearly 1,600 marijuana plants

Written on 12 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A newly formed cannabis compliance team seized and destroyed nearly 1,600 marijuana plants last week from illegal cultivation in an investigation that included sites in Santa Barbara County and Nipomo, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. [Cal Coast... (Continue reading)

Nearly 1 in 5 cannabis products fail testing in California

Written on 11 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Over the past two months, the state of California tested nearly 11,000 marijuana products for potency and purity and almost 2,000, or about 18 percent, failed the tests. [U.S. News & World Report] The majority of the products that failed... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s plans for marijuana businesses

Written on 7 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The city of San Luis Obispo is eying seven different areas to possibly place marijuana businesses, which would include a total of three brick and mortar pot shops. [Cal Coast Times] SLO’s city council has already approved an ordinance allowing... (Continue reading)

Abel Maldonado does not have an illegal marijuana farm

Written on 26 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Allegations that former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado was leasing his land to an illegal marijuana farm have been proven unfounded. [Cal Coast Times] A few weeks ago, a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy noticed what appeared to be 30... (Continue reading)

Judge stalls removal of pot plants from California Valley

Written on 17 Aug, 2018 in Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

In a potentially precedent-setting case, a San Luis Obispo judge ruled Thursday that SLO County was justified in finding that a pot grower was violating local code by operating a farm in the California Valley, but officials have been temporarily... (Continue reading)

Is California’s pot tax revenue a bust?

Written on 16 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

The state of California failed to collect even half of the marijuana tax revenue it was expecting in the first six months of 2018, signaling that much of the state’s cannabis business remains in the black market. [CBS Sacramento] Between... (Continue reading)

Medical marijuana services now permitted in Arroyo Grande

Written on 15 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The Arroyo Grande City Council repealed a disputed regulation on Tuesday that required marijuana delivery services to have a physical location — that had to be outside the South County city — in order to deliver to customers with its... (Continue reading)

Recreational marijuana now on sale at second Grover Beach shop

Written on 13 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Both marijuana stores currently operating in Grover Beach are now selling pot to any customer who is 21 or older and has a valid identification. [Cal Coast Times] Last month, Natural Healing Center became the first business in the county... (Continue reading)

Is Abel Maldonado’s pot or hemp grow legal?

Written on 10 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Republican politician and former Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado has entered the Central Coast marijuana cultivation business, and he now claims to be growing hemp in San Luis Obispo County as well. [New Times] SLO County officials are probing Maldonado’s purported... (Continue reading)