Cannabis
DID YOU KNOW? The Lost Coast Outpost ends up writing about marijuana/cannabis issues quite frequently. Below, for your convenience, all those posts are gathered into one place.
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September 2024
Humboldt County Officials Applaud as Gov. Newsom Issues Emergency Regulations On Intoxicating Hemp
August 2024
TODAY in SUPES: Board Approves Grant and Two Full-Time Positions for Sheriff’s Office; State Claws Back Millions in Cannabis Funds
April 2024
Supervisors Receive Report on the Declining Cannabis Industry and its Watershed Impacts, Then Vote to Shut Down a Nuisance Farm
(PHOTOS) Marijuana Enforcement Team Busts Large, Illegal Grow Near Berry Summit, Sheriff’s Office Says
Bro, Harsh! Recent Studies Suggest Weed Strains Are Meaningless, CBD Doesn’t Ease Anxiety and Other Cannabis Wellness Claims are, Like, Totally Bogus
Environmental Groups Say County Has Abandoned Its Duty to Fully Assess the Weed Industry’s Impacts
FINALLY! Shoot Up Your Friends in the New ‘Humboldt Growhouse’ DLC Map From ‘Call of Duty’
March 2024
Papa & Barkley to Merge With LA-Based Cannabis Distribution Company Amid Industry Challenges
January 2024
Eureka City Council Approves Letter of Opposition to Measure A, the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative
December 2023
Judge Denies Effort to Keep Measure A, the ‘Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative,’ Off the March Ballot
November 2023
Humboldt Supervisors Scrap Proposed Cannabis Initiative Following ‘Rushed’ Process
Proponents and Opponents of Measure A, the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative, Square Off at a Public Forum in Arcata
Pressured by Upcoming Ballot Measure, County Supervisors Look to Improve Existing Cannabis Regs
October 2023
Arcata City Council Unanimously Opposes Measure A, the ‘Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative’
‘Cannabis Reform Initiative’ Legal Challenge Filed: Small Farmers, Industry Reps Ask the Court to Kick Next Year’s ‘Measure A’ Off the Ballot
Humboldt Supervisors Partially Reinstate Measure S Cannabis Cultivation Tax at 10 Percent as Market Shows Signs of Stabilization
August 2023
Cannabis Mega-Firm StateHouse to Take Over and Expand Willow Creek Cultivation Facility
July 2023
Recently Closed Dispensary Humboldt Patient Resource Center Owes Nearly $1M in State Taxes
June 2023
Another Day of Cannabis Reform Initiative Panic at the Board of Supes; It’s Now All But Certain That Voters Will Decide on the Controversial Measure on the March 2024 Ballot
Humboldt Cultivators Win Multiple Cannabis Awards, Including ‘Best of California,’ at State Fair
‘Multiple Individuals’ Fled Into the Woods During Marijuana Enforcement Team’s Search of Illegal Grow Near McClellan Mountain, HCSO Says
Local Weed Dispensary Humboldt Patient Resource Center Closes Suddenly Following Owner’s Death
May 2023
Denied by Supes and a Judge, Enviro Groups Continue Fight Against Remote SoHum Weed Farm With Appeals Court Filing
April 2023
Once Poster Boys for Legal Weed in Humboldt, Emerald Family Farms is Being Sold for Parts
Proponents of the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative Are Calling Out the Board of Supervisors, County Staff for Allegedly Distorting the Intent of the 2024 Ballot Measure
March 2023
Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Blast ‘Misleading’ Ballot Initiative That Would Impose New Restrictions on Cultivators; Supervisors Form an Ad Hoc Committee to Work on Alternatives
February 2023
Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Look to Co-ops As a Means to Compete Against Corporate Consolidation
January 2023
‘We’re in Crisis Mode’: Collapsing Cannabis Industry Guts Garberville Businesses; Local Leaders Look to Tourism as a Saving Grace
December 2022
Wiyot Tribe Objects to Planned Cannabis Project on Old SPI Mill Site, Which Sits Atop the Ruins of a Wiyot Village
November 2022
THE HUMBOLDT CHRONICLES: Rep. Jared Huffman’s State of the Cannabis Address, in the Wake of the Mid-Term Elections
Supervisors Suspend Measure S Cannabis Cultivation Taxes for Two Years
October 2022
Supes Agree to Put Controversial Weed Initiative on 2024 Ballot, Though They Hope to Work With Organizers on Alternatives
An Initiative to Reshape Humboldt’s Cannabis Industry Qualified for the Ballot, and It Has Growers Worried
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Farewell, Humboldt
President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted Under Federal Marijuana Possession Laws
‘It’s Gonna Look Like a Ghost Town’: Garberville Business Owners Sound the Alarm as Weed Industry Tanks
September 2022
THE HUMBOLDT CHRONICLES: A News Roundup on the State of Cannabis Regulation Locally and Globally, Featuring an Interview With Humboldt County Economic Development Director Scott Adair
THE CANNABIS COVERSATION: Appellations
August 2022
Responding to Drought Concerns, Supes Tell Staff to Develop a Cannabis Policy on Water Storage and Forbearance
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Humboldt’s Big Play, Take Two
State Fines Unlicensed Cannabis Grower More Than $300K for Runoff That Threatens Mad River Water Quality
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Humboldt’s Big Play
July 2022
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Cannabis Farming — Financial Success in an Increasingly Competitive Industry
The Humboldt Chronicles, Your Monthly Roundup of Cannabis News and Features, Talks About the Changing Regulatory Landscape
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Why People Consume Cannabis
WEED REGS LAXED: Newly Approved Update to Eureka’s Cannabis Ordinance Simplifies License Structures for Business Owners, Allows Event Onsite Consumption
[UPDATED] New Hoopa Valley Police Chief Inaccurately Stated That Officers Destroyed $10.8 Million Worth of Illegal Cannabis on Tribal Land, Says He Intentionally Released Misinformation as a ‘Test’
4,500 Pot Plants Found at Trespass Grow on Hoopa Valley Tribal Land
Governor Newsom Signs Cannabis Tax Reform Initiative Killing Statewide Cultivation Tax
June 2022
THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: The Shift