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Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Slew of Marijuana Bills

September 21, 2022 5:41 pmSeptember 22, 2022 8:28 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a slew of legislation this week intended to insure easy access to marijuana and guarantee that past use is not held against anybody. Ten bills were signed in all, including the law —just covered by...

Assembly Passes Bill Preventing Companies From Punishing Workers Who Test Positive For Marijuana Off-Hours

August 31, 2022 5:47 amAugust 30, 2022 8:52 pm

A bill to halt companies from punishing workers who test positive for off the clock marijuana use was approved by the Assembly on Tuesday, sending the bill to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. Assembly Bill 2188, authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk...

California Supreme Court Rules 5-2 That Prisoners Cannot Possess Marijuana While In Prison

August 14, 2021 2:50 amAugust 18, 2021 10:30 am

The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that prisoners in California’s penal system could not legally possess marijuana while in prison, overturning a lower court ruling. The question over whether prison inmates should be able to have marijuana has been...

Mass Migration Across the Open Border Provides Cover for Drug Cartels

May 30, 2021 2:20 amMay 30, 2021 9:35 am

Long before Ronald Reagan’s “War On Drugs” the Mexican cartels were wreaking havoc across our southern border for more than a half century. For the last two years of the Trump Administration, their criminality was curtailed by his effort to...

Illegal Marijuana Cultivation Creating Enormous Problems for California’s Rural Communities

May 3, 2021 12:10 pmMay 3, 2021 12:11 pm

The recent discovery of a 40-acre illegal grow in Death Valley is part of a burgeoning problem in California. That was only one of the hundreds of illegal operations found throughout Death Valley in the past decade. It’s a problem...

Legislation Prohibits Employers From ‘Discriminating’ Against Job Applicant For Positive Marijuana Test

February 20, 2021 9:29 amFebruary 23, 2021 8:06 am

February 19, Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) introduced Assembly Bill 1256, which would address cannabis screening tests. The bill would add Section 52.8 to the Civil Code. The bill would prohibit an employer from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination,...

Interstate Highway Billboards for Cannabis Ruled Illegal Statewide By SLO County Judge

November 25, 2020 5:48 amNovember 27, 2020 7:53 am

Last weekend San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Ginger Garrett ruled that all billboards advertising for marijuana and cannabis products in California are now illegal due to the wording in Proposition 64. Proposition 64, which California voters passed in 2016,...